Nature venue
Waterholes Canyon
8 locals recommend
Location
Waterhole Canyon
Page, AZ
Tips from locals
This slot canyon may also be known as the “secret canyon.” Tours are typically more expensive than Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon. They are tend to be more intimate and less congested. The canyon is currently closed due to Covid.
Waterholes Canyon is a slot canyon, which is a canyon that has been formed over the centuries through water erosion. Therefore, deeper than it is wide and this, combined with its shape, helps to create beautiful plays of light especially when the sun is perpendicular to the canyon. Until recently, unlike the aforementioned Antelope Canyon, people could explore Water Holes Canyon on their own without a guide. Now things have changed. To book a tour you must go through Waterhole Canyon Experience, a Navajo family-owned and operated business that operates the guided tours. Water Holes Canyon is located just south of Page and the entrance is along US-89 about 2.8 miles from Horseshoe Bend. If you are coming from the Grand Canyon (therefore, you are coming from the south), you will have to cross a bridge and then, on your right, you will find a small clearing where you can park your car. If you are coming from the north, which means you will be passing through Page, the clearing will be on your left before you reach the bridge.
Waterholes Canyon is a slot canyon, which is a canyon that has been formed over the centuries through water erosion. Therefore, deeper than it is wide and this, combined with its shape, helps to create beautiful plays of light especially when the sun is perpendicular to the canyon. Until recently, u…