Incredible Adventures

Hiring:

Incredible Adventures is looking for outgoing, safety-driven, and reliable individuals with a desire for adventure. Guides should have a customer-service-oriented disposition and enjoy interacting with people from all over the country and the world. Experience is a plus, but not required. Safe driving skills are a must. Tour Guides will need to possess or acquire a California Commercial Drivers License (CDL) with a Passenger Endorsement. Training for the CDL will be provided during a 3-week training course in March/April 2025 and the season last through Sept/Oct 2025.

On single-day trips, Guides will pick up and drop off passengers at San Francisco hotels and provide informational narratives during the entire tour. On multi-day adventures, Guides will arrange daily logistics, outdoor and evening activities, sightseeing excursions, and teach sustainable travel, camping etiquette, and cooking skills.

Compensation:  Wages are per trip, with daily rates for experienced guides/drivers ranging from $170-$300, plus gratuity. Wages for overnight, multi-day tours are per trip and range from $275-$1350, plus gratuity. Our experienced guides can bring home more than $400 a day, including gratuity. 

"**Additional stipend available to German-speaking guides with current authorization to work in the USA

Must be at least 23 years of age

• Must possess a valid Commercial Driver’s License, Class B or C with Passenger endorsement of 16+

• Great communication skills

• High energy and excellent people skills

• Must be a safe, courteous driver

• Required to participate in state and federally-regulated drug and alcohol program which includes a pre-employment drug screen

• Ability to obtain First Aid/CPR certificate

• As the flow of tourism dictates our business, we ask that you are available to work weekends and holidays as needed

**Note: If asked to interview, applicants will be asked to provide a DMV record, form H-6 for CA commercial driver’s (10-year motor vehicle record).

Benefits & Perks: 

• Spend time exploring the outdoors in some of the most scenic areas of the country

• Flexible scheduling with options for full or part-time work and planned time off

• Assistance with finding housing plus discounts on communal housing options for SF-based guides

• Meal stipends on overnight hotel-based tours + included meals on most camping trips 

• Build a career in the Outdoor Industry in an entry-level role with opportunities for advancement

Additional Information About Incredible Adventures

Incredible Adventures is an environmentally-conscious outdoor travel company based in San Francisco that offers small group tours in the Bay area and beyond – we specialize in Yosemite National Park, Muir Woods, Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley, the California coast, and Lake Tahoe!

About our Team: We are an adventurous group that thrives on being in a casual and laid-back workplace that offsets our challenging and dynamic jobs. We love to travel and we are all huge advocates of preserving our natural resources through green business practices. All of our vehicles run on petroleum-free biofuels and have a limited impact on the environment (Incredible Adventures is a certified SF Green Business).