Yosemite national park is a must visit california gem and this day trip from san francisco makes it easy leave the urban hustle bustle behind and journey through central valley gold country and the sierra nevada foothills to unesco world heritagelisted yosemite national park take a 15 hour narrated van tour of yosemite valley including yosemite falls half dome bridalveil falls and el capitan and then set off on your own for three hours to explore independently numbers are limited to 2