4-8 Guests
Understand San Francisco in your limited time frame.
San Francisco for First-Timers
Experience a private tour of San Francisco with 6-10 guests, featuring luxury transportation, expert commentary and insider tips. We’ll start at your front door anywhere in the Bay Area in our private Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, ready to create a memorable San Francisco day with your team.
Options include hiking in Muir Woods under the towering California redwoods; exploring historic Alcatraz, once home to infamous gangster Al Capone; or visiting iconic neighborhoods and attractions such as Chinatown, twisty Lombard Street and the Golden Gate Bridge. You can even enjoy a ride on a cable car.
Contact our private guides for an unforgettable San Francisco adventure, one adjusted to your team’s preferences, with unexpected delights creating lifelong memories.
Retreat Highlights
- Explore San Francisco without that “touristy” feeling
- See the Golden Gate Bridge, Pier 39, the Palace of Fine Arts and more
- Insider tips, tricks and safety information
- Private, one-on-one guidance
- Feel confident to understand San Francisco for years to come
- Hosting packages are for 1, 2 or 3 days
- Begin and end from anywhere in the Bay Area
Included
- A customized visit to California planned for your group
- Luxury, private transportation
- Private, knowledgeable and interesting guides
- Turnkey itinerary planning
- Maps and guidance for San Francisco’s best neighborhoods
- One-on-one travel consulting to ensure an efficient weekend
- All logistics are handled by us — just fly in
Group Interests
Whether it’s standing below the Golden Gate Bridge to feel the salty spray on your cheeks or discovering the best viewpoints for your VIP clients, our private San Francisco tours offer an informative and personalized journey for you to truly comprehend and embrace where your private group is visiting.
Not Included
Each San Francisco Offsite is designed to fit your desires and budget; what we include or don’t include is up to you. Is your group particularly interested in architecture, history, neighborhood safety, hiking? One phone call and our guides can customize a private day in San Francisco geared towards your team’s interests.
*COVID-19 Policies : Our team is dedicated to providing a safe, healthy environment for all our guests and employees. Read our full list of preventative actions on our COVID-19 page.
Luxury Transportation
Ride in luxurious, private transportation while your guests explore San Francisco’s 7 x 7 miles of landmarks and sights. We’ll visit Nob Hill, Chinatown, North Beach, the Golden Gate Bridge and more, showing you the best of the Bay Area in your limited time frame.
Classic Meals
Dine in the Bay’s top restaurants, from enjoying clam chowder while overlooking the picturesque boats of Sausalito to shucking oysters in Point Reyes with a fresh spritzer in hand. Our private guides can create a dining experience that enhances your time in San Francisco.
Private Guides
Our guides created our Private San Francisco Tour because we know many Bay Area companies (and those groups who visit) unintentionally overlook the attention-to-detail standards your team deserves, especially when visiting California for business reasons.
We have decades of experience leading retreats in North America and can relate San Francisco to your private group whether they come from Europe, Asia, South Africa or Texas.
Choose Your Style
What’s best for your team?
Next Steps
Please determine your total time frame in California, the number of guests and your desired dates, and then Give Us A Call or fill out our Planning Form. You can also browse our FAQ page for a better idea of what’s possible.
Only once we’re on the same page can we begin to tailor the best private San Francisco tour for your group.
Private San Francisco Tour from Silicon Valley | Sample Itinerary
In a Mercedes Sprinter for 7-10 guests
Start your private San Francisco tour from anywhere on the peninsula in a luxury Mercedes-Benz Sprinter as our expert guides show you the city’s highlights in just one day.
Choose from options including hiking in Muir Woods, visiting Alcatraz penitentiary or Chinatown and much more. With luxury transportation starting right at your Silicon Valley doorstep, your team can confidently explore San Francisco, stepping away from their desks for an unforgettable day in the Bay.
Browse over the sample itinerary below, which we can personalize to your teams’ preferences.
The Challenge
Private San Francisco Tour from San Jose
Seb and his corporate team were visiting Silicon Valley on business for an artificial intelligence summit, an executive briefing in California to meet with potential AI investors. But after a week of meetings in San Mateo, a tech-heavy town just south of San Francisco, Seb wished to get his team out of the office for a day of sightseeing, preferably in nature and with fresh air, where the group could truly enjoy their time with each other in or near San Francisco.
