NATIONAL PARKS · NATIONAL PARK DAY TRIPS IN THE USA
Every trip has one free day too few. These 15 national park day trips in the USA earn the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.
Review of the Yosemite and Giant Sequoias day tour from San Francisco, with itinerary, costs, travel tips, and honest advice on who should book.
“Glenda our driver/tour guide was amazing! She was knowledgeable, kind and enjoys her job! It was a wonderful trip!!”
Review of Moab’s Canyonlands half-day 4WD tour, with Shafer Trail, petroglyphs, Colorado River views, costs, tips, and honest drawbacks.
“Exceptional experience our guide was very knowledgeable very excited and entertaining so much about the history native culture.”
Review of Evergreen Escapes’ Olympic National Park day tour from Seattle, with ferry rides, guided walks, meals, wildlife, and practical planning tips.
“The first hike needs moderate skill and/or fitness, but beginners are ok after the first hike. The guide was very patient and explained which paths were good for each level.”
Review of the Yosemite full-day tour from San Francisco, covering sights, free time, transport, costs, guide quality, and practical booking advice.
“The tour itself was fine, however the tour guide drove like a MANIAC. He was speeding up the mountains, taking sharp turns, passing cars on the highway nearly hitting cars, and almost hit a biker driving downtown. There is NO reason to put us and an entire bus of people in a compromising and unsafe position driving like that up a mountain.”
Review of the San Francisco to Yosemite day trip, with coach comfort, key sights, free time, costs, guide quality, and practical tips.
“Our guide put into context the different highlights we passed along the way and on entering yosemite. He followed the schedule like clockwork. He was kind, helpful, and always ready to answer questions. Excellent!!!”
Review of the Mt Rainier small group tour from Seattle, covering stops, guides, winter conditions, meals, value, pickup, and who should book.
“Definitely recommend to everyone. Nice views, friendly tour guider and other tourist. The trip for whole day , so they apply water , snacks , sanwhich … if tourists feel hungry on the way. Very thoughtfully”
Review of Major Marine’s 7.5-hour Kenai Fjords cruise from Seward, with glaciers, wildlife, lunch, practical tips, and honest value advice.
“Seeing two glaciers, going through the fjords, and seeing all the wildlife possible made an awesome experience!! Even the food was great!”
Review of the Olympic National Park day tour from Seattle, including the Bainbridge ferry, Hurricane Ridge, Lake Crescent, lunch, and practical tips.
“Long periods of dead air where the “tour guide” could be giving information or guiding the tour, but instead there is silence over the nearly 6 hours total of riding in the van. No preliminary introduction to any of the sites visited. The sections of the national park themselves are beautiful, but for something of this price one should expect that beauty to be grounded in history and interesting facts, of which none were given because our “tour guide” instead decided his time would be better spent on his phone in the van, sleeping, or walking so far ahead of the group that we couldn’t see him until we reached…”
Review of Yellowstone’s Lower Loop tour from Jackson, with Old Faithful, wildlife, Grand Teton views, meals, costs, and practical tips.
“We did the full day Yellowstone Lower Rim and Grand Tetons tour. Our guide was Katie. She was wonderful She took us to best spots to see bison elk and moose We did two gorgeous waterfalls Definitely worth the money!!!! Highly recommend!”
Review of the Dry Tortugas catamaran trip from Key West, with fort history, snorkeling, meals, timing, costs, and practical booking advice.
“Vía tour said I would get a veterans discount and no one knew anything about it when I got there. Don’t promise something and then not deliver.”
Review of the 2-day Yosemite tour from San Francisco, with lodging, sequoias, Glacier Point, guided stops, costs, and practical tips.
“Our “tour guide” should not have been a tour guide. If you unfortunately end up in a tour that is led by Mitch, do yourself a favor and just cancel the trip. The entire experience was appalling and unprofessional, and at the end we were planning how to escape from the tour.”
Review of a Jackson to Yellowstone day trip with Old Faithful, wildlife, lunch, Grand Teton views, and practical planning advice.
“All was good except the terrible weather.....must say it is hard getting in and out of the van so many times though”
Review of the 13-hour Olympic National Park tour from Seattle, with ferry rides, Hurricane Ridge, Lake Crescent, hikes, beaches, and practical tips.
“Kevin is an amazing tour guide and the best tour guide experience of my life. He has a lot of trivia knowledge of the location and shares many quips throughout the journey. He is a great and accomplished driver as well - covered everything and brought us back earlier too! There are plenty of stops to grab food and snacks on the way with picture perfect views from the bus.”
Mesa Verde half-day tour from Durango with Cliff Palace, park fees, snacks, scenic views, expert guides, and round-trip transport.
“We had a great experience. Our guide Neil, was a very knowledgeable, professional, and personable guide. He shared many stories and facts about the Pueblo people and their history. He provided water and snacks for the guests to enjoy on our adventure. He even went so far as to bring his own camera to take pictures of us along the way and then he shared them with us to remember our time together. He had prepared a gift of Anasazi beans for each couple to remember the life of the Pueblo Indians. We came away very impressed with our new Mesa Verde knowledge. We would highly recommend this adventure. :)”
Review of Seward’s 8.5-hour Northwestern Fjord cruise, with glaciers, whales, seabirds, lunch, practical tips, and honest value advice.
“The entire trip was 10 out of 10! The guides were experts in the region, the boat was comfortable, the lunch was delicious and best of all....the wildlife was out in full force! We saw two pods of orcas, two different kinds of puffins, many other types of birds, otters, sea lions, many glaciers (up very close), waterfalls and best of all--NINETEEN humpback whales bubblefeeding!!! We finally had to stop watching all the animals and return to the dock. Eight and a half hours flew by! Never thought I would utter the words, "whale breath really stinks!" Absolutely worth every penny.”
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