Top Chinle Outdoor Activities

Explore the Canyon de Chelly area with a certified guide who is from the region to get an insider’s take on the history and sites. You will travel in a 4x4, and even visit your guide’s home, where the family members still live in the traditional Navajo way. Hear stories of canyon life, including weaving, ranching, and farming. This is a locally owned small business, so you will be supporting them.

We provide combo tours that incorporate walking along your 4x4/SUV private tour route. Based on your physical abilities, interests and allotted tour time, we can give you a tour you won’t soon forget. **NOTE: extended tour times can be accommodated, contact to discuss additional fee. The canyon has amazing rock formations, plants and trees, rock art and Puebloan ruins based on the trail route you select with your guide. While on tour, you will hear about the culture and history of the canyon and its inhabitants. Our guides love to share their oral histories of the canyon. They are highly rated and informative. The canyon floor is sandy with uneven terrain. You will traverse ravines, inclines, wash beds, embankments with the potential for water crossings. You will not find maintained or paved trails in the canyon. Most guests hike 1 mph. Any physical concerns should be reported and discussed prior to your tour. Local elevation: 5,506 feet (1,678.2 m)

Canyon de Chelly National Monument has over 2,700 archaeologcal sites located in the heart of the Navajo Nation. Guests will see prehistoric ruins, rock art such as petroglyphs and pictographs. Rock formations, fauna and floral provides a perfect backdrop to your tour. At each site you will hear the symbolic interpretations of petroglyphs and rock art, occupation dates, archaeology and associated prehistoric and historic events of the canyon and its inhabitants including associated oral histories. All guides are Navajo and have strong ties to the canyon and will provide you with an experience that will last a lifetime.