Antelope Slot Canyon Tours — Local services in Page

Would recommend this tour

I booked my 10:30 AM tour with Antelope Slot canyon tours. Antelope is protected by tribes (Navajo) and diff group of Navajo people operates tours as they found the canyons on their land. Book your tour in advance. Their office is right in downtown. At least 30 minutes ahead of the scheduled tour time start, park and check-in at their South Lake Powell Blvd headquarters, which has restrooms, and sells water and various souvenirs. After that van will take you to the rocks. Reception lady was very busy despite it was only winter. I went there in Feb and it was a bit chilly weather. Drive to rocks was covered in snow and our vehicle was kinda slipping. Tour operator said, wear layers cause it gonna be 15 degrees less down there. She was right. It was very cold ( and at places dark too) inside the rocks. Prime time is 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM when chances to spot sun beam is higher. They charge more of this time slot.

Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons, just outside Page, Arizona, are the most visited of many narrow slot canyons carved into hard American Southwest sandstone by years of drought/flood cycles. Upper Antelope Canyon is more popular for two reasons. First, its entrance and entire length are at ground level, requiring no climbing. Second, beams or shafts of direct sunlight radiating down from openings at the top of the canyon are much more common in Upper than in Lower.

Our group had 14 people. Inside the rocks, the guide will point out certain rock formations where it looks like Abraham Lincoln, a heart, or a flame when the light reflects on it. They’ll also let you know which filter to use on iPhone/Android to make pics more beautiful. At diff spots they’ll tell you how to take photos of rocks at the defined angle. And he was damn right. He’ll tell you stories from past about various things and stuff present in antelope.

One thing is for sure, whatever picture you see on the internet is damn full of Photoshop. It's very dark inside and even you get the right picture you won't get the desired result. You have to edit it to satisfy your desire of good antelope photo. Also antelope gets crowded, so while coming back, the guide will ask you not to take photos. So take photos when you are going in. But again, guide will rush you, so either listen to guide, their stories or take your photos.

Avoid this in rainy season. Flash flood can be very dangerous

Amazing experience. No doubt about it. Only thing. Wasn’t $60 for 1 hr trip...

We absolutely loved this tour. From the staff who helped calm our nerves when we were worried we were an hour late because of time changes (we weren't! It's on Phoenix/Flagstaff time), to our awesome tour guide who took absolutely gorgeous photos and showed us how to use our phone cameras to get better shots, this whole tour was amazing. There were no minuses, so I'll go over the big pluses. 1: Air conditioned buses. Pulling up to find people piling into open air jeeps on a 90+ day, we were very grateful for the cool breeze supplied en route. 2: Good pacing. There was a tour ahead of and behind us, but our group always had our little section to ourselves. We were able to get lots of shots without someone else in the view. 3: Answers to every question, and fun tidbits we didn't even know to ask for. From bullet holes to washed out cameras to herding history, we learned a lot on the tour. 4: Extra lengths - our tour guide lingered near the sun falls, and tossed the sand in the air so we could get those dream shots. I liked the energy and the enjoyment he got from watching us be amazed by this wonder. 5: Some might feel this is a minus, but it felt it was a plus - the single direction tour. Instead of walking round trip in the canyon it's now a single stream in at the bottom, and then out over the top of the cliff on newly built stairs and paths. I liked seeing the canyon from the top, and the views afforded from that vantage, and learning about the land around the canyon. I also like that we weren't running into other groups, or crowding in narrow spaces. I know this is a COVID protocol and might end one day, but I felt like we had ample time in the canyon, and we always felt safe. 6: Lionel was seriously great. He plays a mean flute, he has a great sense of humor, and he always wanted to make sure we were having a great experience. This was MORE than worth every penny for the experience - we liked it so much everyone in the family kept upping the tip for our guide at the end for being so great. We are so grateful that the weather, time, and pandemic restrictions all worked in our favor, allowing our family to have this once in a...

We visited the Upper Antelope Canyon with Antelope Slot Canyon Tours by Chief Tsosie ($50 per visitor + $8 Navajo Park Permit) during spring 2017 and found them to be a sufficient tour operator for this popular activity in Page, Arizona.

They have what felt like a good process of visits to the canyon. You meet up at their centre on Lake Powell Blvd. to check in. There, you are able to witness a Native American dance prior to be loaded up with 60-70 other guests in blue pickup trucks which are driven out to the canyon.

Tour guides escort small groups of 10-12 each through the canyon. The walk takes approximately 60 minutes from start to finish, add an additional 10-15 minutes drive time to/from the canyons for total time spent on this activity. It seems tours run on the hour so you've plenty of opportunity to reserve place and visit.

Our tour guide walked in front and did well to manage our group through the canyon and crowds. No information regarding geology, nature or wildlife was shared during our tour which we found to be somewhat surprisingly and perhaps disappointing. However, he did show us a couple famous spots for good photographs.

The crowds encountered during our visit was surprising. It felt like the tour companies were herding too many visitors in and out of Upper Antelope Canyon. It was shoulder to shoulder through most of our walk. Regardless, the geology, canyon shapes and general scenery are simple incredible and have a way of helping you forget about the heavy crowds encountered.

Overall, we were concerned about environmental toll of allowing so many visitors in and out of the Antelope slot canyons each day but we really enjoyed our time there. This dramatic land formation is stunningly beautiful and great for photography. Visitors will long remember their time spent walking through the Upper Antelope Canyon.

Lastly, Antelope Slot Canyon Tours by Chief Tsosie seemed like an sufficient operator for visits to the Upper section of the canyon. Less informative than the Dixie Ellis tour operator we used to visit the Lower section of the Antelope Canyon, we found no reason to avoid booking slot canyon visits with...