3.5 Hours Mystery Valley Group Tour
Recommended by 99% of travelers
Monument Valley, USA
- 3 to 4 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
The spectacular Monument Valley is inside the Navajo Nation Reservation and you must join a tour to access parts that are not otherwise open to the public. On this small-group tour, explore the valley with local valley guides with intimate knowledge of Navajo customs and traditions. Visit ancient Anasazi dwellings, petroglyph sites, natural arches, and panoramic viewpoints, while learning about the Anasazi people and Navajo culture, history, and traditions.
- Learn about Anasazi and Navajo culture from an insider guide
- Small group ensures personalized attention from your guide
- Get more out of your visit by learning about the people who live here
- Tour starts and ends at the easy-to-find Navajo Welcome Center
What's Included
- Traditional Navajo Music
- Navajo Culture
- Navajo History
- Navajo Traditions
- Geology
- Archeology
- Navajo Spirituality
- Transportation to Each Location
- Food/ Snacks Not Included
- Monument Valley Entry Fee Not Included - $8 per person to be paid upon entry
- Not a private tour - up to 12 travelers in one group
- Contact us immediately for Enclosed Vehicle Requests - By availability only
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Navajo Welcome CenterWelcome Center, Oljato-Monument Valley, UT 84536, USA
Your guide would meet you at the Navajo Welcome Center, just off HWY163 as you enter Monument Valley. You would see a large round building with a green roof, and your guide would meet you in front. You can type in Navajo Welcome Center on Google Maps and it will come right up.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
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Monument Valley
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Most travelers can participate
- Please let us know if you have any health concerns and we will accommodate you to the best of our abilities
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
5.0
based on 116 reviews
cheryl_s, Nov 2025
It’s a rough road and 8 miles of highway driving to get to the destination. Sariah was full of information and answered all our questions
John_D, Jul 2025
Our guide was brilliant,
We gained so much knowledge regarding Navajo culture and ancient beliefs. Also about the land and history. If you go to Monument valley, do the mystery valley tour. You won’t regret it
Donna_J, Apr 2025
Great tour to get into the backcountry of Monument Valley to see unique landscapes and Native American history! Will was a very informative guide and explained Navajo history in great detail! Trip was fantastic!
Edward_P, Oct 2024
The tour was better than we expected, our guide Will Cowboy was excellent and was very knowledgeable, it was just my wife and myself.
Thanks, Ed and Marie
Nicole_H, May 2024
If you’re hesitating, take this as your sign to book the tour. While I absolutely love Monument Valley, Mystery Valley is something so special that you won’t regret the small detour. As it’s only accessible by Navajo Tour Guide, this is the one you want to pick.
My husband and I were lucky enough to get the vehicle to ourselves, and our experience ended up feeling very personal. Our guide made us feel comfortable to ask all kinds of silly questions, cracked some jokes, and narrated a fantastic explanation of Navajo culture in relation to the landscape. We also got a lesson in Indigenous heritage, science, and history.
And of course, there was plenty of opportunities to explore the landscape and take photos.
This experience was other-worldly. We both felt honored to explore a place that is typically off-limits to non-tribe members.
And finally, for the sake of your guide’s sanity, the Anasazi had ladders to reach their cliff dwellings.
Yogitha_M, May 2024
Great tour guide. The description in here is wrong. We changed to monument after reaching. Tour guide shared great history and played flute.
Wendy_M, Mar 2024
This was an experience of a lifetime! Larson was our guide, and he was so knowledgeable! He explained everything from plant life to rock formations to Navajo customs and language to history of the area. He played the flute and was a skillful driver! He was simply the best, and made our tour one of the best experiences of our life!!
Dawn_B, Dec 2023
We loved our tour of Mystery Valley. Our guide Sean was very knowledgeable about the area, history and culture. We completely enjoyed our morning with him and sincerely appreciated his time and expertise. I wish we would have booked another tour with him as our guide.
EVERETT_W, Aug 2023
We have done a tour of Mystery Valley in the past but wanted to do it again. We got Will as our guide and he was on time and courteous to a fault. He really is a very very good guide and you will not go wrong if you can get him as your guide. He shared the history of the area and explained their believes of their history.. He actually grew up here so you can’t ask for much more than that. On a scale of 1-10 I would give this tour a 12! Jay Wilson
Carol_T, Apr 2023
Our guide, Sean, gave us a beautiful tour. He was very knowledgeable concerning the valley's recent and ancient history, the details of it's puebloan dwellings and petroglyphs, as well as plants and artifacts found there over the years. He had a great sense of humor and graciously answered questions about navaho culture and history as well. With modesty, he gave us a haunting flute solo as we sat near one of the cliff houses. We feel very fortunate to have taken this particular tour with Sean, who has explored all these box canyons.
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