For the best desert days, and memories to last…

Arches and Canyonlands National Park Day Trips, plus fantastic tours throughout our Moab backyard, as well as Bespoke Expeditions across 10+ National Parks & Monuments… on your chosen dates and times

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Popular Trips

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What to Book?

  • Most guests enjoy one or more half/full day tours to Arches & Canyonlands Natl Parks.
  • Many groups love the solitude of the other nearby lands, which are no less spectacular!
  • With so many amazing areas, you really can’t go wrong, and you’ll just have to come back!
  • Take a look and if unsure, we are happy to make the perfect recommendation for your group.

Private Touring

  • Combine essential highlights and off the beaten path gems to gain full appreciation of each zone.
  • Personalized both in advance and on the day by our personable expert guides.
  • We meet your interests and your abilities, in Sand & Stars style!

All Tours Include

  • Door to door transport from your lodgings.
  • Quality snacks & drinks, plus lunch on full days.
  • Digital photo album memento.
  • Lots of nice touches, for a seamless adventure!
Delicate Arch glowing in the early light, Arches National Park
Up Close to Fantastic Sandstone Wonders

Arches National Park

Highlights | Half Day Tour Most Popular!

Highlights include iconic sites like The Windows and Balanced Rock. (More Details, plus a note on Delicate Arch)

Recommended: Half Day Tour
Arches rewards a half day. Four hours covers the classic highlights and a bonus gem or two most visitors miss, with a handful of short stops and two or three focused excursions where it's worth lingering. It's our most-booked half-day for a reason. Perfect for a first taste of canyon country.
Early LightDeparture
PrivateGroup
Half/FullOptions
Dead Horse Point overlook above the Colorado River bend
Rock Art, Dino Tracks, Arches, 4x4, Remote Views, Famous Park Highlight

Best of Moab to Dead Horse Point

Half Day Tour

The view that convinced Hollywood. Stand above a perfect oxbow in the Colorado River. Solitude Abound. (more)

Recommended: Half Day Tour
A half day that packs in more variety than most full-day tours elsewhere. Ancient rock art, dinosaur tracks, a short arch hike, remote 4x4 dirt roads, secluded overlooks, and Dead Horse Point itself.
Half DayOptions
PrivateGroup
Year-roundAvailable
Island in the Sky mesa vista, Canyonlands National Park
Zoom Out and Up High to Stunning Cliff Vistas

Canyonlands National Park. Island in the Sky District + Dead Horse Point State Park

Full Day Tour

A thousand feet above the confluence of two great rivers. Named viewpoints like Mesa Arch, Grand View Point, and Upheaval Dome. Plus options for remote cliff vistas and Native American rock art on the drive in. (more)

Recommended: Full Day Tour
Canyonlands rewards a full day. The drive is a little further from town, and the views are as good as the Grand Canyon or anywhere else. Eight hours gives room for named viewpoints like Mesa Arch and Grand View Point, a picnic lunch at a remote overlook, and spots most visitors miss entirely.
AM/PMFlexible
PrivateGroup
Half/FullOptions
Shaded creek and waterfall in Mill Creek canyon, Moab
Beat the Heat along an Epic Canyon Creek

Lush Canyon Hike + Local Gems

Half Day Tour

A slot canyon in miniature with cottonwood groves, running stream, and waterfalls cut into red rock. (more)

Recommended: Half Day Tour
A half day along a creek canyon with cottonwood shade, running water, and waterfalls. The coolest tour in summer. Perfect as a morning or late-afternoon outing.
ShadeCool in summer
PrivateGroup
Half DayOnly
Sandstone arch framing canyon country near Moab
Two Iconic Experiences in One Epic Day

Arches + Best of Moab Custom Combo

Full Day Tour

The best of both worlds in a single full day. Arches National Park in the morning, a picnic lunch in transition, then rock art, dino tracks, 4x4 roads, and Dead Horse Point in the afternoon. (more)

Full Day Tour
A big-day combo built for guests who want the full variety in one push. Arches highlights and a hike, a picnic lunch in transition, ancient rock art and dinosaur tracks, remote 4x4 roads, secluded overlooks, and Dead Horse Point. Eight hours, a lot of ground covered, a photo album to prove it.
Full Day8 Hours
PrivateGroup
Year-roundAvailable
Castleton Tower rising over Castle Valley at golden hour
Desert Towers and Solitude

