Our Spring Break trip this year was traveling up from Phoenix through various slot canyons. Our first stop after leaving Phoenix was Antelope Canyon, near Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon is the most photographed slot canyon in the US and we know why...it is GORGEOUS!!
The canyon is located on an Indian reservation and is only accessible by guided tour. We knew it was going to be a spendy adventure, but we believed it would be worth it! It was!!
You start with a 10 minute open air jeep ride through the wash to the opening of the canyon. We were the first tour of the day and we accompanied by 3 people from Lithuania and that was all. We were really lucky as the canyon can be VERY busy and it's not very big. We had a wonderful guide who helped us with our camera and even took some photos for us.
The canyon is made by the flash floods that happen with rain storms up to 20 miles away. In fact, that is one of the reasons the tours are now guided. They have had some fatalities and near fatalities with people who are unaware of the danger of flash flooding. Our guide told us a story of a rescue she helped with where she was really scared.
The colors and the smooth walls are amazing. I do have to say that this is one place that the pictures really do turn out as good or better than what you see when you are sitting there. It's just amazing!
As I mentioned, we were the first tour group in and we were virtually alone the whole way through the canyon to the other end. Then on our way back through to the entrance we were met by 100+ Asian tourist coming into the chambers of the canyon. We wouldn't have been able to get pictures without people in them if we had been 30 minutes later in the day. We feel so lucky to have experienced the canyon with just the 8 of us! Definitely a place to remember!
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Beautiful!
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