点评:We had a morning Lower Antelope Canyon tour and decided to include an afternoon Upper Antelope Canyon tour as well. It was definitely worth to take the second tour to Upper Antelope Canyon as it was different in many ways.
First of all, if you have already purchased an Antelope Canyon tour in the morning, you have already purchased the mandatory Navajo Tribal park permit ; therefore, before you commence the afternoon tour, make sure when you check in the office that you mention to them that you already purchased the permit for the day. Make sure you make a copy of the original receipt indicating payment of it and they should automatically refund you the $8.00 per person permit into your credit card account.
You meet your tour group and open air van of 14 passengers for the 10-15 minute ride from town to the trailhead for the Upper Antelope Canyon trailhead. Make sure you wear comfortable walking shoes as you will be walking primarily on sand for the most part of the tour. Also, if you do not enjoy getting sand in your face, make sure you bring along a face mask so when the van kicks up sand, it will not land on your face as the ride to the trailhead is quite bumpy.
The groups are broken down in 14 persons led by a guide. Scott, our guide was really great taking us down the narrow canyon walls. The Upper Antelope Canyon walls are darker than the Lower Antelope Canyon and a bit more narrow but there are no staircases inside the slot canyon itself. It is very different from the Lower Antelope Canyon and well worth to take this tour in addition to it as the lighting changes over time during the day and it is the light that makes the sandstone walls look so unique.
The tour itself was 100 minutes- about 1 hr. 40 min. around 1/2 mile one-way with plenty of opportunities for photos along the way.
At the end of the guided tour of the Upper Antelope Canyon, you will need to climb up through a series of metal grate staircases, so go at your comfortable speed. Good thing is that these metal staircases are all covered so the harsh sun does not hit you directly as you are walking up and eventually walking back down to the open air van to return back to the headquarters. It was definitely an enjoyable visit to the Upper Antelope Canyon.
翻译:我们上午参加了下羚羊峡谷之旅,下午又决定参加上羚羊峡谷之旅。第二次上羚羊峡谷之旅绝对值得,因为它在很多方面都与众不同。
首先,如果您已经购买了上午的羚羊峡谷之旅,那么您已经购买了强制性的纳瓦霍部落公园许可证;因此,在您开始下午的旅行之前,请务必在办公室登记时向他们说明您已经购买了当天的许可证。请务必复印一份原始收据以表明您已付款,他们会自动将每人 8.00 美元的许可证退还到您的信用卡账户中。
您将与您的旅行团和载有 14 名乘客的敞篷车会合,从镇上前往上羚羊峡谷步道的起点,车程 10-15 分钟。请确保您穿着舒适的步行鞋,因为在旅行的大部分时间里,您将主要在沙地上行走。此外,如果您不喜欢脸上沾满沙子,请务必带上口罩,这样当面包车扬起沙子时,沙子就不会落在您的脸上,因为前往登山口的路途相当颠簸。
团队分为 14 人,由一名导游带领。我们的导游斯科特非常棒,他带我们穿过狭窄的峡谷壁。上羚羊峡谷的墙壁比下羚羊峡谷的墙壁更暗,也更窄一些,但狭缝峡谷本身没有楼梯。它与下羚羊峡谷非常不同,非常值得参加这次旅行,因为白天的光线会随着时间而变化,正是光线让砂岩墙看起来如此独特。
这次旅行本身需要 100 分钟 - 大约 1 小时 40 分钟。单程约 1/2 英里,沿途有很多拍照机会。
在上羚羊峡谷导览游结束时,您需要爬上一系列金属格栅楼梯,因此请以您舒适的速度行走。 好消息是这些金属楼梯都被遮盖起来,因此在您上行时不会受到刺眼阳光的直接照射,最后您再走回露天面包车返回总部。 上羚羊峡谷之旅绝对是一次愉快的体验。