Monument Valley Tour - Part 1

Signed up at the blue kiosk by the visitor centre for the 2 1/2 hour cultural and Lower Monument Valley tour. Our vehicle was a pickup front with 3 rows of seats high up and open at the back. Larry our Navajo driver and tour guide was brilliant, he grew up in Monument Valley and some of his family still live here. Larry stopped at scenic views telling us the names of the rock formations and also added interesting stories about the Navajo Nation and their way of life past and present. John Wayne Point was one of our stops, John Ford’s film Stagecoach with John Wayne was the first of many films made here. Our stops were at rock formations called The Chief and The Dragon. Along the route there are touristy shops and stalls selling Navajo crafts and jewellery. The Navajos originally came to this area from Alaska and Canada.Read more