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7-Day San Francisco to Yellowstone, Mt Rushmore tour from San Francisco Tour Code: 458-404
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- Available:Sat
- Depart from:San Francisco, CA
- Duration:7 days, 6 nights
- Highlights:Visit Sacramento, Elko, Casper, Gillette, Salt Lake City, Reno, the Great Salt Lake Desert, Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Lake Tahoe, and more. 6-night hotel accommodations. Round trip transportation and tour guide.
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DAY1 Bay Area - Elko
Our trip begins out of the San Francisco Bay Area, heading from the coast toward the breadth of the desert. Before we make our escape, we’ll take a stop in Sacramento, California’s capital city, to briefly tour this pioneer town, once the heart of the Gold Rush, Pony Express, and Continental Railroad. In the afternoon we’ll head through the infamous Denver Pass on our way through the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the town of Elko in northeast Nevada.
Standard Hotel: Red Lion Elko or similar
DAY2 Elko - Casper
This morning, we’ll visit the Great Salt Lake which covers roughly 1,700 miles of area and is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere. Moving through Emigration Canyon, we’ll follow the original trail used by Mormon Settlers led by Brigham Young to colonize the Salt Lake area of Utah. Branching off into Wyoming, we’ll travel along the original Oregon Trail, once the only travel corridor to the west, visiting natural sites that helped mark the way. The history written on Independence Rock carries many stories of the travelers that once reached it, stopping to carve their names in a sort of memorial upon the granite. And then there is Devil’s Gate, the dark and narrow gorge that marked points on both the Mormon and Oregon Trails; its mere presence seems symbolic of the dangers that travelers faced. We’ll it make to Casper by nightfall to bed down for the evening.
Standard Hotel: La Quinta Inn Casper or similar
DAY3 Casper - Mount Rushmore - Gillette
Bright and early on our third morning, we’ll head off toward South Dakota to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, until we are standing beneath the imposing sculpted heads of four of the most prominent Presidents in United States history. Meet a 60-foot granite bust of George Washington, heroically fronting a line formed by Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, respectively. Attracting over 2 million tourists a year, the sculptures of these colossal men are a totem to America’s rich history. Next, we’ll make our way roughly 130 miles to the northwest to visit the Devil’s Tower, a remnant of an ancient volcano, which rises 1,200 feet above the surrounding area. After admiring this natural wonder (and the climbers brave enough to scale its surface) we’ll head to our hotel in Gillette for the night.
Standard Hotel: Clarion Inn, Gillette or similar
DAY4 Gillette - Yellowstone National Park
Today, we’ll visit Yellowstone National Park, the nation’s oldest national park. Here, you will be captivated by the beauty of the Yellowstone Canyon, punctuated at either end by waterfalls fed by the Yellowstone River. We’ll see rumbling mud volcanoes barely containing the energy below, as well as the geothermal pools at Mammoth Hot Springs. All the while, the finest preserved ecosystem of the lower 48 states will play out around us as it has done for centuries, giving us the opportunity to see wildlife such as elk, bears, moose, and even rare buffalo.
Standard Hotel: Yellowstone Park Inn & Suites or similar
DAY5 Yellowstone National Park - Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone National Park is rife with geothermal energy thundering beneath the ground, and at its most famous attractions, this energy breaches the earth’s surface; in some cases, it even flies high into the air. Perhaps the park’s most explosive attraction is the Old Faithful Geyser, which erupts every two hours, spewing upwards of 8,000 gallons of boiling water 180 feet into the sky. Sitting not far away is the Rainbow Pool, a natural funnel to the hot spring water of Yellowstone’s Upper Geyser Basin. The water, heated to 175 degrees, turns a brilliant fluorescent shimmer, creating what seems to be a rainbow around the pool’s outer edge. We’ll then depart Yellowstone and ride south ten miles to Grand Teton National Park to gaze upon the Teton Mountain Range, the tallest of which, Grand Teton, towers 13,775 feet above sea level. Afterwards, we’ll stop at the nearby Jackson, Wyoming, for a rest before setting out to Salt Lake City to spend the evening.
Standard Hotel: Comfort Inn Downtown
DAY6 Salt Lake City - Reno
This morning we’ll explore the Utah State Capitol Building and the center of Salt Lake City, Temple Square. Seated within the 10 acre compound are the Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle, Assembly Hall, and the Seagull Monument, each a historic symbol of the society founded here by Brigham Young and his Mormon pioneers. We’ll leave Salt Lake City to arrive in Reno, Nevada by the afternoon. Often called “The Biggest Little City in the World”, Reno, which was the birthplace of the gaming corporation, Harrah’s Entertainment, offers many of the same attractions as her showier sister city, Las Vegas, just without the crowds!
Standard Hotel: Ramada Hotel or similar
DAY7 Reno - Lake Tahoe - Bay Area
Leaving Reno for the journey back to California, we’ll spend the height of the day on the dazzling waters of Lake Tahoe. At a depth of 1,645 feet and at almost 200 square miles in size, it is the second deepest lake in the United States and the largest alpine lake in North America. The expanse of Lake Tahoe’s crystalline water is framed by mountain tops still peaked white with snow. A boat ride* on the lake will feel like soaring on top of glass as the unbreakable reflection from the lake’s depths perfectly mirrors the sky. In the afternoon we’ll return to the Bay Area where our voyage – and tour - ends.
