canyon del muerto

We did an all day jeep tour with Changing Woman. You really must see the canyon from the floor - lots of petroglyphs, ruins, stories and the Mummy Cave is not to be missed.

Get inside the Canyon, don't just stay on the rim. The guides - we used Beauty Way Tours 928-674-3772, but we hear others are very good - provide the background information that makes the Canyon into a living historical place and you get to be so close to it.

We took a tour with a Navajo guide, Changing Woman, in an open jeep and think that this was superior to the rides in closed vehicles because we could easily enjoy the high canyon walls. It is quite bumpy and you drive over much water. Our tour was from 4 to 7 pm so it was a bit cooler. We recommend a morning tour or an evening tour over an afternoon tour during the hot months.

We went with Twin Trails Scenic Tours and had a great time. We originally booked with Antelope House tours but they kept our $56 deposit and gave us to the other company who fulfilled their commitment. I requested a refund but was told it went to the other company and when I called to double check was told it was not handled that way and we had already paid in full for the trip with Twin Trails and he confirmed he hadn't been paid our money either which since it was our money should have been refunded to us when they didn't keep their commitment and take us.

We took both the four hour private jeep trip and then spent the rest of the day doing the Rim drive. The South Rim is particularly interesting.

This is a beautiful part of Canyon de Chelles. The sheer walls are significantly higher than in other parts that we traveled through. There is also a lot of history of this part of the canyon.

On the North Rim. We did this drive first.The views and the informative posts were great. It was a great visit.

Wow, what an amazing place..you need a guide, pre arrange by phone or net for at least 4 hours. Next time I am getting one for eight hours.

We visited this canyon with our Navajo guide, Leander Staley. I can't even begin to describe how wonderful this journey was but it's something everyone should do. There are numerous ruins and pictographs to see, including Antelope House. Wow!

I loved the stories about the canyon, and how it got it's name. We were below in the canyon, looking up at the ruins. Standing in working farms

Our guide Ron took us on a all day tour of Canyon DeChelly.(pronounced DeShea) We stopped at so many beautiful sites and ruins. He had a very quick wit and made the trip loads of fun for our entire 16 person open air truck tour. He stopped many times without asking and lots more when we asked. We had a delicious lunch provided by the tour group, Thunderbird Lodge. It was a small enough group to make it a wonderful day, Our many thanks to Thunderbird Lodge Tours and Ron Yazzi

Beautiful scenery like the rest of it. Love the natural viewpoints, without metal railings everywhere (but be careful if you are afraid of heights!) Hard to imagine the cruelty on those cliffs.

We toured Canyon del Muerto in order to see Spider Rock. Oscar Bia's Ancient Canyon Tours took us there on a 4 hour tour. A must to see if you are touring Canyon de Chelly.

Interesting scenery, ruins, etc. You definitely will benefit from a good guide like Leander Staley from de Chelly Tours so that you get lots of background and current info.

You are required to hire a Navajo guide to go down into canyon. We had a jeep driven by Bobby VanWinkle. It was $140 for 3 hours and he picked us up at our hotel. (He has brochures at most Chinle hotels and is quite well known). It was worth every penny. We got to see all of the ruins from the canyon floor, including White House, and learned about the history of the Navajo people who live and lived there.