Lower Antelope Canyon — Attraction in Four Corners States

The canyon is absolutely beautiful. We bought tickets ($65 in October 2021) with Ken's Tours and had an excellent tour guide (Nadine). Here are some tips for those with mobility and health issues. We had two people in our party who were 65-66 years old, both with health issues. Prior to going, I read a lot of reviews and questions and answers to see if our two folks would be able to do it.

First, Ken's Tours is closer to the entrance to the canyon than Dixie's. I'm not sure of the exact distance to the entrance, but I'd estimate 3-4 city blocks of downhill, loose sand. There isn't anywhere to sit and rest. When you arrive at the entrance, there are 3-4 flights of steps to get down into the canyon. They reminded me of scaffolding. Some steps were slightly smaller than a normal step. One flight had very shallow steps. As you go through the canyon, which is about a mile long, you will be walking through areas with some very narrow passageways. In some places, the area to put your feet is just barely wider than the width of your foot. There are places where it is uneven or has a grate or something partially obstructing the path.

Once you get to the bottom, you begin making your way back up. Fairly soon after you reach the bottom, there will be ladders that you must climb. You come up slower than you went down. Some can them steps, but there are several that are ladders. Most have handrails, but some do not. My husband and one of our friends are big men (320 pounds-ish), and they were able to make it.

The site is stunning, and the story of how the canyon was formed is amazing. It is absolutely possible to do the canyon with some health issues, but you need to understand what you're getting into. Most of the beauty is above your head, so if you have difficulties raising your head, I wouldn't recommend it. My husband has DISH syndrome, and he missed out on the beauty of it all until he saw my pictures.

Our other friend has a bad knee, and he really struggled. Granted, he was also very out of shape, but he was very scared that he couldn't complete it.

Some other notes: A group of 6-7 people go together with a tour guide. Nadine was so very patient with us, and we went very slow through the canyon. Nadine was also great about taking pictures for us and showing us the most popular photos. She even took some for us, and she knows all the camera settings to capture the best photo. In the end, she asked for a ride for us back to the parking lot, since our guys were struggling, and it's an uphill to the parking lot. That was so incredibly helpful. They go every half our from Ken's, and you have to be there 30-40 minutes early to check in. The top of the canyon is somewhere around 4,000 ft elevation. They do not allow video in the canyon. You cannot use a GoPro in the canyon. I was going to use mine to take photos, but they won't allow it. Also, keep in mind that you will need your hands free to climb the ladders, but I wouldn't recommend carrying much. They also only allow clear backpacks. There are porta-potties in the parking lot to use.

All in all, just know your limitations. It is beautiful for sure. I hope this...

The path my friend and I took was to go all the way down to the Marina, rent a foot pedalling kayak, and kayaked all the way around to lower antelope canyon.

You’ll come across a few “checkpoints” during the actual walk from the place you park your kayak to inside the canyon.

First checkpoint: A small ladder to climb to get to slightly higher elevation to continue your hike.

Second checkpoint: A boulder you’ll need to climb up, this is easier if you have someone with you to help push you up. I’ve seen kids and elderly people climbing the rock with moderate amount of help. Just be careful as the rocks can be fairly slippery.

Third checkpoint: The “Y” intersection which is about an hour and a half into your walk. You can tell this intersection fairly easily because there is a fairly large split making it look like a Y.

I would highly recommend using this path as it costed us a total of $160 USD for two people. $30 for the entrance into the park and it costed us $130 for the pedalling kayak. Which comes down to an $80 split for two people. The kayak journey took us 1 hour to get to the shore, we explored inside for about 1 1/2 hours and then hiked back to the kayak and another 1 hour to kayak back to the marina. So give yourselves about 4 hours to do the entire journey from start to finish.

The images speak for themselves as this is such a beautiful place with all the smooth stone and tight crevices to...

It’s beautiful, but the tour guide totally ruined our experience (Ken’s tour, name: CYRA). Last year, our tour guide would provide illustrations and fun facts along the tour and take photos for us at each great spots. But this time, Cyra kept pushing us that we didn’t have any time to take good photos. She never offered to take pictures either. We asked her for a family photo, she took one and it’s BLURRED! What really pissed me off was Cyra treated us and white people differently. She offered taking photos for them and chatted happily, but for us, she was just pushing. Our group was separated to 7 white women followed by 8 Asian people (us and another family). A white mom and her two daughters were before us, she spent long time taking photos of her daughters along the way, which, is understandable. But, at a beautiful spot, when they finally finished, and we were about to start, we heard Cyra yelling from behind: “NO POSING”, so we only took several photos for less than a minute and moved forward. When Cyra passed by us, the white mom felt sorry and apologized for spending so long time taking photos of her daughter, CYRA, GENTLY, said to the WHITE: “I am not talking about you.” Then POINTED AT US, ASIAN, said, “ I TOLD YOU NO POSING.” ????? I have worked in US for 5 years and guide CYRA is the RUDEST person I have ever met! Ken’s tour please do better management and make ur guide at least treat...