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How we choose Antelope Canyon tours
Updated October 26, 2026 the catalogue read tour by tour; the numbers as of this date
Fourteen lists, one method. Start with every tour that goes to the canyons, keep the well-rated, compare the exact option you'd book. Here are the five steps and the numbers behind them.
The method
Five steps, the same for every list
- 1
Start with everything that goes there
The Page catalogue and the day-tour cities hold 283 tours that name Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend or Lake Powell. That's the pool, read one listing at a time.
- 2
Keep the well-rated
A tour stays with 4.5 stars and 30 reviews or more, the booking platform's reviews and Tripadvisor's counted together. On the seven narrow lists, such as Canyon X and the kayaks, 10 reviews are enough. Few tours exist there. 74 tours pass. The close ones sit under the cards as alternatives, so you see what missed.
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Sort by what you'd search
The 14 lists cover the canyons and the day-tour cities. Horseshoe Bend, the lake, the river and the photo tours have their own. A tour can sit on two lists. Together they hold 73 tours.
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Compare the exact option
Each card prices the lowest option that runs on at least three dates in the next ten weeks and tells you what it covers: the slot, the permit, the pickup. A prime-time slot and a non-prime slot are two prices.
- 5
Re-read every day
The starting price, the rating and the review count are re-read every day. The lists get a full review every 2 weeks. Direct prices from the Navajo companies carry the date you see next to them.
The 73 are unique tours. A few sit on two lists, so the 14 lists hold 87 cards together, with 42,231 traveler reviews behind them. All 14 lists
- Rank by what a tour pays. The order you see inside a list is by review count.
- Hide the direct price. Where a company sells direct, the page tells you so and names the price.
- Promise a slot. Times come from the schedule the day it was read; the booking page shows you today's.
- Sell you anything. Navajo guides lead the canyon tours, the lake and river trips have their own guides and fees, and you book on the booking page.
Good to know
People also ask
- Why only 73 tours?
Because one of the 74 on the bar visits no slot canyon, overlook or lake. It's an off-road ride on the Grand Canyon's east rim. The 73 are the ones you can line up side by side.
- Why does the same tour appear on two lists?
A Lower canyon tour with a van from Page belongs to the Lower list and to the Horseshoe Bend list. Its page is written once, under the list where it ranks higher, so you read one page per tour.
- Do operators pay to be listed?
No. The booking platform pays a commission when you book through a button here, at the same price you'd pay there. Direct bookings with the Navajo companies pay this site nothing.