California
The Best of Yosemite National Park: An American Icon
Program No. 19237RJ
Discover the wonders of Yosemite National Park alongside naturalists as you learn about and explore Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne Meadows, Mariposa Grove and many other iconic treasures.
Participant Reviews
Based on 90 Reviews
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We enjoyed our Yosemite tour completely. Our tour guide and our naturalist were terrific, added a lot of value, listened to the group and creatively solved problems caused by a government shut down. We had thought about visiting Yosemite ourselves and just "signing up for" tours and events offered by the park. Using RS was so much better - their informational presentations were great, they covered a wide range of topics we had not even thought of, and we did not have to spend time, effort or energy trying to organize signing ourselves up.
We would certainly look at other RS programs, and we will recommend them to our friends and family.
— Review left October 22, 2025
Yosemite Park and our guilds were great. I enjoyed the adventure.
— Review left October 20, 2025
Yosemite exceeded my expectations. To have a knowledgeable tour guide as well as a Naturalist made the experiences even better. Road Scholar is a great way to travel, meet new people, make new friends, and see so many new things. The added benefits of Road Scholar is both learning so many new things and having the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities!
— Review left October 18, 2025
Loved this trip! I found it relaxed, informative, spectacular and fun. Our leader, Barrie, had everything in place, kept us up to date on possible changes, let us know well in advance what we had to do, and made the time on the longer bus rides to and from the park pass quickly by telling us about the country we were going thru. Her knowledge of Yosemite was remarkable and made this adventure much more special. Our group also was great. Everyone was friendly to each other and easy to get along with. Everyone respected when we had to be places at certain times and did not keep others waiting. Everyone handled minor problems and didn't complain. Best of all, it was amazing to travel thru this wonderful park, to see the waterfalls, Half Dome, El Capitan, and the Mariposa grove. I particularly like traveling the road to Tioga pass and our geology lessons on the meadows and granite ridges, and seeing the park from another angle. I think our time was well planned out, and I left the park satisfied that I had had a really unique tour of the park.
— Review left October 16, 2025
Visiting Yosemite Park was for me number one on my bucket list. The RS program overall was very good. Barrie Simpson is a dynamo and handled any and all questions and took care of the whole group. Our bus drivers were terrific. Special shout-out to Launa who not only commanded attention to her talk, but handled the bus like a lifetime road warrior. She was terrific. Marty Anderson totally knowledgeable about the park, its animals, vegetation and its geological and historical history. Totally devoted to preserving and protecting Yosemite for future generations. A credit to himself, the park and the Conservancy he works for.
Yosemite speaks for itself. I had trouble at altitude, perhaps because my lungs have been damaged by asthma, but I enjoyed seeing the different parts of the park. The NPS is struggling as well as the diminished crew under an administration that is destroying the fabric of our national parks and the nation as a whole. Together RS and its clients need to fight this with every breathe we have to protect our public lands. After all, they belong to all Americans.
My biggest complaint was food at park and lunch on the way to park, otherwise I found I was satisfied. The other complaint was confusion over the layout in the valley and following signage. The signage could be improved, for example, we walked from Yosemite lodge to the Ahwahnee Hotel for lunch, but became confused by lack of signs near Welcome center; too many intersecting paths.
We were not aware that if we stayed on at Doubletree in Brisbane, we would be eligible for RS discount. I had booked in advance to make sure we had a place to stay. I asked management for the discount, but could not do it. I would like reimbursement or credit for difference. I paid $194+ on October 10th. No senior discount was ever offered by Hilton either.
— Review left October 13, 2025
This was a great way to be introduced to Yosemite and better understanding our National Parks.
— Review left October 10, 2025
Yosemite is one of America's iconic National Parks. We have all seen pictures, but a picture can't give you the visceral experience that you get from being there. No national park can be fully experienced without boots on the ground.
— Review left October 6, 2025
Yosemite was a bucket list item and I could not think of any other way to cross it off than with Road Scholar. From past trips with RS I knew it would be the best way to see and learn this glorious park.
