Went here for my 10th wedding anniversary and I can say it was not a disappointment. We were…read moresurprised that the location was for a camp, which made it even better with it, including activities, dinner, and breakfast on top of the location being in the Sequoia national Park with a view on the patio as well. We will definitely return most likely annually.

If you grew up watching the Parent Trap, this is how I imagined it being as a kid, which I mean in…read morethe best way possible. Everything you see mostly is included in the lodging price. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, activities, and amenities. The big bed has a comfortable mattress and there is a heater extra blankets. The mini fridge in the room would not recommend I don't think it worked despite turning the knobs to higher setting, there is a communal fridge in the dining kitchen area, so you can write your name with a note and use that if necessary. People don't really need to bring much as the resort has everything you might need. However, extra body wash, shampoo, and such would be useful to bring if traveling with a large group because the ones offered in the bathroom come in tiny trial size containers. The bunk beds seemed to have a inflatable mattresses so if planning a trip with multiple adults that could be a concern if picky. My boyfriend and I stayed during Memorial Day weekend, and we were very happy with this place. The mountains had some visible snow still from the lodge deck. Check in and Check out was simple and easy. If you need to work remotely with strong internet, know that while the wifi is Starlink, it's spotty. There were s'mores our first night which reminded me so much of camping growing up. We were in the Sugar something lodge, and the hot water did not disappoint, reliable and hot each time. Water pressure okay and as expected being so remote. Food is all self serve, and it's very organized. There is a small ice maker as well to fill up water bottles for the day. The food was consistent. If you get bored easily, i recommend checking out board games at the front desk. If technology dependent, were sort of able to download slowly episode of a show on Netlfix while there, but I recommend doing this earlier in advance at home or wherever signal is fast. All the workers are kind, and we highly recommend partaking in the activities that are offered daily. There are 2 tennis courts too, lap pool, hot tub, bouncy house (sometimes on), kids trampoline, lounge chairs galore, communal books. The Archery was a blast, it gave us a chance to try it, and the canoeing was so relaxing. Upon request, they have a bagged lunch system so if you plan to venture out to the famous site seeing hikes or spots at Seqoia National Park, it could be helpful. There are many activities, and it is incredibly family friendly. I highly recommend to all no matter what age. I would definitely stay again and recommend to people who want a fun relaxing spot for camping vibes or outdoor activities. Also everything at the resort is walking distance so pretty convenient. Also AWD or 4WD highly recommended as of right now 10-15 mins of the route is dusty dirt unpaved road uphill/downhill. However, we did see a BMW sedan once but we felt bad for the car.

Very nice stay here. We were in one of the cabins and it was perfect. Quiet, comfortable, and gave…read moreus the total mountain getaway feel. The staff in the office was always pleasant to deal with. Easy and close access to Sequoia entrance. Also the gateway restaurant next door is good and if you can nab a seat outside next to the river you won't regret it. Will definitely stay here in the future.

I just wanted to leave the best review for the cabins at the Buckeye Tree Lodge. We stayed here…read morefor a few nights, and I'm so happy I booked here. Our Aspen cabin accommodated 3 guests. It was perfect and cozy and had a coffee & tea station with fresh coffee beans. I'm so happy I was able to book a place for us to sleep while we explore Sequoia National Park and forest. Some more pros: -Directly across from a nice restaurant. -Awesome small town vibe. -Easy check-in, with friendly front desk. -Clean, well kept, nice touches. -Beautiful big yellow tree outside our window (we visited in December 2023. -Kaweah River on property with tree swing, ducks, cattle/sheep views in the mountains in the morning. It was the best part of my trip. -Comfortable beds, clean sheets, fresh towels. -It had all the listed amenities. -Reasonable rates especially compared to everyone else in the area. -I recommend this place for family or romantic getaway. I would DEFINITELY book here again because I'm simply in love with the beautiful forest surroundings.

A friend and I made last minute plans to visit sequoia/kings canyon for Memorial Day. We wanted…read moreaccess to both parks and saw that Cyndi's was in a perfect location. Luckily they had a room available for us. On our way up, we decided to explore sequoia before checking in. After a few hours in the park, it was getting late so we decided to make our way to the hotel. We called to see if there were any restaurants nearby or if we should look for something closer to where we were. Cyndi answered the phone and offered to call all of the places in town to see what was open for us! That was just the first example of many of how Cyndi and her staff treated us like family during our stay. Cyndi and Robert hung out with us while we were at the hotel. They were both very entertaining and kept us laughing. Robert even pulled out some magic tricks for us! If you're looking to stay in the ritz Carlton, you may want to look elsewhere. If you want a place at a perfect location for access to sequoia and kings canyon national park and with some of the friendliest people on earth, I can't recommend this place enough!

