Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon, & Lake Powell
Have you ever been scrolling through blog sites or Instagram and see the most beautiful views that make you think “I need to see that in person” or “No way that is that breath-taking in real life”? This was my experience with Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend about five years ago. (Don’t believe me? Scroll down to see some of my photos!) After seeing about 5 photos of these iconic locations, I googled where they were located and saw “Page, AZ”. I quickly researched the best way to get there and realized there was no airport within several hours so I gave up thinking I would ever see these places…for a few years!
Then, last year I convinced three of my best friends to do this crazy Utah National Park road trip in September (see full itinerary here) and I had to choose between Arches NP or swinging down to Page instead before heading to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. I decided Arches can be another trip and set up our day in Page! Almost 6 months prior, I booked our campsite (at Wahweep Campground on Lake Powell) and our Lower Antelope Canyon tour with Ken’s Tours (https://www.lowerantelope.com/) at the 10 AM time slot (perfect for lighting coming through!)
We arrived in Page, AZ from Bryce Canyon NP and got to our campsite. We set up our tent and headed down to the beach to relax then headed to do dinner in town before turning in for the night. We woke up the next morning to the most beautiful sunrise from our tent!
We drove the 15-20 minutes to Horseshoe Bend parking area and walked the ~half mile to one of the most iconic and breathtaking views ever! I researched what time to get there and every blog had conflicting opinions so I decided any time is a good time! We stayed for a while taking in as much of the view we could. This was such an amazing moment for me because I had wanted to see this view for several years. Check out my favorite photo I took below (note: I’m not a photographer, just love taking photos!) and some cheesy fun ones.
Ok, by now it was almost 9 AM so we headed to the car to drive the ~10 minutes to Ken’s Lower Antelope Canyon Tours for our 10 AM tour. I did a lot of research prior and decided to do lower canyon instead of upper based on comparative reviews of people who had done both. Our guide’s name was Kevin and he was FANTASTIC! No words can possibly do this amazing slot canyon justice so I will let my photos speak for themselves:
Before entering down into canyon 
Stairs to get down into slot canyon 
Roaring Lion 
Smiling shark (Bruce from Finding Nemo perhaps?) 
Rocky Mountain National Park 
Different lighting the canyon produces 
Ken’s Tours logo (hair in wind) 
Light beaming through 
Our amazing guide Kevin!! 
These are not even 1/10 of the photos I took that day and the photos just CAN’T do it justice, I swear! Every day of my Utah/AZ trip, I thought the next day just couldn’t get any better and it continued to awe me, including this canyon!!! If you see this beauty in photos and are inspired, PLEASE make it a point to go see it in person.
After our canyon tour, our day wasn’t quite done in Page! We googled kayaking in the area while grabbing some beers to take with us! We booked WazSUP Kayaks with Bill who delivered 4 of them to us at the Antelope Point Marina ramp for a $60 fee (so $15/person delivery fee) plus the kayak half day rental and a cooler for us to use for our beer…now that is service! Below are a few photos of our amazing adventure through the canyon via kayak! PS: it was windy that day so fighting it was tough until we got back to the canyon and were protected from it! This took us about 2-3 hours before calling Bill to come back and pick up the kayaks for us.
After exploring Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon, and kayaking, we moved on from Page and drove the couple hour drive to North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We stopped at Jacob’s in (45 minutes from the North Rim) for AMAZING homemade cookies (I think we each got about 5 and ate them all). We got to the North Rim campground just in time to set up our tent and head to the Lodge for a prickly pear margarita while watching the sunset in the canyon!
All in all, Page, AZ was more than we could ever ask for and more breath-taking than any photo on social media can ever showcase. Have you seen these iconic photos and wanted to go see it in person? What are you waiting for?
Miles to Go: Adventure Awaits 
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