Affiliate disclosure
Here is exactly how this site pays for itself, stated in plain language so there are no surprises. This is our FTC disclosure, and it applies to every page.
Antelope Slot Canyon Tours is an independent guide, not a tour operator and not a booking platform. When we send you to a tour, you book and pay on the operator's own official listing. Some of the links that take you there are affiliate links.
What that means
Tour links on this site go to GetYourGuide and Viator, the two platforms the authorized Navajo operators use to sell their canyon trips. If you click one of those links and then book, we may earn a small commission. Every affiliate link is marked with rel="sponsored" in the code, which tells search engines exactly what it is. If we add hotel links later, they will follow the same rules and this page will say so.
The commission is paid by the platform out of its own margin. It costs you nothing extra. The price you see and pay on GetYourGuide or Viator is the same whether you reach the listing through our link or type the address yourself.
How we choose what to recommend
Three tests, in order. First, review volume and rating on the platform: we favor tours with thousands of real reviews over new listings with a handful. Second, the operator has to be legitimate, which for the slot canyons means an authorized operator on the official Navajo Nation list at navajonationparks.org (the kayak route is the exception: it runs on Glen Canyon NRA water under the National Park Service, and we say so wherever it appears). Third, honest fit: a tour only gets listed for the kind of visitor it actually suits. No operator pays to be here, and commission rates play no part in the picks.
What it does not change
- It never changes what you pay. There is no markup, no surcharge, no "affiliate price".
- It never changes which tours we recommend. A tour that fails the tests above stays off the site regardless of commission.
- It never changes the facts. Every rating and review count you see is the platform's own figure on the live listing, attributed to GetYourGuide or Viator, not a number we made up or inflated.
About the numbers and prices
Ratings and review counts shift as more travelers book, so treat them as the figure at the time we last checked the listing. We do not print tour prices as our own, because they change by date and season: the live price always shows on the operator's listing for your chosen date. The Navajo Nation permit fee, $15 per person per location per day, is often charged on top of the tour price, though some listings include it; each product page says which applies.
Why we tell you this
Because you deserve to know, and because the US Federal Trade Commission requires it. Being upfront also keeps our incentives honest: we would rather you trust the recommendation than click blind. For the fuller picture of how facts get verified before they go on a page, read about Daniel Begay and our fact-checking. Questions about any of this? Email us.