• Complimentary SF hotel pickup & drop off
• Overnight stay close to Yosemite Park
• Views of Half Dome, Yosemite Falls & more
• Optional hike to the Giant Sequoias
• Complimentary foreign language audios
• Free WiFi on vehicle
• Daily guaranteed departures
• Minibus or 15-passenger van
* We offer pick-up at major hotels in downtown San Francisco or the Fisherman's Wharf area. Please note your hotel location in the comments column when booking. We will then confirm the availability for you.
* For Dorm Room (Yosemite Bug Lodge) option, the guests will share one public room with up to 12 guests together regardless the gender.
Low season:
October 26 to December 11, 2020 (Sun-Thu)
January 2 to March 6, 2021 (Mon-Sun)
High season:
April 1 to October 25, 2020
October 26 to December 11, 2020 (Fri-Sat)
December 12, 2020 to January 01, 2021 (Mon-Sun)
March 7 to March 31, 2021 (Mon-Sun)
Day 1: San Francisco - Yosemite National Park region
San Francisco
The unique California city is famous for its iconic Golden Gate Bridge, fog and cable cars. San Francisco was founded in 1776 by Spanish settlers and named for St. Francis of Assisi and the city grew dramatically during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Popular sites are the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf, Coit Tower, the crooked Lombard Street, Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park and Chinatown. Now, plan your San Francisco travel for your next vacation. Find a Alcatraz Tour, Things to do in Fisherman's Wharf or take a Golden Gate Bridge Cruise to see the beauty of San Francisco.
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite tours and guided activities are a great way to discover the national park. You can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more. This nearly 2,000-square-mile Central California treasure that was established in 1890 contains giant sequoia trees, spectacular waterfalls, rugged mountains, pristine streams and unparalleled nature scenes. Yosemite National Park stretching through a portion of the Sierra Nevada Mountains welcomes more than 3.7 million people per year for activities such as hiking, camping, rock climbing, fishing, horseback riding, picnicking, skiing and snowboarding. Your Yosemite tour can lead you to Yosemite Falls, Bridalveil Fall, Mirror Lake, Half Dome, El Capitan, Mariposa Grove, Tunnel View and Tuolumne Grove. Join a Yosemite tour and let our professional tour guides bring you to see Half Dome, waterfalls and more in this amazing natural place!
El Capitan
The 3,000-foot tall rock formation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains within Yosemite National Park is extremely popular with rock climbers and at one time was thought to be impossible to scale. El Capitan often referred to as "El Cap" was pictured on the 2010 quarter for the "America the Beautiful" collection and is the largest pillar of granite in the world. It is one of the most recognized and popular landmarks in the park. The Spanish name El Capitan is a translated in English to "The Captain" and originated from the Ahwaneechee Native American word for captain.
We will pick you up in San Francisco and head east past some interest windmills through the San Joaquin Valley to arrive in Yosemite National Park. We'll tour Yosemite Valley or weather permitting Tuolumne Grove. We'll then grab some lunch within the park before seeing more fabulous Yosemite Park sights, eat dinner and finally retire to our night accommodations.
Depending on your Accommodation booked, you may need to take YARTS later in the day to get to your hotel near Yosemite. We strongly suggest going to the Information Desk in the Park Lodge to obtain a current schedule for YARTS and other important information.
Day 2: Yosemite National Park region - San Francisco
San Francisco
The unique California city is famous for its iconic Golden Gate Bridge, fog and cable cars. San Francisco was founded in 1776 by Spanish settlers and named for St. Francis of Assisi and the city grew dramatically during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Popular sites are the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf, Coit Tower, the crooked Lombard Street, Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park and Chinatown. Now, plan your San Francisco travel for your next vacation. Find a Alcatraz Tour, Things to do in Fisherman's Wharf or take a Golden Gate Bridge Cruise to see the beauty of San Francisco.
Bridalveil Fall
The 617-foot waterfall located within Yosemite National Park flows all year and might be best known from a famous Ansel Adams photograph. Ahwahneechee Native American legend says the spirit Pohono lives in the falls and puts a hex on anyone who looked directly at the falls. It also notes those who breathe in the water mist will have a better chance at marriage. Bridalveil Fall is the first waterfall that many guests see when entering the California national park.
You'll have the morning of the second day to yourself to explore the wonders of Yosemite and we'll meet at 1 pm to tour the park as a group before heading back to San Francisco in late afternoon.
Departure time: 7:00 am - 8:00 am
Hotel availability is subject to final confirmation.
The tour itself runs everyday, you can book the tour only and arrange accommodations by yourself, or comment your preferred dates to allow us to check if there are any other hotels available outside the park.
The approx. return time to San Francisco is between 8:30pm to 9:30pm. Traffic and other unforeseen issues can cause delays or changes in these times. We suggest you not make flight or travel arrangements on the last day of the tour.
Your reservation is always subject to confirmation by email, normally within one to two business days.
* Price for Single Occupancy applies when one person stays in one standard hotel room.
* Price for Double Occupancy applies when two people stay in one standard hotel room.
* Price for a child (0-11) applies when a child under 11 years old child stays in one standard room with an adult.
