STORIES BY Ken Burns
MAJESTIC CALIFORNIA: THE PACIFIC, REDWOODS & YOSEMITE
CELEBRATES THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL 1916~2016
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK The family fun starts in San Francisco on a private catamaran cruise, a walk on the Golden Gate Bridge, and exploring the neighbourhoods up and down the city’s notoriously hilly streets. Go for the gold in Jamestown and go wild in Yosemite as you rock climb, pan for gold, ride a steam train by moonlight, take a tram tour in Yosemite Valley, and tower over the world at Glacier Point. Drive along 17-Mile Drive, have fun your way in Monterey Bay, and dine with fishes at an aquarium!
1. ARRIVE SAN FRANCISCO Tour begins: 5:30 PM, JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square. A transfer is included from San Francisco International Airport to JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square. Join us this evening for a welcome reception and dinner as your California dreams start to come true! Meals D
2. SAN FRANCISCO BY WATER AND LAND Feel the wind in your hair aboard a private catamaran cruise on San Francisco Bay as you take in the sights, including Alcatraz Island, once an infamous prison. Back on land, visit the Boudin Sourdough Bread Museum and Demonstration Bakery, drive through the city’s diverse neighbourhoods, and see the “crookedest street in the world.” Then you’re off for a walk on the Golden Gate Bridge. Meals BL
3. BOUND FOR YOSEMITE & FOREST FUN Onward to the Sierra Nevada and a land of stunning mountains, forests, and waterfalls, pausing en route in Altamont Pass to see one of America’s largest wind farms.
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Stop for lunch at the historic National Hotel, built in 1849 in Jamestown, a boom town during the Gold Rush days. Your lodge resort sits at Yosemite’s South Gate, where a choice of restaurants for dinner and a night hike by flashlight kick off your three-night stay. Meals BLD
4. GLACIER POINT & A MOONLIT TRAIN RIDE Go inside Yosemite National Park this morning on a guided excursion that includes a private visit to Glacier Point. Back at the lodge, enjoy lunch and try out the rock-climbing* wall. Then spend the evening panning for gold and enjoying a western grilled dinner with toe-tapping music, followed by a steam train ride through the woods to a campfire sing-along. Return to your lodge by the light of the moon. Meals BLD
5. A TRAM RIDE IN YOSEMITE VALLEY This morning’s tour aboard a meandering open-air tram takes you along Yosemite’s Valley floor, surrounded by waterfalls with names like Bridalveil, Horsetail, and Ribbon Falls... spectacular rock formations and nearly vertical granite cliffs...
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