We were guided by Lionel Bigthumb through Adventurous Antelope Canyon Photo Tours, No matter who guides you, though, visitors usually are limited to two hours in these canyons. Guide prices range from $40 to $120 a person, depending on the time of day and length of the tour. You can learn more about guides and tours through the Navajo Nation website. A Navajo guide is required to enter them.

It is crucial to check the weather, not just for the immediate area but well beyond it to be sure thunderstorms are not in the forecast.Īntelope Canyon, east of Page, Ariz., and about 270 miles northeast of Las Vegas, is popular all year, but spring and summer are peak times for visitors because of the remarkable shafts of light that laser down to the canyon floor.īoth Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon are on Navajo land, about a 90-minute drive from the Utah border. In 1997 a wall of water roared into Antelope Canyon, sweeping 11 visitors to their deaths. To the Navajo, we call the Upper Antelope Canyon – Tsé’bighanilí – which means “The place where water runs through.” For Lower Antelope Canyon, we call this place Hasdestwazi – which means “Spiral Rock Arches.The biggest danger is rainstorms that create flash floods. But none of those images can match the one you’ll experience when you step into the canyons and see this wonder for yourself. Only 8 to 12 feet wide along the sandy floor, the slot canyons have been featured in Hollywood films and magazine publications around the world. The gorgeous sloping angles of the rocks – coupled with the shifts of light that make their way down from the rim of the canyon – combine for a scene that cannot be fully explained with words. Carved from the red sandstone for millennia by seasonal flood rains and wind, the canyons are narrow passageways that lead several hundred feet away from the mouth. To ensure you can visit, schedule and make a tour reservation with a local Antelope Canyon tour guide company.Īntelope Canyon, located near Page, Arizona is home to one of nature’s most wondrous creations – the slot canyon. Window Rock Navajo Tribal Park & Veterans Memorial.Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park.Four Corners Monument Navajo Tribal Park.

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