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Horseback riding in the LaSal Mountains, located southeast of Moab, adds a high country experience to go with your river expedition. Abundant pine and aspen, wildflowers, and wildlife--so near to the desert--will surprise you. LaSal Mountains in combination with Raft Colorado River/Cataract Canyon (5 days, 4 nights) This combination horseback/Colorado River trip through Cararact Canyon in Canyonlands National Park allows you to experience the best of the southwest. This trip meets at the Adrift Adventures office at 9:00 a.m. An hour drive to the base of the La Sal Mountains is the beginning of your journey. The landscape changes from cool alpine on horse to the colorful red rock country in rafts. You'll spend two days and one night exploring the high country. Trails wind through the stands of pine and aspen, past open meadows splashed with wildflowers. Wildlife--especially deer is abundant, as are the views of the adjacent desert. Return the following day to Moab early afternoon for an overnight stay in one of our local Moab hotels.
5-days, 4-Nights Add $60 for return van trip to Moab (3 hours), or $130 for
scenic flight to Moab (1 hours). HALF DAY HORSE, HALF DAY JEEP, OVERNIGHT HOTEL-RAFT CATARACT CANYON-CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK Welcome to the spectacular Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah. Virtually every mile of this four day and three night trip showcases the grand scale of Mother Nature's work. Saddle up and horseback ride the historic outlaw trails, where Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch evaded the law. Come ride the serpentine red rock canyons and pass eerie rock formations with layers of geologic history. Wander routes once traveled by ancient civilizations. On our four-wheel off-road tour, you can travel through washes and thread your way through interlocking canyons. These remote areas of the desert surround you with thousand foot cliffs and three hundred million years of Earth's history written in multicolored rock layers. Indian rock art with interpretation on archeology and geology will get you a glimpse into the historic past. During the evening enjoy our Moab hospitality with an overnight stay and dinner at one of the many restaurants in town. After breakfast in the morning you'll depart for three days and two nights on the Colorado River through Cataract Canyon, This incredible trip travels through the heart of Canyonlands National Park. 4-Days, 3-Nights Departs every Monday & Thursday; April to October MONUMENT VALLEY Monument Valley is world-famous as a Navajo Tribal Park and as the backdrop for numerous Western films. Mesas, buttes and pinnacles have eroded over eons to form this magical land. Land Tour Monument Valley/Overnight Navajo Reservation/Horseback Bluff, Utah/Raft Cataract Canyon-Colorado River Canyonlands National Park
Monument valley is partly in Arizona and Utah. There are many mesa's, buttes and slender towering pinnacles that have eroded over the vast area. This magic land is highly scenic, unique and unlike any other place in the world. Most formations are brillantly red, orange, purple and even bluish color. This trip departs from the Adrift Adventures office at 9:00 a.m. for a scenic drive from Moab to Monument Valley. At Monument Valley you'll be picked up by members of the Totem Pole Tours Company a Navajo based organization.. Your land tour will take you to cultural sites, petroglyphs, pictographs and many Anasazi Indian dwellings. The evening will showcase a Navajo ceremonial dance and cookout. Camp under more stars than you can imagine! After breakfast the next morning you'll return to the the visitor center and drive 45 minutes to the historic town of Bluff. You'll horseback where John Wayne, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid roamed. Zane Grey wrote "Riders of the Purple Sage" in these red cliffs and incredible rock formations. After lunch you'll drive to Moab for an overnight stay, followed by a 7:30 a.m. departure for a three-day Cataract Canyon trip the next morning. See Cataract Trip page for trip description. 5-Days & 4-Nights
This combination trip includes a river trip on the Colorado River (see trip description for AM/PM 1/2 day river). No persons over 220 lbs. or children under eight years in age. (Please note only Options 3 available in April and October, with horseback ride only available at 10:00 a.m.) Option #1 - Raft and Horseback - Meet at 8:15 a.m. Depart at 8:30 a.m. (no lunch) with return back to Moab at approximately 12:30 p.m. Meet at Red Cliffs Ranch at 3:45 p.m. with a 4:00 p.m. horseback ride departure and return approximately 7:00 p.m. Option #2 - Raft and Horseback - Meet at 11:00 a.m. Depart at 11:15 a.m. with lunch on the river. With this trip you'll need to supply your own transportation. You'll follow our bus up the river road to the trip's ending point, leave your car, load our bus and then proceed up river for the afternoon river trip. At the end of the rafting trip you'll load back into your vehicle and proceed 3 miles up the river to Red Cliffs Ranch for a late afternoon trail ride. Trip meets at 3:45 p.m. and departs at 4:00 p.m. with a return at approximately 7:00 p.m. Option #3 - Split the trip into Two Days - Choose either the AM (8:15 no lunch) or PM (11:00 with lunch) river trip for one day and either horse back trail ride the other day in the AM (8:15) or late PM (3:45). No meals provided. Adult: $109.00 - Child (8-17): $99.00 7.80% Utah State Tax not included in trip prices where applicable.
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The
next morning you depart for a three-day Cataract Canyon river
trip. You'll have an excellent time with a return the third
day on the river to Moab at approximately 3:00 pm.
Welcome and "yah-ta-hey" to spectacular Monument Valley,
which is located west of the four corners region of the United
States on U.S. Highway 163. The first Navajo Tribal Park was
established on July 11, 1958 by the Navajo Tribal Council in
Window Rock, Arizona. The Navajo land is approximately 25,000
square miles. The population of the Navajo people totals more
than 159,000.
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