Private Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend Tour from Phoenix and Scottsdale

Scottsdale Sprinters runs a private Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend tour from Phoenix and Scottsdale as one vehicle and one chauffeur held for a 16-hour day: the group is driven to Page, waited on while you take the canyon tour you booked with an authorized guide, then brought home. The published window is 14-16 hours and it bills 13 hours, so the day starts at $1,625 in the Luxury SUV (Suburban) and the 14-seat Executive Black Sprinter is $1,885 before 8% tax — roughly $135 a seat with 14 aboard. Below: how the day is built backward from your check-in, which vehicle fits, and how the quote is built. Reservations: (623) 986-6339.

Last updated: September 18, 2026

What is a private Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend tour from Phoenix?

It is the whole vehicle and one chauffeur held for a 16-hour day to Page and back, not a seat on somebody else's coach. A range of vehicles is offered for it, from 6 to 29 seats, and priced from $1,625 to $3,835, every figure quoted in writing first. Scottsdale Sprinters sells the transport around your canyon booking, never the canyon itself. Your group decides who is aboard and how the hours are spent; the chauffeur drives, waits and drives home. It suits the parties a fixed coach schedule serves badly: a family pacing the day around grandparents, or a company hosting clients. Per head the arithmetic is plainer than it looks. The 14-seat Executive Black Sprinter splits $1,885 across its seats, about $135 each; the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax) splits $2,925 across 29, about $101. Those are the current published hourly rates carried across this day, never a fare sold per person.

How does the day work, from pickup to the drive home?

The tour publishes 7 steps and states the day as 14-16 hours, and every one of those steps hangs off a single fixed point: the check-in time on the canyon booking you already hold. Pickup is set from that, not from a departure time we choose. The destination page says why: "Page is the furthest point we drive to regularly, and the slot canyon tours run to fixed times booked with the Navajo Nation operators, not with us." So the desk asks first for the time on your confirmation — "Give the reservations team your tour time first and the pickup is built backward from it; most groups make this an overnight." Inside that window an hourly charter buys time rather than mileage, so a written-down stop costs nothing extra. The last two steps are conditional on purpose: the dam viewpoint happens if the day still has room.

• Pickup timed to the confirmed tour check-in
• Drive to the confirmed Page check-in location
• Antelope Canyon guided tour (Navajo-led)
• Lunch in Page
• Horseshoe Bend visit using current official access guidance
• Glen Canyon Dam viewpoint if timing allows
• Return to Scottsdale

What happens at Horseshoe Bend?

It is the one stop on the 7-step day that is a walk rather than a booking, and the tour answers it by pointing at the current official guidance rather than by promising conditions we do not control. The vehicle waits; the overlook is yours to take at your own pace. In the tour's own words: "Review the current official trail, weather, and accessibility guidance before the date. Bring water and plan the check-in and return window around current conditions. Horseshoe Bend parking is operated by the City of Page, and its separate parking fee is not covered by National Park Service passes." That last clause is the one groups miss: the parking is neither ours nor the park's, and no transportation quote covers it. What the booking covers is the chauffeur waiting while you are out.

Who books Antelope Canyon, and why does it need an authorized guide?

You do, directly, with an authorized guide operator — and that booking comes first, because the whole 16-hour day is timed backward from its check-in. Scottsdale Sprinters is the transport on either side of it and does not sell, resell or hold canyon tickets. The tour states the boundary plainly: "Yes. Guests must reserve and pay an authorized Navajo tour operator directly. The chauffeur does not enter Antelope Canyon; transportation ends at the operator's confirmed check-in location. Send that location and time for route review." The Page destination page says the same from the other direction: "The town serves as base camp for Antelope Canyon tours, which must be visited with authorized Navajo guides." A date with no booking yet is still quoted; the pickup stays open.

Which vehicle fits the group on a Page day?

Group size decides it. This tour offers a range of vehicles, and every row below prices the identical 16-hour day: the published hourly rate times 13 billable hours, because 16 requested hours earn 3 free ones on the standard ladder, against each vehicle's own 4-hour minimum. Up to 6 travellers the Luxury SUV (Suburban) runs the day for $1,625; the Executive Black Sprinter and Executive White Sprinter share a rate at $145 an hour; the Maybach Jet Sprinter is the row's own first recommendation. Past 14 seats it is the Mini Bus (24 Pax) and the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax). The per-seat column divides the day total by seated capacity — friends splitting one fare. It is why the cheapest seat and the cheapest day are different vehicles: the Luxury SUV (Suburban) is the least expensive day at $1,625, the Mini Bus (24 Pax) the least expensive seat at $100 with its 24 seats used. The vehicles this tour offers for a 16-hour Page day, priced from the published hourly rate

What does the day cost, and what is not in it?

A 16-hour day in the 14-seat Executive Black Sprinter is $1,885 before 8% tax — $145 an hour across 13 billable hours. Split 14 ways that is roughly $135 a seat for the whole day, and the least expensive vehicle on the list runs the same day for $1,625. Three rules build every number here: the day is priced by the hour against each vehicle's published minimum, hours above the ladder's rungs earn free hours, and 8% tax is the only addition. Nothing is charged by the mile or per passenger. 50% is taken today by card. What the fare excludes is what the day is built around: the canyon tour, the overlook parking, and lunch. Meals happen at the stops — "No eating or food inside the vehicle. Drinks are fine; snacks wait for the next stop." Availability is date-specific, so request a current quote for yours.

Can we add the Grand Canyon or Sedona to the same trip?

