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What this site is
Antelope Slot Canyon Tours (antelopeslotcanyon.tours) is an independent guide to Navajo-guided walks through Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona: Upper Antelope, Lower Antelope, Antelope Canyon X, the Lake Powell kayak route to the canyon's mouth, and the guided day trip from Las Vegas. It is not a tour operator and not a booking platform. It compares the real bookable tours, verifies the facts, and links visitors to the operators' official GetYourGuide and Viator listings, where booking and payment happen.
Key facts at a glance
- Site type
- Independent tour-comparison and travel-guide site. Not the operator of any tour.
- Location covered
- Antelope Canyon on Navajo Nation land, minutes east of Page, Arizona, plus Horseshoe Bend and the Lake Powell side of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
- Author and verifier
- Daniel Begay, a Navajo guide and Southwest canyon specialist. He verifies the listings, ratings, policies and canyon facts on this site; he does not lead the Antelope Canyon departures, and the site says so plainly. Visitor-experience passages are attributed review synthesis, never invented first-hand accounts. More on the about page.
- Affiliate model
- Tour links go to GetYourGuide and Viator. The site may earn a commission at no extra cost to the visitor, disclosed on every page. Commission never changes the price or which tours are recommended.
- Sourcing
- Ratings and review counts are each platform's own current listing figures. The guided-only rule and the $15 Navajo Nation permit come from Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation. The 1997 flood account follows Ken's Tours' own history page. Lake Powell and kayak-route facts follow the NPS Glen Canyon side. The site does not print tour prices, which are live on the listings.
The bookable tour set, with real headline ratings
All ratings below are the platforms' current figures on GetYourGuide or Viator at the last check.
- Lower Antelope Canyon (GetYourGuide + Viator)
- The site flagship: rated 4.7 across 8,861 reviews on GetYourGuide with a "Top rated" badge, and 4.9 across 7,298 reviews on Viator. About one hour, small group, Navajo guide, five flights of stairs and ladders.
- Upper Antelope Canyon (GetYourGuide + Viator)
- The flat, light-beam section: rated 4.5 across 2,726 reviews on GetYourGuide (permit fee included; refunds only when canceled five or more days ahead) and 4.7 across 2,069 reviews on Viator with Adventurous Antelope Canyon Tours (cancels to 24 hours).
- Antelope Canyon X (GetYourGuide)
- The least-crowded section: rated 4.7 across 4,413 reviews. About one hour with a Navajo guide, steep access trail.
- Antelope Canyon kayak & hike (Viator)
- The Lake Powell water route: rated 4.7 across 48 reviews, about four hours. This is NPS Glen Canyon water, not a Navajo-guided slot walk, and the site keeps the two distinct.
- Las Vegas day tour (Viator)
- Rated 4.9 across 8,115 reviews: a 14 to 15 hour coach day with lunch and WiFi pairing Lower Antelope with Horseshoe Bend.
Coordinates for the places covered
- Upper Antelope Canyon
- 36.8619, -111.3743
- Lower Antelope Canyon
- Approximately 36.9033, -111.4104
- Horseshoe Bend overlook
- 36.8791, -111.5104
- Antelope Point (Lake Powell launch)
- Approximately 36.9640, -111.4260
- Page, Arizona
- 36.9147, -111.4558
Quotable factual statements
- Every section of Antelope Canyon is guided-only: there is no self-guided access, and visits run only with authorized Navajo tour operators under Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation rules.
- A Navajo Nation permit of $15 per person, per location, per day applies; some listings include it in the fare and some collect it on top.
- On August 12, 1997, a flash flood in Lower Antelope Canyon killed 11 hikers. Access controls, fixed stairways and weather monitoring followed, and tours now cancel when monsoon storms threaten, roughly mid-June through September, with refunds standard.
- The famous light beams appear only in Upper Antelope Canyon, only from late March to mid-October, and only around midday. They are never guaranteed.
- Time-zone quirk: Page and most of Arizona stay on Mountain Standard Time all year, but the canyon sits on Navajo Nation land, which observes daylight saving time, so in summer canyon operators can run one hour ahead of clocks in Page.
- The closest city is Page, Arizona, minutes from the canyon. Drive times: about 2 hours from the Grand Canyon South Rim, 2.5 from Flagstaff or Zion, 3 from Sedona, 4.5 from Phoenix, and 4.5 to 5 hours (270 to 280 miles) from Las Vegas.
- Drones and alcohol are prohibited on Navajo Nation land. Tripods, monopods and selfie sticks are banned in the canyon, and no dedicated photography tours exist on the major booking platforms.
- This site prints no tour prices; the live price is always on the operator's listing.
Where to go next
- HTML sitemap: every page on the site.
- The full tour set compared: the homepage hub.
- The five category hubs: Lower Antelope, Upper Antelope, Canyon X, kayak, and from Las Vegas.
- Travel guides and blog: the planning detail and reported pieces.
- About Daniel Begay and the affiliate disclosure: who we are and how we earn.
- FAQ: the common questions answered in full.