Standing on the rim of Canyon de Chelly, you wonder about how to get to the bottom. Your options are limited. You either hire a Navajo guide or you make a 2½-mile round-trip hike down from the mesa to ...

Kayenta Monument Valley InnUS Hwy 160 & 163, Kayenta, AZ 86033 54.7 miles ...

I pat my horse — named Diamond for the patch of white on the bridge of its nose — and look at my Navajo guide, James. “How far could I ride up this canyon,” I ask, “if I had the time and money?” James ...

Situated in the northeastern part of the state in the Four Corners region, Canyon de Chelly is only 150 miles from Mesa Verde, but it feels like a separate world and reflects one of the longest ...

You can't drive around on your own in this canyon, or hike where you please. And you should ask permission before taking pictures of the Navajo Indians who still live and farm here. But these rules ...

There are plenty of cliff dwellings in the Southwest. One — Canyon de Chelly — is unique. The Diné or Navajo people call the canyon Tsegi (SAY-ih), and clans farm family plots as they have for ...

As feet sink into soft sand, eyes turn aloft to follow sharp-angled cliffs and narrow ledges carved by eons of wind and water. The bleating of sheep reminds you that people still live and work in this ...