Antelope Canyon is a place of magic and wonderment. The narrow walls and winding paths
mesmerize the visitor as sunlight flickers through the cracks above and dances on the curvy walls.
The smooth sandstone provides a canvas for the light to illuminate the vibrant palette of earth
tone colors. This is a treasure of the desert. Unfortunately, to see this unique place requires a
steep admission and a Navajo guide leading dozens through the cramped space. In this video I'm
going to share with you an alternative and free, (well almost free way) to see Antelope Canyon.
So continue watching as I show you my experience accessing this incredible natural wonder via Lake
Powell. Hi, I'm Mike and this is Mike's Road Trip. "Get off the road..." All right!
Located in Page Arizona in the northern part of the state, situated within the Navajo Nation, Antelope Canyon
can only be viewed by an authorized tour company. Most tours operate from either the upper or lower
parts of the canyon, however there is another option that many people don't know about, and
that is accessing Antelope Canyon via Lake Powell, then hiking up the slot on your own, which
does not require an admission fee, however you do need a boat kayak or paddle board to reach
the mouth of the canyon. If you have your own kayak or paddle board you can put in at Antelope Point.
If not, you can rent your choice of watercraft at Antelope Marina. Depending on how hard you paddle,
you should budget at least an hour paddling each way, plus an hour or two for hiking and exploring.
So this is the mouth of the Antelope Canyon from Lake Powell, this is an area I've not ever explored
so I'm really looking forward to it the only way you can get to it is by boat after leaving
the main Channel and entering Antelope Canyon it became quite calm and peaceful with very few
boats or paddlers I visited in October of 2022 which was just past the peak season of Summer
while it sure is nice staying next to the cliffs with the shade a little reprieve from the Sun I'm
being very cautious because about four months ago there was a huge huge amount of Cliff that
fell down in the water and if you were kayaking you would be toast or even boating and even the
after effects where the waves just funneled through this Canyon were quite remarkable.
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oh I'm so glad I did this this is fantastic
it looks like it keeps getting narrower and narrower this is
an area I don't think boats can go past it's just us kayakers [Music]
I guess I was wrong uh you can't quite tell what's around each
Bend and it looked really narrow back there but it actually is fairly wide
[Music] [Applause] [Music] well my first goal has been achieved I made it to the end of the
water and now I am hiking through the canyon it's strange it smells a little sulfuric here
um not very pleasant and there's so much debris the last I don't know a couple
hundred yards of paddling I guess everything just kind of really settles in that area
but man what a great day great day of paddling and now I'm going on a bit of a hike
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absolutely gorgeous
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level this would all be underwater and you could still kayak through here
but it's about 50 feet below normal right now when I arrived at the uh end of the road if you
will where the water stops there was a tour that was just finishing up so I'm pretty grateful to
pretty much have this Canyon all to myself right now [Applause] [Music] so I've made it to the part
where Antelope Canyon turns into a Slot Canyon and it is really starting to get remarkable.
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With a place like this is you keep wanting to see what's around the next Bend
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after a bit of exploring I began my paddling Journey Back to the marina foreign [Music] well
the only I would say unenjoyable part of this trip is kayaking through this channel it is just it's
not fun it's very wavy and especially when boats go by but it is what it is as they say [Music]
Along the way there are a few little beaches to stop and relax.
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This is Antelope Marina where you can rent a boat kayak or paddle board.
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for more road trip travel videos well that's it from Antelope Canyon thanks
so much for watching until next time we'll see on the road... MikesRoadTrip.com[Music]