Vantigo San Francisco 4 Hour Private Tour

Overview

Looking for an authentic private way to experience San Francisco? Trade the tour bus for a vintage Volkswagen van that easily navigates the city’s less-traveled lanes. Vantigo’s San Francisco City Tour takes you through 14 famed districts, and a few stops, complete with views of Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, and several other storied landmarks. Along the way, we’ll share tales of earthquakes that shaped the landscape, industrial shifts from the 1849 Gold Rush to the rise of Silicon Valley, 1960s counterculture, and surprising insights that only a local would know. Snacks, drinks, beer and wine included!

Whether this is your first San Francisco visit or you’ve lived here for years, you’ll see the city from a new perspective. Book today. Then, sit back and enjoy the ride!

City: San Francisco

Sat 21 Jun

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Starting at $650.00

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Sat 21 Jun

Starting at $650.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Access to districts the large buses cannot go

Bottled water

Professional guide

Custom pickup and drop off within San Francisco City Limits

Snacks

Beer and Wine are available

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Recommended tip amount: $20 per passenger (tips make up a large chunk of tour guide income in the U.S!)

What To Expect

Vantigo Tours

Private tours allow you to see what you want at your own pace. These tours are completely customizable and Vantigo will work with you to coordinate the perfect experience. One ticket books the whole 7 passenger bus!

Union Square

Drive through

Fisherman's Wharf

drive through

Chinatown

drive through

Coit Tower

Photo stop

North Beach

drive through

Marina District

drive through

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

photo stop

Golden Gate Bridge

photo stop at Fort Point

Legion of Honor

drive through

Golden Gate Park

drive through

Sutro Baths

photo/rest stop

Ocean Beach

drive through

Haight-Ashbury

drive through

Twin Peaks

photo stop

Alamo Square

photo stop

Civic Center

drive through

Show 14 more stops

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Traveler Photos

Reviews (62)

944wilfridl

Feb 2024

An excellent, fun & cultural introduction to SF and its personalities. Chad and Harvey share their incredible enthousiasme with adapted music to the surroundings. Everybody sing and laugh all along that epic travel in the city. So nice, so cool, so unforgettable experience ! Many thanks Chad for that gift. Highly recommended from France ! Wil&Pat.

Sneakersurfer

Jan 2024

I wanted to do something special for my husband's birthday & to celebrate my sister's first visit to San Francisco, this was it!! We travelled in the bus Lily with Chad the owner of the company & story teller extraordinaire! It was a wonderful tour full of facts, stories & great stop off points which aren't all on the tourist track. We had a selection of thoughtful drinks & snacks provided plus toilet breaks which if you have kids is great! The VW is an immaculate air cooled beauty if you're into that oh & I the kids played bingo while we drove around too and won prizes which they still cherish. Just so you know we also had a 15yo girl on the trio who is not easy to please & she thought it was fun and obviously Instagram fab!!

Daydream27038203960

Oct 2023

If I could rate this tour 100/10 I would. I was lucky enough that this was my second time on this tour. I did it back in 2016 with my family and took my friend this year in 2023. We opted to do the tour on our second day of the trip and it’s the perfect way to get an overview to then decide what you want to come back and visit in more detail. The tour feels personal as it’s in a much smaller group than the commercial tour buses. Also most tour buses aren’t allowed in a large portion of the city so through supporting this small tour business you also get access to places in the city others don’t. Chad was our tour guide this time and he was amazing!!! Super personable and passionate about what he does. Always happy to take lots of cool and cringe tourist pictures for you!!! The best kind of pictures!! I want to thank him for making the experience extra special! You also don’t notice that a few hours have passed by, which to me is a great sign!! I couldn’t recommend doing a tour with this company any more, if I return to San Francisco a third time you can bet I will be doing this tour again!! (I have attached two pictures, one from 2016 and one from 2023)