Yosemite Basecamp0

After a long and at times difficult drive from San Francisco our welcome on arrival was warm. Avoid Deer Flat Road and Murderous Gulch where the winding sheer-drop mountain road, we believe from the gold rush era, is barely the width of your car. You will age driving it! The loft room was accessed from outside and was HUGE. We loved the 'log cabin décor' and the facilities within the 'suite' (it's so much more than a room). The co-owners/staff we interacted with were very friendly and helpful and arranged a great packed-lunch for our visit to Yosemite Valley. The bed was comfortable and the continental breakfast available in our room was lovely with organic healthy items. We could see ourselves staying here longer and exploring more of the area and trying some of the activities this lodge can arrange. We think that a winter visit would be awesome. There were BBQ facilities that you could use, and the TV provided access to everything that you could want. The local town of Groveland was a delight and the Mexican restaurant just a short walk down the main street was great as was the 'Iron-Door Saloon; both provided great food and great atmosphere. We suspect you never need to leave Groveland for refreshments!

There were only a couple of minor points that, because we think were one offs, we won't highlight. However, the team need to consider all aspects of their offer so even minor issues with things not working properly don't occur. The lovely free-standing bath/shower looks great but is not terribly practical especially if you have younger children with you. Nothing detracted from our stay; we would highly recommend this facility for both short and long visits.

The apartment is spacious and very well thought out with lots of amenities and thoughtful touches. The bathroom in particular is beautiful decorated with lovely bath products. The dining area has a table and snacks which are perfect for days out- trail bars and bananas. The lounge area was very comfortable with recliners and blankets. It's spacious and more than comfortable enough for longer stays. The hosts were really accommodating and we were lucky enough to do a Yosemite Valley Tour with them too which was the highlight of our trip.

We unfortunately had a powercut during our stay which meant the air conditioning and certain lights couldn't be used but there was a generator and we had a fan and lantern. One note is that the air conditioning unit (when working) has a very bright screen/light which we found difficult to sleep with at night- a sticker to cover that up would be fab.

Very nice interior and everything was perfectly clean! Yosemite Nationalpark was easily accessible in 40 min. A little grocery store with everything you need near by (5 min by car). We were a group of 4, the sleep sofa was good to sleep.

Just a very little comment: since we needed to cook by our self, we would like to have a stove to cook. And the breakfast (milk, banana, granola) was alright for the little hunger.

The pictures do not do this place justice - the suite we stayed in was fantastic, so spacious and nicely decorated. They had all of the amenities that we would have needed and the breakfast was great. The owners of this place are lovely too, couldn’t be more helpful. Overall, a brilliant place to stay, would highly recommend!

Nothing, everything was great

This location was so much fun to stay in. The room was amazing, the shower was incredible. It was comfortable it was within walking distance to everything in the small town. The breakfast was great (granola, banana's, almond milk, coffee, tea and OJ.

We honestly loved everything about it.

Loved our stay! It was our first trip to the Yosemite area, and didn't know what to expect in terms of location. We were in the middle of a very charming town with several restaurants. The bed was comfortable and the place had every imaginable amenity, including some artisanal bath products and a great continental breakfast. We will be back the next time we are in the area.

loved the facility and lovely nice touches in the bathroom. In the heart of groveland so you can walk to restaurants and bars etc.

it’s a 30min drive from the entrance of Yosemite, which is an hours drive inside, so after a long day of hiking it was a 90min drive back which I didn’t expect.

-such a great place to relax (most nicest accommodation we ever had) -great host who welcomed us very affectionately with music in the apartment -we had problems to understand the remote check-in and she helped us although she was off work

A toaster or a stove could be added eventually

Such a beautiful place to stay. The facilities were amazing. They have provided everything you can think of and more, including lovely little touches like bath salts. I hope we can return one day.

beautiful loft with all that you need ,loved the bathroom, beautiful and cosy design ,food mart and restaurants all around ,would come again the soon as i possibly can

everything was perfect