Antelope Canyon Tour
Jan 27th, 2020 | 07:08 AM
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Read THIS: to learn everything and compare. Great guide!
I've been to the Lower with Ken Tours, and while the "Light Beams" are greater and more dramatic in the Upper Canyon, I don't feel like I've missed anything. I chose it based on several factors. Unless you have a professional camera and know how to use it (or a cell phone with the best camera out there), Lower Canyon has more light in it, easier to get a better quality pictures down there. Also, there's more to see:
I've been to the Lower with Ken Tours, and while the "Light Beams" are greater and more dramatic in the Upper Canyon, I don't feel like I've missed anything. I chose it based on several factors. Unless you have a professional camera and know how to use it (or a cell phone with the best camera out there), Lower Canyon has more light in it, easier to get a better quality pictures down there. Also, there's more to see:
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The Upper Antelope Canyon tour is the shorter one and the walk is about 100 yards long. You will enter and exit the canyon through the same entrance. So the total hike is about 225 yards or about 1/8th of a mile – quite short and easy, even for those with limited mobility. Compared to that, the lower canyon tour is roughly 600 yards long and unidirectional, meaning you will descend into the canyon through ladders and walk out the other end. So the total walk is a mile long. Along with stair / ladder climbing, the tour also involves walking in deep sand, stepping over rocks, and overall uneven terrain
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The Upper Antelope Canyon tour is the shorter one and the walk is about 100 yards long. You will enter and exit the canyon through the same entrance. So the total hike is about 225 yards or about 1/8th of a mile – quite short and easy, even for those with limited mobility. Compared to that, the lower canyon tour is roughly 600 yards long and unidirectional, meaning you will descend into the canyon through ladders and walk out the other end. So the total walk is a mile long. Along with stair / ladder climbing, the tour also involves walking in deep sand, stepping over rocks, and overall uneven terrain
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Mar 5th, 2020 | 06:21 PM
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Last April I booked the Lower Antelope Canyon tour with Ken's at 10 am. Climbed down the ladders in my group of 10 people and 5 or 6 groups following each other amid guides shouting warnings about the ladders and instructions to keep moving through the canyon. We were literally herded quickly through the canyon. I don't know how to get a quieter experience--first tour of day? late in afternoon? Different month?
Still, I don't have words for the beauty. The guides helped everyone set their cameras or phones to the best settings to capture the reds, violets, and oranges in the sandstone walls. I was torn between just staring with my mouth agape and taking photos to memorialize the experience. We even saw a few shafts of light that the upper canyon is known for. The tour was over much too soon.
Still, I don't have words for the beauty. The guides helped everyone set their cameras or phones to the best settings to capture the reds, violets, and oranges in the sandstone walls. I was torn between just staring with my mouth agape and taking photos to memorialize the experience. We even saw a few shafts of light that the upper canyon is known for. The tour was over much too soon.
Mar 5th, 2020 | 11:15 PM
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We took the upper canyon tour. The guides will literally take the camera from you to take the best picture available if it looks like you are having difficulties. I can't imagine more light than this is the lower canyon:
https://flic.kr/p/uTk73Z
https://flic.kr/p/uTk73Z
Mar 6th, 2020 | 11:36 AM
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Well, We took the 11:30 tour and everything was sold out. While there were groups behind us, they did allow a sufficient time to take pictures.I did manage to take great amount of pictures without the crowd in a way, with or without my family members. And they did help everyone with this:
Yes, they do remind you to move forward since they have limited time slots for each tour. Whatever time they allow I'm sure we all would love to stay there much longer than that. I do know that the Upper tours used to have an Photography Tour, Probably still do. But it's pricey.
Also, this is new for 2020, don't know much about it.
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The guides helped everyone set their cameras or phones to the best settings to capture the reds, violets, and oranges in the sandstone walls
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The guides helped everyone set their cameras or phones to the best settings to capture the reds, violets, and oranges in the sandstone walls
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Also, this is new for 2020, don't know much about it.
Update for 2020: Ken’s Tours is now offering a Deluxe Tour ($147.60 per person). This is a small group of just four people. You still walk the same path and you will still be in the canyon with all of the other larger tour groups. So this does not save you waiting in line or help you avoid the crowds, from what I read online. But what it does give you is a smaller group size and more time with your guide. This is worth it if you want learn more about the canyon and the Navajo culture and even get help with your photography (although you get some of this in the larger tour groups too).
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The option to take a photography tour is over. This was a new change in 2018. Lower Slot Canyon has become so popular that the tour operators can no longer offer general tours and photography tours.
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The option to take a photography tour is over. This was a new change in 2018. Lower Slot Canyon has become so popular that the tour operators can no longer offer general tours and photography tours.
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Nov 12th, 2022 | 05:15 PM
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I've read about tours from a friend who went. The website said think about it if you have back or neck issues.
Basically, I'm old (almost 70) and have my spine fused. I'm looking for a tour that I can do. I walk 2 - 3 miles a day in a local hilly park, but I don't climb ladders,
so any ideas?
Thank you!
Basically, I'm old (almost 70) and have my spine fused. I'm looking for a tour that I can do. I walk 2 - 3 miles a day in a local hilly park, but I don't climb ladders,
so any ideas?
Thank you!
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