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Roy_Lynne
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Oct 22, 2018

Monument Valley

We're just about ready to go, one more question and that's about Monument Valley. We already plan to go to Canyon de Chelley and Navajo National Monument on our way to Valley of the Gods, but I'm reading that Monument has become a pretty big tourist trap. We are not cheap but frugal. So those who have been there, Yea or Nay. Would you go back? Is it worth the $20 bucks to get in and the $35 to camp?
Thanks in advance
  • Don’t miss it. Tell John Ford hi from me if he’s shooting something.
  • We stayed at Gouldings lodge and camp ground and loved it. Monument Valley is just across the road. Yes you can SEE it from the road, but take the tour with a guide.
  • it's been years since I was at the monument but I thought that one could see it for free but a tour down thru it cost?
    bumpy
  • Monument Valley is well worth the cost. I'd boondock in Valley of the Gods unless its rained recently or its predicted to do so.
  • Absolutely.

    You should pad the budget though, because you won't be able to pass up the frybread.
  • Roy&Lynne wrote:
    We're just about ready to go, one more question and that's about Monument Valley. We already plan to go to Canyon de Chelley and Navajo National Monument on our way to Valley of the Gods, but I'm reading that Monument has become a pretty big tourist trap. We are not cheap but frugal. So those who have been there, Yea or Nay. Would you go back? Is it worth the $20 bucks to get in and the $35 to camp?
    Thanks in advance


    YUP!

    Nothing else like it - Say Hi to John Wayne.

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