The iconic rock landscapes of Lower Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend are a drive from Las Vegas. On this small-group journey your driver/guide takes the strain, while you soak up the scenery and make the most of the onboard Wi-Fi. Lower Antelope Canyon – awe-inspiring beauty of wind and water-carved sandstone in the depths of this magical slot canyon. Horseshoe Bend – peer down an incredible 1,000-foot sheer drop to a 180-degree loop in the Colorado River below. Antelope Canyon is part of the Navajo Nation Tribal park system therefore it is closed until further notice. The intention is to minimize the threat to the health and safety of all people, including park workers, small business operators, residents, and visitors and reduce the spread of COVID-19.

The standard tour in Lower Antelope lasts for one hour and the photography tour lasts for over two hours. The tour through lower antelope Canyon last for much longer because the canyon itself is a lot longer. Lower Antelope Canyon entry is located a short walking distance from the tour company headquarters. Cost of Tours – Lower vs Upper Antelope Canyon. Furthermore, there is a considerable difference in price between the tours offered at Upper Antelope Canyon vs Lower Antelope Canyon. Specifically, a tour scheduled at Upper Antelope Canyon might.

Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon Information

So you’ve decided to tour both Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon on your upcoming vacation to Northern Arizona. Great! Now, go and find the most patient person you know, and warn them: they’re going to need every ounce of restraint they can muster in order to get through the reservation process with their sanity intact. For starters, they’re going to have to comb through six Antelope Canyon tour websites to find available seats. Then, they’re going to have to go back to square one multiple times when — not if, when — they discover that your desired tour times are sold out. That was then, this is now, and now, you can book both Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon tours in one quick, pain-free step!

Your day of discovery gets off and rolling from Chief Tsosie’s Antelope Slot Canyon Tours in downtown Page, AZ. Aboard super-comfortable luxury touring vehicles, specially modified to handle off-road trekking, you’ll travel down the edge of Manson Mesa to the Navajo Indian Reservation. After a 2-mile trip down a remote dirt road, you arrive at the mouth of Upper Antelope Canyon. As you walk into the chambers of this world-famous slot canyon, you leave behind the noise and heat of the man-made world, and enter the cool, surreal confines of a masterpiece of nature. Formed over aeons by churning flash flood waters and fine grains of sand buffeted by gale force winds, the interior of Upper Antelope Canyon is a kaleidoscope of subtle earth tones, constantly changing in depth and intensity as the sun moves overhead. But at a mere 100 yards in length, Upper Antelope Canyon represents only a small fraction of this complex, multi-faceted geological curiosity. To get a true sense of the powerful and miraculous forces responsible for Antelope Canyon’s formation, you literally have to go deeper, and that’s what you’re about to do next!

Upon returning to Page, AZ, you’ll receive directions to Ken’s Lower Antelope Canyon Tours and phase two of your adventure. Following a short walk to the canyon’s entrance, it’s time to get a bit more physical. A climb down a series of ladders takes you to an underground wonderland of spirals, ledges, arches, and bas relief-like formations that will paint pictures in your imagination. At 600m in length, and with several ladders and small boulders to navigate, Lower Antelope Canyon requires a little more effort to enjoy, but millions of people annually find the experience to be well worth the exercise. Both Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon can be a challenging environment for photography, but your Navajo Indian Guides will be there to advise you on how to get the most from your pictures, even from the simplest of cell phone cameras. After your day of exploring is over, you’ll have a more complete appreciation for the intricacy of Antelope Canyon. Want to delve even deeper? Consider adding a boat tour of the waterside of Antelope Canyon to your day’s activities!

You can book your tours back-to-back, or allow time in between to grab lunch at Antelope Point Marina, do some shopping, or catch a swim or a power nap back at your hotel. Availability permitting, the choice is yours! The option to book both Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon tours as a package has never been available before now, and travelers just like you are jumping at the chance to save time and headache. Don’t be left in the dust – book your seats today.

