michellewK7839DS
Jan 2020
We booked this tour after reading other reviews and seeing photos believing that if it is even close to as beautiful as the posted photos, we had to see it ourselves. We picked this particular tour because they pick you up at your Flagstaff hotel and had good reviews with cool photos. I am SO happy we chose this tour and this tour company.
Chris picked us up at our hotel lobby at 0800. He is a phenomenal tour guide. He is well-informed, well-traveled, well-spoken, funny, and obviously loves his job. He was informative while also entertaining the group, a very impressive skill. He combined history, geography and geology, and all are very important to truly have the experience we got to have today. He also provided bottles of water for the ride up to the Page, AZ area.
Horseshoe Bend is beautiful and definitely worth seeing. The walk from the parking lot to the canyon edge is about 3/4 miles. The walk back out was a little difficult for my 76 year old Mom because it is an uphill slope, but she took her time and did fine.
You have to have someone from the Navajo Nation take you to tour Antelope Canyon. Nate was the guide Chris arranged for us. We were placed on the first bus in line, which meant we got there before other groups. This was nice because Nate made sure that we got good photos before other groups entered. Nate took each of our phones/ cameras and changed the settings to optimize photography in the canyon. He made sure we got in the canyon quickly and had lots of time to take photos without other groups/ people in our photos. Nate made sure we got THE BEST photos and also made sure we were in some of the photos. Antelope Canyon EXCEEDED ANY expectations we had!!! This is probably the MOST beautiful and majestic natural phenomena we’ve ever seen and can’t believe we got to actually experience it!! Photos were unbelievable, yet still DO NOT do it justice.
On the ride home, Chris continued to tell us history of the area, including information about the Grand Canyon Railway in Williams, Sedona highlights, and history of the Navajo. He also made recommendations for supper, Black Bart’s Steakhouse. The 6 of us ate there and were very impressed with the food, the atmosphere and the entertainment.
I cannot emphasize enough how much we appreciated and enjoyed Chris as our tour guide today. And Nate made our trip into Antelope Canyon even better than it would have been by helping us get phenomenal photos.
We will be coming back and bringing our teenage kids and we will do THIS TOUR and will REQUEST Chris.
Thank you for an OUTSTANDING day and experience!