Maximum Elevation: 6,000 ft. for lunch in a historic 1859 hotel. Your destination today is the Tenaya
Lodge, a classic mountain resort just outside Yosemite National Park’s
southern gate in the Sierra National Forest. If you wish, don climbing
Yosemite
NEVADA
Jamestown gear for the chance to tackle the lodge’s rock-climbing wall*, exclusive
National Park
to Tauck guests until 7:00 PM; enjoy dinner at leisure. Meals BLD
San Francisco Mariposa Grove
Mariposa
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Merced Camp
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Sierra Day 4 – Giant trees & a ride on a moonlight dinner train
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Some of the biggest living things on earth reside just a short drive from
ALIFORNIA
Forest
your lodge in Yosemite National Park’s Mariposa Grove, home to a
Monterey grove of giant sequoias hundreds of years old! See them up-close today
17-Mile Drive aboard the Big Trees Tram Tour, winding your way among these living
treasures. As you ride, look up... and up... and up... at humongous
sequoias whose colorful names include the Bachelor and Three Graces,
Day 1 – Arrive San Francisco
the Faithful Couple, and the famous Grizzly Giant. After lunch on
Tour begins: 6:00 PM, Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf. A transfer is
your own, try your luck at panning for gold, just like the old-time
included from San Francisco International Airport to the ideally located
prospectors did. Tonight, an evening aboard the Yosemite Mountain
Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf. We’ll kick off your family adventure at
Sugar Pine Railroad’s Moonlight Special begins with a barbecue dinner,
tonight’s welcome reception in the “city by the bay.” Meals D
accompanied by the melodies of the Sugar Pine Singers. Then it’s
“all aboard” The Logger for a narrow-gauge rail excursion powered by a
Day 2 – Penguins, planets & a bay cruise in San Francisco
restored vintage Shay steam locomotive. Gather around the campfire for
With beautiful San Francisco Bay, all those famous hills – the city
a sing-along during a stopover in the canyon, and hear that lonesome
is built on 43 of them – and the spectacular Golden Gate Bridge
whistle blow as you chug home in the moonlight! Meals BD
dominating its skyline, San Francisco is one of the most recognizable
cities on earth... and tons of fun to visit! A busy day of exploration
in the “world’s favorite city” begins with a city sightseeing tour that
takes you to the newly rebuilt California Academy of Sciences for a
visit. Bursting with life from the splashing penguins in African Hall to
the wildflowers on its 2.5 acre “living roof,” this landmark of “green”
architecture features a planetarium, natural history museum, aquarium
and living rainforest. This afternoon join us on a narrated cruise of San
Francisco Bay; pass under the Golden Gate Bridge and see historic
Alcatraz Island. The evening is free to enjoy as you wish. Meals BL
Day 3 – Travel through time in Gold Rush country
Set out from San Francisco toward the
Sierra Nevada Mountains today, stopping at
a wind farm. Those “aliens” you’ll see are
Explore an underwater world in
wind turbines that help turn wind power
Monterey, pan for gold, discover
into electricity! Continue on to Jamestown giant trees hundreds of years old
and see how propeller-topped
towers generate electricity at a
California wind farm.
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