Antelope Canyon X

Sunday we made the trip to Page, Arizona. It was very windy but we got here without incident. It got so windy in the afternoon after we set up that the trailer was shaking and I couldn’t walk Matey far because of the blowing sand.

Happily, today was much less windy as I had booked a tour for us into Antelope Canyon X. Antelope Canyon is a very famous slot canyon just outside of Page. It’s on the Navajo Reservation so the only way to see it is by taking a guided tour. There are several tour companies providing tours to the Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon and they are said to be quite crowded. I found this tour to Antelope Canyon X online and it had good reviews. Only Taadidiin Tours gives tours here and so it is not as crowded.

Antelope Canyon X is at the very start of Antelope Canyon. We entered between two sections of slot canyon.

Our group of eight plus our guide entered the north, or downstream section of the canyon first.

The wind and water sculpted walls in some places no longer looked like rock.

We were there at noon and the colors were beautiful.

Both the depth and the formations were awe inspiring.

I managed to capture a sunbeam.

When we turned back our guide said the canyon continued for 23 miles.

Then we walked back through a more open section of canyon and entered the southern, upstream slot.

That was shorter, but perhaps even more beautiful.

We followed this part of the canyon up to a small chamber.

This was the very start of Antelope Canyon, the outflow from the desert above. Our guide pointed out the cuts part way up, these were new canyons forming, baby Antelopes.

Then it was up and out and we left all this wondrous beauty behind.