I took a tour through Lower Antelope Canyon on a December afternoon and it was absolutely spectacular. In peak season, thousands of people stream through Antelope daily and tours sell out months in advance. Here’s what it comes down to: Antelope Canyon is visually more spectacular but Peekaboo Canyon provides a better overall experience.Īntelope Canyon near Page, Arizona, is the best-known slot canyon anywhere. As a tour guide, I want visitors to have the best possible vacation, which is why I am writing this post comparing our Peekaboo Slot Canyon Tour to a tour of Antelope Canyon. Then, solitude.Ī trip through a slot canyon is a quintessential element of a trip to Northern Arizona or Southern Utah.

The descending notes of a canyon wren break the silence.

Clouds zip across a sliver of blue sky but down in the canyon I am concealed from the wind and sounds of the desert. Colors vary from black to purple to every shade of red, orange and yellow as the desert sunshine penetrates into this deep, water carved crevasse. I lean my back against the cool Navajo sandstone and gaze up at the brilliant red walls of Peekaboo Slot Canyon.

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