— Review left October 1, 2025
Our September trip to Yosemite was wonderful! We were taken to so many spectacular sights and locations within the park. It would be extremely difficult to do this trip on your own. The Yosemite Valley Lodge was a great location and much nicer, more spacious and cleaner than my "rustic" expectations! A great trip by Road Scholar. I have seen Yosemite! What a privilege.
— Review left September 29, 2025
This trip is amazing! Mary our tour guide was very well organized & kept us on schedule. Marty from Yosemite conservatory was very informative & enthusiastic.
I have a complaint about the bus driver from Yosemite on Wednesday that took us to Glacier Point, Bill Fontana Sr.
At Badger hill, stopped for approx 4 min repeating 3 sentences, he wanted us to reply hallelujah to these 3 sentences, he asked 3 different times til we said hallelujah loud enough, then he continued driving. This is manipulative behavior. Bill then deducted 10 min from our 1 hour at the top because of a 10 min wait at road repair site on the way up.
Why should the time at top be deducted when on the way down we were stopped for about 30 min? He told us the day before he waited 30 min on the way back down at the same spot.
Told us multiple times on the way up we had 50 min, not 60. pulling into the parking lot Bill (81 yr old, driving 61 yrs) told us that we needed to look at our phone, add 50 min & be back on the bus when the 50 min was up. (I’m not in 3rd grade) If we were late he wasn’t sure he would wait for us. Glacier Point is beautiful & I would have loved to have the last 10 minutes of that hour.
Talked non stop both ways not all Yosemite information.
Asked us multiple questions about Ulysses S Grant, talked about the war in Mexico & the pope.
I was sitting in the 4th row, 2 women in the seat in front of me were talking in lowered voices. Bill told them to STOP TALKING! He stated that if he could hear them talking, everyone could hear them & the others would not be able to hear him (Bill). Extremely disrespectful. I was sitting right behind the 2 women & I was fine, I tuned them out.
1st dinner at the hotel, I listed I do not like fish on my road scholar form. Someone else stated they don’t like fish as the dinners were being served, they gave him my chicken. Servers need to serve requested meals 1st with names. Server stated 20 more min for chicken to be cooked.
— Review left September 26, 2025
Fantastic trip with Barrie as our group leader. She kept us informed (and on time!) with her nightly text messages. Our naturalist, Paul, should be the ambassador for Yosemite. His love and knowledge of the park certainly made this trip very memorable.
— Review left September 22, 2025
The Yosemite Park is an interesting experience in geological factors that can be seen in every part of the park. The granite mountains provide climbers with many challenges unmatched in any other region. The Sequoia grove shows trees present in only a few areas of the earth.
— Review left September 14, 2025
A wonderful opportunity to see and learn about one of the world's most beautiful national parks.
— Review left August 30, 2025
Our Road Scholar group leader Barrie Simpson was very very good. She kept us informed with a daily text message and kept us on schedule through the entire trip. She had to manage a diverse group of people with different ages and physical capabilities. We spent 3 days in Yosemite with an excellent guide from the Yosemite Conservancy. Paul was very enthusiastic and knowledgable about Yosemite. Paul provided non-stop information about the special places in Yosemite, Sequoias, geology, history, climbing, etc. If you are lucky enough to have Paul as your Yosemite guide then you are very lucky indeed. It was a wonderful trip and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks to Barrie & Paul for a trip I will never forget!
— Review left August 26, 2025
I highly recommend The Best of Yosemite National Park. The instruction was spot on and very informative, and the park is breathtaking!
— Review left August 25, 2025
Gorgeous scenery and wonderful leader Barrie. Dan the naturalist was also great. But just a word of warning: The Thursday trip to the Meadow was listed as " walking about a half mile total. " Instead, we HIKED for over three miles. Also, just a tip: there is no internet at the Lodge. I loved everything about this trip except the strenuous hiking.
