monument valley navajo tribal park

一座座被风吹蚀的风岩，或尖顶或圆盖，高高低低错落林立，有的像大城堡，有的如人或如兽，随便找个角度都能将整幅景色尽收眼底，绚丽色彩如油画般赏心悦目，美不胜收。　　如果要体验纪念碑仰之弥高，钻之弥坚，瞻之在前，忽焉在后的心灵悸动，顺着公园内27公里（17 英里）景观道路游览就对了。沿途分布纪念碑谷公园的主要景点，开车游览一圈约需2～3小时旅程。

I have lived in Arizona for 20 years and finally visited this place. What a great and amazing place. A must visit for everyone. Worth the drive for sure! Tip:you can save by doing the self drive loop. The self drive road goes all around the major parts of the park. There is also horse riding available inside the valley.

Love this area and the rock formations. It is Gorgeous! We been to this area a couple of times before. We were driving near by and we made the extra effort to drive through. Love it! Taking a Navajo guided tour is the way to go. The visitor center is has great vistas. Allow one day is fully enjoy this area.

The famous Mitten Buttes and the other stunning rock formations of Monument Valley are an inspiring sight - especially as the sun sets giving remarkable changes in color to the surrounding rock formations. Plus, the visitor's center has a restaurant (The View) with light fare and a museum with some history of the Navajo people who historically lived inside the park. Of special note for the museum is about the Navajo "Code Talkers" who help win WWII using their native tongue for passing sensitive information quickly and deftly to leaders directing the various campaigns.

Our first stay here and we loved it! The View Hotel lived up to its name. Northing like coffee on your own balcony seeing sunrise over the buttes and monuments. Bryon Atene provided an excellent tour of the valley and serenaded us with flute, drum and voice overlooking the Totem Pole and Yei' Bi' Chei formations. We highly recommend taking a tour.

Amazing Navajo-sandstone formations that even Forrest Gump could not have missed during his run across America :-) ... a must-see once you are nearby. Recommend to book a guided tour with the Navajos (at the parking lot next to the View Hotel/Tourist center), it is worth the negotiation and soliciting!

Love the valley and so glad to be back here- this time was a lot warmer than our last visit- took advantage walking around and also via a horseback ride that was unforgettable.

Amazing structures that you have seen multiple times in multiple movies. Book a tour - the self drive route did not look rental car friendly and the tours are great.

This was my second visit to this place. I always enjoy this place. I visited in Feb, but unfortunately there was hardly any snow (small traces). There is a park entry fee of $20 per car (up to 4 ppl), which is quite expensive considering Arches National Park is just $10. Also, it is not covered by National Park Service. Last time we did hike around and came across sand dunes and got the closer look. This time we drove around and covered totempole and other points in the loop. We drove in our rental car (AWD), however there are rides available for an additional cost. It is possible to manage without an AWD vehicle if the weather is clear. The loop as such is not paved. There is a shop in the visitor center where one can find souvenirs and lot of native collection.You do get that distant look when you are coming south on highway 163 from Utah. Lot of people stop by the side of the road and take pictures to get the distant look.

It snowed the day prior to the tour and so it was cut a little short. The views were spectacular and the four wheel drive vehicle had no problem navigating the red gravel primitive roads. Took lots of photos as the guild what each butte, mesa, group of vertical rocks was called and what they appeared to look like: The three Sisters', 'Snoppy taking a nap, etc.

We planned our road trip around visiting this area. We were totally underwhelmed! We had formed the idea that the Valley would be miles of fantastic rock formations, so to find the spectacular views ran for only a relatively few miles parallel to the main road. To see anything close up required an expensive trip in back of an aged truck.Having seen miles of fabulous scenery on a previous trip, from Grand Junction to Moab, probably clouded our view of the Valley. We suggest that you visit if you are in the area, but do not do the dead miles otherwise.

Visited here as part of a solo motorbike trip through Utah and Colorado. This had to be the highlight of the trip. It was everything I had hoped for.

We had seen the pictures but nothing compares to being there in person. We arrived in the afternoon, checked in, and did the hike around the mitten. then next morning we got up and did the 17 mile drive. It's not paved, and we have a high clearance vehicle, but I saw folks making out just fine in Prius and other small cars. There are well marked stops along the way, with amazing views. Several places have souvenirs and Ford point seems the most commercial, with a man on a horse offering photos with him for a small fee out on an outcrop. Our teenagers loved this one as well, lots of awesome photos

We have made the 4 day drive there twice in 12 months! It's truly amazing especially if you're a movie fan....so many movies have been made here and the surrounding area. We drove through in our Civic both times ....a little scary but you can do it. Be sure to stop at John Ford Point and use the porta potty because it's a bumpy ride and I don't know if there are any others inside the actual park. The visitor centre has food and flush toilets before you start the drive but that's it.Eat in the restaurant if you can and try the Navaho fry bread. Photo opportunities are endless.Night sky shots are breath taking due to lack of light pollution.

Pictures do not do justice to the park. Monument Valley has to be seen to be appreciated. The Navajos are excellent stewards of the park. We should all be thankful for their efforts.