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Yosemite Day Tour

Yosemite National Park is one of the world's most spectacular destinations. We're delighted to add this incredible place to our tour offerings in 2006.

Destination: Yosemite National Park
On this tour, we depart the Monterey Bay early in the morning, drive across the Central Valley, climb into the Sierras, and spend the day in one of the world's most majestic settings, Yosemite National Park. As with all of our tours, where we focus our time is up to you.

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Primary Focus Points
Due to the driving distances to and from the park, as well as the vast size of the park, a single day tour needs to be centered around one of the park's two primary sections.

Yosemite Valley
If this is your first visit to Yosemite, the world-famous Yosemite Valley is as close to a must focal point as there is. The valley is the heart and soul of the park, featuring soaring waterfalls, lush meadows, the mammoth granite landmarks of Half Dome and El Capitán, and the Merced River, which continues to provide a sculpting influence to the park with each passing century.

The High Country
Where the Valley affords one the awe of viewing natures enormity from below, the park's vast High Country will have you soaring above it. Featuring vistas over granite peaks, domes and valleys that stretch as far as the eye can follow, the High Country also affords you easy access to touch the wonders of the high sierra, including raw granite slopes, alpine lakes and the sprawling Tuolumne Meadows. The High Country also benefits from seeing far fewer people than the more famous valley below, meaning that even during the height of the summer, you can enjoy the High Country with plenty of personal space.

A Relatively Easy Addition

Giant Sequoias
It is important for you to know that you will not suffer from a lack of things to do when visiting either Yosemite Valley or the High Country. However, it is possible to include a stop at one of Yosemite's groves of Giant Sequoias in a trip to either destination, without being completely insane on the pace of the trip.

A trip to the Valley can incorporate the most convenient Sequoia Grove, the Mariposa Grove into the day. The Mariposa Grove is accessible by vehicle, and the Park Service offers tram tours through the grove that last about an hour.

If the destination is the High Country, the Tuolumne Grove is an option. This grove does require a walk of about a mile (round trip) to see the trees.