— Review left August 8, 2025
This trip exceeded my expectations. I thought we were just going to see a few giant Sequoia trees but I had no idea that Yosemite would be so awe-inspiring. I was totally blown away by the beauty of it. The field trips with the naturalist were amazing and have inspired me to continue learning about the wonders of our natural world.
— Review left August 2, 2025
Good program for first time visitors to Yosemite. We got to see a lot of the key sites at the Park. The Naturalist was extremely knowledgeable and added a lot to the experience of the Park. I would recommend for anyone wanting to experience Yosemite.
— Review left July 20, 2025
I loved every part of the Yosemite Tour. It met all my expectations and more.
Our guides were wonderfully informative. I not only loved the awesome majesty of the Park but have had an incredible learning experience.
— Review left July 1, 2025
Our visit to Yosemite was outstanding. Our tour guide and naturalist who accompanied us enhanced the experience of being on one of the most beautiful parks in the National Park System.
— Review left June 30, 2025
The Yosemite National Park program I recommend it 100%. It was incredible all expectations have been met. It was an amazing experience, and I learned a lot.
— Review left June 29, 2025
Thanks for a great opportunity to see the beauty of Yosemite! I love Half Dome!
— Review left June 29, 2025
This was my first trip with Road Scholar. I will have other trips
— Review left June 25, 2025
Fantastic trip to Yosemite. Highly recommended.
— Review left June 21, 2025
Yosemite National Park is fantastic. It is a must see for sure! Huge Granite Cliffs, waterfalls galore (go in Spring), breathtaking vistas, Giant Sequoias, nature and history all combined. It is a popular park which can make logistics difficult: reservations, parking, tours…..but Road Scholar handles all the details. Yosemite Valley Lodge is somewhat basic (think of those long ago summer vacations in the station wagon) but more than adequate. And location, location, location! It’s in the center of much. Very short walks to Yosemite Falls and Yosemite Village. Easy shuttle access as well. So nice to be chauffeured around the park on a bus. You are able to enjoy the scenery and not worry about traffic or parking. We were accompanied by an excellent naturalist who knew the park so well. He shared his knowledge with passion and in easily understood ways. This was quite a learning experience. Go!
— Review left June 21, 2025
This was my first Road Scholar program. My expectations were to see Yosemite for the first time, and to do a ton of photography. Those expectations were fully met – the program took us to all the major sights of the park, and our Yosemite Conservancy ranger was excellent and added much to the program. I absolutely do not regret participating in this program. I was disappointed in the food – I didn’t realize there wouldn’t be options for some of the provided meals, and the quality of some of that was not high. There was also a trade off with staying at Yosemite Valley Lodge. It was the best possible option and was in an excellent location which allowed us to get everywhere we wanted. But it is not a well managed hotel, in my opinion – some issues with cleanliness in the room, and some inefficiency with staff. (Certainly not at the lever of its pricing. ) One last caveat – the program materials give the time spent on a bus every day – it’s a lot – more time on the bus than off. And the roads are winding and bumpy, so be prepared.
— Review left June 21, 2025
This is a terrific program! I recommend it without qualification.
— Review left June 13, 2025
I would recommend this program to others interested in visiting Yosemite.
— Review left June 13, 2025
Road Scholar was everything I expected it to be. The Yosemite trip visited all the places I wanted to see without me worrying about navigating nor traffic. Dawn, Leo & Andrea were awesome.
— Review left October 14, 2024
The Yosemite trip provided a comprehensive experience and understanding of the national park, its history, its origins, its geological formation, its role in helping get the national park system of the US started. You also get to see the largest, oldest tree in the world!
— Review left October 12, 2024
Outstanding trip! You see all the diverse and amazing areas of Yosemite, and learn a lot about why they are so special. And you will have a lot of fun with great people!
— Review left October 11, 2024
Our Yosemite Adventure was a wonderful experience! Very well organized with a variety of educational opportunities. Marty,our Master Naturalist guide, is a wealth of knowledge and expertise that he shares with such a deep love and respect for the land. We need to take good care of our National Parks, not only for our enjoyment but for the benefit of future generations!
