Want the canyon without the logistics? These are the guided days that leave from Springdale, the ones just east of the park, and the ones that start 170 miles away in Vegas.
A private guided hike up the Narrows with the cold-water gear included, and a guided e-bike ride up Zion Canyon, both from Springdale.
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Run by Cedar & Sage Boutique Trekking
How it compares: The Narrows without a permit
From October through May, a party of two pays $394 each and a bigger party less, down to $212 each for nine or ten; it books two adults or more, and no date is on sale from March through May 2027.
from $364 / personprice checked Oct 15
Run by Outta Here eBikes, LLC
How it compares: Biking and e-bikes in Zion
Dates are on sale through 31 December 2026, then none before September 2027.
from $135 / personprice checked Oct 13
Prices and ratings as checked between 13 October 2026 and 15 October 2026.
No permit, no trail. You walk up the Virgin River between thousand-foot walls until you have had enough, then walk back. Closes above 150 CFS.
Bikes skip the shuttle line entirely. E-bikes cannot go on the shuttle's racks, so an e-bike up the canyon is an e-bike back down it too.
Canyoneering, UTVs and horseback rides on the land around the park. No guide may take you canyoneering or off-roading inside Zion, so these trips run outside it, most of them east of the park.
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Run by ROAM - East Zion
How it compares: Zion canyoneering tours compared
from $136 / personprice checked Oct 13
Run by ROAM - East Zion
How it compares: Zion UTV, ATV and jeep tours
from $104 / personprice checked Oct 13
Run by East Zion Adventures
How it compares: Horseback riding in Zion, and the 220-pound limit
No date is on sale from 7 to 20 January 2027, or from 14 March to 28 April 2027.
from $70.32 / personprice checked Oct 27
Prices and ratings as checked between 13 October 2026 and 27 October 2026.
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No guide may take you canyoneering inside Zion, so every trip runs next door. Six outfitters compared: rappel heights, minimum ages from 4 and prices.
Departs east Zion
Off-road vehicles are banned inside Zion, so every UTV and jeep tour runs next door. Which walk you into a slot, which let you drive, and Utah's license rule.
Departs east Zion
One concessioner runs the in-park rides, March to October, $60 for an hour and $125 for three. There is a 220-pound weight limit and a minimum age on both.
Guided activities are prohibited in Zion Wilderness and ATVs are not permitted anywhere in the park. That is why slot canyon tours run from East Zion.
Helicopters from Virgin fly around Zion's edges, not up the canyon.
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Run by Zion Helicopters
How it compares: Zion helicopter tours fly around the park, not up the canyon
From December 2026 through February 2027 dates are on sale only from Friday to Sunday, except every day from 26 December to 3 January and from 12 to 21 February.
from $309 / personprice checked Oct 19
Prices and ratings as checked on 19 October 2026.
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Helicopters from Virgin fly Zion's edges, not up the canyon: 20 to 50 minutes, from $209 a person. Only 22 air tours were reported over the park in all of 2024.
Day trips from Las Vegas, and how long each one actually gives you in Zion.
Departs Las Vegas - 170 miles from Zion
Canyon Tours' Zion-and-Bryce day from Vegas stops 30 minutes in Zion Canyon; small groups give Zion 2 to 4 hours. The $100 non-resident fee applies on a tour too.
Across the Arizona line, on Arizona time: Antelope Canyon, about 120 miles east at Page, where every visit is a guided Navajo tour, and the Grand Canyon, whose North Rim is about 122 miles from Zion. And in Utah, Moab, about 345 miles away, for Arches and Canyonlands.
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Run by Dixie's Lower Antelope Canyon Tours
How it compares: Antelope Canyon from Zion and Las Vegas
Tour times are Arizona time, the same as Page, which from mid-March to early November is an hour behind Zion and Springdale.
from $94 / personprice checked Oct 16
Run by Jupiter Legend Corporation
How it compares: Grand Canyon from Zion
The $94 price is the tour alone on Sundays from 1 March 2027; until then the tour alone is $129, or $119 on Sundays, and with lunch and the Skywalk $178, or $165 on Sundays.
from $94 / personprice checked Oct 20
Run by Moab Tourism Center
How it compares: Zion to Moab
The $89.20 price is a passenger seat in the guide's UTV, with no date on sale for it as of 1 November 2026; to drive your own it is $101.25 a person on the morning tour (to 30 November, then from 12 March 2027), $135 an adult at sunset (to 29 November, then from 1 March) and $130 an adult at 12:15 p.m. (from 12 February), and no date is on sale from 1 December to 11 February.
from $89.20 / personprice checked Oct 27
Prices and ratings as checked between 16 October 2026 and 27 October 2026.
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Every Antelope Canyon visit is a guided Navajo tour. Page is 120 miles from Zion and keeps Arizona time, an hour behind Zion from March to early November.
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North Rim: 122 miles from Zion, open to cars until 30 November, no services. South Rim: park hotels take no overnight guests. West Rim: a Las Vegas day trip.
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Moab is 345 miles from Zion, five to six hours by I-15. Arches needs no timed entry in 2026, and neither it nor Canyonlands charges the $100 nonresident fee.
Springdale is walking distance from the entrance and sells out months ahead. Hurricane and Kanab are cheaper and cost you the mornings. The trade, town by town.
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