Sequoia National Park - Biggest trees in the world

2 days exploring the Sequoia National park, the biggest trees in the world! Are Sequoias bigger than redwoods? Why do sequoias need fire?
We decided to stay two full days in this amazing forest of giant trees, in the middle of California, USA. After driving in a dry desert, we arrived in the Sequoia forest on the top of a high altitude mountain. While we were there, we enjoyed our time visiting pretty much everything in the Sequoia National Park:
- General Sherman, the biggest tree in the whole world;
- Moro rock, a breathtaking viewpoint on the top of the sequoia forest;
- Beetle rock, a stunning place to see the sunset and take in the fresh air.
- Tunnel log, where you can drive your car through a giant tree.
- Giant trees trail, the perfect hike to learn more about the Sequoias;
- The Senate group, a bunch of giant sequoia trees all grouped together, highly impressive!
Learn more about the Sequoias with our mini Sequoia Documentary!
Here are the frequently asked question about the Sequoia trees:
Q1- Are sequoia trees redwoods?
A1- No, but the Sequoias and the Redwoods are related.
Q2- Can sequoia trees grow anywhere?
A2- No, see 2:10
Q3- Do sequoia trees need fire?
A3- Yes, see 2:17
Q4- Do sequoia trees burn?
A4- Yes and no... see 2:24
Q5- Do sequoia trees grow in Virginia?
A5- No, see 2:10
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[@peacefulliving6432]

The trees smell so good there. It's a magical place to visit.

[@journalofnomads]

Wow! The view from Moro rock was absolutely breathtaking, this place looks like it was definitely worth the hike.

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Oh yes for sure. We had a hard time going back down and saying goodbye to that view. And you can only imagine how stunning it was in person compared to on camera! Just beautiful.

[@GabrielBatailleur]

Décidément mon moment préféré des USA! Les Sequoias à ne pas manquer!!

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

The Sequoia trees were our highlight during our USA trip. Have you been to this Giant tree national park in California? Tell us about your tree adventures :D

[@GabrielBatailleur]

Trees in BC are kind cool XD?

[@cookiegaming1013]

Gab & Maya Backpacking. You guys should stop by the crystal cave.it is closed in the winter.it will open to public in mai .if y go often to that destination it is very convenient to purchase the year pass instead of the week pass 20$ different 50$ for the whole year.it cover sequoia. And kings canions.

[@daleromanov1282]

We have Sequoia in England, came from California 170 years ago but only 80ft high at the moment.

[@deshood3406]

Oh what beautiful trees, gods gift for all of us to see.

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Yes truly beautiful :)

[@jeffmorse645]

California has a Mediterranean climate - the grass turns brown in the summer because it doesn't rain at that time of year. I love watching videos where visitors are impressed with my home state!

[@mr.ed2092]

Jeff Morse ditto

[@nikkiseward9729]

Awesome video! I'll be heading there in seven more days! I can't wait to hike up Moro!

[@nikkiseward9729]

I just found out the road is closed, but we can hike to it! We might not be able to go to the top depending on how snowy and icy it is, but I'm hoping to make it to the top!

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

I yes it's true there's snow!! We hope you enjoy your hike :)

[@nikkiseward9729]

It was awesome! We hiked from the giant forest museum all the way up moro rock! What a amazing place to visit!

[@kennywills8797]

Thanks so much for sharing with public. Awesome video !

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

so glad you liked it!! thank you Kenny :)

[@johnnoecker8471]

A heartfelt thanx to You Tube and all it's video providers for making it possible for so many all over this wide world to see such wonderful sights thru the eyes of others. The whole world is now accessible and open for viewing. So...ENJOY ! ( jnjr 2018 )

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

just saw your comment, one year later, but we must say thank you for your lovely words :) Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dannyhelser5824]

“This is the biggest tree in the world. To be honest, this is the biggest tree I have ever seen.”

