Discover Yosemite

Phenomenal tour done on 2÷6÷2016; Dave, our guide, was informative and enthusiastic. Everyone enjoyed themselves and it was a pleasurable experience. Well worth the booking cost.

********** 10 STARS!
AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL, RELAXING AND PROFESSIONAL GUIDE– JOE–
My husband and I took the all day tour ¹⁰⁄₂₃ Friday our guide was Joe. Here’s my list of why you should book a tour with Discover Yosemite
1. simple and easy booking online.
2. Discover Yosemite Tours will pick you up and drop you off @ your Hotel. What a plus. Driving from Oakhurst to Yosemite is about an hour.
3. Tour takes you all over Yosemite. Allowing you to get out at each main point and take pictures, walk around and take in nature :)
4. Lunch is included. A yummy sack lunch. I believe sandwiches are made from a local grocery store.
5. You have an amazing tour guide who will tell you all about the history of the Yosemite
6. You can just sit back, relax, take pictures from the bus and take in nature. While someone else drives
7. Discover Yosemite does provide snacks and water. That was a plus.
8. Joe-​tour guide– was professional, friendly. He did not over talk during the tour just the right about of information we needed, He was not fake or try to be funny. It was a pleasure having him guide us through the Yosemite :)
The only small negative thing is that they do require 4 people to have this tour. The night before only 3 people had booked this tour meaning it would be cancelled. My husband and I have never been to the Yosemite and drove 5 hrs. We decided to purchase another ticket so the tour would still continue which was 100% will worth it! :) So this tour is not always a guarantee they have to have 4 guests. Have a back up plan or plan on paying more money.
Thank you, Jennifer for replying back to my e-​mails promptly and allowing this tour to continue. :)

This is our second trip with Discover Yosemite (Labor Day 2013 and June 2015). Both times we stayed at the Tenaya Lodge and booked the tour through the lodge. Both times Saul was the guide. This is definitely the way to go if you’ve never been. The tour takes care of all the driving and lunch… no need to fight for parking or try to figure out the best places to go because that’s already been done for you. The second time they offered the upgraded lunch at the Ahwahnee and my husband and his friend went with that option. He preferred that to the sack lunch ;-). Saul was a great guide both times… very easy going and knowledgeable. When people come in to visit, we’ll always use this company for our Yosemite tours!

Do not use this company. The called us the day before and said our tour was cancelled to to low attendance. When we insisted that wasn’t far, they told us we had to pay for 2 other people to make the tour happen. We had no choice since they gave us no notice. Horrible

My husband and I had an amazing experience touring with Marsha. She shared such knowledge and passion about Yosemite and all its natural wonders, which was truly endearing. We were visiting for our first time in the first week of February so there were parts of the park that were closed due to snow and ice conditions but that was okay. We were on this tour with about 10 other visitors and she kept everyone’s attention with her insight into the types of trees we were seeing, the rock formations as well as wildlife and her vast park history expertise. She knew so much and everyone asked questions, and sure enough she knew the answer.
This was wonderful way to see AND experience some of the park while, learning so much from such a well-​informed and zealous resource. Well worth the money and the time! BTW, our lunch was delicious too!
One tip — stay nearby! We drove down from the north in Calaveras County which is about 2 hours away and let me tell you driving on the side of a mountain with no guard rail for what seemed like forever (40 miles or so) was AWFUL! But that was from relying on the GPS. Marsha, gave us better driving directions back which were only slightly better… I guess that’s the cost for seeing such a wonder like Yosemite!

Yes Marsha is very knowledgeable about the park. However she is one of those who can not talk without using her hands. For a driver of a bus full of people, that is a very bad habit. Most of the time she was talking and driving her right hand was gesturing. On a winding, narrow and hilly road it is disconcerting. But when she takes both hands off the wheel to gesture it is down right scary. I talked to her about it at the second stop but it continued. I also had to mention that the use of hand held cell phones is illegal in California. She confirmed she was aware of that so why did she do it? I also contacted Discover Yosemite directly and was assured she knew the roads, she was a safe driver and they would talk to her about it. I will leave it up to other reviewers to see if she keeps her hands on the wheel.

What an outstanding tour!!! It was our first time to Yosemite so we decided to take a tour and are we ever glad we did. Our guide/​driver — Marsha — had such a love for and knowledge of the area that it made the tour very well worthwhile. We would highly recommend the tour — especially with Marsha.