The John Muir Trail

What's Included

• We can include flights from the UK.  Please contact us for a quote.

• Tour leaders throughout

• 22 breakfasts, 22 lunches and 22 dinners

• All accommodation 

• All transport and listed activities

• Meals

  3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinners.

• All accommodation 22 breakfasts, 22 lunches and 22 dinnersAll transport and listed activitiesTour leaders throughoutWe can include flights from the UK.  Please contact us for a quote.

What's Not Included

• Travel insurance

• Arrival & departure transfers

• Flights

• Visas or vaccinations

• FlightsTravel insuranceVisas or vaccinationsArrival & departure transfers

Food

22 breakfasts, 22 lunches, 22 dinners are includedWe do our best to cater to different dietary needs. However, if you have a significant food allergy or medical condition that requires strict adherence to a dietary regime we may not be able to fully accommodate you. The guide is unable to prepare a number of different meals each night for a number of different needs. Bishop is very limited in shopping options and much lightweight food may contain a variety of allergens. We will have to ask you to bring some of your own favourite items for supplies and to provide specific dietary needs.Outside of the three included meals per day whilst hiking, you should bring energy snacks and drink sachets such as coffee, hot chocolate, tea with you which can be split between the food resupply stops. It is important you bring these with you on day one, in clear bags with your name clearly marked on to avoid confusion.RESUPPLIESThere will be four food resupplies on this tour. These resupplies will be brought in by either porters, mules, or vehicles, depending on the location. Below you will find the number of days in each section between resupplies, the location, and instructions on how to label your items. Your resupply will consist of your personal snacks, powdered drinks, clean socks, medications, batteries, and a clean t-shirt; all of which you provide. Each resupply should not weigh more than 2lbs. Guides will review your personal resupplies at the office the first day we meet to finalise each drop. Once on the trail, you will be able to “return” dirty clothes to the office to be available at pick up the final day.On the first day of the journey, you will be picked up at your accommodation in either Bishop or Mammoth Lakes and shuttle you to the office for a gear check. We will meet around 11.00 am and be busy all morning at the office clarifying resupply needs, finalising personal gear, and distributing group gear. You will have six days of personal snacks and powdered drinks in your pack when we meet, which you provide. You will purchase lunch in Bishop and after lunch, we will drive two hours to the Cottonwood Campground. You will be provided with dinner and all meals from now until you return to Bishop or Mammoth on day 23, though you are to use these resupplies to supplement each drop.Resupply days and locations: Place resupplies in a gallon zip lock bags. Put your name and resupply dates/location on each resupply bag a permanent marker. We will collect your resupplies at the beginning of the trip. You should arrive with four resupply bags. The Muir Trail Ranch resupply must be sent a month in advance as per the Ranch’s’ policy, so we will have already sent in a resupply for Muir Ranch. You will be asked to specify your requests for the Muir Trail Ranch resupply before the trip. For the resupplies, you should have enough snack food to sustain you between breakfast to lunch and lunch to dinner. Don’t go overboard on your selection. A couple of Clif Bars, beef jerky, candy bars or a bit of trail mix each day will suffice.Day 1 Starting the tripYou need six days of snacks and drinks packed into your pack to start off with.Day 8 Resupply 1: KearsargeYou need six days of snacks and drinks packed into bags, labelled and left behind in the head office on day one.Day 13 Resupply 2: Little Pete Meadow You need three days of snacks and drinks packed into bags, labelled and left behind in the head office on day one.Day 16 Resupply 3: Muir Ranch.You need four days of snacks and drinks. This resupply is packed and sent in advance no later than one month prior to departure. It is your responsibility to pro-actively advise us before this date of your preferences, otherwise we will select for you based on previous customers choices. We can provide the following items for your individual Muir Trail Ranch resupply so let us know a month before the start of the trip your needs for this resupply. Please specify how many of each item you would like for the four days of this section.At this resupply, we cannot take out socks, t-shirts, underwear etc or bring in new items unless they arrive at the office a month in advance. Please let us know by asap, your selection for Muir Ranch Resupply.• Coffee/Tea/Hot Chocolate• Clif Bars• Jerky-beef or turkey Trail Mix• Candy Bars? What kind do you like?If you have allergies please note them again, and ensure that any medications or special items you would need for this section go into resupply two.Day 20 Resupply 4 Location: Red’s MeadowYou need three days of snacks and drinks packed into bags, labelled and left behind in the head office on day one.

Accommodation

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• Transfer as credit to Future Tours

  Exodus allows you to transfer existing payments to a future tour to avoid cancellation fees if you can't travel and inform exodus, 43 days before departure.

• Low Deposit

  Exodus requires a minimum deposit of 25% or the full booking value, whichever is less, with the final balance not due until 90 days before departure.

• Cancellation Policy

  We don't charge a cancellation fee, here is a summary of exodus charges.

  Up to 70 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.