Discover Yosemite offers five tour types: full-day tours, sunset tours, full-moon tours, half-day tours, and national history and hiking tours. Prices for each of the tours range according to the number of travelers, duration of the tour and time of the year. The full-day is eight hours with a professional guide in a 28-passenger bus that goes over 15 points of interest, including Yosemite Falls, Half Dome, Yosemite Chapel and Glacier Point. The sunset tour takes visitors to the top of Sentinel Dome, which offers panoramic views of the park. This five-to-six hour tour includes a picnic dinner and beverages. The full-moon tour also takes patrons to the top of Sentinel Dome where guests can enjoy a full sunset and stay to watch the moon rise over the park. This tour also includes a picnic dinner and beverages.
The half-day tours allow visitors the choice of leaving in the morning or afternoon to enjoy three main points of interest: Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point and Mariposa Grove. The natural history and hiking tours provide a hands-on experience with the park. With over 17 tour trails to choose from and the ability to select between full- or half-day professionally guided excursions, visitors select their ideal tour.
Discover Yosemite Tours
Oakhurst, CA 93644
[email protected]
800-585-0565
599-642-4400
discoveryosemite.com
INE Tours offers day and overnight trips originating from San Francisco to Yosemite Park. San Francisco is 200 miles from the park. These guided tours provide visitors with access to the best points of interest in the park, which include Bridalviel Falls, Yosemite Falls, Half Dome, Cathedral Rock and El Capitan. During the spring and summer months, the tours also transport visitors through the Giant Sequoia Trees Grove. The one-day tour lasts 14 hours with five hours in the park. The two- to three-day tours allow guests to stay in park-side cabins or lodges. These tours provide more time within the park. Tourists may select from a private SUV tour of the park, which holds anywhere from two to seven people. The private SUV tour picks up passengers from their hotel and lasts 12 hours from beginning to end. As of 2010, the price for the day tour is $139, while the overnight tours range from $355 to $845 depending on the duration of the trip and accommodations. The private SUV tour costs just over $300, as of 2010 and is only available from March to October.
INE Tours
Illusion Industries
643 Francisco Court
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
925-934-6727
inetours.com
DNC Parks & Resorts offers daily bus tours within Yosemite National Park throughout the year. This touring company offers five sightseeing tours focused on the most sought-after sights within the park. Tours range from slightly over an hour to 12 hours and vary in price and sites visited. The Valley Floor Tour is an open-air bus tour during warmer months and a closed bus tour during colder months; it provides tourists with grand vistas from the Yosemite Valley floor. The Glacier Point Tour lasts four hours and transports guests throughout Glacier Point during May to November. The Tuolumne Meadows Tour is a 12-hour tour, which transports visitors to Tuolumne Meadows and back; however, this tour only operates from July to September. The Big Trees Tram Tour is slightly over an hour long and transports guests throughout the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. The Grand Tour is an all-day tour that visits Glacier Point, Valley Floor and the Giant Sequoias. This tour is only operational from May to October. DNC Parks & Resorts also offers specialized tours throughout the year according to the weather.
DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite
9032 Village Dr.
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
209-372-4386
yosemitepark.com
