Day 3: Upper Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend

Upper Antelope Canyon is one of many "slot" canyons in northern Arizona. Upper Antelope Canyon is perhaps the best known and most beautiful of all these slot canyons. These canyons generally started as a deep crack in the Navajo Sandstone rock and were widened by water seeping into the cracks. After many millennia of such action, a very narrow canyon from top to bottom, is formed. It is very different formation procedure from the Grand Canyon, which just kept eroding away from the top.

Horseshoe Bend is one of several iconic bends in the Colorado River upstream of Grand Canyon National Park. Being close to US89 about 5 miles south of Page, Arizona, it is the most visited. The river has shaped itself like a horseshoe, offering great photographic shots, especially near sunset, from the top of the canyon wall that forms the top of the horseshoe.