Yosemite & Giant Sequoias with Alcatraz Tour
- Yosemite & Giant Sequoias with Alcatraz Tour
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Convenient Opening Hours We are available from 6:00 AM -10:00 PM every day of the week, 365 days a year (sometimes even 366 days!) and we don't have a phone tree so there are no phone transfer marathons when you call us you speak to our agents directly every time. Our offices have reservation agents available even on NYE because we know that you are on vacation and have worked hard to enjoy your time in San Francisco. We want to make it as easy and as convenient as possible to help you arrange a tour even if you call late night the day before you'd like to participate. The additional benefit of our extended hours of operation is that we can assist you to the best of our ability if there is ever a snag in your travel plans. Strict Quality Control Our quality control supervises three sources that you, interact with during your tour from San Francisco: 1) Our reservations staff is diverse and we count in any given day with people who speak 5-6 different languages; they have all been on our tours to experience them first hand and we always have a manager on duty 7 days a week. 2) Our tour guides are extensively trained on both safety driving techniques and are evaluated and financially compensated based on the customer tour reviews. 3) Our vehicles are frequently inspected by our drivers, mechanics and the California Highway Patrol to ensure they are in top mechanical shape. San Francisco based Only locals know the best San Francisco tour possible. Our office is located at 690 Fifth St, Suite 205, San Francisco, CA 94107. Our local phone number is 1-415-357-0700 and our toll free number is 1-866-231-3752. When you call any of these numbers you will be talking with someone that is located in San Francisco, who can tell you if the weather is sunny or foggy or if there is a special event in San Francisco that may be of interest to you. There is no comparison we are always there for you. Buy Direct we directly operate the majority of our tours this means we have vehicles and tour guides who are our employees. Being the direct source enables us to provide the highest quality control possible. We conduct customer satisfaction surveys daily and our guides are financially compensated based on your feedback after the tour. On average our tours have over a 90% customer satisfaction rating! The few tours that we subcontract, we only use partners with whom we have established relationships for many years and trust the safety and quality of their service. Vehicle Safety Inspection Safety is paramount in our industry and one of the biggest safety components in the tours we provide are our vehicles. Extranomical's fleet includes vans and mini-buses. Our vehicles are inspected constantly; first in the morning when the tour guide begins his/her day; second throughout the day the tour guide is verifying fluid levels, tire pressure and the general operation of the vehicle is monitored throughout the day. The vehicles are also inspected regularly (at least every 10,000) miles by our vehicle maintenance staff and also by independent certified mechanics during their routine maintenance. If that were not all, we also go through a thorough inspection performed by the California Highway Patrol once a year. Experienced Company Extranomical was founded in 2002 and is one of the fastest growing tour companies in San Francisco currently performing more tours than any other company to Yosemite National Park and Muir Woods & Wine Country combination tour. We are also pioneers in offering tours to San Francisco's Best Restaurants with our "Best San Francisco Taco Tour, Sushi Tour and Pizza Tour. To date we have served over 10,000 happy customers. Guests have chosen our tours to get engaged, begin or end round-the-world adventures, celebrate their anniversaries, welcome new employees and more! We look forward to serving you soon! Complementary San Francisco Locals Travel Guide Not available anywhere else. Our office staff, friends and family have contributed to a guide book that we hope you will enjoy. It contains not only the usual tourist attractions that every visitor must see in San Francisco but also some of the local spots that we San Franciscans enjoy. All people who make a booking receive an electronic copy that is constantly updated with the most recent information on San Francisco that should prove to be useful and entertaining. Fully Licensed and Insured Extranomical Adventures, Inc. is a California corporation that is fully licensed by the Public Utilities Commission to perform sightseeing tours permit TCP-18350. We also have permits to operate tours in Yosemite National Park and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Tour Guide Training & Substance Abuse Testing Our tour guides are extensively trained on both safety driving techniques and on providing an informative and interesting tour. Before being hired, we test our guides on safety driving in realistic situations around San Francisco they are also tested through an oral presentation of the material they will present to make sure that they provide a safe, knowledgeable and interesting tour. They are regularly evaluated by customer satisfaction reviews, secret shoppers and rewarded through customer satisfaction based bonuses. 
Yosemite & Giant Sequoias with Alcatraz Tour Highlights
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Yosemite & Giant Sequoias Tour Prices* |
Adults (12+) |
Children (< 11) |
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Regular Price: |
$165 |
$137 |
Internet Special: |
$155 |
$132 |
| SAVE BY BOOKING
ONLINE |
$10 |
$5 |
*Yosemite & Giant Sequoias Alcatraz tour prices from San Francisco do not include:
the Yosemite National Park entrance fee of $10.