— Review left October 6, 2024
I expected to enjoy the trip to Yosemite but the enjoyment exceeded my expectations, by far. Every day of the time there was a new delight for the eyes.
— Review left September 29, 2024
Very good program; we've seen all interesting places in Yosemite and learned a lot about the park
— Review left September 29, 2024
A wonderful trip filled with lovely people, led by a fun guide and informative teacher. The National Park was amazing!
— Review left August 28, 2024
Great trip. Moderate to easy hikes. Great tour guides, accommodations and food.
— Review left July 31, 2024
Incredible trip. The group leaders, Mino and Steve Anderson were awesome and went out of their way to make the experience memorable. I've been to a number of beautiful places and Yosemite ranks with the most beautiful. Staying in the park made the experience more memorable as the beauty of the Yosemite was accessible early in the morning, in the evening, and at night. I love Road Scholar trips not only because of the places visited, but also the educational aspects and the interesting people I meet. I highly recommend this trip.
— Review left July 29, 2024
This was a wonderful trip. We’ve been on 14 Road Scholar programs and all were great. This was one of the best. We’ve covered quite a few national parks with Road Scholar and each one is unique and this was no exception. It definitely is a majestic park and Road Scholar provides a variety of views and insights to make this a very memorable experience. I would add that we took this trip in July and the weather was in the 90s. There is no air conditioning in the cabin but plenty of fans (we had 3 and used them all). So it was a bit uncomfortable, but we survived and the location inside the park just below the incredible water falls made it worth the slight discomfort. Plus there is a large cool pool within a few feet.
— Review left July 28, 2024
I highly recommend Road Scholar programs, particularly if you are new to traveling solo. I was made to feel welcome and included from the very first day. It got me outside my comfort zone and showed me that I can continue to broaden my horizons.
— Review left July 28, 2024
Yosemite is a great location that would be a challenge for us to visit on our own and so we are so happy to have had this opportunity with Road Scholar.
— Review left July 19, 2024
If you want to really see Yosemite Valley , Road Scholar will take you from the bottom of the valley where everyone explores to the top at glacier point looking down into the valley to the beautiful meadows at 8500 feet which many would miss.
— Review left June 22, 2024
The trip itself was incredible! I thought the sites we visited were a good sampling of the "best of Yosemite" in the few days we were there. Everyone in our group was friendly and fun to be with. Accommodations were perfect for the setting. Our group leader and naturalist both went above and beyond to assure an enjoyable and educational experience! The trip was well above my expectations in every way!
— Review left June 21, 2024
This is a great way to visit Yosemite - with a group and a bus that can get to some of the more distant parts of the park outside of the Valley.
— Review left June 18, 2024
What a wonderful way to see and experience Yosemite Park while being provided Park history and geology. All this and more was received as we journeyed along with other friendly, interesting and convivial Road Scholar travelers. Great program!
— Review left June 1, 2024
This Yosemite program is truly the best! We experienced Yosemite up close and personal. The scenery is magnificent and this program includes so many sights. Mary, Marty and our fellow Road Scholars enriched our experience and our lives.
— Review left May 30, 2024
Loved being able to choose the pace that was right for me. Having the group leader and the scholar manage many of the details made the trip more enjoyable. Great group to travel with. I’m looking forward to taking more trips with Road Scholar.
— Review left May 26, 2024
Yosemite has always been on our bucket list but often felt intimidated by the travel distance to the park and between all the sites once inside the park This was an excellent way to stay in the valley and see the majority of the park in an organized way with a naturalist sharing their knowledge with you on the way to the sites. It was an amazing experience. Yosemite is a national masterpiece .
— Review left October 30, 2023
Yosemite is magnificent and the guides Marty and Nate were amazing with their knowledge and passion about the Park. Our leader Lisa was so caring and did a great job letting us know what to expect each day. October 8th is a little late for best waterfalls and lakes but otherwise great for temperatures. Beware that walking daily is more like 6-7 miles rather than what is stated in the itinerary. What a gift to see this Park up close and personal!
