Yosemite Day Trip: Explore Iconic Landmarks

Escape the city and embark on a small-group day trip from San Francisco to Yosemite National Park. Discover the breathtaking beauty of Yosemite Valley, including iconic landmarks like Yosemite Falls and Half Dome. With limited group sizes, you’ll have a more intimate and immersive experience in this UNESCO World Heritage site.

Duration: 15 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • San Francisco Bay - As you settle in for the journey, we’ll pass by some exceptional San Francisco sights. Catch views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island and the incomparable San Francisco Skyline as we head east on the Bay Bridge. The journey to Yosemite typically takes about 4 hours.
What's Included
  • Entrance to Yosemite National Park included
  • 1.5-hour narrated tour of Yosemite
  • Professional, knowledgeable full-time guide
  • Eco-friendly transport via biofueled mini-coach
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected SF hotels)
  • Enjoy 3 hours of free time to explore the Valley
What's Not Included
  • Meals (stops will be made to purchase food)
  • Bike rental (available for purchase)
  • Guide gratuity
Additional Information

Escaping the city for a day trip to California’s stunning Yosemite National Park from San Francisco has never been easier. Traverse Central Valley, Gold Country, and the Sierra Nevada foothills on your journey to the UNESCO World Heritage site of Yosemite National Park. Immerse yourself in a 1.5-hour guided van tour around Yosemite Valley, featuring…

Location
San Francisco Bay
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Nikolasb198
Jul 21, 2025
- Lawton (not sure how to spell 🤣) was fantastic, made the whole experience flash but making 4 hours feel like 30 mins. His knowledge was outstanding and was clear he had a passion in what he does. He gave great suggestions for Yosemite and illustrated a path for everyone to follow which helped the experience as a whole. The stops were perfect and I couldn’t recommend a better travel company 👍.
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Katiekv4115hr
Jul 20, 2025
- Excellent. Picked up from hotel near where we were staying. Guide (Lawton) was super helpful and knew so much about Yosemite. Journey was long but comfortable. Yosemite is a sight to be seen and should be on everyone's bucketlist. Absolutely stunning! Highly recommend
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Alexandra_t
Jul 20, 2025
Traject to get there was... - Traject to get there was long, but it was worth it given the majestic view once there./ Long trajet pour se rendre, mais les paysages majestueux à voir en valait la peine.
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Mickthehat
Jul 16, 2025
Very enjoyable experience - Very good - it was our driver/tour guide's first day on the job and he was great - particularly enjoyed the music he played
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Kalani_s
Jul 14, 2025
Great trip to Yosemite and the Giant Sequoias! - Our experience was great!!! My husband and I initially booked this Yosemite day tour for last Saturday. However, we later learned from the tour operator (Incredible Adventures) that the number of guests for that day did not meet the minimum requirement. They offered us several good alternatives, and we chose the one-day tour to "Yosemite and the Giant Sequoias." Although the trip type changed, it was no inconvenience at all. In fact, I’m glad we switched, as otherwise we would have missed seeing the Giant Sequoias. Everything went very smoothly. We were picked up promptly at 6:20 a.m. from the Hilton SF Union Square, and our tour guide, Jordan, was fantastic. He provided detailed explanations about the trip, the places we passed, and the history, fauna, and flora of Yosemite. Jordan also set a clear timeline, allowing us to explore the Giant Sequoias, capture views of El Capitan, Half Dome, and Bridalveil Falls from the viewpoint, and visit Yosemite Valley. There, we explored the lower Yosemite Falls, the Swinging Bridge, and the Merced river. For a day tour, I felt we covered many of the major attractions. The mini-bus was comfortable, and there were convenient stops in Oakdale for refreshments and restroom breaks both on the way there and back. Overall, it was a wonderful trip, and we loved the experience. Highly recommended!!
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843lukes
Jul 11, 2025
Day trip to Yosemite - What an experience, Yosemite is something worth seeing, the tranquility, serenity, views are just epic. It's a bit of a long day, but geez it's worth it, I mean San Fran offers a lot of little things, and if you are going to do a big ticket item, DO THIS, you won't regret it, THEN go and watch the documentary Free Solo, :) was on the money cost wise, just a long day that can't be avoided to see such beauty.
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Kaylamr3216rq
Jul 5, 2025
10/10 would recommend! - The park was absolutely amazing! Our guide, Sam, was very knowledgeable and we really enjoyed talking with him!! We will definitely use Incredible Adventures again in the future!
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Olga_k
Jun 29, 2025
An amazing guide (Jordan) - Truly recommend to everyone. A long but pleasant ride, a good minibus, amazing views all along. But who made it happen? The guide! Jordan was outstanding: fun, with lots of knowledge and supercool! 10 out of 10
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Monicaru3440mw
Jul 17, 2025
Waste of money. Useless guide. Just go on your own - Easily the worst tour I’ve been on ever. The guide was incredibly underinformed, was always late at every pick up (even if he was the one who dictated the pick up times), and drove recklessly (sudden hard braking, speeding at sharp turns, etc). Gave little to no guidance on what we should do during the free time even after people asked for recommendations. We completely missed tunnel view because he didn’t say anything as we drove through. Honestly, just drive yourself and go on your own — this tour is a waste of money.
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Ashley_m
Jul 16, 2025
Overpriced and misleading! - COMPLETELY OVERPRICED AND MISLEADING!!! The tour is really 80% being in a crammed and uncomfortable bus 4 hours each way and only 3 hours to explore Yosemite (ON YOUR OWN BTW). They parked the bus at bus stop #7 which doesn’t even lead you anywhere but to see just the falls and that’s it. Everything else is too far off to walk to in the three hour limit they give. The tour guide, though new, was extremely awkward and most of the time didn’t know the facts as most of the time he stated “I don’t know, you’re gonna have to fact check that” It would have been better if the tour was more direct (less stops) better teaching and history stated, and for a guided tour in Yosemite. Maybe more hours spent in the park than in the bus. Side note: the music was extremely loud in the bus so even if you wanted to sleep, you couldn’t.
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