Yosemite & Giant Sequoias Alcatraz Tour Available Daily (January 2 thru December 31)
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Day 1: Yosemite & Giant Sequoias Tour
Our Yosemite 1-Day Tour maximizes the time you spend in Yosemite National Park by starting early and traveling efficiently in a 15 Passenger Van or mini-bus. This is the only Yosemite Tour that enables you to cover both Yosemite Valley & the Giant Sequoias in one day. You also spend at least 5 hours inside Yosemite National Park, more than any other one day Yosemite tour company in San Francisco. When going through Yosemite Valley, we generally stop to see El Capitan, Half Dome, Yosemite Falls, Bridalveil Falls, Inspiration Point (aka Tunnel View), and Yosemite Village. After a 1 hour lunch break at the Yosemite Lodge, we drive to a higher altitude and a lesser traveled part of Yosemite National Park, to see the Giant Sequoia Trees Grove, the world's largest living things. After the 2 mile (1 mile each way) hike to see the Giant Sequoias Trees, get ready to head back to San Francisco and get dropped off at your hotel Get plenty of sleep to prepare yourself for the next day to see the most notorious federal penitentiary in US history, Alcatraz.Day 2: Alcatraz Tour
Meet your Alcatraz tour at Pier 33, and ride the ferry across the bay to Alcatraz Island. Your Alcatraz Tour begins with a 45 minute audio presentation "Doing Time: The Alcatraz Cell house Tour," featuring recordings of actual guards and inmates who lived and worked on the Island. Once your Alcatraz Audio Tour is finished, explore Alcatraz Island as long want on your own, but don’t forget that you have to get the ferry back to San Francisco!
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Yosemite & Giant Sequoias with Alcatraz Tour - Times Approximate
(15 Passenger Van or mini-bus)
6:00
- 7:00 AM |
Pick-up from
your hotel in downtown or Fisherman's Wharf area for your Yosemite & Giant Sequoias Tour. |
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7:00 - 7:20
AM |
Pick-up from West Oakland
Bart Station pickup (if necessary). |
7:20 - 7:40
AM |
Pick-up from Dublin/Pleasanton
Bart Station pickup (if necessary). |
7:40 - 9:00
AM |
Continue
east, and you will see the windmills and descend into the San Joaquin
valley and stop for a break and a snack. |
9:15 - 11:00
AM |
Begin the
drive into the foothills, through gold country, and
up into the Sierra Nevada range and Yosemite National
Park. |
11:00
- 1:00 PM |
Explore
Yosemite's most amazing sights with an informative
narrated tour from your guide. Be amazed by Bridalveil
Falls, El
Capitan, Inspiration Point, Half
Dome, Yosemite
Falls and more! Enjoy a mini-hike and plenty of
photo stops around the Yosemite Valley. |
1:00
- 2:30 PM |
Visit
the gift shops, have a relaxing hot meal, or get food
to go and GO! Walk to the middle of the valley, up
to the river banks, or get up close to the tallest
waterfall in North America, Yosemite Falls. |
2:30
- 3:00 PM |
Drive
to one of the Giant
Sequoia groves stopping on the way to get a bird's
eye view of the whole valley. |
3:00
- 4:00 PM |
Up
at over 6000 ft (2000 m), we’ll stop and let
you choose to hike down to the grove of Giant Sequoias
(1 mile away) or relax and maybe eat your lunch in
the picnic area under the pines. Note – This
stop is dependent on snow levels and trail conditions
from October to April. See Winter Tour Itinerary. |
4:00
- 6:00 PM |
Start
the return trip, descending from the Sierras, with
more great scenery as we follow the sun to the west. |
6:00
- 6:30 PM |
Stop
for a break, a stretch, and a bite to eat. |
6:30
- 8:30 PM |
Continue
back to San Francisco, enjoying views of the sunset
over the East Bay hills, or the Peninsula and the city
lights. |
8:30
- 9:00 PM |
The
Yosemite tour ends at your San Francisco Hotel front
door. |
Day 2 - Alcatraz Tour
9.00am / 9.30am / 10.00am / 10.30am * |
Pier 33-Embarcadero Street. Local public transportation - F Streetcar, BART-Embarcadero station. The ferry ride from San Francisco to the island takes approximately 10-15 minutes. Once you arrive on the island, a brief presentation of the island's history and guide to touring the prison is given. An audio tour is provided on entrance of the cell house that gives a recorded commentary from former inmates, prison guards and prison wardens. It takes roughly between 2 and 2 1/2 hours to do the full tour and just enough time to grab a souvenir. The ferry leaves roughly every thirty minutes. Learn interesting facts about the island, such as that Alcatraz was not only used as a prison but also as a harbor defense fort during the civil war and before then, was America's first lighthouse on the West Coast. Experience the beauty, history and infamy of Alcatraz Island on the San Francisco Bay. |
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