Page Things to Do

Took a boat trip at Lake Powell near Page in Arizona. Correction on this page Rainbow Bridge is in Utah.

the world's largest natural bridge.
the rainbow bridge is formed by water.
the rainbow bridge is sacred to the native american people.
Please visit Rainbow Bridge in a spirit that honors and respects the cultures to whom it is sacred.
if you want to hike read the rules first. i think you need permission to walk there.

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Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Colorado River

We were driving from Monument Valley to Bryce Canyon and so we decided to stop off here to stretch our legs after a few hours in the car.

We took a walk around the rather interesting visitor centre and enjoyed the views of the dam. Construction of Glen Canyon Dam started in 1956 and was not finished until 1966.

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Time has given shape to the magnificent canyons.
Over the years , the rock was molded by the rain and the wind to form this overwhelming beautiful canyon.
Mostly dry, flash floods may occur, especially after the rain.
And the colors of the rocks change according to the sunlight, like magic.
At places the canyon is that narrow that if you stretch out your arms, you can actually touch both sides.

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We gathered in open jeeps with narrow benches, you wobble up and down at every bump in the road and eat sand driving through the dessert direction Canyon :)
The weather was wonderful and we all had a lot of fun in that jeep.
Arriving at the canyon I noticed a parking lot with some natives in the area.
I guess they were waiting for people to show them around. Maybe that will be a lot cheaper...

We had to wait for a few hours, so we decided to grap a bite at the KFC.
I never saw so many fastfood restaurants than in the USA!
After our lunch we walked around, found a terrace were we had some drinks.
What I noticed in the USA is that you hardly have to ask for the bill, if you are ready to leave or not they just give it to you.
I love to sit at a terrace for an hour or even more, with a drink and take it easy, however that's really hard in the USA.
At 3 o'clock we walked back to the office, so we would be right on time for our 3.30 tour.
Then I watched the clock in the office and saw it point 2 o'clock.
I asked the lady at the office for the right time, we all had a laugh when we found out Page is at an other time zone then Zion national park were we left that morning :)
Okay so we did some more shopping, back again I asked for the VT lady.
You don't believe this but it turned out that Page has several companies that organized Antelope canyon tours. The one from the VT lady was right across the street!
We already paid for the tour, so sorry VT lady you should have told us!

At the office, the lady told us that all the tours for that day were booked, so we had to wait till the next day.
That was a real bummer because of a tight schedule we wouldn't be able to make it the next day.
However, a few minutes later an Italian couple came in and were told they could join the 3.30 pm tour!
The lady looked suprised and asked her co worker if the tour from 3.30 was still available and hurray it was.

At noon we arrived at our hotel (Best Western Arizona Inn)
The receptioniste told us we could not check in yet. We had to come back at 3 PM.
After I got myself a brochure of the company that provide the Antelope canyon tours, we decided to go into the city.
We drove to Page, a drive from about 5 minutes.
On the brochure I read that there are two tours.
Tour no.1 Sightseers tour, tour length 1 hr. 40 min.
tour no.2 Photographers tour, tour length 2 hr. 40 min.
We took tour no. 1 cost $32,00, very expensive if you know the fact that a pass for all the National Parks in the area costs you $20,00.
Besides that, they tell you the tour length is 1 hr. And 40 min., but they don't tell you that's including the drive.
You are in the canyon for about a half hour at the most.
What the tour guides do is telling you how to make the best photo shots and yell to people to move because their group want to take pictures :)
Don't get me wrong, the Canyon is absolute amazing and if you are in the area and have the money, I highly recomment it!

Before going on our trip to the USA, people in the Netherlands told us, if we had the time and were in the neighbourhood, not to forget to pay a visit at the Antelope canyon.
I found a lady on VT who gives you a guide tour through the canyon.
I wrote her and watched all the beautiful pictures taken at the Antelope canyon.
She told me it was a pleasure guiding us, the only thing I had to do was give her the arriving date.
I did and she told me she was in town that day and available for the tour.
A few days before we arrived I send her an email asking her if the time of arrival suits her. However, I never got a reply back.
I was not worried, because I thought we would find her. Namely, at the time I thought there was only one company that provide these guided tours.