— Review left October 21, 2023
October was perfect for visiting Yosemite. Fewer crowds, beautiful weather. Scenery not to be beat.
— Review left October 15, 2023
I forgot to include deserved praise to Drew Jackson, one of our group leaders, when I sent in my review of this trip recently.
I discovered that I had left my phone in my rideshare vehicle after I arrived at the hotel in San Francisco. He kept using his cell phone to call my phone until he finally contacted the driver and I got my phone back. Phones are so important these days and I was extremely relieved!
— Review left October 12, 2023
Highly recommend Road Scholar's program "Best of Yosemite". Six days was adequate time to see the main sights. Very comfortable accommodations, variety of meal choices, and just the right pace and free time. Excellent group leaders.
— Review left October 2, 2023
This is a great overview of Yosemite National Park. You get to see and visit so many beautiful places, and the classes by the Park Naturalists are so very informative. It was a beautiful week in an astounding area.
— Review left October 1, 2023
You cannot experience this adventure through books or photos but need to be there in person to get the full new value of God’s creation. Thank you for that experience.
— Review left October 1, 2023
Fabulous trip, beautiful place & learned much about the area of Yosemite & those who live there! Mary & Drew were great leaders!
— Review left October 1, 2023
Our trip to Yosemite July, 2023 was amazing. Anne was a great guide, she was there to handle all of our needs, inform, and suggest things to do in our free time. Dan Webster was AMAZING. His knowledge and ability to communicate in an informative, fun way made every outing a great adventure. We enjoyed all aspects of our learning experiences!
— Review left August 8, 2023
Seeing is believing! I have heard about the rock walls and giant sequoia trees all my life. However, seeing them dwarfed my preconceptions. Well worth going on this trip. Warning: Be prepared to look up frequently to see the grandeur!
— Review left July 15, 2023
We had a fabulous trip to Yosemite National Park. We had a friendly and engaging group. Our free time was well balanced with our programming time and our instructors were wonderful. It was perfect for us!
— Review left July 15, 2023
Terrific visit to Yosemite. Much better than trying to visit Yosemite by car. Accommodations in the heart of the park, good group of participants, well organized. Visiting Yosemite by bus, Monday through Friday, is the best way to do it!
— Review left July 10, 2023
Excellent program for a taste of Yosemite National Park. Although the extreme winter snows kept our group from Glacier Point and Tuolumne Meadows, we enjoyed Yosemite Valley as well as visits to the Mariposa Grove, Wawona, and the Yosemite History Center. Highly recommend this program.
— Review left July 5, 2023
If you want to learn history of settlement and development of Yosemite as a national park you will learn it here.
— Review left June 17, 2023
There wasn't a wasted minute in this wonderful program!
— Review left June 17, 2023
This was my first experience with the Road Scholar staff and programs. I was impressed with all of the staff members we dealt with and thouroughly enjoyed the entire experience. I will certainly consider using their services again in future adventures.
— Review left June 10, 2023
This was an unusual trip. I almost cancelled because the park had been closed a couple of weeks before we were to begin, due to high water in the Merced River, and it was unclear to me whether this trip would actually happen. (Road Scholar did not make a final decision until two days before the trip started.) But I'm very glad I went. The group was quite small -- only 11 of us -- due to individual cancellations, and both the trip leader and the naturalist from the Yosemite Conservancy were outstanding. Some of the standard Yosemite sights were unavailable because of deep snow in the higher elevations, so instead we saw giant sequoias at another location and did other alternative activities. Because of all the water, the waterfalls were at their best -- full and beautiful. I thought the high water itself was an unusual sight worth seeing. The weather was lovely. Going early in the season to Yosemite is a good idea. Even in mid-May, the park was starting to become well populated, and it looked like it would be very crowded at the peak of the summer.
— Review left June 8, 2023
My trip to the granite cathedral of Yosemite was a study in contrasts. The park was flooded, and yet it was more beautiful for the water. Our schedule was altered immensely, and yet we got to do things that were unexpected and wonderful. Most of our meals were only tolerable, and yet most of my favorite and amazing conversations took place while eating. Thank you, Lisa, Paul, and Marina for working so hard to make what could have gone badly into my very favorite trip.
