Tour

Enchanting Canyonlands - Small Group
from USD 4145

Insight Vacations

Tour Code: YAECAM27
Vacation Type: Regional
Brochure:
Duration: 7 Days
Country: United States

Travel through the American Southwest on a Small Group journey that links Sedona’s red-rock country, the Grand Canyon’s vast layers and Monument Valley’s buttes with time alongside Diné (Navajo) hosts on Navajo Nation land. From Horseshoe Bend in Glen Canyon to Zion’s sandstone walls and Bryce Canyon’s hoodoo amphitheatres, following rivers and high plateaus shaped over time. You’ll meet Local Expert “Canyon Tim”, share Navajo tea in a family hogan, and end a day in Monument Valley with a Navajo cookout and dinner.



Map Enchanted Canyonlands Small Group Guided Tour YAEC 2027

Transfer Airport

  • Las Vegas Airport and Post Trip Hotel Transfer

National Park

  • USA National Park Non Resident Fees

Gold Seal Protection

  • Gold Seal Protection

Transfer Airport

  • Las Vegas Private Transfer Departure
  • Phoenix to Scottsdale Private Transfer Arrival

Td Tips

  • Prepaid Gratuity Enchanting Canyonlands Small Grp

Dining Summary

  • 3 Dinner (D)
  • 6 Breakfast (B)
  • 1 Lunch (L)

Choice Highlights

  • Choose between two carefully selected activities
  • Monument Valley: Discover Mystery Valley with a local Diné (Navajo) guide, exploring a quieter corner of the desert framed by Monument Valley’s buttes. Walk among Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) ruins and rock art, with petroglyph panels, weathered stone formations and traces of daily life such as pottery shards scattered across the sand.
  • Monument Valley: Wake to Monument Valley at first light, starting by the Mitten Buttes before following the 17-mile loop road. Stop at key viewpoints across mesas and sandstone spires as the sun lifts, bringing the valley’s landmark formations into sharp focus. 

Authentic Dining

  • Scottsdale: Enjoy dinner in Scottsdale, a relaxed first chance to get to know your small group and Travel Director. Settle in over a shared meal and ease into the journey ahead before the desert landscapes begin to unfold. 
  • Springdale: Join your small group for dinner this evening and raise a glass together, toasting a week of Southwest icons. 

Insight Choice

  • Monument Valley: Discover Mystery Valley with a local Diné (Navajo) guide, exploring a quieter corner of the desert framed by Monument Valley’s buttes. Walk among Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) ruins and rock art, with petroglyph panels, weathered stone formations and traces of daily life such as pottery shards scattered across the sand.
  • Monument Valley: Wake to Monument Valley at first light, starting by the Mitten Buttes before following the 17-mile loop road. Stop at key viewpoints across mesas and sandstone spires as the sun lifts, bringing the valley’s landmark formations into sharp focus. 

Insight Experiences

  • Grand Canyon National Park: Meet Local Expert “Canyon Tim” at the South Rim, taking in viewpoints reserved for smaller numbers and away from the busiest lookouts. Tim helps you read the canyon through its rock layers and living landscape, sharing what to look for along the rim as the scale of the place opens up in front of you.
  • Monument Valley: Join Baya at Shash Diné EcoRetreat in her family’s traditional hogan for Navajo tea. Hear the history of the Diné (Navajo) people and learn about cultural practices that continue today, shared in the traditional setting of a family hogan.

Make Travel Matter

Monument Valley: Travel into Monument Valley by off-road vehicles to a cookout site for a barbecue dinner hosted by members of the Navajo Nation. You’ll enjoy Navajo tacos and fry bread, then spend the evening with your hosts as they share traditional songs and dances. Your visit directly supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities.

Top Rated Highlights

  • Sedona: Experience the essence of the great American road trip, as you travel through the Red Rock Scenic Byway. Along your journey you will be immersed in the stunning, natural peaks and rock formations of the Red Country, that look as though they could have been shaped by the countless artists they have inspired.  
  • Sedona: With its red stone formations that create a haunting skyline found nowhere else in the world. This is where Arizona keeps the Old West. And this is where a New West has evolved, as a haven for creatives, a centre of spiritual health and enlightenment, and an epic playground for outdoor enthusiasts.  
  • Monument Valley: Stop at the famous “Forrest Gump” backdrop on U.S. 163, where the straight highway lines up with Monument Valley’s buttes.
  • Monument Valley: Visit Goosenecks State Park for a rim-top viewpoint over the San Juan River as it loops through deep, entrenched bends carved into the rock. You’ll look down on one of the Southwest’s most striking river meanders, with wide-open desert views stretching beyond the canyon. 
  • Zion National Park: Beneath soaring Navajo Sandstone cliffs, Zion Canyon follows the Virgin River through hanging gardens and cottonwoods. Look out for the Court of the Patriarchs and the Great White Throne as the canyon walls rise above the valley floor.
  • Monument Valley: Walk out to the Horseshoe Bend overlook above the Colorado River, where the water curves in a near-perfect horseshoe around a sandstone fin. You’ll reach the rim viewpoint on foot, with time for photos and a clear sense of the scale carved into the desert landscape.
  • Bryce Canyon National Park: Visit Bryce Canyon and look out over a series of natural amphitheatres carved into the Paunsaugunt Plateau, packed with the park’s hoodoo rock spires. Take in the views from the rim and see the scale of the formations from above. 

