Yosemite National Park’s Curry Village, also known as Camp Curry, is a historic and picturesque lodging option that offers a range of accommodations, including standard hotel rooms, wood cabins, and canvas tent cabins. Established in 1899, Curry Village is known for its warm and hospitable atmosphere, reminiscent of the original spirit instilled by its founders, David and Jennie Curry.
Accommodations and Amenities
Curry Village provides various room types to cater to different preferences and needs. The options include:
- Canvas Tent Cabins – Unheated: These cabins accommodate 2 to 5 guests and feature wooden frames wrapped and covered with canvas, wooden floors, and wooden doors. They do not have electrical outlets, phones, TVs, or plumbing, but guests are provided with sheets, wool blankets, pillows, and towels during their stay.
- Canvas Tent Cabins – Heated: Available only during winter months, these cabins offer heaters that keep the entire tent cabin warm. They have the same features as unheated tent cabins but with the addition of heaters.
- Yosemite Cabins: These wooden cabins feature electric wall heaters, electrical outlets, and lighting, but no TVs or phones. They come with private bathrooms, outdoor decks or patios, and daily housekeeping, linens, and towels.
- Stoneman Standard Rooms: These simple, rustic motel rooms have private baths, daily housekeeping, and heating but no telephones or televisions.
Curry Village also offers accessible rooms with various features, such as lever door handles, roll-in showers, and grab bars in the bathrooms, to accommodate guests with disabilities.
Dining and Activities
Curry Village features numerous dining options, including a cafeteria, coffee, ice cream, snacks, a bar, and a mountaineering school. The Amphitheater offers naturalist-led programs, slide presentations, or scenic movies on warm summer nights. Additionally, Curry Village offers a historic tour led by a Yosemite Hospitality Naturalist, where guests can learn about the village’s dynamic history and strange but true stories.
Food Storage and Wildlife Safety
Curry Village cabins come with bear-proof food lockers to store all scented items, including food, drinks, coolers, toiletries, and trash. Proper food storage guidelines must be followed to prevent bears from breaking into cars and to help keep wildlife wild.
Accessibility
Curry Village meets accessibility requirements, with designated accessible parking spaces and accessible lodging facilities, including standard hotel rooms, wood cabins, and canvas tent cabins.
Reservations and Availability
Curry Village cabin reservations become available a full year and a day in advance. During peak summer season and holidays, all lodging units, including standard hotel rooms, hard-sided cabins, and canvas tent cabins, are often in high demand and sell out quickly.
Location and Directions
Curry Village is located in eastern Yosemite Valley, near Half Dome and Glacier Point. Visitors can reach Yosemite Valley via Highways 41, 140, and 120, following signs for Curry Village. The village is also serviced by the Valleywide and East Valley Shuttles at stops #14 and #19.
Rules and Regulations
Smoking is strictly prohibited at all accommodations and buildings in Yosemite. Pets are not allowed on the property. Guests must use bear-proof food lockers to store all scented items and follow food storage guidelines to avoid fines and removal from the park.
Hazards and Warnings
Bears have been known to break into cars when scented items are left in view. Guests are advised to remove all scented items, including food-related items, and store them in bear-proof storage lockers when staying overnight in Curry Village.