Rattlesnake Canyon
Adventurous Antelope Canyon Tours
Viewing images of the Antelope Canyons online and considering ourselves amatuer photographers, Dani and I decided to try our luck and see if we could recreate some of those world famous photos. After some debate, we selected Adventurous Antelope Canyon Tours. Their website lists them as a quality-guided sightseeing and photographic tours into slot canyons including Upper Antelope, Owl, Rattlesnake, and Mountain Sheep, which I can agree with whole-heartedly. We booked the photography tour that included Upper Antelope, Rattlesnake and Owl canyon, which we visited in reverse order. Our guide, Roman, was a great help throughout the entire tour- helping with setting up shots, choosing settings, pointing out spots from famous photos and even crowd control in Upper Antelope.
Rattlesnake Canyon
"With narrow, twisted pathways that weave through the towering canyon like a snake, these colorful walls make Rattlesnake canyon a photographer's heaven and our guides' favorite place to take our guests. This canyon is geologically similar to Lower Antelope Canyon, but without the crowds and chaos. Because it is private and accessible by only our company, it is possible to explore the immense beauty of this moderately physically-challenging canyon without ever seeing another group.
"The pathway in this canyon is dynamic and requires the ability to climb up, down, over and through walls of various steepness. The base is quite narrow in several places, requiring alternative footholds. The ability to step up above knee height and duck down below waist height is important. Ladders are used to navigate significant changes in the terrain. This tour ends at the top of a hill and requires hiking downhill through sandy soil to descend to the parking lot."
