Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Antelope Canyon - Arizona

羚羊谷 - This is how Antelope Canyon name fr0m. There were herds of antelope living here century before. According to the tourist guide - Andy, this canyon is also called Bear Canyon as from the pictures, you can see so many bear's image from the Canyon itself :)
The tours is lead by Navajo/Native American guides which cost us USD29 per person for less than a hour trip. Last time tourists were allow to visit the Canyon by themselves and only cost USD6. After the big flood that took away 12 lifes, Navajo is the only one that have the licience to bring tourist into Antelope canyon.
It's 6 degree cooler in the Canyon compare to the weather outside, so it's about 5-6 degree in the canyon and we were wearing thick jacket and glove, still we are shiverring while walking in the canyon.
We were glad we visited the Canyon during winter time, which is a non-peak season. During peak season, there were > 300 peoples visitiing the Canyon at the same time...we won't be able to take nice pictures if we visit the canyon during summer.
It's abit hard to find the tour guide office and the receiptionist is not friendly at all. Anyway, i am not going for 2nd timesince it took us more than 6 hours to reach there (from Phoenix) and USD29 per pax for less than 1 hour visit. , the canyon is so stunning and beautiful :)

However, for those that had business trip to Chandler, it's good to have at least one x visit to Antelope.... A not to miss place when travel to Arizona.

on our way to the entrance of the Antelope Canyon


Check out the stunning view inside the Antelope Canyon......


On the other side of the canyon.
Hubby and I..... thank god we were there...no regret!!


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