*Optional activity; fee not included in tour price. See “Exclusions” for cost details.
- Departure and Return Details
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Departure times and locations:
- 7:00am
668 Barber Ln, Milpitas, CA 95035 (Ulferts Center)
- 7:20am
10122 Bandley Dr, Cupertino, CA 95014 (Marina Food Supermarket)
- 7:50am
2992 S. Norfolk St, San Mateo, CA 94403 (Marina Food Supermarket)
- 7:50am
380 S. Airport Blvd, San Francisco, CA 90480 (Best Western Grosvenor Hotel)
- 7:50am
245 S. Airport Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94080 (Citi Garden Hotel SFO)
- 7:50am
5000 Sierra Point Parkway, Brisbane, CA 94005 (Radisson Hotel San Francisco Airport)
- 8:30am
391 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94108 (Starbucks Coffee)
- 9:00am
441 9th St., Oakland, CA 94607 (New Saigon Supermarket)
- Inclusions
- 6-night hotel accommodations
- Entrance fees to all national parks as specified
- All domestic ground transportation via air-conditioned deluxe vehicle
- Tour guide (Level 3: fully-guided tour)
- All taxes and fees included
- Exclusions
- Optional Admission/Excursion Fees are not included:
- Lake Tahoe Boat Cruise: $60 per person
- Air fares between your city and San Francisco
- All meals and drinks are not included; restaurants are selected by your tour guide.
- Personal expenses such as phone calls, room service, alcoholic and bar beverages, laundry, airline excess luggage charges, visa fees.
- Service fees for tour guide/bus driver (min. $6.00/day per person).
- Additional Note
- **Single price is for one people staying in one room. Double, Triple & Quad prices are for two people , three people & four people staying in one room respectively. Based on local fire safety regulation, each room not more than 2 beds, 4 person (including Infant). Children between 2-9 years old/no more than 4 feet must share room with at least 2 adults with twin base, except paying full fare can share room with 1 adult.Infant is required to have a seat on the bus
- Infant under 2 years is $25.00/per day(with a seat but not admission)
- Tour NOT includes meals, tips to tour guide and driver (~ $6 per day), and other personal expenses.
- Language: All tours are escorted by professional bi- or multi-lingual tour and/or driver guides (English/Chinese). Depending on the number of passengers booked for a particular departure, tours and/or languages may be combined to operate the tours.
- Redemption
- You will receive an confirmation email (e-ticket) after your order was received. Complete Operator information, including local telephone numbers at your destination, are included on your Confirmation Email (e-ticket). When you reserve your attractions and services you will be asked to print e-tickets to present when you arrive at your destination. You must print the e-tickets and take them along on your trip; they are your proof of purchase.
- Terms & Condition
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Cancellations and Alteration fees
Regardless of reason, cancellations result in costly charges from our travel and hotel providers covering penalties and fees incurred by canceling confirmed and pending bookings. Therefore, cancellation penalties and or fees will apply. Time of cancellation will be determined when notice is received and confirmed by our office. Notice of cancellation must be made directly to Gotobus through web mail at Contact Us. Your refund request will be answered and processed promptly. If you do not receive any reply within 2 business days, that means your request is not received successfully; thus, the tour status remains "confirmed". Please contact us immediately at 617.354.2101.
Cancellation penalties per person as follows;- Cancellations received up to 7 days prior to departure will incur a penalty of
$50 per person.
A handling fee of $25 per booking will be charged for any alteration or revision made to a reservation. - Cancellations received within 4-6 days of departure will
incur a penalty of $100 per person.
A handling fee of $50 per transaction will be charged for any alteration or revision made to a reservation. - Cancellations received within 3 days of departure will incur a penalty of
100% per person.
We don't accept any alteration or revision made to a reservation. - Unused features are non-refundable. No shows forfeit entire payment.
- We cannot grant refunds more than 30 days after completion of tour.
- There is 6% handling fee of refund amount add-on to the above penalties.
Itinerary Variations
We constantly strives to improve tour itineraries and features. If such improvements can be made, or unforeseen circumstances beyond our control make changes necessary - we reserve the right to vary itineraries and to substitute hotels. At certain peak periods duplicate departures may operate, and sometimes in reverse order in which case hotels may vary from those stated on the itinerary pages.Tour Cancellation
We reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule any tour departure in accordance with operating requirements (e.g. minimum number of passengers) or circumstances beyond its control. If cancellation is made any time prior to departure* of the tour, Gotobus' only liability will be to refund to the passenger the amount it has received for the tour booking. We will try to re-book the same or similar tour. Please note that we are not liable for any cancellation penalties incurred on any other travel arrangements including air tickets purchased separately from customers.We are not responsible for any other travel arrangements affected due to our cancellations.
- Cancellations received up to 7 days prior to departure will incur a penalty of
$50 per person.
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