Your personal tour guide will drive you to Yosemite through Central Valley rural roads and the beautiful countryside. You will also have the opportunity to stop at one of the local farmers’ markets in Central Valley or enjoy your lunch break in one of California historic gold mining towns.You will reach the Yosemite either from the southern end of the park through the laid-back town of Mariposa, one of the oldest gold mining towns in California, or from the park’s western entrance along Highway 120 and Hetch Hetchy Valley. The tour guide may choose either entrance based on your hotel location, traffic and weather conditions, but you will see both sides as we always vary our itinerary on the way in and out of the park to ensure our customers get to see as much as possible of this majestic national park.

Depending on the entrance route, you will start your adventure either in Yosemite Valley or in Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, where you will see the oldest and largest giant sequoias of the Yosemite National Park. We also have other groves of giant sequoias we can visit, which can be a bonus as these groves are less crowded and you can hike to the best vantage point to photograph some 2,500 years old ancient sequoias. You will also see many other giant sequoias along the way, regardless the grove of sequoias we will visit.