[@JetsetMedic]

I love that park I lived in California for years and it never got old you guys are entertaining and I I love you appreciate where you are I hope you guys continued down the cost and took In some of the small sur towns on the way

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Thanks so much for your lovely comment! Yeah we went two days in a row and I would still have gone back :) Truly enjoyed it. We had to kind of rush out of the USA because we wanted to be in Mexico for Dia de los Muertos, and also because it was SOOO expensive to be there haha. But we will for sure go back one day :)

[@yousefgamang9139]

That's why I love to see clifornia, to feel such incridible sequoia trees!

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

It's honestly one of the most beautiful places we've seen!

[@yousefgamang9139]

@@GabMayaBackpackingNomads Yeah, I can feel that, hopefully, that awesome trees stay in peace and away of any harm.

[@CaliforniaFam001]

Beautiful video! My son’s second grade class watch this today. Thanks! It was very educational.

[@holisticmaya]

Just saw your comment and it made me smile so much!!! It warms my heart to know your son's class watched it together. So glad it was educational! Thanks!

[@TimezoneJunkies]

Wow the trees in this park are amazing, they are so enormous!!! Nicely filmed, gave a very good idea of the size of these gentle giants. Also, thanks for the interesting information!

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Gentle giants:) Love that.

[@SkyelinesandSunsets]

Been to California a few times and saw the red but not been to the Sequoia National Park yet. Really wanna see it. Definitely a must do on a future trip. 🙂

[@teejay3272]

Right on. I've backpacked a lot in SNP. A different vibe than other parts of the Sierra. Almost a calmness. Really beautiful. And a very well-run park. As good for people just driving through or staying a night as it is for those who go out and up. Glad you had a chance to enjoy it. Looks like a good time. Insider Tip: If anyone's visiting for a couple of days and wants to get a taste of what the upper elevations are like, camping at Mineral King is the call. The trails heading out of there give a sweet taste of the High Sierra. A great little store too. If you're a pretty experienced backpacker? The Mineral King Loop. You're welcome. :)

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Thanks so much Tee Jay!!

[@cultureatz]

I have seen sequoias and redwoods, they are just majestic trees. I forgot about how they need fire. Nature is so impressive and adaptable. Franchement ils auraient pu choisir un plus beau nom que Sherman lol mais wow impressionnant. The view from the hike is amazing.

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Définitivement!! Je trouve personnellement (GAB) qu'ils auraient du donner un nom amérindien avec une signification épique en lien avec la nature de cette forêt. Sherman me donne l'impression qu'ils ne sont pas aller la chercher loin. Sûrement qu'il y avait un sherman sur place lors de la découverte de l'arbre en question.

[@seanhayden103]

It's awesome to see videos like this, even thos I spent my whole life in northern California, it's cool to see tht people come here just to see the big trees..

[@outdoorsbeyondnature1980]

California gold, we are blessed in the state of California.

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

That's true. Sequoia national park is one of our favourite places we've visited :)

[@TheTravelBugBite]

Wow, I've never slept in a car before but you made it sound pretty great! :D maybe I'll consider it on a car trip. I didn't know what to expect when you said big trees, these are absolutely monsterous. This is really cool and I would love to visit so much. It's so crazy that they can survive fires. So fascinating, thank you for teaching me something new today :)

[@WanderlustVegans]

Wow, those Sequoia trees are massive and especially the Sherman tree. What a great national park to visit. That's too bad that people were carving their names in the tree but it doesn't surprise me at all. That trail to Moro rock looks kinda scary. Very cool.

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

It was honestly a bit scary :P

[@r0Ky23]

That are some big trees :) that view though!

[@andrreadever2150]

Kool! Thanks y'all! GOD of bless !🙏❤🔥⚡🌏🌍🌎

[@kennethwilliams9471]

Great video.thank u.love u guys

[@SamWasHere]

I've only ever slept in a car in England during the winter and it was so cold!! I reckon that it's not so bad in the summer / in a hotter climate! They are certainly the most epic trees!! I wonder what the root system is like under the ground. Also the fire fact - wow! Mind blown!

[@eliminator7ful]

You guys are too cute. You're even cuter when you talk in French. Now I know the French word for coconut: coocoo.

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Hahahaha your comment made our day ;-) thanks Clint!

[@Christa-tl8jb]

I love this video! Thanks so much for sharing, this is my next trip this spring of 2020!