— Review left May 29, 2023
This program provided interaction with all the iconic sights of Yosemite, as well as LOTS of information from the naturalist about the park itself.
— Review left May 28, 2023
This was a "bucket list" trip for us. It was our 12th RS trip. We have enjoyed all of them, but this one particularly exceeded our expectations. We highly recommend this Road Scholar adventure.
— Review left May 22, 2023
The trip to Yosemite was wonderful. The group leaders kept everything on schedule, were knowledgeable, and fun to be around. The tour guides from the Yosemite Conservancy shared their love for the park and taught me a great deal.
— Review left October 12, 2022
This tour was a wonderful overview of Yosemite National Park. Very well organized and informative-would highly recommend!
— Review left October 3, 2022
Wonderful program with amazing, knowledgeable instructors. So nice to have everything organized. The fellow participants were all really fun and knowledgeable in their own rights, too!
— Review left September 23, 2022
I loved the trip and was so thankful that in June the weather was in mid-70's to low-80's plus we were there 2 weeks before the Mariposa fires. Hikes, trip leader & info from guide were fantastic. So happy I went.
— Review left September 4, 2022
This was my sixth Road Scholar trip. Everything about it was outstanding. The group leader and the Conservancy experts were absolutely wonderful. (I will look for other trips that our group leader accompanies!) Accommodations were ideal. Meals were well beyond expectation. As a vegetarian, I was bowled over by the exceptional offerings at every meal. And of course meals also provided a chance to better get to know the delightful people in our group. Their good humor and experiences shared around the table, in the bus, and elsewhere added to the joy of this trip. Well done, Road Scholar!
— Review left August 22, 2022
Best of Yosemite National Park is an awesome experience. The views are breathtaking!
— Review left August 17, 2022
An outstanding program! The magnificence of Yosemite was enhanced by the knowledge and enthusiasm of our naturalist instructor, Paul, and the joy of experiencing this place was definitely projected by our group leader, Dawn. If visiting Yosemite is on your bucket list, enroll in this program now!
— Review left July 10, 2022
A wonderful program. Of course, the setting is tough to beat, but it's the sum of the park's beauty, its nature, its history and its people that add up to a decidedly more impressive whole. If one walks away from this program not having been awed, inspired and uplifted, I'd have to wonder. Dealing with the crush of the tourists visiting the park does require one to do a reset: let the park's beauty and nature do their thing and rise above the occasion. And, our leader and instructors definitely helped me do that reset. Stepping out of the pool of constantly aired "breaking news" for a few days was absolutely delightful.
— Review left July 2, 2022
The Yosemite Road Scholar trip was awesome! Our group leader "Dawn" was fantastic! Our daily expert guide "Paul" was also awesome! The group was wonderful and everyone in between from the lodge staff to the side presenters and bus captains were all great! My mother and young adult daughter all really enjoyed our blessed trip. This first trip with Road Scholae was so memorable.
— Review left July 1, 2022
If you want to get in touch with Mother Nature and "saunter" through the forests then this is the trip for you.
— Review left June 28, 2022
A geologic wonder land.
— Review left June 27, 2022
Visiting Yosemite should be on everyone's bucket list. People from all over the world visit our parks and love them as much as we do. I feel strongly that every congress person and senator should visit the parks. Maybe then they would fund them instead of bombs.
— Review left June 27, 2022
This trip is a great overall sample of the park and the highlights. Staying in the park is a real asset.
— Review left June 23, 2022
This trip has it all with 4 full days in Yosemite Valley Lodge. Sharon our Tour guide & Paul our naturist we're excellent. All of concerns & needs we're met. Thank You
— Review left June 20, 2022
If you go on this trip, try to go in the early spring so the water is flowing in the rivers up on top of the mountains.
— Review left May 27, 2022
This program was an inspiration! Each day was filled with awe inspiring experiences. The beautiful images of Yosemite are etched in my being.
