Trips & tickets
A small-group tour in an open-air safari vehicle with a local Navajo guide, into the restricted backcountry past the Three Sisters, John Ford Point and Moccasin Arch, with a ceremonial music performance by your guide.
The Mitten Buttes in golden-hour light, John Ford Point and the Three Sisters, then the guide-only backcountry and a visit to a Navajo hogan, with a rug-weaving demonstration when available.
A guided tour into the backcountry for the Eye of the Sun and Ear of the Wind arches and Anasazi petroglyphs, with an optional hogan stop and music at Big Hogan Arch, from outside The View Hotel.
The full GetYourGuide listing for Monument Valley — Navajo-guided backcountry jeep tours, sunrise and sunset tours, horseback rides, Mystery Valley and day trips, with live prices.
Monument Valley is not a national park. It is a Navajo Tribal Park, run by the Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation Department, and the valley floor is home to Navajo families. That shapes every trip: you pay the tribal park's own entry fee, you can drive the dirt Valley Drive yourself, and everything beyond it — the arches, the rock art, the hogans and Mystery Valley — is open only with a Navajo guide.
The trips sold for it differ in where they start and how far they go: backcountry jeep tours with Navajo operators, sunrise and sunset departures, horseback rides from near the visitor center, Mystery Valley tours, and long day trips from Sedona and Flagstaff. These pages compare them plainly.
Plan it properly
Driving distances and times to Monument Valley from Page, Flagstaff, Sedona, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Utah, the time-zone trap, where to stay and when a tour makes sense.
What Monument Valley costs in 2026, why the National Park Pass is not accepted, opening hours by season, the rules of the 17-mile Valley Drive, the Wildcat Trail and the tribal park's rules.
How Navajo-guided tours of Monument Valley work, what the standard backcountry jeep tour covers, and sunrise, sunset, horseback, Mystery Valley and Hunts Mesa tours compared, with operators' 2026 prices.
The valley
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On the park's own Monument Valley page, entry is $10 per person, per day, plus a vehicle fee of $15, after a fee increase on January 1, 2026. It is a Navajo Tribal Park, so the National Park Pass is not accepted. Guided tours are paid separately; our tickets and Valley Drive guide has the details.
About 125 miles from Page (around 2 hours 22 minutes) and 176 miles from Flagstaff (around 3 hours 18 minutes), by the driving table a Navajo tour operator publishes. Las Vegas is about 394 miles away, so most people stay a night nearby; see our guide to getting there.
Yes, on the 17-mile Valley Drive, a natural dirt loop with rough terrain and deep sand where the park says an SUV or truck is preferable. RVs, camper vans, motorcycles and large SUVs are not allowed on it. Beyond the loop, places such as Ear of the Wind are reached only on a guided tour.
They change with the season. Under the winter hours that began October 17, 2026, the scenic drive is open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with last entry at 2:30 p.m. From May 1 to September 30 it is open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., last entry by 4:30 p.m. The park closes on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.