[@davidpa6998]

Did you visited the park :DDD? Before all of this desaster

[@Christa-tl8jb]

David Pérez Abagy - No I didn’t get the chance. Probably won’t get to go for a while because I’m not getting into a plane until COVID-19 has either a cure or vaccine and I’m sure as hell not driving across the country. I live in Delaware in the east coast.

[@davidpa6998]

@@Christa-tl8jb ohhh USA right now is on fire... I send you a big hug from Mexico, soon everything is going to be just it was before!

[@Christa-tl8jb]

David Pérez Abagy -Thanks so much, you’re so sweet I hug you back and hope and pray all this craziness ends soon. I’m hoping it that it ends well with justice and equality for all.

[@Timetravel1111]

You two are beautiful people! Omg we just spontaneously booked need to figure where to go! Also how I can see the big trees, and where to stay!

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

thank you so much Jody! So sorry for the delay, we just saw your comment. Did you already vist?

[@californiamade5608]

FYI. California is not all desert. The mountains are brown in the summer from being dry and they turn green in winter from the rain. Northern California is forest and Southern California is desert. Central California is in the middle.

[@MikeyJBlakeJR]

Man, this whole video has best-friends-in-love written all over it. Lovely video guys 😊

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Awwww! That's so sweet :) Thank you Mikey!!

[@MikeyJBlakeJR]

@@GabMayaBackpackingNomads of course, thanks for the great content 😊

[@revengeoftheseth]

Great video. I live only a few minutes from Sequoia National Park and it was awesome to see people experiencing it for the first time!

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Oh you live in such a gorgeous area! We're so glad you enjoyed this video and we definitely feel the desire to go back to Sequoia national park one day :)

[@Heyitsdaave]

Looks incredible ! Love your content, new sub

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Thank you so much Dave! Welcome to the nomad family ;)

[@RT-tn3pu]

I don't know if you both are pros on video, but I just really enjoyed your upload. Ty🙏🇺🇸👊

[@hogakala07]

amazing details thanks professor :)

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Hahaha glad you enjoyed!

[@selvitr3945]

Sequoia trees 🌳 trees 🌳 trees 🌳 trees 🌳 the biggest

[@cookiegaming1013]

I've been tbere yesterday.very beautiful out there thin fresh air watter creeks.just before the musium .there is crystal cave .it is closed at the moment regarding the step road get icy and not safe to get there.it will open by mai cannot wait to get back here again

[@moiznicees]

Cool footage thanks for sharing

[@earllutz2663]

Thoroughly enjoyed your video. I planted (2) Metasequoia glypostroboides, commonly called "Dawn Redwood, (2) years ago, & (2) more the following year. I think I read that the ones I planted, will grow to 60 feet tall. Certainly, not as big as a Giant Sequoia, but having the name Metasequoia, maybe they are related.

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Glad you liked it :) That's so cool that you've planted these trees! It will be awesome to see them grow.

[@kristliancu]

Love these trees! Actually... There are some scattered Sequoia trees in Romania in Banat Mountains, Baile Herculane. 😉 If California is too far

[@slimasterap]

Thank you for uploading the vidro

[@ryanb6047]

I've lived in CA my whole life and that is pretty much what it looks like. If there is some heavy rain the native grass turns green for a little bit, but otherwise it's pretty barren. You might like the giant Redwoods at Henry Cowell near Santa Cruz or Big Basin. The trees aren't as big as the Sequoia's, but they are still massive and the terrain is really green coastal forest.

[@everybuddy5924]

Sequoias are larger in diameter. The Redwoods on the other hand are the taller of the two types of trees. Some Calif. Redwoods was planted in New Zealand or down that way somewhere I believe and they grow even taller than the Calif. trees.

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Oooh interesting! :) Thank you!

[@Devonx777]

The Deku tree lol.. nice

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Hehe :)

[@sfdko3291]

Can we get the list of songs that played in the vid. Especially the one playing during the Sherman tree part? It's soo peaceful!

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Hello! Thanks for your comment :) The music is always listed at the bottom of our description box! I believe the one during Sherman tree is "Pressure" by Riot. It is from the KZbin audio library!

