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The Urban Safari


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #14 of 635 attractions in San Francisco
Traveler Description: The Urban Safari's tour is humorous and informative at the same time. The tour guide has an attitude next to none (in a good way). They have a number... more »
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Attraction type: Tour
Address: San Francisco, CA
Tel: 415 282 5555; 866 697 2327

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5 of 5 stars
MelbournePhil   5 contributions
Melbourne
Nov 2, 2009

These guys are great. We had Glen the 'living legend' as our guide. Recommend to do this if you are an Aussie so you get to see the connections we have in SF. Don't hesitate on this. We did it in October 2009. A no rush tour where the group get to choose if they want to stay longer at... more

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5 of 5 stars
scubal0ver   27 contributions
Melbourne
Oct 29, 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

Others took the step on step off tours, we took the Urban Safari, with it's specially designed and zebra themed transport, rastafurian driver( with 33 years of the most fantastic dreadlocks) zany but information filled guide and HAD A BALL. There is no other way to say it, we saw it all, experienced it close up, and never left a... more

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4 of 5 stars
LouiseYoung   3 contributions
Melbourne Australia
Oct 27, 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

This tour is great fun, interesting, quirky and a different way of seeing San Francisco. Rather than feeling like you are getting the same tour that every other person gets every other day, the tour will accommodate what your wishes are. The driver and tour guide are very friendly. The tour bus is something to be seen and is quite... more

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5 of 5 stars
Too_Happy_Campers   1 contribution
San Bruno
Oct 20, 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

My husband and I recently played "tourist" in San Francisco. As Bay Area residents we are familiar with the usual attractions that one sees when visiting San Francisco. After reading an article in The Chronicle featuring the Urban Safari, we decided that it would be a new, different take on the city. We had a blast!! We ended up being... more

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5 of 5 stars
dudettetoo   2 contributions
San Francisco
Oct 18, 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

Visiting from Australia & first time in San francisco & went on Urban Safari tour. Glen Poole was a great tour guide, full of lots of info & made the day enjoyable. Got everyone talking & the lunch stop was GREAT!!! Glen made sure that even with the fog we could get a great view of the GG Bridge. Thanks... more

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5 of 5 stars
AustraliaTraveller81   1 contribution
Australia
Oct 16, 2009

The tour I did took me to all the standard sites and a few none of the other tours even knew about. A great way to spend half a day. Make sure you go down the alley with all of the awesome artwork. Other cities could learn from this alley. It was intimate (6 people) and the tour guide was... more

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5 of 5 stars
dubbs2733   1 contribution
brisbane
Oct 9, 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

9th October2009 My wife and I have just returned from 5 weeks and about 10 tours all over the states. The other 9 tours while being informative and interesting, are not half as interesting as daniel and sandys effort. This tour was a lot better than expected, when we booked from Oz 12 months ago we thought "another tour, we'll... more

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2 of 5 stars
SaundraOgdenUt   1 contribution
Ogden Ut
Oct 8, 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

In mid-September,my friend and I booked the Urban Safari 4 hour tour in San Francisco, after we were assured that their vehicles were,or would be, accessible to people with knee problems.(mobility). We were assigned to their biggest bus which involves at least three 14" steps to climb into the seating area. We were disappointed that the steps were so steep... more

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4 of 5 stars
jorjess   12 contributions
Geelong
Oct 8, 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

We are a family, (2 adlts 2 young girls 7 and 11) and really had a fun time. The tour went way longer than expected, and we saw and learnt things we would have never been able to. At first we found Daniel was a little bit over the top, but it grew on us and he treated our kids... more

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5 of 5 stars
claytonandbelinda   2 contributions
Brisbane
Oct 4, 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

My wife & I did this tour with Glen, we were a little disappointed that Dan wasn't taking the tour but not long into it Glen proved to be a great host and a great sense of humour! Glen knows allot about San Fran and keeps it interesting with trivia that even a safari truck full of aussies could get... more

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San Francisco, CA
Tel: 415 282 5555; 866 697 2327