from $220 Yosemite full-day tour with lunch and hotel pick-up
A guided day in the park starting from the southern gateway area, with the main valley viewpoints and lunch included.
Yosemite: tours & tickets
Guided days in the park and long day trips from San Francisco for visitors who would rather not drive.
Our picks
Top tours & tickets in Yosemite
GetYourGuide lists only a handful of experiences that start in or beside the park; most Yosemite products are day trips or overnight tours from San Francisco. They are long days — 14 to 15 hours — but they remove the driving and the parking problem, and tour vehicles have at times been exempt from the reservation rules that apply to private cars. Confirm the details on the product page.
from $220 
from $229 Yosemite day trip from San Francisco with giant sequoias hike
The highest-rated day trip from the city: valley highlights plus a walk among giant sequoias, with pick-up.
from $202 Yosemite and giant sequoias day tour from San Francisco
A long-running coach tour to Yosemite Valley with free time to walk and a stop at a sequoia grove.
from $219 Day trip to Yosemite National Park from San Francisco
A straightforward guided day out to the valley’s best-known viewpoints, with time on your own in the park.
from $251 Two-day Yosemite guided trip from San Francisco
Splits the driving over two days so you have a full afternoon and morning in the park. Check which accommodation option you are booking.
from $32 Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
A narrated ride on a historic logging railway through the forest at Fish Camp, near the park’s south entrance — good with children.
Prices are indicative “from” prices in US dollars and ratings are as shown on GetYourGuide when we last checked; both change often.
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Real-time tours and tickets from GetYourGuide for Yosemite and its surroundings.
Booking tips
- Check what the park entrance fee and any meals cost on top of the tour price; inclusions differ between operators.
- From San Francisco you will spend about eight hours on the road and four to five in the park. A two-day tour gives a much better balance.
- Winter departures still run, but Glacier Point and Tioga Road are closed and the itinerary focuses on the valley.
- Combining Yosemite with the coast? See our itineraries for how to fit it into a longer route.
Destinations
Combine it with
Sierra Nevada & national parks Lake Tahoe
A deep, startlingly clear alpine lake ringed by peaks on the California–Nevada border: beaches and boats in summer, big ski resorts in winter.
Sierra Nevada & national parks Sequoia & Kings Canyon
Two adjoining national parks in the southern Sierra Nevada, home to the largest trees on Earth and one of the deepest canyons in North America.
San Francisco & Northern California San Francisco
A compact city of steep hills, cable cars and fog — with the Golden Gate Bridge at one end and Alcatraz in the middle of the bay.
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Compare real-time prices and availability on GetYourGuide. Most tours can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours ahead.