Trips & tickets
Entry to Lower Antelope Canyon with a guided walk led by a local Navajo guide, past the water-carved sandstone walls of the canyon the Navajo call Hasdeztwazi, or Spiral Rock Arches.
A guided tour of Canyon X in Antelope Canyon with a timed entry booked in advance. Your guide explains how flood erosion and wind carved its sandstone into the X shape that gave the canyon its name.
A scenic ride to the canyon, about 10 minutes on a paved road and 10 in the dry wash, then a guided walk of about 50 minutes with a local Navajo guide. The light beams appear midday from April to September.
The full GetYourGuide listing for Antelope Canyon — Upper and Lower Antelope tours, Canyon X, kayak-and-hike trips on Lake Powell and day tours from Las Vegas, with live prices.
Antelope Canyon is on Navajo Nation land, and Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation allows visits only with a guide. So every trip is a tour, sold by a handful of Navajo-permitted operators: Upper Antelope Canyon from Page or the tribal park gate, Lower Antelope Canyon by two operators on Highway 98, Canyon X by one, Secret Antelope Canyon off US-89, and the lake end of the canyon by kayak from Antelope Point.
Which one is right depends on whether you want the light beams or the stairs, how much walking your group can manage, and whether you are staying in Page or coming up for the day from Las Vegas or Phoenix. These pages compare them plainly.
Plan it properly
The drive to Antelope Canyon from Las Vegas and Phoenix, flying into Page, the time-zone trap, and where each tour actually starts: Upper, Lower, Canyon X and the kayak route.
What Antelope Canyon costs in 2026: Upper, Lower, Canyon X, Secret Canyon and kayak tour prices, the $15 Navajo fee, booking and refund rules, and the bag, tripod and drone bans.
Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon compared with Canyon X, Secret Antelope Canyon and the kayak-and-hike route: the walk, the stairs, the light beams, the crowds and the price.
The canyon
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No. Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation says every Antelope Canyon location is accessible only on a guided tour, and personal vehicles are not allowed at the Upper canyon. You book a Navajo-permitted operator for Upper, Lower, Canyon X or Secret Antelope Canyon; our Upper vs Lower guide compares them.
Lower Antelope Canyon general tours list $80.50 all-inclusive at both operators. Upper Antelope tours run from about $85 to $120 before the $15 Navajo fee and booking fees, and Canyon X costs $47 for an adult plus the $15 permit. Our tickets and prices guide has every operator's prices.
Not always. Navajo Nation Parks charges $15 per person, per location, per day. Some Upper operators add it on top ($92 plus $15 at one), Lower Antelope operators quote all-inclusive prices, and one Lower operator refunds it if you already paid it at another canyon that day.
Upper is A-shaped and flat inside, and is where the light beams fall, most often from April to September around midday. Lower is a narrow V that you enter down five flights of stairs, about 1.1 miles round trip. Our Upper vs Lower guide goes through both, plus Canyon X.