Customize your multi-day tour to Yosemite National Park from San Francisco with a stay at the charming and rustic Cedar Lodge. Enjoy free timeto enjoy the park’s wilderness, towering granite cliffs,Giant Sequoiasand awe-inspiring waterfalls.

Our 5-star tour will introduce you to the many summertime and wintertime activities so don’t miss the history, geologyandwildlife that make Yosemite Valley the jewel of the U.S. National Parks.

Your Yosemite Giant Sequoia Tour begins on your outbound day with a pickup at your hotel, then heads east crossing through California’s fertile San Joaquin Valley and into the rocky Sierra Nevada mountains.

Your heart (and cameras) will be racing as you enter Yosemite Valley and enjoy a stop at Tunnel View. Take a few moments for fantastic photos with El Capitan, Half Dome and Bridalveil Falls as your backdrop.

Your free and unguided time begins after leaving the vehicle at Stop #7 (Valley Lodge) to spend a few hours enjoying the Yosemite Valley’s many attractions. As the afternoon gets late, you will want to get on the YARTS bus and make your way tocheck into the Cedar Lodge.

The Yosemite Cedar Lodge provides family-friendly hotel accommodations very near the entrance to Yosemite National Park. All rooms have a view of the mountains or the river, and have in-room modem access, phone, cable TV & HBO. Private beach access to the Merced River is available, as well as the indoor and outdoor pools to relax. Enjoy a drink after your day exploring Yosemite at their Cocktail Lounge and have a delicious dinner at their 50's-era Diner.

Take one or more days to enjoy the park before your return day. In spring and summer choose from hiking, biking, rock climbing, rafting, fishing or nighttime stargazing (activities not included).

In winter, check with the park rangers toarrange winter hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, tubing or ice skating (activities depend on conditions and are not included).



Itinerary



05:20 AM to 10:30 AM

• Convenient hotel pickup


• Learn about Yosemite and California as you cross the Central Valley


• Breakfast stop. Pick up snacks and lunch for the park


• Enter Yosemite National Park

• Admire Yosemite Valley and Half Dome from Tunnel View


• Relax and enjoy the view as you descend into Yosemite Valley


• Feel the mist on your face at Bridalveil Fall

• Drop off at the Yosemite Valley Lodge (Bus Stop #7)


• Enjoy free time to explore Yosemite Valley


• Take the YARTS bus and check into the Cedar Lodge (bus ticket not included)

• Hike popular trails such as Bridalveil Fall, Lower Yosemite Fall, or Mirror Lake Loop


• Immerse yourself on the Valley Loop, Vernal Fall, or Half Dome trails


• Take the YARTS bus to the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias


• Join the Grand Tour of Yosemite with park rangers


• Try rock climbing, bird watching, rafting, horseback riding, and more

On your return day to San Francisco, meet our tour vehicle at Stop #7 (Valley Lodge) at the time in our confirmation email.

After boarding the vehicle for the trip back to San Francisco, the highlight of our tour is still ahead as we head to the Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias. In this beautiful grove, you’ll have the chance to get up close and personal with some of the largest and oldest trees on earth. You won’t doubt for a second that these are the largest living creatures on the planet. No picture does them justice but that should not keep you from trying!

In winter, when conditions on the Tuolumne Grove trail are snow covered or unsafe, we substitute this experience with other attractions.

We’re so confident that our overnight Yosemite Valley Tour from San Francisco will amaze—it’s backed by aSatisfaction Guarantee.

* Since you are not staying at one of the hotels within Yosemite Valley, bring with you what you can easily carry since there is very limited bin space on the tour vehicle or the YARTS shuttles.

Know Before You Go:

* A $50 handling fee will becharged for any luggage item larger than a carry-on brought on the tour bus.

* If you're not staying at one of the Yosemite Valley hotels, please be aware that there is no public storage available in Yosemite Valley.



Itinerary

Return Day

 

2:00 PM to 4:30 PM

• Board the return vehicle at Stop #7 (Valley Lodge)


• Stop to photograph El Capitan


• Take a group photo at Valley View overlook


• Hike the Tuolumne Grove trail to Giant Sequoias (conditions permitting)

• Reflect on your day as you leave the Sierra Nevada Mountains


• Stop for a dinner break


• Conclude the tour at your pickup location in San Francisco