Needs code improvements. Roof leaked. Handrails falling off. Stairs not to code. No staff.read more

super accommodating , helpful, and friendly staff…read more Convenient location, just about two miles to the sequoia NP entrance gate. The river behind the lodge offers additional relaxing moments.

All I want is a little peace and relaxation...Disconnect from social media and the world..."if you…read morewant that, here it is, come and get it, but ya better hurry cause it may not last..." A wonderful place to reset, refocus, & realign! The staff here were so welcoming, friendly and made my stay perfect. My private room faced one of the surrounding "Three Rivers," which was astounding to see every morning. The fresh air, trees, and small town vibes were calling to me. This lodge is located just outside of the Sequoia National Forest Park. You can walk to the entrance but it takes an hour to drive up to the main trails and sequoia trees. *Cellular service is spotty here. However, they offer free wifi while staying here. *No Cleaning service here so don't forget to make your bed and clean up after yourself:) if you are OCD like me, lol! *Fresh towels, TP, trash bags, ice, DVDs, games, books are available in the front office. *Each room has "Fresh Organic Coffee Beans, an electric coffee grinder, microwave, small fridge, TV with satellite and a DVD player. *Free parking *Private cabins located across from the lodge with small kitchens and bathrooms.

Picked this place because of the uniqueness and character. Didn't see that there was no A/C in the…read morerooms. The building uses a swamp cooler, which is not ideal when the temperature is high. Rooms have that "vintage" feel but that's about it.

Well, it was clean, but it really needs an upgrade. It is cheap so maybe you get what you pay…read morefor. The heating system sucks. They have notes in the room to not use the radiator heating. So you freeze they offer an extra blanket, but it's not enough. I understand the nostalgia of the place, but it could use a major upgrade and I feel they could still keep it looking old

Gabriela is such an angel and so kind. I lost my phone somewhere in the hotel when I was having…read morebreakfast. My bf and i were driving for ages the previous day and i was super tired and my head was not working. Gabriela was so helpful, she alerted the front desk and even helped me call my phone. With her help I traced back where I misplaced it. She's so amazing and so kind to do that! I appreciate it so much. I was so frantic since we are so many miles away and going on a trip to Sequoia and without my phone we would definitely be in a lot of trouble. Thank you so much, you are such an amazing wonderful person!!

My wife and I were driving up from Oakhurst during our week-long National Parks trip. Our AirBnb…read morehost contacted us stating their water had been shut off and there was uncertainty if it would be turned back on by the time we arrived. We decided to find an alternative place to stay for the night and during our search came across Best Western. Customer Service assisted us quickly and thankfully they had a room available for us. Reserving was quick and easy. When we arrived we checked in at the front desk--it also went quick and smooth, with no issues whatsoever. Pricing was fair for what we were getting and the room was spacious, clean and comfortable. Tv had plenty of channels to browse through, the bed was very comfortable and we had a great night's sleep. In the morning, before checking out, we went downstairs to their breakfast, included with our reservation, and it was basic, but good!! We filled up on waffles, eggs and sausage, though they also carry cereals, yogurt, bagels and other items. Overall had a wonderful experience here and would definitely come back!

Takes credit card. 20 min drive to Mt Whitney Portal. 45…read moremin drive to cottonwood trail head Has a lobby open 24 hours. Free parking assigned to your room. Additional parking in the back if your party has more than 1 car. The cost of lodging is high though, one of the highest in the Lone Pine, like $180/night. Free breakfast included open 6am-10am. Includes hot eggs, tater tots, bacon, tortilla, juice, coffee, pastries, milk, almond milk. Rooms are clean. Showers include shampoo, conditioner, body wash.

This Best Western in Lone Pine, CA was very clean. The beds were comfortable and the…read moreair-conditioning units worked GREAT. The front desk staff was very helpful and the breakfast bar was tasty. The swimming pool was very refreshing after a HOT day of hiking. I found the rooms to be a little pricey (during the first week of June) at just over $200 a night including tax, but I guarantee you won't find a cleaner hotel in the area. Have a blessed day.