* Maximum room capacity is 2 people including adult(s) and children/infants.
* Children under the age of 8 who are 4' 9" or taller may be secured by a safety belt and don't need a child safety seat.
* Please bring a child safety seat for your baby.
* For check in, one adult of age 21 or older is required per room.
* Transportation in air-conditioned tour coach equipped with free WiFi
* Hotel transfers
* 1-Night Accommodations as selected for your package
* Park Entrance Fee
* Professional tour escort
* Tips for tour guide/driver (15% recommended)
* YARTS (Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System) Transportation Fee
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* For child under 8 years old:
Please note that for your child's safety, we require you to bring a child safety seat or booster seat for all children that are not at least 8 years of age or 4' 9" or 144 cm in height as dictated by California State Law. You will be required to provide your own child seat on all motor vehicle tours. Failure to provide a seat for your child will result in forfeiture of your seats on the tour without refund. If your child is 8 years or older or 4’9” in height you do not need to provide a child seat, however, please let us know.
* As the hotel availability is easily sold out, please book your tour at least 30 days prior to departure day.
* We will always do what we can to make your trip enjoyable, but safety is our first priority so the route and the itinerary may be changed due to snow depth, road conditions, construction projects and detours. The giant sequoias hike on the Yosemite tour is dependent on snow levels and trail conditions from October to April.
* The tour is narrated in English but we offer complimentary audio guides in 8 languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Japanese, and Portuguese. You need to let us know which language you would like to request. Please leave us a message when you make reservation. On the day of the tour, you only have to hand a deposit of $20 per audio set or a valid photo ID to the driver. You will receive the money or ID back at the end of the day when you return the audio tours. Complimentary disposable headphones included but you are welcome to also use your own headphones.
* We offer pick-up at major hotels in downtown San Francisco or the Fisherman's Wharf area. Please note your hotel location in the comments column when booking. We will then confirm the availability for you.
* If you are staying in Yosemite over night, you need to depart the tour at lunch break. DO NOT GET BACK ON THE BUS AFTER LUNCH! There will be NO REFUNDS if you get back on the bus and start the return trip to San Francisco. Another vehicle and driver will pick you up at 2:45PM at Yosemite Shuttle stop number 7 on your return day.
* As a courtesy to fellow passengers, it's important to be on time. If clients are late or miss a scheduled pick-up time for the tour, please contact our office IMMEDIATELY. An alternative pick-up location may be arranged at the customer's expense, subject to availability. Any guest who misses their tour entirely will forfeit their seat on the tour. No refunds will be issued.
* Customers are allowed up to two items (ie. one personal item + one carry-on) to travel free of charge. These items must be within the size limitations. Each additional item above the allowance will incur a $25.00 excess luggage fee. Maximum Dimensions for Luggage - Carry on size: 24”x16”x10”, (or 60cm x 40cm x 25 cm). Any Oversize luggage larger than the maximum size noted is $50 regardless of personal items brought on board. (i.e. 1 Oversized Luggage - $50, 2 Oversized pieces = $100). We ask overnight guests to contact us at least 48 hrs in advance to inform us about additional and/or oversize luggage.
* We will assess a cleaning fee of up to $100 for any passenger who permanently stains or renders this vehicle temporarily unfit for passengers due to spillage of any substance such that the vehicle must be taken out of service and cleaned.
* This tour/activity is overseen by a select local operator in the region. Upon booking your tour or activity and after receiving confirmation, you will be issued an e-ticket detailing the local operator's name and contact information. If you require assistance finding a specific tour, please contact us for more information.
* Cancellations/changes to a booking more than 12 days before tour departure – the greater of $35 or 10% of the booking value
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We had a great two-day tour of Yosemite: the bus was rather comfortable, the pit stops were much welcome on such a long ride, and we've actually made it back to SF much faster than I would have expected. Overall recommended for people that would like to visit places likes Yosemite, but don't have a car.
We did the overnight tour. At the first day, our driver/guide Gino was an excellent driver and guide. We stopped at Raley's, a very good supermarket with lots of good groceries. Then, at the Yosemite we went on the Tolumne Grove trail, wher e we saw several giant Sequoias, and we stopped by a few amazing and we'll picked view points. At that day, there was also time to walk to the Yosemite fall, a very easy walk which really worth it. At the second day we were picked up around 3p.m. so we had enough time to hike. Aoke, our driver/guide was also really good. Before we arrived in San Francisco, she also took us to an island where you can see an excellent night view of San Francisco. The only thing I have to complain about is that we weren't dropped off at our hotel, but 12 minutes walk from it (and we had some luggage). Aoke picked a few central spots and dropped most of the people there. If one would like to be dropped off at his hotel, he could stay on the bus and wait till the whole l
I really enjoyed the tour. The driver/ guide, Denise, is professional and nice. I felt safe sitting in the tour bus although the route to Yosemite is quite “exciting”. She also provided many information and interesting storie about SF and Y osemite. The staff are also very responsive. Everytime I sent emails or called to their office, I got answered. This is very important and useful to a foreigner like me. I would definitely recommend your tours to my friends.
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The guide was super cool, hoever the bus we used hoing to yosemite was rather dirty