Yosemite National Park Bus Transportation

       
Round Trip or One Way from San Francisco

STTY (San Francisco to Yosemite)
STXY (Yosemite to San Francisco)


Leave San Francisco from Fisherman's Wharf Pier 43 1/2 at 7:00 a.m. Across the Oakland Bay Bridge drive through Livermore and San Joaquin Valley. Brief refreshment stop in Oakdale. Enter Yosemite Park at about Noon. Drive up to Tunnel View followed by a short tour of Yosemite Valley reaching Yosemite Lodge by 1:45 p.m. If you are staying at The Ahwahnee Hotel or Camp Curry please take the free shuttle from Yosemite Lodge.

For Yosemite View Lodge or Cedar Lodge in El Portal or Yosemite Bug Hostel in Midpines take the YARTS bus at 4:15 or 5:15. Arrival in El Portal is 30 minutes later. Takes another half an hour to Bug Hostel. Next morning to come up to Yosemite Valley YARTS early schedules are: 7:09 at Cedar Lodge and 7:22 at View Lodge arriving Yosemite Lodge at 8:08. From Bug Hostel at 8:20 arriving Yosemite Lodge at 9:52.
Coach USA Bus
This transportation is not suitable for other destinations in and around Yosemite such as Wawona, Tenaya Lodge, Oakhurst, and Bass Lake. Ask your hotel or campsite how to get there.

Bus has plenty of room for luggage and duffle bags and your back pack in over head rack. No cramped or tight sitting, good for tall people. Travel in comfort. Restroom on board.

Return Trip from Yosemite Lodge. Meet at 3:45, arriving San Francisco after 8:30 p.m.

Tour includes:  Deluxe narrated tour transportation, Yosemite Park entrance fee, Yosemite Sights Tour and tax. YARTS ticket to El Portal ($7) or Bug Hostel ($12) NOT included.

Transportation available daily (except certain holidays)
Large motor coach operates daily until October 31

Price from April 1st 2010 to October 31st, 2010

Adult: $160     Child (5-17): $108


(One way going up to Yosemite $80 (includes park entrance fee) / Returning to San Francisco $60)


For Reservations click here


  Boarding & Hotel Locations / Rules and Regulations



To book your own room: 
For Yosemite View Lodge www.yosemite-motels.com/yosemiteviewlodge/index.htm  209/379-2687. For Yosemite Lodge, Ahwahnee Hotel, Curry Village or Campground  http://www.yosemitepark.com/Reservations.aspx  559/252-4848.


    Bridalveil fall
Bridalveil Fall
The Ahwahneechee called this place Pohono, "Sprit of the Puffing Wind." The wind swirls about the cliff, often lifting the falling water and blowing it from side to side in delicate free-fall. It is 62 story high.

 
MCI Motorcoach in front of Yosemite Falls.



Shuttle Bus
Free Shuttle Bus to take you within Yosemite Valley. It operates quite often. The map for Shuttle Bus route will be provide by our driver.