Page, Arizona

Page, Arizona is a beautiful town. So much to see and do in the area. Some of our favorite excursions were near Page! Hiking The Wave, touring Antelope Canyon X, seeing Horseshoe Bend at sunset, and swimming at Lone Rock were all such fun experiences! 

The WAVE

This was definitely a bucket list hike! Months in advance I applied for a permit for this hike and somehow won! They only allow up to 20 groups and 60 people to hike per day. I really didn’t realize how hard it was to get a permit until we were here. Many locals were shocked we got one and said they knew people that were trying for years!

The day before the hike, we attended their safety meeting. Road conditions, safety for hiking in the heat, and trail tips were all covered. Honestly, besides road conditions the rest we were already prepared for. The meeting actually was more of a scare tactic for us, we are pretty experienced hikers and this meeting made us be over prepared.

The hike itself is about 3-4 miles one way, depending on how much you venture off to see surrounding features. I would say the hike is a moderate hike, about 1000 feet elevation gain. There were actually more trail markers than we thought and you can see other hikers tracks in the sand. We downloaded the AllTrails map and had no problems navigating our way. We even went to see some other rock formations that were off the trail.

The hardest part of the hike was beating the heat. We started at sunrise around 5:30 am. It was going to be in the 90’s by 10:30 am so our goal was to be back to the truck by then. A sunrise start was perfect. We were in the shade pretty much the whole way to The Wave.

Horseshoe Bend

​Pay $10 for the parking fee and walk about 1/2 mile to see the overlook. We went and sunset and saw some spectacular colors!

Antelope Canyon X

We chose to take the Antelope Canyon X Tour because we wanted smaller crowds in the slot canyon. “X” is the same canyon as the iconic Antelope Canyon just a different part. We only had 13 people in our group and were given lots of time to wander around the slot canyon on our own. It was exactly what we were looking for in our slot canyon experience. Our guide was great and took pictures for us and gave tips on camera settings.

Swimming Spots

​With the heat we definitely needed to cool off. We checked out two swimming spots. Lake Powell is huge, so I'm sure there were more in the area. 

Lone Rock Beach
Lone Rock was an actual beach. You do have to drive on dirt roads and sand to get there, but we felt pretty safe since people had their campers right on the beach. It would be a fun spot to camp someday. However, when the wind picked up tents and sand were flying.

Antelope Point Marina Beach
Antelope Marina was nice, but not much of a beach. You have to walk down the rocks and there were little nooks to hang out on, big drop offs though! The water was refreshing!