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Leave your car in the lot and let expert guides and tours show you the region, from the back of a van, plane, jeep, or in your best hiking boots. With an expert guide at your side, whether steering you down the rapids or narrating the National Parks, you can leave the planning frills to the professionals and focus on the experience and the sights that make southern Utah the extraordinary vacation destination that it is.
Sightseeing Tours of Southern Utah
For those who prefer the expertise of a knowledgeable guide to supplement the roadside scenic views, bus tours of prime attractions and National Parks in the southern Utah region are available for all durations and destinations. Tours range from half- or one-day excursions covering one or two of the region's primary attractions, to inclusive week-long plus explorations of the entire region departing from Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, or from within the region. Popular bus tour itineraries include Zion, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon North Rim, Capital Reef, Arches, Canyonlands, and Lake Powell. Other smaller sites are often sprinkled in.
Many companies also offer you the option of creating your own itinerary, allowing you to pick the attractions and activities most appealing to you for a personal tour of the region. This is a great option for those travelers who opt to leave the car at home, or simply prefer to have an all-inclusive or guided vacation experience.
Southern Utah All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Tours
Jump in the back of an all terrain vehicle (ATV) - a four-wheel-drive jeep, Suburban, or even a Hummer - and treat yourself to a scenic backcountry tour of southern Utah. Ranging in length from a matter of hours to three-day trips combining hiking, camping, and ATV cruising, these guided tours will take you far off the beaten track into some of the region's most rugged and scenic terrain. Cruise the redrock fins, sandstone hills and redrock canyons of an area known as "Hell's Revenge" near Moab, or fly across sand dunes and desolate desert landscape in the backcountry of "Hurricane Sands" near St. George. Some trips are combined with nature hikes, historical lectures, meals, and camping to create an unforgettable nature-oriented adventure in a landscape that standard vehicles just can't reach.
Adventure Tours in Southern Utah
For the ultimate adventure vacation experience, multi-sport and single-sport tours introduce visitors to the action-attractions of southern Utah. Rock climbing, kayaking, canyoneering, rafting, four-wheeling, mountain biking, and hiking can be enjoyed separately or combined into one exhilarating week. While your feet might be sore after the adventure, little else will need refreshing. Experience is not necessary, trip difficulty varies, and special tours for solo travelers, families, and senior travelers are all offered. Even private trips can be arranged. Organized adventure tours generally tend to focus on a cluster of parks or sites, like the Canyonlands-Arches area, or the Grand Canyon-Zion-Bryce park cluster. Vacationers can choose camping or inn accommodations (or a combination of both), and food is often included in the price of the tour.
The Moab Adventure Center combines the most popular day trips in the Moab area into vacation packages with a focus on fun; their signature Moab Multi-Sport is a 2-3 day rafting, hummer, and hike tour; and their most popular day trip combines a Hummer-Safari in the morning with a rafting trip on the Colorado River in the afternoon. No adventure in the Moab area would be complete without biking its slickrock trails, and the Moab Adventure Center delivers with its popular two-day "Pedal and Paddle" trip, combining professionally guided tours of classic area routes, with a second day full of riding the rapids of the Colorado River. Lodging is available and you can also combine three or more activities to "create your own adventure."
Specialty-Themed Tours of Southern Utah
Whether it's the historic Old West or Native American rock art that gets you to ogle in awe, the southern Utah region will likely have a tour designed especially for you. Departing from Moab, Cedar City, and St. George, specialty themed tours allow visitors to focus on one unique aspect of the region, such as archeology, historic sites, or pioneer stories. St. George Live Historic Tours take visitors on a trip through St. George's history with live actors as your guides. Backcountry tours depart the same area, but paired with home-cooked Dutch-oven-style meals and stories of the Old West, these tours are bound to take you (and your stomach) back to the region's pioneer days. Nighttime and sunset river rides on the Colorado River near Moab are also offered. And Moab's two wineries offer free tours of their vineyards.
Aerial Tours of Southern Utah
Nothing can compare to the breathtaking views of Zion National Park or the Grand Canyon from 1,000 feet up in the air. Touring southern Utah's main attractions by land is impressive in itself, but there is nothing like an aerial tour to put the region's grandeur in perspective. Tour trips by helicopter or small aircraft range from half-hour flights over single attractions to three-hour loops over Zion and Bryce National Parks, the Grand Canyon, and Lake Powell,
Flights leave from small regional airports in St. George, Cedar City, Hurricane, and Moab.
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