Great and fun tour - We met in the tour bus area of the View hotel packing lot. Our guide, John, was checking for guests and if all the guests arrived early, we might have left earlier. Our guide John was very friendly and knowledgeable. It was great to learn about the Monument Valley, its history, and past and present Navajo culture, and getting the native perspective. I'm from the Pacific Northwest, and this was the first exposure to Navajo culture. (We saw that water was included in the tour, but we were the only guest who had asked for water.) We saw multiple spots that are not accessible to tourists driving themselves. We also got to see wild horses, sheep, and a local's house from outside area as we passed through the road. (If I may add one thing, some of the information about which films were shot in Monument Valley was not accurate. I looked up the films after returning from the trip and was disappointed to learn that they were filmed in other, similar looking regions. Monument Valley is still a significant and amazing environment, still!)

Being out in the open air... - Being out in the open air without a restricted view. Our guide was great. So informative and helpful. He was a master at helping us get the right pictures and even how to work our phones to improve on the quality of pictures. So glad we chose a guided tour. Would do it again.

Don’t miss backcountry tour! - This tour was amazing! Yvonne (von) was our guide. She took amazing pictures of us and even taught us about which filter to use in the valley to best capture the colors. She answered all of our questions and provided us with information on aspect of the geological and cultural histories.. She brought us to the arches and petroglyphs. The back country tour is a must!! So peaceful. People from other tours were listening to our guide!!

Monument Valley 2.5 hour tour - John was our Navajo guide and did an excellent job! He took us to all the great photo opportunities. Took us to places we could not have seen in our car.

Fantastic tour - John was an amazing guide. We learned so much about Navajo history and culture. All of the monuments and everything else we saw were so well explained. Highly recommend. I’m so glad we didn’t decide to drive the loop ourselves. We definitely wouldn’t have had the same experience!

A must see tour of Monument Valley - We took the 9am tour with our Navajo guide John. It was a beautiful cool morning, perfect for our tour. The views were excellent in the back country. John was very knowledgeable at describing the Navajo history and culture of the valley. Very interesting and a must see tour of the sandstone mountain monuments. I highly recommend this 2 1/2 hour tour.

Don’t miss this - Fantastic our guide Von was amazing we learned so much. The icing on the cake was her playing flute for us. I highly recommend this tour.

Highly recommended and worth the money - Really a recommendable tour with a great guide who took a lot of time for us and was extremely friendly. We never regretted booking it. It's a shame that we couldn't really understand much of the explanations during the trip. If this could be solved differently, it would be fantastic.

Mysterious , eye opening , and unforgettable - The whole visual experience of Monument valley, soaking in centuries of history makes you feel so small. The Red Rock formations rising high into the sky just add to the mystery of the whole place. ❤️

Yep, do it - wonderful way to get immersed in Monument Valley - Joe was a great tour guide and having done this over 30 years now, his stories and friendly discussions were excellent and filled the entire tour well. He also pointed out good photo sites and his mastery of the iPhone photo app is impressive. However - understand that this is a hurry up and wait operation. We arrived at the meetup area which is in the parking lot, just down a set of stairs from the main entrance of the hotel. We arrived at 8:45am as indicated, but then proceeded to wait for another 20-25 minutes. We also were in an open 4x4, so it was very windy and cold given that this is early April. So just make sure to bring layers depending on the time of year you take the tour. There is no way you would get even a tenth of the understanding of this beautiful region if you did the 17 mile self-drive. Skip the self-drive and spend the money on a tour. Highly recommend.