Top 5 Bryce Canyon Adventure Tours: Explore the Hoodoos!

Bryce Canyon, with its wildly unusual geological formations – folks, those are the hoodoos – is, that is, totally unlike any other national park you’ve likely wandered into. So, picture this: you’re standing at the edge of a massive amphitheater filled with these crazy-looking, reddish-orange spires that seem to reach for the sky, very weird right? Now, getting the view is pretty awesome, very still right, but really experiencing what Bryce Canyon has waiting needs you to, you know, actually get out there and be a part of all that raw, stunning scenery. Very much for real though.

1. Queen’s Garden and Navajo Loop Trail: Hiking right next to the Hoodoos

For people itching to seriously be with those hoodoos, the Queen’s Garden and Navajo Loop Trail ought to be right at the top of your list, as a matter of fact it should be. Now, that moderately strenuous, that is, near about 3-mile trek starts you off descending right into the heart of the canyon, you see all the famous rock formations up close. And, that Queen Victoria hoodoo is just an obvious must-see – a bit of a rock star, I’d say.

The Navajo Loop has some wild switchbacks and really tall walls near what’s called Wall Street, which really makes this hike even better, sort of right? Keep a close watch, still be aware that this route, especially headed back up, is going to test you, so make sure to have lots of water. Very important I must say. If you do not enjoy that thought See Prices, Availability & Reserve Now (Bryce Canyon Hiking Tour).

2. Bryce Canyon Scenic Driving Tour: A Relaxed Exploration with Amazing Sights

Want all that great view, yet not the sweat? Bryce Canyon’s scenic drive really is, as a matter of fact, it is right up your street. A 38-mile trip to somewhere called Rainbow Point gives you super stunning stops like those at Inspiration Point, Bryce Point, too that’s Ponderosa Canyon; there’s no hard climbs to enjoy the vast scenery. Now, there are lots of viewpoints where you have an absolutely awesome look way out into southern Utah, and you’ll, still be blown away at those views – so, you probably better have a camera ready.

Now, the drive takes you over nearly 2 hours, at the very least that is what I found, it, too gives lots of places you can stop and pause at, and there’s little, easy-to-walk trails everywhere; this really is about relaxing and breathing deep. You see some nice options See Prices, Availability & Reserve Now (Bryce Canyon Driving Tour).

3. Horseback Riding near Bryce Canyon: Ride with the Cowboys

Think you want all those views a little differently? Consider that cowboy feeling with those horseback riding trips near Bryce Canyon, kind of good right? There’s many nearby ranches giving guided rides which gets you riding the rim trails and quiet forests surrounding all that canyon, too that’s good to mention. And, you see what the early explorers experienced; those rides might have people with almost zero or a total heap of expertise so, you better ask.

Trips vary, from easy, sauntering hour-long ones to others of 4 hours. These riding trips bring some nature viewing with the birds and all sorts of tiny desert creatures adding that natural background music; it is just something awesome! Do it differently See Prices, Availability & Reserve Now (Bryce Canyon Horseback Riding).

4. Stargazing Tour: Under the Darkest Sky in North America

Once dusk falls, Bryce Canyon sort of comes alive differently. What I mean is: because of the park’s very little pollution from city lights, you see what must be one of all the darkest skies to be found in North America, for real I should add. So, attending that park-led stargazing trips should really bring an awareness of everything that sky has. A kind of cool time.

Astronomy people or the park rangers really know their facts on constellations and planetary bodies and will show those cool telescopes so, too I hope you go. Find stuff outside See Prices, Availability & Reserve Now (Bryce Canyon Stargazing Tour).

5. Sunrise and Sunset Tours: See Colors Explode

Catching those sunrise or sunset tours in Bryce Canyon can make this incredible moment into something totally unforgettable and special to enjoy, more or less, to a degree, that might be right. When those rays are low, they hit those hoodoos at an angle so, too this makes the rocks radiate in such hues that photographers and people trying to get their fill might well find so very very satisfying. But the view from places like that of Sunrise, for example, or that of Inspiration Point at sundown brings the actual drama of what the park presents.

Trips may vary coming from guided bus types heading to smaller, more exclusive tours giving that real quiet that that is so nice in nature at those special moments in time so, and I just cannot suggest highly enough for someone seeking a magical perspective that one experience really offers. Bring your love See Prices, Availability & Reserve Now (Bryce Canyon Sunrise/Sunset Tours).

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