Sunrise Tour of Monument Valley

One of the top highlights of our recent trip to the Southwest was taking the Sunrise tour with Monument Valley Tribal Tours with our guide Reever. We highly recommend both! Since we were able to watch the sunset from our balcony at the View Hotel, we chose to take the sunrise tour. Reever was at the hotel - on time as promised - in a warm SUV, and the three of us entered the park by 7:00AM. The scenery is as spectacular as imagined. Reever did an excellent job of being at the right place as the sun was coming up and we have hundreds of photos to prove it. But besides the sheer beauty of the valley, the biggest take away from our sunrise tour was what we learned about the Navajo culture. Reever is an enthusiastic ambassador for his heritage, sharing his knowledge of its traditions, spirituality, and customs. And being a small group, we had the wonderful opportunity to ask a lot of questions, that Reever was more than willing to answer. The tour was a much better way to see the valley than doing a “self-drive”; we were able to access parts that are not open to the public and our guide helped us better understand why it is considered to be sacred ground to the Navajo people.

Magnificent tour - sunrise, Navajo rug-making demonstration. Marjorie was excellent. We saw back-country sites not seen from the 17 mile scenic drive. The wind from the vehicle is real - dress warmly. Confirm the current time with the tour operator - time zones are confusing!

Our guide Larry was very nice and gave us a great tour of the valley. Ran a little behind time, our fault, and missed the village but he told us a cool story of the Navaho and sang. Some confusion on the information on show time between standard time and day light time. Needs clarification from Viator.

Sabrina was an excellent tour guide. She told us good places to stand to get the best photos of the sunrise. She was informative and very compassionate with us older people.

Nous avions passé la nuit à Flagstaff et avons dû nous lever à 2h du matin pour cette activité au lever du soleil 5h30 départ The View Hotel. C'est pour ma femme et moi le meilleur souvenir de notre lune de miel aux États-Unis des paysages des couleurs des photos dont nous nous souviendrons toute notre vie le seul problème nous sommes français et ne comprenons pas l'anglais ni le parlon mais les paysages parlait d'eux-mêmes merci aux Navarro qui nous guida durant cette journée.