Use our Your Tour Program to create your guided trip around California!
- See California’s wildlife & historic sites with an expert guide
- Schedule a trip with family, friends, club or professional organization
- Pick a day, weekend or week-long trip anywhere in California
- Free consultation to plan your trip, with up to 10 children/adults
- Make this an educational tour for your kids and grand-kids!
- Tour transportation by van and camping options
- Available year-round, book in advance!
The Golden State abounds with natural and cultural wonders, from breath-taking seacoasts, Redwood forests, great whales and national parks to Sierra peaks, desert landscapes and the Klamath wilderness. Our parks and natural preserves include Big Sur, Mono Lake, Yosemite, Mendocino, Death Valley, Anza Borrego, the Salton Sea and snow-covered Mt. Shasta. Nationally recognized historical and cultural sites include the Getty Museum, Santa Catalina Island, Monterey Aquarium, Hearst Castle, San Juan Bautista mission, Venice Beach and Gold Rush-era mountain towns. California ‘s great wildlife diversity includes Tule Elk, Sea Otters, over 450 kinds of birds -- from Condors to hummingbirds, Elephant seals, wintering Monarch butterfly colonies and migrating whales! You can see these California icons with an expert guide and educator—Ted Pierce. Your Tour allows you to schedule your trip and itinerary with your family and friends -- on your schedule! And Ted has over 25 years of experience guiding hundreds of clients around California, from Klamath in the north to the Salton Sea in the south. His interpretive skills and experience as a tour planner can guide you to the most exciting historical, wildlife and wilderness sites of our state, for a tour you’ll cherish for years.
Day Trips: $350 :: Weekend Tours: $950 :: Week-long trips: Email for rates & schedule
Email tedpierce@aol.com for more info.
More Excursions
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Weeklong National Birding Tours
All trips and tours are at a relaxed pace and usually involve minimal walking on mostly flat terrain; where slopes may be involved, it is indicated. The safety and comfort of tour participants are always first priority. There are no rain dates; if trips are cancelled, fees will be returned or may be applied to future outings.
In general, for shorter trips and tours (up to four days) bring binoculars and whatever snacks, lunch and drinks you wish. If you desire to carpool, I will try to put you in contact with other trip participants, but I cannot guarantee transportation to the site. We will wait 15 minutes after the trip starting time for everyone to assemble and then head out, but it is the responsibility of the client to reach the starting location on time. Refunds will be made, minus a $25 processing fee, up to two weeks prior to the date of the trip. After this time any refund will be at the discretion of the tour operator (Ted Pierce), or may be applied to a future trip or tour. If minimum group tour size is not reached, a trip or tour may be cancelled, or an additional fee charged. Directions and any other necessary information will be sent by email at the time of registration and payment.
For longer tours (up to fourteen days), an itinerary and release form will be sent prior to registration that will provide helpful information and will summarize all terms and conditions. Please contact me for any additional questions about trips or tours you may have, and I will be happy to answer them.