Enhance Your Journey
Elevate your experience with a host of options available for an additional cost.
Experience Beekeeping Up Close
Visit Carmel Valley Ranch for a VIP tour of the ranch’s on-site apiary. Don your protective beekeeping gear and get up close with the resident hive’s 60,000 Italian honeybees. Learn how these hardworking creatures diligently forage for local pollen and nectar, particularly from the ranch’s plentiful lavender plants. Observe the sophisticated social structure that governs the bees’ society, from the guards at the hive entrance, to the nurses tending to the young and the notoriously elusive queen. Afterward, sample honey straight from the source and receive a complimentary lavender beeswax balm.
Enjoy a Campfire/Stargazing Experience
This evening, head into the wilderness and gather around a roaring campfire built specially for you. Sing campfire songs, roast s’mores and experience the night sky like never before. Join a local astronomer to gaze through a telescope and learn what secrets the Yosemite Valley’s starry night has to tell, observing constellations, planets, nebulae, galaxies and other celestial wonders.
Redwood Ziplining Adventure
Kick up the adrenaline this afternoon with an exhilarating ziplining excursion. During this guided eco-tour adventure, glide across multiple ziplines suspended among the area’s breathtaking coastal California redwood trees. Enjoy panoramic forest views and personally experience one of the country’s most exciting ziplines.