Self Guided Audio Tour in Arches and Canyonlands

Departure Point

• Commentary plays automatically based on your location, so you have flexibility on where and when you want to start and end your tour anywhere along the tour route.

Return Details

• Commentary plays automatically based on your location, so you have flexibility on where and when you want to start and end your tour anywhere along the tour route.

Duration
8 hours - 24 hours

Languages Available

• Audio guide - English

Points of Interest

Stop At: Arches National Park
Utah
As the audio guides play commentary based on your gps location, you can create your own itinerary along the tour route(s) to match your interests and schedule.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Arches National Park Scenic Drive
Utah
Moab has long been a favorite place for adventure sport enthusiasts like mountain-bikers and rock climbers but simply driving the Arches National Park route as a sightseeing day trip is incredible in its own right. With an introductory explanation of the complex geological forces required to create features like The Windows, and the slow, constant affect weather elements have to change the landscape, you’ll appreciate how remarkably unique it is. Hear stories about the characters who were drawn here and the fragile ecosystem that supplies a lifeline to a surprising amount of diversity. But with over 2,000 arches located throughout the park, and most travellers on a limited schedule, we’ll lead you to not to be missed features like Double Arch and Landscape Arch. More time may allow you to visit Skyline Arch and Devils Garden areas, as well as many more.
Duration: Not Available

Stop At: Island in the Sky
Utah
Canyonlands offers a vastly different experience even though it is only across the valley from the more famous Arches National Park. Starting in Moab, we travel to the Island in the Sky District continuing along Grand View Point Road. Enthusiastic photographers should get up early if the want to capture Canyonlands’ most famous image – sunrise through Mesa Arch. If we start later in the day, arrange your time so you are still in the Park for a spectacular sunset.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Double Arch
The Windows Rd, Utah
The longest span arch in Arches National Park, Landscape Arch stretches 300+ feet (94m), but only 11 feet (3.5m) at its center point. Enjoy this arch while you can. You can see the debris from a fall back in 1991 when a large 60 foot (18m) slab fell in 1991. Since then the trail beneath the arch is closed. The trail begins at Devils Garden trailhead. It is hard packed, with a few rolling hills, and around 1.6 miles (2.6 km) return. Photograph in the early morning for best colours.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Windows
Windows Section of the Park, Utah
Each area of Arches National Park has its unique features. Devil's Garden might be one of the best to see 'fins', examples of these narrow rock walls before they have eroded away into the formation of arches. And of course the longest arch, Landscape Arch at 300 feet (94 metres) - while it lasts!
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Delicate Arch
Near Moab, Utah
One spectacular arch not enough for you? Try Double Arch! Windows is a 'must see' section to explore within the Park, packed with a number of features in a small area, and easily accessible by a series of easy walks.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Skyline Arch
Utah
You may never get to see all the 2000 arches of the park, but the Windows section is a great opportunity to see several arches in close proximity to each other. Looking through Windows, you will feel like you are staring into a completely different place.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Grand View Point Overlook
, , Utah
Going to Delicate Arch is like meeting a celebrity. This is the unofficial symbol of Utah and the most famous arch in the Park. We'll drive to the viewpoint, or you can get closer by taking an uphill hike.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Green River Overlook
, , Utah
Do the sheer cliffs of Park Avenue and the Courthouse Towers remind you of a downtown city sklyline? There is an easy and paved trail to the Park Avenue viewpoint. Continue on another (1.6km/1 mile) deep down into the canyon onto the Courthouse Towers.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Mesa Arch
Utah
If you are flexible with your timing, try saving Skyline Arch for the late afternoon. It's a short, easy 1/2 mile trail, but takes spectacular photos when the sun is low.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Upheaval Dome
, , Utah
The name suggests a Grand View and that is what the overlook here delivers. From this southernmost point of the Island in the Sky, we peer down across the valley, further deepened by a maze of canyons. Where the canyons cut down, it's like we are looking into a billion years of the earth's history.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Aztec Butte Trail
Island in the Sky, , Utah
Another excellent location with sweeping panoramic views from an elevated position and a superb place to enjoy the sunset. Named for the rock carving actions performed by the Green River and also a viewpoint where you can imagine famous Grand Canyon explorer John Wesley Powell testing out his wooden boats before venturing into the unknown canyon.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Park Avenue Trail
Arches Scenic Drive, Utah
You've seen the iconic images splashed online, this is THE classic image of Canyonlands National Park. As you peer through the window of the arch admire the expansive view of the canyons below and on clear days, all the way to the Le Sal Mountains on the horizon. Expect many photographers jostling for space to capture the perfect sunrise image.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Needles
, , Utah
Upheaval Dome is something of a mysterious oddity. No one has been able completely explain what it is and support it with factual evidence. Was it caused by a meteor? Was it caused by the earth underneath being thrust up and then collapsing? Once you see it, you will understand why it even has a nickname of Utah's "belly button."
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Landscape Arch
Park at Devils Garden Trailhead, Utah
This 1.2 mile round trip hike to see the ancestral Puebloan structures called granaries is well marked, but a little steep right at the end where you need to scale up a slickrock slope. The thought of scrambling back down can be a deterrent for some. These are the most easily accessible Anasazi ruins in Canyonlands.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Devils Garden Trailhead
Devils Garden Rd, Utah
Located about a 90 minute drive south of Moab, Needles is a District of Canyonlands National Park that is known for its colorful spires of Cedar Mesa Sandstone. Though it receives far less visitors than the more popular Island in the Sky District closer to Moab and Arches National Park, those who venture there are wowed by the unique rock formations and enjoyable slickrock hiking. Even the approach to Needles on Highway 211 is beautifully scenic - you'll love the petroglyphs at Newspaper Rock. If you have a spare day available from Moab, or if you are traveling between Moab and Mesa Verde, or even the Grand Canyon, Needles is a side trip that you won't want to miss. The drive takes approximately 40 minutes from the turn off from 191.
Duration: 1 hour

