Truly unique and beautiful places to visit, this tour covers some of the top hidden gems of Utah that most visitors to the Capitol Reef area miss out on. Bentonite Hills, Moonscape Overlook and Factory Butte have gained popularity through Instagram but remain lightly visited. This trip begins and ends at the Wayne County Tourism office at 12 UT-24, in Torrey, Utah. For more information or to book this trip, click here.

Amazing vast lunar and Martian landscapes guaranteed to be a highlight of your time here. A professional guide will maximize your time and knowledge and get you to the great spots and back quickly and safely. These areas provide superb photo opportunities especially at sunrise or during the blue hours, if you have a drone you can get some remarkable footage of the Bentonite Hills, the tour area is out of the National Park so drone use is allowed.

This tour will definitely be one you remember and talk about for years to come, the geology is so unique you may not see it anywhere else. This tour lasts about 5 hours and costs $230.00.

A tour of two hidden gems on top 10 must do lists of Utah destinations, Bentonite Hills and Moonscape Overlook, popularized by Instagram. A knowledgeable, professional guide/driver will take you through the back roads in a comfortable air conditioned and heated SUV while talking with you about the amazing geology and history of the Capitol Reef area. Moonscape Overlook is a viewpoint overlooking a vast and intricately detailed landscape unlike any other. We’ll admire the views from the mesa top and get some breathtaking photos and just take in the moment. Your tour will continue on 4×4 roads past the iconic and inspiring Factory Butte to the Martian like Bentonite Hills, a softly sculpted and rainbow colored landscape comparable to the surface of Mars! A truly unique and beautiful experience. If you have a drone this is the perfect place to use it for some incredible photo opportunities. After the Bentonite Hills we’ll head back to the starting point, passing through the Fremont River. For more information or to book this trip, click here.

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This tour combines two of Southern Utah’s most popular activities: exploring scenic slot canyons and horseback riding. You will not find any tour in Southern Utah that allows visitors to experience both of these exciting activities at the same time! This trip begins and ends at 15 E State St, in Orderville, Utah. For more information or to book this activity, click here.

Zion National Park is famous for it’s beautiful Slot Canyons. Photographers and travelers are constantly on the search for these incredible land formations. This backcountry canyon is free from the crowds of Zion, but offers the same beauty. And guests get to experience on horseback! This trip lasts about an hour and costs $69.00.

The weight limit for this activity is strict at 220lbs. First, we will climb into the saddle at the stables and conduct a brief riding lesson for the inexperienced riders. No need to worry if you are a beginner, we have years of experience and reserve the best trained horses for our guests.

In fall and winter months, be prepared for cold weather! Make sure you bring hats, gloves, coats, etc. to keep you warm while you enjoy the tour. Following this introduction the ride will continue toward the mouth of a slot canyon. After about 20 minutes, riders will dismount and have the opportunity to continue up the canyon on foot as it gets too narrow for the horses to continue. The canyon continues, with several small obstacles to maneuver past. Eventually, the tour will return back to the stables on horseback. For more information or to book this activity, click here.

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Get up close and personal with some of southern Utah’s most spectacular slot canyons—and go for a thrilling all-terrain-vehicle ride through the region’s dramatic landscapes—on this small-group tour. Meet your guide in Mount Carmel before heading into nature. This trip begins and ends at 15 E State St, in Orderville, Utah. For more information or to book this activity, click here.

You’ll get to explore two different canyons, with plenty of time for photo breaks. Owing to the ease of the trails, kids and less active visitors are welcome to participate. This tour lasts about two hours and costs $99.00.

• This tour takes all the hassle out of planning a trip into nature
• Visit two Utah slot canyons, and take an ATV ride through the landscapes
• This small-group tour is capped at just five people for a personal experience
• Pick from morning or afternoon start times to suit your schedule

Our guide will transport you on a thrilling UTV ride to the mouth of 2 separate slot canyons. You will then hike into the slots and experience both canyons with towering walls at an arm’s length. This mild tour is perfect for families with little ones and people who are not physically able to climb over rocks. In fall and winter months, be prepared for cold weather! Make sure you bring hats, gloves, coats, etc. to keep you warm while you enjoy the tour. For more information or to book this activity, click here.