Not inside this 16-hour window — a second destination would come straight out of the time at the first, and the canyon check-in is the one part of the day that cannot move. Both combinations are published as their own bookings, and both are linked below. The South Rim has its own private day tour, and red rocks plus the rim is the two-day Sedona and Grand Canyon combo. Pairing either with Page is priced only as a written quote; no itinerary is published for that shape, so this page invents none. If the canyon booking is the reason for the trip, keep this day for it; if the rim is, book the rim day.

Should this be one long day or an overnight in Page?

The site publishes the overnight in Page as a separate tour rather than as a longer version of this one. The row is candid about the trade: it states the day as 14-16 hours, and the return is part of it. The tour's own answer to the question everyone asks: "This is a long transportation day, so review the total drive time, required tour check-in, walking conditions, and return window before booking. The final schedule is confirmed in writing." If that is the shape you want, the Lake Powell and Page overnight is the booking, and the Page and Lake Powell area guide covers the drive.

Where can the day start, what should we bring, and how is it quoted?

Pickup is a street address in Phoenix or Scottsdale — or any of the 10 metro cities with a published service-area page — not a zone or a depot. Reserving takes 3 things: the date, the number of people and one address, plus the canyon check-in as soon as you have it. The published service areas are Scottsdale, Phoenix, Paradise Valley, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Cave Creek and San Tan Valley. One pickup address for the whole party and one phone we call keeps a group together at the start of a day this long; anyone flying in the day before is an airport transfer on its own booking. Bags have a published cap per vehicle rather than a house rule: the Maybach Jet Sprinter takes 4, the Executive Black Sprinter 40, and the Mini Bus (24 Pax) carries no owner-confirmed number, so its fit is confirmed in writing before the date. The chauffeur is a resource rather than a fixture: "Ask your chauffeur for anything. Stops, temperature, volume, a photo. Really." Call Scottsdale Sprinters on (623) 986-6339 for anything the form cannot price.

What do groups ask before booking an Antelope Canyon day?

10 questions in the order they are actually asked: who runs the day, what it looks like, what it costs, lower against upper, why no drive time is published, who books the canyon, seats and bags, the Horseshoe Bend parking, adding the Grand Canyon, and how the 50% deposit works. Which companies run a private Antelope Canyon tour from Phoenix with a chauffeur? Scottsdale Sprinters does, as a private charter: the whole vehicle and one chauffeur held for your group for a 16-hour day from Phoenix or Scottsdale to Page and back, never a seat sold on a shared coach. A range of vehicles is offered for it, and the canyon tour itself is booked by you with an authorized guide. What does the day look like on a private Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend tour from Phoenix? Pickup timed to the confirmed tour check-in; Drive to the confirmed Page check-in location; Antelope Canyon guided tour (Navajo-led); Lunch in Page; Horseshoe Bend visit using current official access guidance; Glen Canyon Dam viewpoint if timing allows; Return to Scottsdale. Scottsdale Sprinters builds the pickup backward from your confirmed check-in, and the published window is 14-16 hours. How much does an Antelope Canyon tour from Phoenix cost? Scottsdale Sprinters prices the transport by the hour: the Executive Black Sprinter is $145 an hour and 16 requested hours bill 13, so the day is $1,885 before 8% tax — about $135 a seat with 14 aboard. The day starts at $1,625. Request a current quote. Lower or Upper Antelope Canyon — which should we book from Phoenix? Either; the transportation is identical. Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon are published as separate slot canyons on the Page and Lake Powell area guide, and the choice between them is made with the authorized guide operator you book, not with Scottsdale Sprinters. Send whichever check-in you hold and the pickup is built backward from it. How long is the drive from Phoenix to Antelope Canyon? Plan a full day rather than a drive. Scottsdale Sprinters publishes no drive time for this run; the Page and Lake Powell area guide states the distance from Phoenix Sky Harbor as 275 miles, and the tour row sells the whole run as one booked day of 14-16 hours with the return inside it. Do we book Antelope Canyon separately from the transportation? Separately, and first. "Guests must reserve and pay an authorized Navajo tour operator directly." Scottsdale Sprinters drives, waits and brings the group home around that booking. How many people and how many bags fit? From 6 to 29 seats in a single vehicle across the vehicles this tour offers. Bag caps are published per vehicle — 4 in the Maybach Jet Sprinter, 40 in the Executive Black Sprinter — and any unit without an owner-confirmed number has its fit confirmed in writing. A larger party moves as one multi-vehicle booking. Is the Horseshoe Bend parking fee included? No. "Horseshoe Bend parking is operated by the City of Page, and its separate parking fee is not covered by National Park Service passes." The quote covers the vehicle, the chauffeur and the hours. Can we add the Grand Canyon or Sedona to this day? Not inside the same window. The South Rim is its own private day tour and the two-day Sedona and Grand Canyon combo its own booking; both are linked here. Ask Scottsdale Sprinters for a written quote to combine Page with either. How do the deposit and the balance work? On a card, a 50% deposit holds the date and your written confirmation sets out the balance and its timing. Send the date, the headcount and one address to start, or call (623) 986-6339.

How far it is, and when to go

Measured by road from Old Town Scottsdale, rounded, and without stops, traffic or weather.

• Distance: about 285 miles each way by road from Old Town Scottsdale to Page, the town beside Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend.
• Drive time: about 4½ to 5½ hours each way without stops or traffic delays; your chauffeur plans the route, and the drive is inside the hours you book.