Operation of one or both tour components is weather permitting and may be contingent on a certain number of passengers traveling

Hats, sunglasses, sunscreen, and/or protective clothing should be worn

Please wear appropriate shoes for walking

Backpacks and purses not allowed in Upper Antelope Canyon and may be subject to restriction on the boat tour

Carry enough water for each member of your party

It is now MARCH 1st 2021, as stated above, Antelope Canyon is still closed.
The Navajo Nation Government will keep Tribal parks closed until it is deemed safe for everyone involved.
Chances of tours in MARCH are UNKNOWN. Chances of tours in APRIL, MAY, JUNE, etc… Unknown.

Lower Antelope Canyon Hike

There is no anticipated reopen date.
please refrain from asking if we will be open on a certain month, we honestly don’t know.

As soon as we have a re-open date we will announce it on our website, until then stay tuned.

There are NO exceptions, NO private entry, NO private tours, NO offering us more money, no means no.
Everyone wishing to see Antelope Canyon will have to wait till parks are reopened by the Navajo Nation Government.

We are Not accepting bookings for 2021 (or 2022), we have no idea when the Navajo Nation will allow tours.

Additional questions, our FAQ might be able to help you.

We are offering tours to Vermilion Cliffs, this area is not part of the Navajo Reservation.

Notice: Because a health order is due to “expire” does not mean an immediate reopening.

March 5th update (Still Closed):
Previous health order has been extended to March 15th, before March 15th the Navajo Nation will decide on extending the health order or something else. we hope to have the next update before the 14th.

Feb 17th 2021:
Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-003 – “Stay-At-Home Order” is effective through March 8th 2021. When there is a Health Emergency Order in place Tribal Parks are not available. Before March 8th the Navajo Nation Government will decide on changing the health order OR extending it. Odds of the health order being extended is based on covid-19 cases and CDC guidelines. This does NOT mean we are resuming tours on the 9th of March, the re-opening is still unknown.

Old News (below):

DEC 3rd 2020 update:
“The Navajo Nation and surrounding states have been on an upward trajectory for the last two months and there is uncontrolled spread in nearly every state. Some states, including states surrounding the Navajo Nation, are experiencing a record high number of cases. These circumstances are overwhelming the health care system on the Navajo Nation…”

UPDATE OCT 2nd 2020: Tribal Parks will be closed all of 2020; Navajo Nation Government and Tribal Parks will determine JAN 1st if parks will remain closed or if it will be safe to reopen. (update JAN 1st 2021 – parks remain closed for an unknown period of time).

The number of covid cases remain too high in the states surrounding the Navajo Reservation, tourism is not being encouraged as of right now.

9/27/20: No new updates, tribal parks remain closed.

09/20/2020 – No New Updates, Tribal parks remain Closed until further notice.

09/13/2020 – No new updates, Navajo Nation Tribal Parks remain Closed.

09/06/2020 – no new updates, tribal parks remain closed.
Navajo Nation is paying attention to covid cases in AZ and surrounding states – if the C-19 numbers keep growing or does not show a constant decline – odds of tribal parks opening are… but we shall see, anything is possible.

Antelope Lower Canyon

08/30/2020 – no new updates, tribal parks remain closed.

08/23/2020 – no new updates.

UPDATE: 08/16/2020: Previous Executive order expired as of 4:59am AUG 17th, this previous Public Health Order was known as the Stay at Home (Shelter in Pace) Emergency Order. Now as of AUG 17th 5:00am the Navajo Nation has in place a new Public Health Order called “Safer at Home” Executive Order. Which we quote “Restating the requirements for “drive-in” gatherings, Restating the daily and weekend curfew hours, and Reminding Visitors and Tourist Not to Travel to the Navajo Nation.”

“This revision of Public Health Order is based on the guidance from the CDC and prevention that travel increases the chance of getting infected and spreading COVID-19. That Order also advised that public gatherings in excess of 5 people should be avoided.”

This New Public Health Order does not have an expiration date, the Navajo Nation Health Command Center will rescind their order when they see a constant decline in C-19 cases with surrounding states and also what the CDC recommends.
There is No Anticipated Re-Open Date.
The Navajo Nation’s main goal is to keep everyone safe and healthy.

We are not accepting reservations, we do not have a wait-list, we do not have a mailing list, we will not be “penciling” people on our calendar. The only way to see when we are back in operation is this web page that you are currently on, come back from time to time.