[@mushafirmushafir8593]

I'm seeing your video ..iam from India

[@ravikushwah8822]

Nice video. I Live in Agra(India)

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Cool! :) We are coming to India soon :)

[@Cahrssomething]

I’m thinking of going to visit these in a month and a half or when covid dies down it shouldn’t be that long of a drive

[@andresherrera5468]

I just want to see how big these trees are but I ended learning a lot thank you

[@Sammh908]

Great vlog guys! It was fun watching this video. Was 2 days plenty or would you recommend more days? (I'm trying to be thrifty as I'm staying in 3 Rivers and it isn't inexpensive, but trying to make the trip from Phoenix worth it.)

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Hey Sammy! We appreciate your comment so much. :-D Yes 2 full days were plenty. one day is not enough. So You could stay 3 nights and have 2 full days :-)

[@Sammh908]

Thanks for your input! Excited to see the sequoias!

[@Timetravel1111]

Sammy Wammy Sammy did you stay in rental home or cabin? How much? I am unable to camp because of airlines cost so much to check items $50-70 to check so that’s money we could spend on lodging. Ha ha So you ment your stay was in-expensive? I need to figure where best to be close to the big trees and nature love you I put.

[@Bebo93720]

🤘😎🤘

[@scrappytc]

Aw you were close to where I live. We actually do have a shuttle that goes from 3 or 4 different cities up to the park but it runs during the summer season. www.sequoiashuttle.com/about-us/

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Yeah just during the summer, that's the thing :P We knew about these shuttles but the rest of the year there isn't a good solution for car-less people hahaha. Thanks for the link anyway! :)

[@machinelearning171]

Yeah, cool, can we reach an agreement that we should plant more of these majestic trees around the world to at least restore part of the pristine vegetation of the old world?i think so, the best time to plant the Giant Sequoia was 3200 years ago, the second best time is now! Let’s do it!

[@mmontero15]

Nice video!

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Thank you!!

[@TheDobstopper]

I wonder what it would be like to be next to one of these trees when it fell over. I'm sure it must be like a bomb going off.

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Haha that's true! It would be pretty epic to see and hear that!

[@Cahrssomething]

@@GabMayaBackpackingNomads Probably not under it

[@imdesperateforacar7335]

She is soo beautiful wow

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Who, Maya? Or the forest? :P Haha thanks

[@masonreay276]

*aot music intensifies*

[@donnakondziela8172]

Fire GOOD! If your taking the 4 Farmington out of Stockton it has had the grass lands coming in to angles camp since I can remember. And you know I can't remember there ever even been any fires there. Controlled fires.

[@Rblock777]

fire is needed for the cones to dry out

[@arminebner2846]

There are sequoias in the border between Oregon and California

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Yes that's true! We didn't see really big ones though :)

[@arminebner2846]

@@GabMayaBackpackingNomads Thank you for sharing your video. just FYI, the Sequoias in northern California were used as scenery of the Star Wars battle of Endor (Ewoks).

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Yeah that's true, we heard about that! SO cool!

[@thenightstalker6165]

Biggest tree in the world is the Hyperion, Redwood trees

[@SupplyProducedIt]

You guys are cute as

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

Hahah thanks so much! :)

[@joshuamorphew1717]

Came to this video to see big trees not your face in the camera 😂😂

[@roakes28]

Their are many in the uk

[@daveeriksson]

Yes brought over in the 1800's and planted.

[@justicesomeday]

Come see me......welcome

[@helpmeget20ksubscriberswit54]

who came here from ANT farm

[@joshuaellis9832]

Ruinging it for others. They had their name on it. Thats no ruin. Thank mam.

[@GabMayaBackpackingNomads]

They ruined it for others in the sense that now there's a fence around the tree and we can't come see it upclose or feel it/touch it...

[@RT-tn3pu]

Yes, unfortunately some people harming these trees. Also quick note; As of 30 April 2020 Tree poachers have cut down over 30k + Redwoods illegally. They make furniture out of the wood which is highly valuable throughout the world.