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Redwoods and Wine Country Escape
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Redwoods and Wine Country Escape Highlights
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Redwoods and Wine Country Escape Price List |
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Tour Prices*
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Adults (12+)
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Children (< 11)
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Regular Price:
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$95
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$57
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Internet Special:
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$89
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$52
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SAVE BY BOOKING ONLINE
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$6
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$5
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*Wine Country & Sequoia Redwoods Tour 1-day tour prices from SF do not include Muir Woods National Park entrance of $7 (based on 2012 rate). Wine & Redwoods Tour available daily (Jan 2 - Dec 31, except Thanksgiving & Dec 25). Valid ID is required for wine tasting.
Redwoods and Wine Country Escape Description |
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Our Redwoods & Wine Country Tour combines two of Northern California’s most popular attractions: Redwoods and wine!
Start your morning by exploring the Coastal Redwood Sequoia groves in Muir Woods National Monument, home to the tallest tree species in the world. You’ll spend an hour enjoying California’s native flora and fauna, taking in giant ferns, moss-lined creeks, fresh bay leaf scented air from the many Laurel trees and squirrels, blue jays and deer if you’re lucky.
A brief drive North and you’ll find your self in California’s renowned Wine Country. Spend a relaxing afternoon wine tasting, strolling the vineyards and learning about the practice of winemaking. The Wine Country tour makes 3 tasting stops: 2 wineries and 1 at the historic Sonoma or Healdsburg Plaza spending 45 minutes to 1 hour at each location. All our wine tasting is complimentary and you’ll be able to taste a wide variety of amazing wines. The Wine Country plaza stop lasts a couple hours, so you’ll have time to grab a bite to eat and visit a few more tasting rooms located around the plaza. We’ll provide you with a map of the plaza and must-see local shops and tasting rooms to maximize your time.
As a bonus, you have the option to be dropped off at the picturesque seaside town of Sausalito, where you can browse the gift shops or stroll the waterfront and take the ferry (fare not included) back to San Francisco. Otherwise, on the journey back to San Francisco we’ll make one last stop at a scenic look-out point with sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco bay and city skyline, Alcatraz and the Bay Bridge.
Wineries – For nearly a decade Extranomical Tours have been creating amazing memories on our Wine Country tours from San Francisco. We’ve partnered with quality wineries, which offer the best California Wine Country experience for our clientele. The wineries we visit on our Muir Woods and Wine Country tour provide complimentary wine tasting for our groups. We visit a range of wineries that are boutique and family-owned to large and grand, but they must have a friendly atmosphere, and offer beautiful scenery, quality wines and good value. Occasionally a winery on our tour may be closed for a private event, so our tour guides may change the itinerary on the day of the trip.
Our partner wineries for the Muir Woods and Wine Country tour include Jacuzzi Family Vineyards, Cline Cellars & Roche Winery. Jacuzzi Family Vineyards focus is on Italian varietals and the palatial winery and tasting room transports you to Tuscany with its amazing stonework and expansive vineyard views. Cline Cellars is a quaint, boutique winery nestled in the Carneros region of Sonoma. They offer delicious Rhone varietal wines and classic California Wine Country style. Roche Winery’s tasting room sits a stone’s throw from the Sonoma Plaza, offering guests tastings of small-batch, premium wine.
Click here for a list of the wineries that we visit on this tour
Redwoods and Wine Country Escape Itinerary |
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Redwoods & Wine Tour from San Francisco - Times Approximate
(15 Passenger Van or mini-bus)
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8:00 - 9:00 AM
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Wine Country tour pick up at your San Francisco hotel in downtown or Fisherman's Wharf area.
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9:00 - 9:15 AM
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Drive through the Marina neighborhood, past the Palace of Fine Arts, the Presidio, and head north across the Golden Gate Bridge. Continue north through the Marin Headlands to Sausalito.
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9:15 - 9:30 AM
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Pick-up at Sausalito hotels if necessary.
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9:40 - 10:00 AM
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Learn about the Redwood giants while driving over the Marin headlands to Muir Woods National Monument.
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10:00 - 11:00 AM
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Spend an hour walking among the shadows of the 250-foot Redwood groves. Take in the local flora: Giant ferns, moss-lined creek and the aroma of fresh bay leaf from the many Laurel trees. Criss cross the creeks by way of footbridges and return to where you began.
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11:00 - 11:45 AM
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Head north on U.S. 101 to the first tasting stop in the Carneros Region of Sonoma county, the birthplace of California's wine industry.
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11:45 - 12:15 PM
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Arrive at the first winery and learn about the process of winemaking while sipping on a variety of California wines. Stroll the winery grounds and take photos among the vines.
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12:30 - 2:00 PM
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A short drive takes you to a picturesque wine country plaza. 2nd wine tasting opportunity. There are many wine tasting rooms, restaurants and boutique shops to browse and lunch at. We’ll provide you with a map of the plaza and favorite wine tasting rooms and restaurants to maximize your time at the plaza.
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2:00 - 4:00 PM
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Rejoin the tour group and continue the wine tasting tour at a third winery, where you’ll enjoy complimentary tastings and views of the surrounding vineyards.
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4:00 - 5:00 PM
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Start the journey back South to Marin County and San Francisco, taking a little detour through the quaint town of Sausalito. (You have the option to stop in Sausalito and take the ferry back to SF - fare not included) |
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5:00 - 5:15 PM
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Top off an amazing day with a photo stop overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and Pacific Ocean with incredible views of the San Francisco Bay and city skyline, the Bay Bridge and Alcatraz. |
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5:15 - 5:30 PM
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Drive back across the Golden Gate Bridge and start the drop-off at San Francisco hotels.
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- 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.
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- Strict Quality Control
- Our quality control supervises three sources that you interact with during your tour: 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
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- 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).
- Complimentary 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.
- Smaller Groups
- Our clientele is very independent and likes to venture to places where most tour companies do not go. Due to the small size of our groups, our tours offer a distinct "traveling with friends" feel where the majority of people interact with each other and we are also able to visit locations larger vehicles do not explore. We can accommodate small or large groups and we keep our distinct more personalized service. All our unique tours can be customized to fit the needs of your group and leisure travelers.
