Muir Woods Expedition: Coastal Redwoods Exploration
4.1
73 Ratings
San Francisco
Embark on a relaxed-paced tour to Muir Woods and explore the enchanting grove of Coastal Sequoias. This tour includes hotel pickup, a Golden Gate Bridge photo stop, and time to shop and lunch in Sausalito.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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San Francisco - This guided Muir Woods tour from San Francisco has a relaxed pace so you can fully experience this misty giant redwood forest. Pick up from convenient locations in Union Square and Fisherman’s Wharf.
The tour features a morning crossing of the foggy Golden Gate Bridge on your way to Muir Woods and a stop in the charming seaside town of Sausalito.
What's Included
- Picturesque excursion to Sausalito and Muir Woods
- Convenient pickup location in Union Square and Fisherman’s Wharf
- Muir Woods entrance fee included
What's Not Included
- Guide Gratuities
- Lunch
- Ferry from Sausalito to SF (if option not selected)
Additional Information
On this laid-back journey, the majority of which, around 1 ¾ hours, is dedicated to roaming the magical Coastal Sequoia grove in Muir Woods. It’s unique among San Francisco’s Muir Woods tours as it offers a free hotel pickup, a chance for a photo shoot at the Golden Gate Bridge, and over an hour in Sausalito for shopping and dining. Not only that, but you’ll get to relax in the coastal town of Sausalito and snap the perfect selfie at the Golden Gate Bridge. To top it off, take a ferry back to San Francisco for a perfect finish to your day.
- Park entrance fee to Muir Woods National Monument included.
- For the rare event that commercial parking is not available at Muir Woods, we reserve the right to arrange an alternative destination for experiencing Giant Coastal Redwoods during your tour.
- Your pickup time for this tour may change due to the new parking reservation system for Muir Woods. Please make sure to reconfirm pick-up time prior to your tour
- Exact destinations & itinerary may differ due to weather, road conditions, and the guide’s discretion.
- Time spent in Sausalito may vary. Purchase the ferry option to extend your stay in this quaint Coastal Village
- Meals and drink are not included but available for purchase at Muir Woods Visitor’s Center and Sausalito.
- Audio guides are available in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese. Specify language at time of booking under special requirements.
- California law requires tour guests to bring a car safety seat for all children under 8 years and under 4’ 9” (1.4 meters) in height. Any guest that does not provide their child’s safety seat at the time of the tour and does not inform the tour operator in advance may not be allowed to board the tour and will not be subject to refund.
Location
478 Post St
Post Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.1
(73 Ratings)
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Derek_g
Jul 17, 2023
Great experience! - Bus driver was amazing. Super great driver, easy to understand and very informative. Highly recommend!
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Autumn_b
Jul 17, 2023
Relaxing and stress free sightseeing - I loved being able to see the must-see spots in San Francisco without the stress of planning myself & having a knowledgeable, friendly guide to provide commentary along the way. Joe was wonderful
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Anne_k
Jul 16, 2023
Highly recommend - Kenneth was oustanding as our guide! Went out of his way to answer questions and assist. Terrific knowledge of Muir Woods and knew answers and expounded on our queries.
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Barbaraj1230
Feb 22, 2023
Loved it! - Tony was a great tour guide and expert driver! He provided some really great stories and jokes along the way!
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Ruth
Aug 8, 2022
Relaxing tour with Dustin - Overnight and long layover in San Francisco. Definitely did not want to spend the day in the city. Was very happy that I could book the afternoon tour of Muir Woods and Sausalito a few hours before it began. They called me straight away to confirm and also helped me on the phone find the pick up spot which was obscure, no street number and no tour signage at the Hilton Hotel, Union Square location. Dustin was our tour guide, and he was very laid back, informative and very caring towards his tourists, as well as friendly and chatty with his guests. It was fantastic to just sit back and relax and not have anything to worry about , since I had just experienced exhausting travel delays. Great experience being with the trees, getting an ice cream in Sausalito and driving around San Francisco. Dustin was very generous with his restaurant recommendations, even offering to text a spreadsheet of them!
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Kevin_m
Nov 15, 2023
Muir Woods tour in November - A Nice tour. Beautiful walk through the woods especially since we were the only peoplein the park at 0900. I wished that Viator used only one avenue for communication. I found it a little confusing when they used email,text or whatsapp to send me messages. Our stop in Salsileto was to early, most places weren't serving lunch yet. A side trip to Muir beach might be a nice add on in the future.
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Diephoo
Jul 25, 2022
Fantastic guide and sites, unbearable administration. - The actual tour and our guide Randall were fantastic. Randall was very personable and knowledgeable. We had plenty of time in Muir woods and Sausalito. Take the ferry back if you are not in a rush and head down to Fort Baker for a magnificent view of the Golden Gate Bridge, especially if it was foggy in the morning. The whole booking process was horrendous. We had two different pick up places, three different times in three different emails and five different texts. That part needs to be smoothed out.
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Patricia_c
Sep 9, 2023
Muir Woods Tour - There was static on the intercom in the back of the bus so could not understand the guide very well. Might have been combination of the static and his accent. Very informative though and nice and helpful. Also Viator sent too many emails and messages; some of these had no content.
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Nicolekl597cb
May 24, 2023
Good tour, poor admin/ organisation - Solo traveller wanting to see Muir woods. I found the admin side of this company very strange- I was booked for the PM tour and they moved me to the AM tour instead which was fine. But I was then told 4 different pick up times and turns out the new tour wasn’t even with this company it was with their sister company ‘Greyhound’ (which they failed to tell me).
The tour with Greyhound was actually really good and I would highly recommend this tour- just don’t book through Extranomical- go straight to greyhound and you’ll have a great morning out.
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Tabitha9703
Aug 13, 2022
Do the tour yourself cheaper!!! And without being cancelled on 👌 - They cancelled the tour the day before! No reason either. Of course all other companies were booked! Then took a while to refund money. Save yourself the hassle of a tour company bailing at the last minute- and save money!!- take the bus to pier 39 and then take the ferry over to Sausalito yourself and use the shuttle bus to Muir from there. Ferry is like $14 and shuttle is $4-5. Then you aren’t on a schedule either! You have to book a shuttle in advance but this way is waaaaay cheaper and they won’t cancel on you!
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