Castle Valley

Half Day Tour

Castleton Tower, Priest and Nuns, and Fisher Towers in the round. Iconic desert spires best at golden hour. (more)

Recommended: Half Day Tour
Desert towers and solitude. Best in golden hour light when the spires glow. A half day is ideal for photography, overlook stops, and the quiet of Fisher Towers and Professor Valley country.
AM/PMBest at golden hour
PrivateGroup
Half DayOnly
Ancient petroglyph panel on red rock near Moab
Ancestral Puebloan Rock Art · Half Day

Rock Art

Half Day Tour

Rock art watching the desert for a thousand years. A quiet, reverent day for those drawn to deep time. (more)

Recommended: Half Day Tour
A quiet, reverent half day visiting ancient petroglyph and pictograph panels. Your guide knows the stories behind the symbols.
EasyLight walking
PrivateGroup
Half DayOnly
Fossilized dinosaur track pressed into stone near Moab
Dino Tracks & Bones · Half Day

Dino Tracks & Bones

Half Day Tour

Put your hand in a three-toed theropod track pressed into stone 150 million years ago. Trackways, bone beds, and a guide who knows the story each fossil tells. (more)

Recommended: Half Day Tour
Trackways, bone beds, and the stories each fossil tells. A focused half day visiting multiple dig sites and track locations around Moab. Perfect for families and anyone fascinated by deep time.
EasyLight walking
PrivateGroup
Half DayOnly
Hidden overlook with no crowds on a local gems tour
Local Gems · Half Day

Local Gems

Half Day Tour

The spots your guide would take a visiting friend. Hidden overlooks, wildflower meadows, and viewpoints with no signs. (more)

Recommended: Half Day Tour
The spots your guide would take a visiting friend. Hidden overlooks, wildflower meadows, viewpoints with no signs. A half day of local secrets.
Guide's PickRoute
PrivateGroup
Half DayOnly
Candy-striped sandstone spires, Needles District, Canyonlands
Canyonlands · The Needles

Canyonlands Needles District Full Day Tour

Full Day Tour

A remote district of Canyonlands with sandstone spires in impossible candy stripes. Long drive, longer day, worth every mile. (more)

Recommended: Full Day
The Needles District is remote. The drive alone takes time, but what you find is sandstone spires in impossible candy stripes. A full day is the only way to do it justice. Pack your energy.
Full DayEarly start
PrivateGroup
RemoteLess-visited
Remote canyons of the Maze District, Canyonlands
Canyonlands · The Maze

Canyonlands Maze Full Day Tour

Full Day Tour

Backcountry on the far side of the rivers where fewer than a thousand people reach in a year. Petroglyphs, stone walls, and nothing but wind. (more)

Recommended: Full Day
The least-visited district of Canyonlands. Fewer than a thousand people reach it in a year. Requires a long 4x4 approach and a full day commitment. Petroglyphs, stone walls, and absolute solitude.
2 daysOvernight
PrivateGroup
PermitRequired
Star-filled night sky over the Moab desert
Moonlight Walk

Nighthike

Moonlight Walk

On full-moon weeks, the desert lights itself. Walk a familiar trail by moonlight. Cooler, quieter, and transformed beyond recognition. (more)

The calendar for this tour is limited to the nights the moon and sky actually suit it, so you will see fewer open dates here than on any other tour.

Recommended: Nighthike
On full-moon weeks, the desert lights itself. Walk a familiar trail by moonlight. Cooler, quieter, and transformed. On dark-sky nights, the Milky Way is the main event.
~3 hrsEvening
PrivateGroup
Full-moonWeeks
What's Included

Everything's in the rate.

Standard on every booking.

Your group, your experience

We do not combine groups, as every tour is custom and private. We go on your dates with personalized start times.

Local guides

Our expert and personable guides know all the ways to optimize the day, from weather windows, crowded areas/times, where the light falls at 7:14 AM in October, and much more.

Maximal Enjoyment

Quality drinks and snacks made available throughout, made-to-order lunch on full-days, tactful pacing gauged to your party, and timely transitions to regulate temps and sustain energy as needed.

Inclusions

Unlike many outfitters, we do not add booking fee, park entry fee, or permit costs. Book and simply look forward to a great day!

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