Yosemite and Sequoia: John Muir's California 2025
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- At his first breathtaking view of Yosemite in 1869
- young John Muir had a life-changing moment – a surge of euphoria as he wandered
- overwhelmed in the great natural beauty of a landscape unlike anything he had seen before…Follow Muir's path on Tauck's compelling Yosemite tour that traces his trajectory from San Francisco to the Sierra Nevada
- embracing Muir Woods
- Sequoia National Park and his beloved Yosemite
- experiencing the powerful beauty of glacier-carved mountains
- soaring redwood and sequoia forests
- and the story of why they remain for us exactly as he found them.
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- TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Filmed vignettes by filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan that tell the stories of the history and ideals of the people behind the creation and preservation of the national parks Meet a naturalist from the Sequoia Field Institute to hear stories about John Muir's discovery of the Giant Forest before discovering it yourself on guided walks, drives and a hike to the top of Moro Rock Explore the incredible landscapes of Muir Woods, Sequoia and Yosemite national parks, from the famed Giant Sequoias and redwoods to mountains, lush forests, amazing waterfalls... Discover the night sky over Sequoia National Park as a naturalist guides you through the spectacular constellations that are visible in the absence of "light pollution"
Itinerary
MEALS : D
LODGING : Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel
PORTOFCALL : San Francisco, California, USA
Head across the city for a morning sightseeing tour past some of San Francisco's iconic sites, including Union Square, Coit Tower and Fisherman's Wharf, before driving over the Golden Gate Bridge to the green canopy of Muir Woods, a...
Before there was a National Park Service, the job of policing and protecting the national parks belonged to the U.S. Army. At Sequoia and Yosemite, the parks' guardians were the Buffalo Soldiers, who rode out every spring from the P...
Begin the day with privately guided walks among ancient Giant Sequoias soaring to the height of skyscrapers; your first walk is in the Giant Forest Grove to see the General Sherman Tree, estimated to be over 2,500 years old (and sti...
Depart Wuksachi Lodge this morning and travel to Tenaya Lodge for lunch, near the historic area of Wawona. Your visit to Yosemite begins with a film vignette by Ken Burns describing Muir's passion for the Yosemite Valley, and his ac...
Yosemite "is the grandest of all the special temples of Nature I was ever permitted to enter," wrote Muir, who regarded such settings of awesome natural beauty as sacred places with restorative powers, "where the galling harness of ...
Depart Yosemite and return to San Francisco, first visiting the Mariposa Museum, then driving across the populous Central Valley with a stop for lunch. Filmed narratives by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan weave together the past seven d...
MEALS : B
PORTOFCALL : San Francisco, California, USA
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