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Big Trees Hike & Riverside Cookout Adventure

4.7 (3 reviews) 6 hours Free cancellation
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Big Trees Hike & Riverside Cookout Adventure

About this activity

Experience the Giant Sequoia on a small group hike with 9 or fewer guests and a local naturalist guide. With transportation, park reservation, entrance fees and a picnic BBQ included, this may be the best deal in Yosemite! Not enough? Echo Adventures is a socially and environmentally sustainable, worker-owned, certified B-Corporation, so you know that you and the National Park will be in good hands!

Hiking Tours Nature and Wildlife Tours Wildlife Watching Small Group Additional fees Weather Dependent - Moderate

At a glance

Duration
6 hours
Confirmation
Instant confirmation
Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group
Up to 9 people
People per booking
1–9
Guide
English
Operated by
Echo Adventure Cooperative, Inc

Ages: Adults (8–99 years)

What is included

Included

  • Included: All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Included: Driver/guide
  • Included: Lunch: Cookout Next to the South Fork of the Tuolumne River
  • Included: National Park Day Reservation and Entrance fees

Not included

  • Not included: Gratuities
  • Not included: Government fees: Non US Resident Entrance Fees

Itinerary

Get up close and personal with the largest tree species on Earth during this incredible 2.5-mile round trip hike along an historic stagecoach coach road! We'll hike in the shadows of 1000-year-old Giant Sequoias, walk through a tunnel tree and crawl through a fallen giant while learning the history and ecology of this incredible species! After our hiking adventure we'll head to a relaxing riverside beach for swimming and a BBQ picnic! Note: This hike has 400 feet of elevation gain at 6000 feet of elevation and may not be appropriate for young children or persons with respiratory illness.

  1. Stop 1

  2. Echo Adventure Cooperative

  3. Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

  • Meet your guide at Echo Adventure's Yosemite Basecamp in Downtown Groveland. CA.

End point

  • Meet your guide at Echo Adventure's Yosemite Basecamp in Downtown Groveland. CA.

Pickup points

  • Rush Creek Lodge At Yosemite

Notice: Adventure times are based on pick up and drop off at the Yosemite Basecamp location. Additional pick-up times are provided for each location along the route and you will be dropped off in the same order you were picked up.

Guest meeting their guide in Yosemite Valley may still be required to pay a vehicle entrance fee.

Pick Up Times:

8:00AM - Echo Adventures Yosemite Basecamp

8:15AM - Lucky Buck Cafe

8:35AM - Rush Creek Lodge

9AM - Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias Trailhead Parking

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel You get back
At least one day before 100%
Less than a day before 0%
  • The operator may cancel if the weather does not allow it; you then get another date or your money back.
  • The operator may cancel if too few people book; you then get another date or your money back.

Good to know

  • Service animals allowed

  • Public transportation options are available nearby

  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Traveller ratings

4.7 out of 5 · 3 reviews
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Big Trees Hike & Riverside Cookout Adventure

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