11 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
10 people
English
Discover the surreal landscape of the Painted Desert and Native cliff dwellings with this full-day private guided tour from Sedona. Stroll through Oak Creek Canyon before exploring the cliff dwellings in Walnut Canyon National Monument. After a lunch stop (own expense) in Holbrook along Route 66, visit the Petrified Forest National Park.
We pick up from anywhere in the Sedona area, or anywhere along the way of 89a or i40.
Enjoy the amazing scenery while we go over the geology, history, and the sites along the way.
• Admission Ticket Free
Before visiting the Petrified Forest National Park, we will adventure through the Walnut Canyon National Monument (another fantastic view to take in!) which is full of some of the best preserved Native cliff dwellings in the southwest. We will explore the dwellings alongside the canyon the same way they did. This includes SEVERAL FLIGHTS OF STAIRS we have to navigate (10 SETS IN TOTAL). We give ourselves about an hour and a half to walk through the canyon.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
We stop for lunch along Route 66
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
This is one of the most surreal views you will ever see. You will feel as though you are walking on another planet when you visit one of Arizona’s best kept secrets. During this tour, we will discuss the many interesting theories of how the wood came to be petrified, as well as the amazing exposed strata of the painted desert known as the Chinle Formation (which is only exposed in this region of Arizona). We will also go over the rich native history in the area, as we walk amongst the ancient Hopi and Navajo lands.
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Walk amongst the crystal trees. We explore and discuss the amazing exposed strata and how it all came to be.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Observe some of the more oddities of the petrified wood and how it’s exposing itself.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Walk amongst the landscape that looks as if we’re on a another planet. This is up to a 1 like loop where we walk in the midst of the Blue Mesa badlands.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
My personal favorite view. I’m clear days we can see over 100 miles into the distance. Viewing the San Francisco peaks in Flagstaff, the ancient Hopi Mesas, and a never ending field of deep red Badlands.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Return back to your place of origin.
• Admission Ticket Included