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Hit the dusty trail on a 4×4 tour of Canyonlands National Park. Expert guides will take you to see the highlights of Utah’s Chesler Park such as Elephant Hill, Devil’s Lane, and Devil’s Kitchen. There’s also the option to take a 3-mile (4.8-km) hike on the spectacularly scenic Joint Trail. This full-day adventure is the perfect way to experience Utah’s backcountry away from the crowds. This trip begins and ends at 321 N Main St, in Moab, Utah. For more information or to book this activity, click here.

• Full-day tour to Chesler Park in Canyonlands National Park’s Needles District, from Moab
• Access beautiful backcountry by 4WD with an experienced guide
• Go off-road on some of the most challenging tracks in southeastern Utah
• Learn from your guide about the geology, wildlife and history of Chesler Park
• Take an optional hike on the Joint Trail that leads through a beautiful red rock landscape
• Includes lunch, water, lemonade and transport by 4WD
• NAVTEC Expeditions is an authorized concessionaire of Canyonlands and Arches National Park

This tour of Canyonlands National Park begins in the middle of Moab, where you’ll meet your guides and hop in the comfortable 4×4 off-road vehicle. The drive to the Chesler Park area is approximately two hours, as it’s located out in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. The reward for the lengthy drive, however, is sweeping vistas of desert landscapes you’d expect to see in brochures, where multicolored rock formations emerge from the sun-scorched earth. You’ll explore the ancient rock formations and weave through the cactus, looking for wildlife like mule deer, lizards, or herds of bighorn sheep. At Elephant Hill, watch as your guide skillfully maneuvers what’s known as one of Utah’s most challenging 4×4 trails. You’ll pass Devil’s Kitchen and Devil’s Lane before emerging at SOB Hill. Towards the middle of the day, you’ll enjoy a tasty, buffet-style lunch at a panoramic viewpoint, and then be given the option of hiking along the dusty Joint Trail. The 3-mile (4.8km) loop leads towards the Chesler Park meadows, which are often considered as one of the park’s most spectacularly scenic spots. The trail itself weaves through towering boulders and an intriguing network of canyons, and even though the path is well groomed and the trail is well defined, it’s still a hike that’s sufficiently challenging for even the most experienced of hikers. If you’d prefer to skip the Joint Trail hike, you’re allowed more time to photograph the views surrounding your scenic lunch spot, before continuing on in the 4×4 vehicle to remote sections of the park. At the end of the day, having scoured the furthest and most isolated corners of Canyonlands National Park, your guide drops you off in the middle of Moab from where the tour began. This trip takes about 10 hours and costs $353.19.

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The Bonneville Salt Flats is like nothing else you have or probably will ever experience. The Salt is left over from a prehistoric salt water lake called Lake Bonneville, that covered much of the Utah and Nevada desert. As climates changed and the lake dried up, a large bed of salt remained. For more information or to book this trip, click here.

The salt flats are a very popular tourist destination, where many come from around the world to see the sunset and take pictures of the otherworldly landscape. The Salt Flats are probably most famous for the speed races that take place there. Nearly all the land speed records held in the planet have been set or broken at the Bonneville Salt Flats. To reach the Salt Flats, we travel 100 miles west of Salt Lake City, close the Nevada border. Salt Flats gets covered in water during the winter months.

Travelers will be picked up from the specified location in Salt Lake City, and will be driven to the Bonneville Salt Flats near the Nevada boarder. On the way we will stop by the Tree of Life sculpture, where travelers can choose to take pictures if they would like. Upon leaving the sculpture, we will make our way to the Salt Flats, where travelers can spend their time taking pictures, walking the salt flats, etc. The travel out and back is about 100 miles and will take roughly 1.5 hours each way. This trip lasts about 3 and a half hours and costs $160.00.

Metaphor – The Tree of Utah, sometimes called the Tree of Life, is an 87-foot-tall sculpture that was created by the Swedish artist Karl Momen in the 1980s and dedicated in 1986. The sculpture, which is constructed mainly of concrete, consists of a squarish ‘trunk’ holding up six spheres that are coated with natural rock and minerals native to Utah. There are also several hollow sphere segments on the ground around the base. The sculpture currently has a fence surrounding the base to protect people from falling tiles. Inscribed on the plaque are the words from Ode to Joy by Friedrich Schiller; also used as the chorus of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. It has been said that Momen was moved to create the 87-foot-tall (27 m) tree after having a vision of a tree while driving across the desolate Bonneville Salt Flats. Following the dedication of this work of art, Momen donated the sculpture to the State of Utah and returned to Sweden. For more information or to book this trip, click here.

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