Additional Information

• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• How to Access: After booking you’ll receive an email and text with instructions (search “Download Audio Tour”). Click the link in the email/text to sign in with your preferred Apple or Google account and redeem your voucher code ahead of time.
• Download The GuideAlong App: Download the free app over WiFi or cellular data and sign in with the same Apple or Google account.
• Download The Tour: Download the tour in the GuideAlong app under 'My Tours' over WiFi or cellular data.
• Start The Tour: Open the tour in the GuideAlong app to preview the start locations, tour route and trip planner, or start the tour.
• Location-Based Stories: Audio commentary plays automatically as you drive using your phone’s GPS chip. Wherever you are and whichever direction you’re going, you’ll hear the best stories and tips.
• Flexible Travel Date: Tours are a one-time purchase with no expiry or date/time limit. If your plans change to a different day, there’s no need to change your travel date.
• Tour at Your Leisure: With GuideAlong, you control the pace. Start, stop, and resume the tour any day, anytime, adapting it to your schedule.
• Driving Tours: Group Savings: One purchase covers everyone in the vehicle, making it a cost-effective way to explore.
• Works Offline: No internet or cell service is required once the audio tour is downloaded to your phone, so you can relax and tour offline.
• Bring A Charger: Pack a USB/C car charger for charging and easy sound connectivity, and make sure your device is fully charged.
• Technical Support: The GuideAlong support team is available daily by toll-free phone, online chat, and email.

Inclusions

• Support: Toll free phone, chat and email
• Easy To Use: Pre-download and tour offline
• Trip Planners: In-app, web and PDF
• Location Based: Stories, tips & directions that autoplay
• Buy once, use forever! No expiry, includes free updates
• GuideAlong (GyPSy Guide) Audio Tour: 200+ Points
• Flexible Routes: Suggested itineraries or create your own

Exclusions

• Entrance Fees
• National Park Passes
• Reservations

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FLEXIBLE TRAVEL DATE
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CHARGING & SOUND
We don’t recommend connecting your phone to the vehicle's USB port. Instead, use a USB/C car charger adapter in the auxiliary power outlet (cigarette lighter) to prevent an automatic secondary pairing and keep your phone charged. CarPlay and Android Auto are not yet supported, so listen to the tour through your phone’s speaker or pair it to your car stereo via Bluetooth: guidealong.com/travel-tips-bluetooth/.

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