Please note the highly publicized “reopening” of the Navajo Nation is mostly for government employees and the many branches/offices of the Navajo Nation. Reopening of tours is going to be several layers of CDC guidelines, Navajo Nation guidelines and much more – stay safe, stay healthy and be patient.

UPDATE: 08/14/2020:
The Navajo Nation Government will be ending the executive order end of AUG 16th and has provided different phases of reopening tribal parks and our tours. We are awaiting final-approval from the Navajo Nation in regard to us conducting tours.

We are certain we will not be open and running by the 17th, we have to await the approval. We will announce our reopen date as soon as possible. please be advised there is a significant reduction in customers per tour time and per tour truck, this is to ensure proper social distancing.

UPDATE: 08/13/2020: There is still no update available, we have many asking – we just don’t know yet. Stay tuned, we should know something before the end of the week.

UPDATE: 07/22/2020:
The Navajo Nation Government has extended its state of emergency, extended the closure of Navajo Nation government offices and related entities until end of AUGUST 16th, remain closed to help slow the spread of C-19 on the Navajo Nation. This is the Sixth Executive Order to extend the closure; the previous Executive Order was set to expire on JULY 26th. Please note this does not necessarily mean everything is opening up on the 17th of AUGUST, there is a high chance the closure could be extended once more.

UPDATE 06/30/2020:
The Navajo Nation Government has extended its state of emergency, extended the closure of Navajo Nation government offices and related entities until end of JULY 26th, to help slow the spread of C-19 on the Navajo Nation. This is the 5th Executive Order to extend the closure; the previous Executive Order was set to expire on JULY 5th. Please note this does not necessarily mean everything is opening up on the 27th of JULY, there is the chance the closure could be extended once more.

UPDATE 6/3/2020:
The Navajo Nation Government has extended its state of emergency, extended the closure of Navajo Nation government offices and related entities until JULY 5th, to help slow the spread of C-19 on the Navajo Nation. The previous Executive Order was set to expire on JUNE 7th. However, this does not necessarily mean everything is opening up on the 6th of JULY.

UPDATE 5/12/2020:
The Navajo Nation Government has extended its declaration of state of emergency and also extended the closure of Navajo Nation government offices and related entities until JUNE 7th, to help slow the spread of C-19 on the Navajo Nation. The previous Executive Order was set to expire on MAY 17th. However, this does not necessarily mean everything is opening up on the 7th of JUNE.

Lower Antelope Ken

Quote from Navajo Nation President 5/11/20:
“Some states are beginning to reopen, but here on the Navajo Nation we’re listening to the advice of our health care experts and based on the data and the facts, we’re not ready to reopen until we see a consistent downward trend in the number of new COVID-19 cases…”

The Navajo Nation is still seeing 100+ new cases of C-19 a day; it will be a while till the parks are open – Be patient, the canyon is millions of years old, it’s not going anywhere.

UPDATE 4/22/2020:
The Navajo Nation Government has extended its declaration of a state of emergency and also extended the closure of Navajo Nation government offices and related entities until May 17th, to help slow the spread of C-19 on the Navajo Nation. The previous Executive Order was set to expire on April 26th. However, this does not necessarily mean everything is opening up on the 17th – the Nation will determine the next plan of action – check back for the next update.

LATEST UPDATE 04/14/2020:
The choice to reopen the Antelope Canyon falls upon the Navajo Nation Government. Due circumstances beyond anyone’s control the reopen date is still unknown and could be pushed back further. We know some of you want to plan your vacations now but we can’t sell a product that might not be available – check back from time to time.

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On Friday, March 13, 2020, the Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez declared the Navajo Nation in a State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to reduce the risk of exposure, President Nez has closed all Navajo Nation Tribal Parks. Antelope Canyon is part of the Navajo Nation Tribal park system therefore it is closed until further notice. The intention is to minimize the threat to the health and safety of all people, including park workers, small business operators, residents, and visitors and reduce the spread of COVID-19.

We will announce the reopen date on our website as soon as we know it.

Check our availability for our tours to Vermilion Cliffs, we can conduct these tours as it is not on the Navajo Reservation.

Lower Antelope Canyon Open

mostly going to White Pocket, Buckskin Gulch is limited with availability – check our availability on our site.