MONUMENT VALLEY: Learn what there is to do and how to plan your visit in our Guide to Monument Valley. What do you think? Would you consider visiting Teardrop Arch? Let us know in the comment section below! More information for your trip to Monument Valley But if you are looking for an adventure and the best view of Monument Valley, put Hunt’s Mesa on your list. It sounds awesome and we strongly considered it, but the price tag was too high. It’s a long excursion, lasting about 7 hours, and most of that time is spent driving over rugged terrain. But what you get are unbelievable sunset views over Monument Valley and a steak dinner cooked over a campfire. The ultimate excursion in Monument Valley is the day trip (with an optional overnight stay) on Hunt’s Mesa.Pricing out around $300 per person, this was too expensive for our budget. If you do not like the idea of waking up so early, many companies also offer daytime tours of Lower Monument Valley. This is highly recommended if you are interested in photography. We also took a sunrise photography tour of Lower Monument Valley with Phillips’ Photography Tours. We did not take this tour, so I cannot comment if it is better that Teardrop Arch. It’s a nice view, but with the buttes and mesas so far away and the local public schools in the foreground, I can see how this would not be the favorite view of most visitors to Monument Valley.Īnother popular tour is to Mystery Valley, where petroglyphs and the history of the Anasazi people are the highlight. ![]() It was here that Sean parked our vehicle and we walked for 15 minutes through desert terrain and up onto a rocky outcropping to Teardrop Arch.įrom here, we had a view of Monument Valley. Sean drove us past Gouldings Lodge and then onto sandy roads to Horse Shoe Canyon. ![]() Yikes!! Was this going to be a waste of time?! Sean told us that people rarely book this tour and the last time he led a group out to Teardrop Arch was one month ago. We used Navajo Spirit Tours and our guide was Sean. This had Tim and I wondering if we made the right decision scheduling this tour.īecause of its “unpopularity,” we were the only two people on the tour out to Teardrop Arch in the afternoon. Earlier in the day, our guide on our photography tour warned us that Teardrop Arch is not very exciting.
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