By: Cristina Matriano | Sat Oct 05, 2019 at 02.37 AM
The upper antelope and horseshoe bend tours were really good. Time management by the tour guide was also well done. Here are some suggestions to make our experience much better in the future tours:
1) Assign a tour guide who knows A LOT a..bout the destination and who is passionate about communicating/talking. The tour guide wasn’t a local and she spoke very little about Upper Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend (googling these places helped but there’s more to know I’m pretty certain). She also spoke mostly in Chinese and the driver was also yelling in Chinese (we didn’t understand so i had to ask our tour-mates who understood Chinese language).
2) The light lunch was very disappointing. I paid $9 for half a Subway that cost $6.50. Why didn’t you buy the meal pack which cost only $9.75 (and i wouldn’t mind paying $10 for it).
3) Good thing, bottled purified water was offered unlimitedly and we had chips for snacks (I don’t eat chips so i bought fresh fruit during the pit stop on the way back to Las Vegas).
4) Good thing, we were provided with face masks for the dusty ride to Antelope CYN. The other tour groups weren’t given face masks, must have been uncomfortable for them!
5) Although I said time management is good, I think it can still be improved. For example, I was told to be at the pickup point at 5:10 for a 5:20 take off. I arrived at 5:00 AM, the bus arrived at 5:15 and took off at 5:30. The waiting area was dark and not quite comfortable, it would have helped if the bus arrived and took off on time as scheduled. But, I understand these things do happen.Read full review
The tour itself was okay. However, the transportation was not. The bus was old & the ride was so uncomfortable. Come to find out, one of the tires was so bald that it needed to be replaced. So that delayed our ride home.
The tour time for horseshoe bend is too short, less than an hour, it takes time to walk back and forth. Maybe it'd be better arrange the tour after the upper antelope canyon.
Wow! First, our tour guide, Alex, was so knowledgeable. I loved his narration which included geological details as well as anthropology and much more. He was so organised and nothing seemed to phase him. The whole package of iconic sites, c..amping and meeting new people was truly one of my favourite travelling moments. All of the locations were amazing but Monument Valley was super special for me. The extra activities which included a helicopter flight over the Grand Canyon (the combined visual spectacle and music playlist overwhelmed me - wonderful,) a hummer offroad experience (so much giggling - thank you Ryan) and Antelope Canyon (totally magical) were impressive. Yay and well done!!Read full review
We arrived safely & upper Antelope Canyon & Horseshoe bend was great, but the bus was old & didn't have a working bathroom and the tour guide was either insensitive or a little ignorant of Native American culture. Also, they had us travel ..to meet up with the bus only to be transported by a van to the bus which later made a pick up at the hotel we were staying at. When we informed the tour guide of this she asked why we traveled so far. We explained that that was the pick up stop that we were texted. She did apologize, but upon returning we had to ask to get off at a closer stop to our hotel.Read full review
By: Kelly Hullander | Sat Sep 28, 2019 at 04.47 AM
It was a great tour! Yes, it was a long day but the canyons and views along the way were totally worth the long bus ride. My initial thought was that I wished we had a smaller group but then I realized that the tour bus we were on was proba..bly much more comfortable than a 14 passenger van! The size of our group turned out to be a non-issue anyway. At Horseshoe Bend, you hike the trail at your own pace and view the canyon on your own. Once at Antelope Canyon, they take you in groups of 14 and there is one group after another entering the canyon. At both attractions, there were many other tourists there from other tour operators and those who had driven on their own - so there's really no way of avoiding crowds at peak viewing times anyway. Our tour was well organized. Our guide Eva was very pleasant and kept the tour moving smoothly and on schedule.. The bus is showing its age a bit but was fine for the day. The Navajo guides at Antelope were excellent as well. Really glad we took this tour!Read full review