He and his assistant approached us with their request and, following a brief exchange of ideas, we collaborated on his team’s adventurous day in the Bay Area.
How We Planned
Our initial step was to actively listen and gain a good understanding of Seb’s idea for their free day. Often, guests have a good sense of the San Francisco sights (thanks to the wealth of free information available online). However, a direct conversation with a private guide who knows and understands California travel, including tourist and traffic patterns, is always best. Seb and his assistant, Sam, recognized this and found that we matched with their team’s personality, especially in regard to the feeling they wanted their group to have in the end. After discussing their constraints, we were able to fine-tune their hiking/walking day in San Francisco.
The Itinerary
Yosemite National Park, the famous wilderness location and their first choice for a hiking destination in nature, was too far away for their group’s time frame, so Seb and Sam chose a location to hike closer to Silicon Valley and San Francisco, Muir Woods. After a thorough conversation by phone with our guides, we planned a day entailing exploration among the tallest trees on earth, with a few San Francisco urban hikes sprinkled in for even more entertainment.
Our guides would provide the day’s itinerary, lunch reservations and handle all the details from beginning to end; Seb’s team only needed to show up to their hotel’s front door ready to go, dressed in proper hiking attire.
Day One
Morning Agenda
We picked up the eight-man team, including Seb and Sam, from their Silicon Valley hotel in our luxury Mercedes Sprinter, with our private driver and guide ready to show them the best of the Bay Area, providing insight into San Francisco’s history, current events and a few unique hikes. Neighborhoods on our hitlist included Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf and Nob Hill before an enchanting day of hiking in picturesque Muir Woods.
Included Seafood Lunch
After viewing and experiencing the Golden Gate Bridge from multiple angles, pointing out the city’s self-driving cars along the way (Seb and his team knew all about the details – they were in town to pitch the same AI products), we crossed the bridge to explore Sausalito, a charming and small coastal town north of San Francisco. Although many quality restaurants dot the shoreline, we suggested a seafood location frequented by locals and celebrities alike.
Privately Hike Muir Woods
We then made our way to Muir Woods, the closest location to San Francisco for big trees. Recognized as the tallest trees in the world (think of their branches reaching high into the sky to drink the misty fog), the California redwoods are an awe-inspiring sight for any visitor, and Seb’s group was no different. We tailored their Muir Woods adventure to their hiking skills, so everyone felt confident, eager and welcome on the trails.
Return to Silicon Valley for Dinner
With their Muir Woods hikes now complete, with satisfied legs, they beamed as we made our way back down the peninsula toward their hotel, stopping at a few unforgettable viewpoints as the cherry on top. By the end of our informative, adventurous and relaxing day (as described by the team themselves, not us), we headed back to Silicon Valley in time to clean up for dinner.
A Quick Recap
For Our Private San Francisco Tour
A Final Note On Private San Francisco Tours
Arranging a private San Francisco tour from Silicon Valley for VIP clients can be difficult. From determining the time frame, stops of the day, catered lunches and educating the team on San Francisco’s good and bad aspects – especially recently, with our negative PR problems – every detail matters. But who should you trust to orchestrate your team’s positive day in the Bay Area?
Just as in in the kitchen, too many cooks can spoil the broth. If you seek an independent tour company that prides itself on direct communication and transparent pricing, one that isn’t afraid to stand for what’s best for its guests, then look no further. We’re the private guides who can adapt swiftly to challenges, ensuring a memorable, thought-provoking experience for your team.
Seb and Sam agreed they had their problem of a hiking day in San Francisco solved and couldn’t wait to return for some awesome hikes in Yosemite in the future.
Where We Went
On Our Private San Francisco Tour
Artificial Intelligence
Technology is not everything, and sometimes, the most meaningful adventures are those spent with humans. The experiences we provide inspire a warm, traditional feeling – something artificial intelligence can’t replicate (at least not yet). Seriously, what does your team subconsciously crave when visiting a new city?
While AI is advancing rapidly and is likely to transform many industries, we take pride in our human-to-human interactions, offering the kind of hospitality your private group can relate to. When was the last time you had a team retreat in San Francisco, bonding with each other over a day of famous sights and hikes?
From budget to luxury to anywhere in between, we can tailor your day in San Francisco to your private group. Everyone knows a robot cannot provide the insight a thoughtful human can.