Day 1:Las Vegas - Antelope Canyon - Page - Las Vegas(559 miles)
Meals:
Breakfast: Excluded; Lunch: Included; Dinner: Excluded
1. You will depart in the morning from Las Vegas, and head North through the Mojave Desert.
2. Approximately 90 minutes later, you will pass Mesquite, Nevada and enter the Virgin River Gorge, a dramatic and beautiful canyon carved by the rushing river waters in Northwestern Arizona.
3. Crossing into Utah, you will travel through St. George, known as Utah?s Dixie with its mild climate.
4. About 4 hours into your journey, you will pass through the town of Kanab, known as Utah?s little Hollywood due to being the setting for many Western movies and centrally located to access many national parks and sites.
5. Arrive at the town of Page after approximately a 1-hour ride later and be welcomed by the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, the 2nd largest artificial lake in the US.
6. The order in which you visit the main attractions of the tour vary due to the timing of the scheduled guided Antelope tours.
7. Visit the part of the renowned Antelope Canyon tour ushered by a local native guide and be amazed by the natural spectacle. The guided tour will last approximately 1 hours.
8. Visit Horseshoe Bend Overlook, where you walk to the rim of the overlook and marvel at the bend created by the Colorado River that gave the site its namesake. This portion of the tour will last approximately 1 hour.
9. Depart the town of Page for your return trip to Las Vegas, approximately 5-hour ride back to the city.
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Antelope Canyon, AZ
The views in Lower Antelope Canyon change constantly as the sun moves across the sky, filtering lights softly across the stone walls. These ever-moving sun angles bounce light back and forth across the narrow canyon's walls, creating a dazzling display of color, light, and shadow.
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Lower Antelope Canyon
The lower canyon is in the shape of a "V" and Longer, shallower than the Upper Antelope. Lighting is better in the early hours and late morning. It draws a considerable number of photographers.
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Antelope Canyon X
Antelope Canyon X is named after the X's carved into the Navajo Sandstone created by millions of years of rainfall and wind
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Page, AZ
Page is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, near the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell. Page was founded in 1957 as a housing community for workers and their families during the construction of nearby Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.
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Horseshoe Bend
Horseshoe Bend, located within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area about 5 miles downriver from Lake Powell, is a sharp turn in the Colorado River that formed from erosion over the course of millions of years.
Duration: Approx. 1 Hour