  • Valley Ho, Scottsdale
  • Grand Canyon National Park Lodge
  • Goulding's Lodge, Monument Valley
  • The Red Cliffs Lodge Zion, Springdale
Day 1 Welcome To Scottsdale

Arrive in Scottsdale beneath the McDowell Mountains and settle into your hotel. Explore Old Town’s gallery lanes, courtyards and public art, or stroll the Waterfront for a first feel of the desert light. This evening, meet your Travel Director and fellow small group travellers for a dinner in a local restaurant, sharing regional flavours and the first conversation of the trip.

Duration: 1 Day

Accommodation: Valley Ho, Scottsdale

Day 2 Sedona And The Wonders Of The Mighty Grand Canyon

Drive the Red Rock Scenic Byway into Red Rock Country, then roll into Sedona and pick up its gallery lanes and independent shops, or stop for open views across the sandstone formations. Leave town behind and run Oak Creek Canyon, climbing through Coconino National Forest on a route counted among America’s great scenic drives. Arrive at the Grand Canyon and choose how to take it in: join an Optional Experience flightseeing trip by helicopter or fixed-wing plane, or head straight to the rim viewpoints and the Rim Trail. Later, meet Local Expert “Canyon Tim” at the South Rim where you'll learn to read the canyon through its rock layers and human story, and discover the plants and wildlife that live along the edge.

Duration: 1 Day

Accommodation: Grand Canyon National Park Lodge

Day 3 Sights Of Monument Valley

Depart the Grand Canyon with your small group and travel across Navajo Nation country to Cameron Trading Post, with time to browse textiles, jewellery and the everyday life of a working trading post. Continue to Shash Diné EcoRetreat where you'll join Baya in her family hogan for Navajo tea and an introduction to Diné life today. You’ll then have the chance to join an Optional MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, a guided visit to Upper Antelope Canyon led by a Navajo-owned and run team on Navajo land, or enjoy time to relax at the retreat. Later, you’ll arrive in Monument Valley for a guided tour among the buttes and open spaces, then end the day with a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience at a Navajo cookout and dinner.

Duration: 1 Day

Accommodation: Goulding's Lodge, Monument Valley

Day 4 Meanders And Rock Formations

Start the day in Monument Valley with Insight Choice. Choose a guided visit into Mystery Valley, a quieter backcountry area known for rock art, ancient ruins and sandstone formations, or join the Monument Valley sunrise tour, following the 17-mile loop road with stops at key viewpoints as first light reaches the buttes. Later, you’ll visit Goosenecks State Park for the rim-top lookout over the San Juan River’s dramatic bends, then pause at the famous “Forrest Gump” backdrop on U.S. 163, where the straight road frames Monument Valley in the distance.

Duration: 1 Day

Accommodation: Goulding's Lodge, Monument Valley

Day 5 From Monument Valley To Zion

After breakfast, travel to Horseshoe Bend and take the walk out to the overlook, looking down around 305 m (1,000 ft) to the Colorado River as it makes its 270-degree turn through Glen Canyon. Continue on to Zion National Park for time in Zion Canyon, where the Virgin River runs beneath pale Navajo Sandstone cliffs and cottonwoods line the canyon floor. Later, arrive at your hotel and enjoy a free evening: perhaps step outside for sunset views and a short stroll, or settle in with a drink and a quiet night after a day of canyon country.

Duration: 1 Day

Accommodation: The Red Cliffs Lodge Zion, Springdale

Day 6 Explore Bryce Canyon

Depart Zion and travel towards Bryce Canyon, with the scenery changing as the road climbs onto the Paunsaugunt Plateau and the landscape opens out beyond the windows. On arrival, Bryce’s natural amphitheatres come into view from the rim, where thousands of hoodoo spires crowd the bowl below at elevations around 2,438 m (8,000 ft) and higher. Then it’s time to explore on foot, choosing the viewpoints and short trails that suit the day, pausing to see the colours and rock layers shift as the light moves across the canyon. This evening, join your small group for dinner and raise a glass together to toast the end of the trip.

Duration: 1 Day

Accommodation: The Red Cliffs Lodge Zion, Springdale

Day 7 Farewell To The Canyons

After breakfast, transfer to the airport, saying goodbye to your small group and Travel Director at the end of your journey through Zion, Bryce and the Grand Canyon.

Duration: 1 Day

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