Food is wonderful the cook Lisa is amazing cook has a great personality and all my experience and…read moredining this is one of the best ones you guys should be proud of your staff for the great customer service price is reasonable and the cookies are wonderful

On a recent trip to Sequoia my friend Denise and i stayed here. When I booked the place I did so…read moreafter consulting a few websites but not really diving into them, so I did not know what this place was about. I just knew it was rustic--- on theme for a woods-forward trip- and close to Sequoia. And I assumed it was, at its core, an inn in a town. When Denise and I arrived we discovered that what awaited us was different than what we expected- not in an extreme way, but, in a way that separated where we slept from where we had to shower. These two points were far enough that we would need to walk from our room to another structure. Not a far walk, but still a walk that felt inconvenient because we are city folk, not outhouse people, even if they are modernized. I do not know if I made it clear, Denise and I discovered that what I booked was a cabin with no bathroom and the bathroom was like a 10 to 15 feet walk to a modern outhouse that felt impossible to get to, especially in the black and cold of the night. Denise and I were introduced to our shed turn cabin at around 10::00 p.m. We quickly accepted that we did not have a typical inn room, I had opted for the green cabin. It was a form of glamping. The actual room was snug. She took the bed up that up a ladder, like the one one walks up when they have bunk beds. And I stayed on the bottom bed. The place had a table, hooks, the beds a tv mounted on a corner and not much else. It was a place to sleep, and watch tv while laying down on the bed, it was not much more. So when I call it a cabin, do not imagine a cabin in the woods with a fire, a bear rug, a couch with quilted cushions and a mounted elk on the wall. It literally was what I described before--- mostly a couple of beds with a shed built around it. I showered in the outhouse the next morning. It had two stalls with a toilet and three to four showers, with one out of order. I had stepped into the bathroom of mountain folk and as a vacation experience it slapped, if it were my regular life, I would miss the privacy and comfort of a city bathroom with its sturdy plumbing and opportunity for me to blast my beats as I shower. When I went inside my shower, I saw that the shower was not a shower-head mounted on a wall. Instead it was one of those shower heads that is like a hose. You can pick it up, and shower with it while you scrub yourself with one hand, and hold the shower head with the other. I did not fully understand how to change from old clothes to my new clothes, so I ended up wetting my new clothes. I left them in the corner of the shower, and I believed that the water from the shower hose would not get them, but it did. For those who think that they would have handled the situation better than I did, even thought it was their first time, like it was my first time, I say they are probably right. I tend to be clumsy and miss hooks, and not really think of clothes enough to protect them from hose water that can run wild. In this place, one has to prepare logistically to tackle a shower. When Denise and I woke up the next morning, we were able to see the expansive wood scenery that awaited us. It was precious and majestic and the pay-off of enduring the lack of city comforts. The place also had this patio area with fairies, they were ceramic of course, but maybe at a certain time of day they awake at least for seconds to tend to the woods so they keep green and strong. I sat there. Took pictures of the trees, through a netting roof, and at this moment knew I was in a rustic-wood dream sponsored by dust of fairies, and I was in a state of stiff calm that settled by a nymph's blessing. With the poetic stripped, the place offered me peace because I was surrounded with pronounced nature in the form of tall trees, dirt trails, a blue sky, and I was not in a rush. I could simply enjoy the blue, green and brown all around me, with ticks of the clock ignored. I guess that is the promise of a vacation in the woods fulfilled. There was also a cat that belonged to the place. It was peached colored and clipped in all its glory. I forgot its name. Denise and I took a short walk to the small clearing behind the inn. And the cat decided to nestle besides her. So this place also has another charming quality of a good inn: a permanent guest, of the feline persuasion, that always greets visitors with a purr and a paw. Those kind of touches transformed our wooden cabin in the woods, into a wooden cabin in the woods where we interacted with a four legged creation, not a moose or a bear, but still the spirit of nature's animals was all around us. I just re-saw the picture of the tall trees behind the netting roof and I felt the umph of nature's breeze hitting my inside again. The magic of the woods came home with us, great souvenir if you ask me!

What an amazing lodging experience. Staying inside the park is absolutely worth the premium for the…read moreconvenience, atmosphere, and access to some of Kings Canyon's most beautiful areas. The unlimited morning coffee was a great touch, the front desk staff was attentive and welcoming, and the proximity to Grant Grove couldn't be better. No, this isn't five-star luxury--and that's not the point. The experience is authentic, peaceful, and uniquely connected to the park. We stayed in the glamping tents and were very pleased with the comfort and amenities. The shared restrooms and showers were spotless throughout our stay, which made a big difference. Overall, an excellent value. If you're looking for convenience, ambiance, and an immersive national park experience, John Muir Lodge delivers.

Nothing fancy but friendly staff and a good spot for several of the attractions. And the price was…read moregood too, $245 which is a steal for a national park. I would definitely stay here again.