Antelope Canyon
Antelope Canyons are "slot"canyons (slot canyons formed by water rushing thought the rocks and they are narrow and deeper. Check Wikipedia for more about slot canyons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_canyon). This post only talks about traveling information, read online for more about the canyons.
Antelope Canyons are in Page, AZ which is a small town near Utah border. There are several other slot canyons in the area (in Utah) but antelope canyons are more popular. These canyons can be accessed only by guided tours.
There are two canyons in page, "Upper antelope canyon" and "Lower antelope canyon". To access lower antelope canyon, we need to climb down stairs. So people with mobility issues or cant climb stairs can take upper canyon tours. Most of the tour buses offer upper canyon tour, so the tickets to upper canyon are sold out early. Since these canyons are popular, tour get sold out often, advanced reservation is recommended. There are two tour operators for lower antelope canyon and three tour operators for upper antelope canyon. Reserve the tour tickets in advance by calling them or online.
All the companies offer two types of tours, sightseeing tours and photography tours. photography tours allow to take tripods and recommended for professional photographers.
These canyons are in Native indian reservation, so entrance fee need to be paid along with tour fee.
When we visited in dec 2017, sightseeing tour for lower antelope canyon for adult is $25 and entrance fee is $8 (total $33) and was told that the tour prices are going up in 2018. These are guided tours and there will be a guide for every 15 people. In summer it will be too hot and crowded.
Tips:
- Advanced tour ticket reservation is recommended.
- Choose mid day time for tour, canyons colors pop out when there is sun light.
- Change your camera settings to get the colors (in iphone change filter to chromo/vivid)
You can also visit the following places when visiting antelope canyons
- Horse shoe bend
- Glen canyon Dam
- Wahweep overlook
- Lake powell
Tour
Lower Antelope canyon
Dixie Ellis - www.antelopelowercanyon.com 928 640 1761
Ken's Tours - www.lowerantelope.com 928 606 2168
Upper Antelope canyon
Antelope slot canyon tours - www.antelopeslotcanyon.com 928 645 5594
Antelope canyon - www.antelopecanyon.com 928 645 9102
Navajo antelope canyon - www.navajoantelopecanyon.com 928 380 1874
Navajo tours - www.navajotours.com 928 310 9458 (not sure if this is same as third one)
Photos
Lower Antelope Canyon
Horse Shoe Bend
wahweep overlook
Glen Canyon dam
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