Yosemite National Park - 3 days/4 nights by Green Tortoise Adventure Travel

Tour Itinerary

Day 0

We depart San Francisco at 9:00 PM, for an all-night drive in our custom made sleeper coaches.

Day 1

We arrive in Yosemite for a sunrise and breakfast with a view followed by a make your own sandwich extravaganza. Everyone then has a range of choices from strenuous but very rewarding day hiking, to shorter climbs up waterfall trails, or maybe just sitting by the river in a sunny meadow marveling at the 1,000 meter face of El Capitan or Half Dome. The Ansel Adams Gallery, bicycling, guided horseback riding, and swimming are also available. Late in the day, we'll regroup for dinner and then head up and over Tioga Pass (9,945' - 3031m). Late evening finds us arriving in the spectacular Eastern Sierra Nevada at a beautiful tarry desert campsite.

Day 2

After a cookout breakfast (luscious berry pancakes with fresh fruit salad?), we have a relatively restful day--visiting two very different lakes: Mono Lake, with its extremely salty and buoyant water and strange mineral formations called tufas, and June Lake, a freshwater gem nestled into the Eastern Sierras. We'll spend some time floating and hiking, then head to our campsite for dinner and a campfire party.

Day 3

Another tasty Green Tortoise breakfast is followed by a visit to the high country of Yosemite Park where you'll have several options from a lazy, flowery stroll and splash in the lovely Tuolomne Meadows and River to a challenging climb up Lembert Dome for outstanding panoramic views. We then return head west for a walk amongst the truly awesome Giant Sequoias, followed by a cookout dinner and a few hours at the oldest continuously operating saloon in California! The trip returns to San Francisco very early the next morning.