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Deep Sand Driving Near Kanab UT | Off-roading Tips
How to drive in the sand near Kanab UT without getting stuck. Over the past 20 years, Dreamland guides have acquired a lot of off-road expertise while driving Southern Utah’s sandy roads. We want to...
Monumental Weddings | Weddings & Elopements In Kanab UT
Adventure Weddings & Elopements In Southern Utah We love our backyard - and we love celebrating love. It shouldn't be a surprise, then, that we are always excited to help make special...
The Beginner’s Guide To Slot Canyon Photography: Four Things To Know
Slot canyons are a photographer's paradise. You don't need a fancy camera in order to take good photos in a slot; smart phone cameras work shockingly well with canyon light! But there are a few...
Two Perspectives: the Mighty Colorado From Above and Below the Rim
If you've been on tour with us before, you may know that we are one of very few outfitters who are permitted to guide in Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument - specifically for Toroweap...
Will White Pocket be the next Wave?
Many of our guests here at Dreamland are familiar with the Wave, and with the story behind how it became famous. In a nutshell, this is the Wave's history as a desert bucket list destination. How...
Hiking Buckskin Gulch, a true bucket list adventure
The trip through Buckskin Gulch is exhilarating and absolutely magnificent. My first through hike exceeded my expectations in every way. The brilliant sandstone walls grew high overhead and the...
Is 2020 the year of the Great American Road Trip?
Life in America has changed since Horatio Nelson Jackson embarked on the first cross-country road trip in 1903, back when there were only 150 miles of paved roads in the entire U.S., 8,000...
Hikes To Do Around Kanab Without Needing 4-Wheel-Drive
Easy-to-access hiking trails right in Kanab The American Southwest is big country. But you don’t have to spend your entire vacation driving. Here are several hike ideas within 10 minutes of your...
Desert Bighorn Sheep Thrive Where We Can Barely Survive
Even the best hikers feel humbled to watch desert bighorn sheep charge seemingly straight up the steep, sandstone cliffs of Southern Utah. Their incredible agility and balance is unmatched, helping...
Where the heck is the Grand Staircase?
If you ask that question while you’re standing somewhere in South Central Utah, chances are, you’ve already found the Grand Staircase, and you are, in fact, standing on it. The immense geologic...
The Wave Arizona: Everything you need to know
The Wave is a highly photographed sandstone formation tucked in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in extreme Northern Arizona. Though the trailhead is actually in Utah, in the Grand...
Peekaboo Slot Canyon offers a quiet alternative to Antelope Canyon
I lean my back against the cool Navajo sandstone and gaze up at the brilliant red walls of Peekaboo Slot Canyon. Colors vary from black to purple to every shade of red, orange and yellow as the...
What kind of weather can I expect during my trip to Kanab, Utah?
Understanding Southern Utah weather Many consider spring and fall the best times to visit the American Southwest. Kanab averages 256 days of sunshine each year, so chances...
Appreciating the delicate sandstone fins of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Step on the edges, break the ledges. That's what one of our favorite Bureau of Land Management rangers tells winners of the Wave permit lottery during an orientation about North Coyote Buttes. He's...
Driving to Peekaboo Slot Canyon
Driving to Peekaboo Slot Canyon: a tour guide gains off-road skills in desert sand It would make sense for a tour company to accentuate the risk of off-road driving in order to sell tours. And it’s...
Biological Soil Crust
The fascinating community that holds the Utah desert in place If you've spent much time hiking the Arizona desert, you've probably come across a sign that says, "Don't bust...
White Pocket, Arizona Photography – Better than the Wave? Road Conditions?
People are often drawn to the Paria Plateau / Vermilion Cliffs / Coyote Buttes Area by dazzling photographs of the Wave on the border of Utah and Arizona. Indeed, the permit and lottery system,...
The Toroweap Overlook Experience (aka Tuweep)- a Kanab Tour Guide’s Perspective
Toroweap Overlook, or Tuweep as it is also known, is on the Remote western edge of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon nestled in a rim of bulbous eroded sandstone pocked with...