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Personalized Tour: Hidden Gems and Local Insights
4.7
50 Ratings
Torrey
Your guide will impart personal knowledge about every facet of the tour and will introduce you to sites and highlights tailored to your preferences, leveraging years of comprehensive familiarity with the area. This includes locations that are typically overlooked by other tours.
Your guide will impart personal knowledge about every facet of the tour and will introduce you to sites and highlights tailored to your preferences, leveraging years of comprehensive familiarity with the area. This includes locations that are typically overlooked by other tours.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Capitol Reef National Park - The journey to and from the Bentonite Hills includes a trip through the famous geology and cultural history of Capitol Reef National Park. Your guide will share insight into the regions geologic origins as well as more recent cultural history and both Native American Fremont Culture and Ancient Puebloan sites located within the region.
- Capitol Reef National Park - The journey to and from the Bentonite Hills includes a trip through the famous geology and cultural history of Capitol Reef National Park. Your guide will share insight into the regions geologic origins as well as more recent cultural history and both Native American Fremont Culture and Ancient Puebloan sites located within the region.

What's Included
- Complimentary bottled water
- Complimentary bottled water
What's Not Included
- Gratuities not included
- Gratuities not included
Location
8J77+G9 Torrey
The meeting point address is La Cueva restaurant in Torrey (Utah). Park under a big green sign with gas prices on. Your tour guide will arrive in an SUV with the letters MERIDIAN on it.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(50 Ratings)
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Y6084xolynnf
Oct 12, 2025
Bentonite Hill Cathedral Valley Half Day Tour - WE enjoyed our day with Mel. Mel is extremely knowledgable of the area and history. Mel was has fun personality and picks you locally in his"The Beast" Range Rover. At no point did we feel rushed or in a hurry. Highly recommend! Restaurant recommendation was spot on as well.
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Onmyway
Oct 5, 2025
Closest to Mars with out a rocket - Fabulous Tour . Highly recommend. This is a spot you should hirer a guide for unless you are an experienced off roader with a good vehicle. Take a camera and get some great sunset shots. Was a little cloudy when we went.
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William
Sep 21, 2025
A personalized tour in Cathedral Valley - Our tour guide was an owner of Meridian Tours and extremely knowledgeable about Capitol Reef and its surrounds. She was careful, safe and extremely pleasant. I would engage her again “In a heartbeat!”
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Elisabeth
Sep 15, 2025
EXTRAORDINARY!!! - We had a wonderful excursion for 3 hours we enjoyed these beautiful landscapes, the guide was extraordinary with us, no regrets to the contrary we recommend to anyone in the area of Torrey
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Mary_l
Sep 11, 2025
We had an amazing time!... - We had an amazing time! The ride was fun and the views were spectacular! This was a part of Utah I never would have been able to see without this tour. We loved it!
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Mikec7055
Sep 4, 2025
Better Than Basic Bentonite Hills Tour - Mel the co-owner was our tour guide and driver. He was very knowable about the geology of the area and went out of his way to ensure we had a good tour. He also made a number of stops at what he knew to be good picture spots. I highly recommend this tour and tour operator. My wife and I enjoyed it greatly.
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2710hgs
Aug 28, 2025
Great Tour - Great Guide!! - Our tour guide Mel had such deep knowledge of the geology and he explained everything in a way that was easy to understand and fascinating. He answered every single question we had (many!!) with patience and a lot of insight. We truly enjoyed our tour and it was a pleasure to have him as our tour guide! Thank you Mel!!!
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Sundevil86
Jun 23, 2025
Highly Recommend this Tour, One of the Highlights of our Trip - Our tour with Meridian was wonderful. Our guide, Mel, picked us up at our VRBO home and took us on an off road adventure that we never would have done on our own. Mel was personable and very knowledgable, and Capitol Reef National Park is absolutely stunning. Mel would stop whenever we asked so we could snap some photos, and I have to say they really don't capture the majesty of this spectacular place. If you can do this, I highly recommend Mel and Jenny and Meridian Photography Tours.
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Don_h
Jun 2, 2025
Bentonite Hills super ride. - Mel, our tour guide was amazing. Very helpful and accommodating. VERY knowledgeable about the geology and history of the area. Engaging personality, fun stories. Good service, on time and provided more than we asked for.
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Perlita_g
May 16, 2025
Amazing - My husband and I enjoyed our tour with Meridian, next time when we are in the are, we will definitely do it again.
Thank you for taking us around the Bentonite Hills.
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