Maximum Elevation: 6,000 ft.
Jamestown San Francisco
PACIFIC OCEAN
Monterey 17-Mile Drive
Day 1 – Arrive San Francisco Tour begins: 5:30 PM, Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf. A transfer is included from San Francisco International Airport to the ideally located Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf. We’ll kick off your family adventure at tonight’s welcome reception in the “city by the bay.” Meals D
Day 2 – Penguins, planets & a bay cruise in San Francisco With beautiful San Francisco Bay, all those famous hills – the city is built on 43 of them – and the spectacular Golden Gate Bridge 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 private catamaran cruise of San Francisco Bay; cruise under the Golden Gate Bridge as well as pass by infamous Alcatraz Island. Back on land, we’ll head over to the newly rebuilt California Academy of Sciences for a self-guided 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. San Francisco sights continue to star this afternoon on a sightseeing tour that shows you Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf, colorful Victorian homes and the very crooked Lombard Street. The evening is free to do as you wish. Meals B
Day 3 – Gold Rush country to Yosemite & a “flashlight hike” You may leave your heart in San Francisco, but be sure to bring your spirit for adventure as we set out from the city toward the Sierra Nevada Mountains today, stopping at a wind farm. Those “aliens” you’ll see are wind turbines that help turn wind power into electricity! Continue on to Jamestown – there was once a lot of gold in them thar’ hills just outside of town – for lunch in a historic 1859 hotel. Your final destination today is the Tenaya Lodge, a classic mountain resort just outside Yosemite National Park’s southern gate in the Sierra National Forest. Your family adventures continue after sunset on tonight’s guided interpretive “flashlight hike” in the Sierra National Forest; you’ll see nature in a whole different light as you explore the wilderness by flashlight and by starlight. Meals BLD
Spend two nights in San Francisco, one of the world’s favorite cities!
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something greater than I am right now. They were humbling and fantastic. I made many friends on this trip, and California is a beautiful place.
“ ” – Jeffrey, age 16
Day 4 – Giant trees & a ride on a moonlight dinner train Some of the biggest living things on the planet reside just a short drive from your lodge in Yosemite National Park’s Mariposa Grove, home to a grove of giant sequoias hundreds of years old! See them up-close today 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, the Faithful Couple, and the famous Grizzly Giant. After lunch, if you wish, don climbing gear for the chance to tackle the lodge’s rock-climbing wall, a favorite activity as noted by some of our guests. Tonight, try your luck at panning for gold, just like the old-time prospectors did, en route to an evening aboard Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad’s Moonlight Special.
The giant sequoia trees inspired me to be
Mariposa Merced
CALIFORNIA
Yosemite NEVADA National Park
Fish Camp
Mariposa Grove Sierra
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