— Review left May 25, 2022
For the description of this program, please emphasize e.g., that we won't go to Tuolumne Meadows if the road is closed, won't go to Glacier Point if road still under construction. I.e., be more specific, don't just say "program subject to change."
— Review left May 21, 2022
This was a really fun trip in a wonderful location and hotel.
— Review left September 23, 2019
We had a wonderful time on our Yosemite trip. Mary Jackson and her husband, Drew, were fun to be with and made everything go as smoothly as possible. Michael Ross was interesting and informative as he served as the naturalist for the tour. It was also fun to meet John Muir as played by Frank Helling, and hear a little of his adventures. The only problems had to do with the food. One dinner was at 8:30 p.m., the picnic lunches were pretty bad, the dinner with John Muir was cold and in a room where the AC had not been turn on and our final lunch took three tries before a place was found to serve us. All of these should be addressed by Road Scholar. However most of us did not come on this trip for the gourmet meals and between Mary, Drew, Michael, Frank and our other fellow travelers, we had a great time and would certainly recommend this trip to others.
— Review left June 26, 2019
Yosemite is fabulous, Mary and Drew Jackson were perhaps the best group leaders I've had on any outing, and the other program participants were a joy.
Once again, though, your vegetarian choices were terrible. Issues:
1. Plated meals leave us no choice - we bailed from four and bought our own meals, usually at the same venue. We packed cheese, crackers, fruits and nuts for our outings. Hotels and restaurants now routinely serve a variety of good vegetarian choices - the issue is what the Road Scholars staff orders for our vegetarian plated meals.
2. A salad and pasta primavera is not nutritionally adequate meal. We were served this four times in a six day program. It makes us second class citizens when others are served generous portions of salmon, chicken, beef, or sea food.
3. Your vegetarian options were almost all vegan. That would be okay if they had adequate vegan nutrition and flavor, but they did not. Some eggs, dairy, yoghurt, gardenburgers or other protein source would have helped those options. The soggy roasted vegetable wrap for a picnic lunch was the low point of nutrition and aesthetics.
4. No problems with breakfasts - eggs, yoghurt and the usual offerings work just fine.
5. This is the 6th Road Scholar program we've had this problem with. The vegetarian choices have been good to excellent on the cruises (Aegean Odyssey, Paul Gaugin, and the Great Lakes cruise), but even the land portions of those excursions were disappointing for vegetarian meals.
6. I am a physician with training in public health and also edited a health and nutrition newsletter ("Doctors Orders") for 20 years. I would be happy to discuss vegan and vegetarian nutrition and dietary options if your staff need help.
7. I recognize that the Road Scholar demographic has not as widely embraced vegetarian and vegan diets as other age groups. If you had more 30-something clients, you would already have fixed this.
Christopher H. Coulter, MD, MPH
714-296-3333
— Review left June 19, 2019
Yosemite National Park should be experienced by everyone and more than once. The Road Scholar program does an excellent job of housing you right in the valley close to the magical places of the park. The program offers a nice balance of education on the park, its flora, its animal life and its history. But Mother Nature provides you the big stuff....waterfalls, granite walls, star-lit nights and a deep sense of spiritual uplift. Go experience Yosemite!!
— Review left June 13, 2019
Yosemite is an awe inspiring place. Don't miss seeing and experiencing it and do it with Road Scholar because they handle ALL the details for you and give to access to intructors, experiences and information you may not otherwise have.
— Review left May 27, 2019
Yosemite is a beautiful place with a rich history. Road scholar provided an excellent trip.
— Review left May 26, 2019
This trip exceeded my expectations! The big plus was to be able to stay in the park so that you could get up early and walk to Yosemite Falls or Cook's Grove before people came in the morning. You could attend Nature Conservancy programs on free nights, which were excellent. I saw the program on Search and Rescue. Very well organized and excellent educational speakers. Due to snow, programs had to be changed and the changes were excellent! I highly recommend this program.
— Review left May 26, 2019