"k" wrote in message
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> "Caveat" wrote in message
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> > "Fiance" wrote:
> >
> >>So we can expect $100 (two-way) per person there in late June... Pretty
> >>steep I'd say.
> >
> > It's a long way to Rainbow Bridge from Wahweap and there are no roads.
> > Besides, it includes a scenic tour of the lower half of the lake :-).
> >
> >>Are they at least serving a free meal during the 7-hour
> >>trip?
> >
> > What, you think this is like the airlines (if you can call what they
> > serve a "meal")?
> >
> >>What are the worthy alternatives for the Rainbow Bridge tour?
> >
> > Well, you could walk in from one of two backpacking trailheads on the
> > Navajo Rez. Cheap, but not easy.
> >
> >>shorter tours interesting?
> >
> > The dam? Or maybe a float trip from below the dam to Lee's Ferry?
> >
> >>How much hiring a two-person canoe or two kayaks might cost, if at all
> >>possible? How far could we paddle away or is it crazy and dangerous?
> >
> > Fuggitaboutit, at least out of Wahweap.
> >
> >
> > Caveat
> >
> The Navajo canyon tour (which includes a foray into Antelope Canyon) is
> about 3 hrs, which to us was plenty long to be on a tour boat. If you
have
> any kind of affinity card (AAA, AARP, a union membership) it costs less
than
> $40 each. The trip takes you close to the dam for a good look. You're on
> the lake for scenery, really, but you'll see the big houseboat marinas,
> probably boats out on the lake, and the general look of the lake at that
> end. Navajo Canyon was really pretty. Antelope Canyon was more a display
> of boatmanship, but we saw lots of private boats in there with people
> fishing from them, and it was neat to be in such a narrow gorge.
>
> Really, if you've already been to Arches and Natural Bridges, spending 7
hrs
> on a boat to see another arch seems extreme, unless you're ticking off
> biggest, tallest, etc.
>
> That said, we did enjoy the Navajo Canyon tour, and it seemed far shorter
> that it really was.
>
> I don't know if it's showing thru in this ng, but I don't think you have a
> lot of options in the National Recreation Areas. There's one boat tour
> operator in Lake Mead, and one in Lake Powell. I would have loved to
kayak
> in some of the side canyons, but I don't think it's viable given the few
> starting points available to the public, at least not in a one-day
> timeframe.
>
> k
>
Did the same 3 hr tour. It was interesting but long enough. If you're
doing a bit of traveling and sightseeing think about getting a National Park
Pass. I think that to get to where the boat tours were was a $20 per car
entrance fee but nothing if you had a pass. If you're a Senior then it'll
be a lifetime pass for $10. We saved about $40-$50 on admissions to the
various National places of interest.
MLD
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