Antelope Canyon
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.61 mi
- Elevation gain
- 272 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 272 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,370 ft
- TrailRank
- 33
- Min elevation
- 4,122 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 33 minutes
- Coordinates
- 200
- Uploaded
- September 11, 2015
- Recorded
- August 2015
near Page, Arizona (United States)
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All-terrain vehicle route that will take us to Antelope Canyon, a spectacle of nature and unique in the world.
Access to the canyon is restricted and controlled by the Navajos, who charge an entrance fee that can be reserved online, well in advance. The canyon in all its splendor, due to the light that enters, can be seen at midday, when the sun's rays enter more directly (hence the reservation must be made well in advance).
We leave the car in the parking lot and wait our turn to ride the all-terrain vehicle that will take us to the beginning of Antelope Canyon, where we are surprised by a huge crack several meters high, but just a few meters wide.
We crossed the canyon with our mouths open, hallucinating what our eyes were witnessing. Camera in hand and eyes wide open, we were exploring the canyon, with the help of the Navajo guide who, at all times, gave us advice on how to take each photo. Every second and every ray of light depended on one photograph or another to emerge. The focus, the colors, the sun's rays..., everything was important to take one snapshot or another. Without a doubt, a treat for the eyes.
The canyon was formed by the erosion left by water and wind over millions of years. It is a fairly narrow canyon, in many places only two people enter, one going and one returning, having to make way for other groups of visitors.
Antelope Canyon is one of those places that stays in your retina for the rest of the days. The shapes of the rocks, the eroded walls, are circular and leave different colors depending on how and when the daylight enters. A magical place!
We finished the canyon, barely a kilometer long, and returned through the same place. On the way back, the difference in light and colors of the canyon surprises us again! Once outside, we returned to the starting point by all-terrain vehicle, chatting with the Navajo guide, very nice, by the way, something rare in Navajo territory.
100% recommended route if you are going to visit the country in this area. It is a spectacle for the eyes and a work of natural art!
MORE INFORMATION:
Antelope Canyon
ROUTE Index
Map of ROUTES and SUMMITS
Rubén Wanderlust (www.rubenwanderlust.com)
Access to the canyon is restricted and controlled by the Navajos, who charge an entrance fee that can be reserved online, well in advance. The canyon in all its splendor, due to the light that enters, can be seen at midday, when the sun's rays enter more directly (hence the reservation must be made well in advance).
We leave the car in the parking lot and wait our turn to ride the all-terrain vehicle that will take us to the beginning of Antelope Canyon, where we are surprised by a huge crack several meters high, but just a few meters wide.
We crossed the canyon with our mouths open, hallucinating what our eyes were witnessing. Camera in hand and eyes wide open, we were exploring the canyon, with the help of the Navajo guide who, at all times, gave us advice on how to take each photo. Every second and every ray of light depended on one photograph or another to emerge. The focus, the colors, the sun's rays..., everything was important to take one snapshot or another. Without a doubt, a treat for the eyes.
The canyon was formed by the erosion left by water and wind over millions of years. It is a fairly narrow canyon, in many places only two people enter, one going and one returning, having to make way for other groups of visitors.
Antelope Canyon is one of those places that stays in your retina for the rest of the days. The shapes of the rocks, the eroded walls, are circular and leave different colors depending on how and when the daylight enters. A magical place!
We finished the canyon, barely a kilometer long, and returned through the same place. On the way back, the difference in light and colors of the canyon surprises us again! Once outside, we returned to the starting point by all-terrain vehicle, chatting with the Navajo guide, very nice, by the way, something rare in Navajo territory.
100% recommended route if you are going to visit the country in this area. It is a spectacle for the eyes and a work of natural art!
MORE INFORMATION:
Antelope Canyon
ROUTE Index
Map of ROUTES and SUMMITS
Rubén Wanderlust (www.rubenwanderlust.com)
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River
4,329 ft
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