Two hours on Lake Powell in a small open-bow boat, into the water end of Antelope Canyon and back past Glen Canyon Dam.
Updated 15 October 2026
In shortA captained photo excursion of two hours on Lake Powell, leaving from the Wahweap launch ramp in Page and running into the flooded section of Antelope Canyon in a small open-bow boat with up to six passengers. The captains are U.S. Coast Guard licensed and talk through the area's history and geography in English while helping with angles and light. It suits photographers, families who want the canyon walls without stairs or ladders, and anyone who cannot manage the climbs inside Lower Antelope.
2 htour length
from $199per adult
★ 5.0245 reviews
up to 6people per group
What the antelope canyon boat tour covers
Two hours on the water, from $199 per adult, rated 5.0 ★ (245 reviews). The boat leaves from the Wahweap launch ramp off 100 Wahweap Blvd in Page, next to Wahweap Marina. It is an open-bow hull with the group capped at six, which is what lets the captain turn into the narrower arms of the canyon that enclosed boats stay out of, and it means nobody is shooting over three rows of heads.
Nothing on this trip involves climbing. You see Navajo Sandstone from the waterline rather than from the canyon floor, so it is the option to choose if stairs, ladders or very tight passages are a problem; Lower Antelope has flights of steel stairs bolted into the rock and Navajo Parks warns it is narrow. The captains hold U.S. Coast Guard licences, share local history and geography in English as they go, and will help with poses, exposure and where to sit for the light.
The captained boat and the fuel surcharge are in the price. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area requires a national park pass, which is on you, and gratuities are not included. Antelope Canyon is a designated wakeless zone, so the run through the canyon itself is slow.
Departure times run on Arizona time, Mountain Standard Time all year, with no clock change in summer even though the surrounding Navajo Nation does change. From mid-June to the end of September the monsoon can shut things down at short notice, so keep a spare half-day in July, August and September. Between June and September pack a towel: a quick swim inside the canyon is part of the trip on warm days.
Antelope Canyon Photo Boating Excursion 2 hours
Small open-bow boat, six passengers at most, captained and fuelled, from the Wahweap launch ramp off 100 Wahweap Blvd in Page. Two hours covering the canyon walls, Wahweap Bay and Glen Canyon Dam.
Lower Antelope Canyon The main stretch of the excursion. The boat works the water end of Antelope Canyon, where the sandstone walls rise straight out of the lake and the light bounces between them. Open bow, small group, time to shoot without jostling, plus the towering cliffs and buttes around Wahweap Bay on the way out and back.
Wahweap Overlook Wide desert views from the bay: the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Castle Rock, Tower Butte and Navajo Mountain on the horizon.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Glen Canyon Dam stands 710 feet tall and is the second highest concrete-arch dam in the United States. The reservoir behind it is Lake Powell, named after John Wesley Powell, who led the first boating expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in 1869.
Wahweap Marina Departure and return are at the Wahweap launch ramp, next door to Wahweap Marina.
Glen Canyon Dam, begun in 1956 Construction started in 1956 and took ten years. Below the dam the Colorado River runs on around Horseshoe Bend and into the Grand Canyon.
Photos: ours and the tour operator's
What is included
Included
Captained boat
Fuel surcharge
Not included
Gratuities
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area requires a national park pass, $30 per vehicle
Meeting point, pickup and cancellation
Meeting point: Drive towards 100 Wahweap Blvd, Page, AZ 86040. You'll pass the Lake Powell Resort on your LEFT. Continue past the orange cones and the inspection building. Drive until you reach the bottom of the launch ramp, marked by large barricades. Striped parking spots on the LEFT indicate approved parking.
Cancellation: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Ages: child 0–12, adult 13+
Wahweap is 8 road miles from Page, about 14 minutes by car; there is no hotel pick-up, so drive yourself.
Antelope Canyon boat tour or kayak: how the water options compare
Take the boat if you want two hours, a captain doing the driving and the camera coaching, and no paddling: from $199, rated 5.0 ★ (245 reviews). Take a kayak if you would rather earn the view and have half a day free; the three paddling trips below run 3.5 to 4 hours from $119 or $129, and each pairs time on Lake Powell with a hike into the water end of the canyon.
One practical difference: the boat leaves from the Wahweap launch ramp west of Page, while the kayak trips put in at Antelope Point, 9 road miles and about 15 minutes from town.
Take the antelope canyon boat tour if stairs are out
Two hours, from $199, six passengers at most, leaving from the Wahweap launch ramp off 100 Wahweap Blvd in Page. Summer slots on the water go early in the March to November season, so fix the date before you fix the rest of the day.
