If your next travel
destination is at Navajo land which located at the east of Page, Arizona, You
must ensure to put the Antelope Canyon in your bucket list of visit.
The striped and bright
orange Navajo Sandstone Canyon were carved by flash flooding and erosion. With
its glowing, red canyon walls and beams of light shining through the dusty air,
Antelope Canyon is indeed the breathtaking destination that you should never
miss.
Antelope Canyon is
separated into two scenic slot canyon sections namely 'Upper Antelope Canyon'
or 'The Crack' and 'Lower Antelope Canyon' or 'The Corkscrew'. They are both
accessible via different locations and offer very different experiences.
However, both canyons are
accessible by guided tour only.
Upper Antelope Canyon: i) Antelope Slot Canyon Tour ii) Adventurous
Antelope Canyon *Photographic Tour*
Lower Antelope Canyon: i) Ken's Tour ii) Dixie Ellis
Sight
Seeing Rate Comparison (Updated July 2018):
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Travel Company
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Rates Description
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Upper Antelope Tour
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Adventurous Antelope Canyon
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Photographic Tour
*Only Adults aged 13 Yrs & Older are allowed to join
these tours
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Non-Photographic Tour
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Morning Tour
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$151
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Morning Tour
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Adult (13 Yrs & Older): $107
Child (Ages 8-12): $63
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Night Tour
(2 Hours after sunset)
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$250
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Night Tour
(2 Hours after sunset)
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Adult (13 Yrs & Older): $75
*Only Adults aged 13 Yrs & Older are allowed to join
this tour
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Antelope Slot Canyon Tours
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• Adult (13 Yrs & Older): $68
• Children (Ages 6-12): $58
• Children (6 and under): Not Allowed
Price excluded:
•$8 Navajo Nation Permit fee
•5% Navajo Nation Tax
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Lower Antelope Tour
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Dixie Ellis
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• Adults: $38.10
• Children (Ages 8-12): $19.05
• Children (7 and under): Free
Military Discounts
*Members of the Armed Forces must provide some form of
identification (i.e. Military ID)
Price excluded:
•$8 Navajo Nation Permit fee
•5% Navajo Nation Tax
•2.2% Processing Fee
•Online convenience fee
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Ken’s Tour
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• Adults: $40.0
• Children (Ages 8-12): $20
• Children (7 and under): Free
Price excluded:
•$8 Navajo Nation Permit fee
•5% Navajo Nation Tax
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Due to time constraint, I only manage to visit
Lower Antelope Canyon during my stays in Arizona. Thus, I will describe more on
my experience during my visit to Lower Antelope Canyon.
I travelled from Grand Canyon National Park to
Antelope Canyon and took the tour under Ken's Tour by 1pm. It is rare to see the light beams in Lower
Antelope Canyon thus the visiting time to Lower Antelope doesn't really matter
but of course not later than 3pm is more ideal. The tour took up to 30 minutes
in total and it was so crowded and claustrophobic. It's hard to take
individual photo as you will be divided into a group of 15 and lead by an
experienced guide during the tour. Nevertheless, there might be 10 groups of 15
people going into the canyon at once. Meaning, do expect many people photo bomb
into your photo background xD
Lower Antelope Canyon is shaped like a “V”. I
is very narrow at the bottom and wide open at the top, making the lower canyon
feel brighter and warmer than the upper canyon. The way that those canyons swirl and curve into some kind
of trippy corridor that feels like it’s leading you to the bowels of
Earth.
Overall, this is an amazing trip, easy to
arrange. You just need to choose up which canyon to visit, select your ideal
available date and make appointment through the selected tour companies. For
me, since I didn't manage to visit the Upper Antelope Canyon, I couldn't do any
comparison of my experience. However, I do feel satisfied and excited after
visited Lower Antelope Canyon. It's fun and more budget as compared to Upper
Antelope Canyon. If you only allow to choose one due to budget constraint,
Lower Antelope will not be a bad choice!
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