Local area

The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad offers train rides, food service, gold panning, logging museum, and the Kids’ Depot Toy Store. Our mission is to inspire learning and fun while experiencing our passion for local history! Come aboard from April through November.

Bass Lake offers something fun for the whole family. Enjoy fishing, hiking trails, watersports, or boat rentals.

Pedal Forward is the best bike shop in the Yosemite area. Offering bike rentals, guided bike rides, and Yosemite hiking tours. They are your one-stop shop for all your bicycle and adventure needs.

Designated as a National Wild and Scenic River, the Merced offers world class whitewater right at the boundary of Yosemite National Park. The classic High Sierra waterfalls merge in Yosemite Valley, and just below the park boundary lies a beautiful and exciting section of class 3-4 whitewater. Our Merced River trips are an excellent way to experience the greater Yosemite Area, with easy access, beautiful scenery, excellent swimming, and adrenaline pumping rapids.

Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more.

Guests visiting the Madera Wine Trail enjoy the benefits of the region’s rich history, knowledgeable hosts and tasting rooms still small enough that you can visit with the winemakers themselves.

The Yosemite Cinema Positron XR Cinema is a state-of-the-art virtual reality theater equipped with 16 motion pods designed to give audiences premium cinematic VR experiences. The marquee VR film, Experience Yosemite, is a 15-minute cinematic immersive journey through the wonders of Yosemite Valley.

The Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System is a public transit bus line based in Merced, California providing scheduled fixed route service between Yosemite National Park and gateway communities. They will stop and pick up next to the hotel. Get your tickets today!

Book a guided group or private tour of Yosemite National Park. Discover Yosemite offers a variety of tours from night tours to full day and special event tours.

Offering tours from the air or ground, Crossroads Tours offers unique and exciting ways to see Yosemite National Park.

Plan a unique and exciting excursion with Yosemite Adventure Company. They offer experiences for every season, book an off-road adventure, or a snow tour in the winter.

Yosemite Guided Bus Tours are the best way to experience all the wonders that the park has to offer. Our expert tour guides will share their knowledge about this remarkable place, with tours that focus on natural history, indigenous peoples, the first non-indigenous settlers and wildlife.