Guided Expedition

Are you looking for something different? Something that draws you deeper into Sedona’s magical landscape and gives you the freedom to experience Red Rock Country your way? If you have three hours to spare and want to make the most of your time in Sedona, this highly customizable private hiking experience was built for you.

With the ability to create up to 100 unique adventures within this duration, our guides can design an experience around your group’s interests, abilities, fitness, preferred pace, and the type of adventure you’re hoping to discover. Choose an immersive three-hour scenic loop, climb toward a spectacular summit, explore one of Sedona’s renowned vortex areas, venture into the wilderness, or combine two shorter hikes to experience more than one side of Red Rock Country in a single outing. Three hours opens the door to a much deeper Sedona experience.

Go Beyond the Ordinary

With additional time on the trail, your guide can take you farther into the landscape and beyond the areas most visitors experience during a short hike. This creates more opportunities to discover secluded viewpoints, unique sandstone formations, hidden trail corridors, and quieter corners of Red Rock Country. Depending on your interests, the adventure can focus on breathtaking panoramic views, dramatic geology, wildlife, photography, Sedona’s vortex traditions, local history, or simply finding a beautiful place where you can enjoy the scenery without feeling surrounded by other hikers.

The extra time also creates opportunities to visit multiple locations. Instead of dedicating your entire outing to one trail, your guide can potentially combine two shorter adventures, giving you a broader introduction to the incredible diversity found throughout Sedona.

Customized Around Your Group

No two groups visit Sedona for exactly the same reason, so why should every hiking experience be the same? Your private guide can customize the adventure around your group’s individual needs. Whether you’re traveling with experienced hikers who want a physical challenge, family members looking for a manageable scenic adventure, photographers searching for unique perspectives, or travelers hoping to explore Sedona’s spiritual side, the experience can be shaped accordingly.

Your pace matters. Your interests matter. Your fitness level matters. Most importantly, the experience can change with you.

If you discover a viewpoint where you want to spend additional time photographing the landscape, your guide can accommodate it. If you’re ready for more of a challenge, the route can reflect that. If your group would rather slow down and enjoy the scenery, there’s room for that too.

Escape the Crowds and See More

One of the greatest advantages of having three hours is the ability to move beyond Sedona’s busiest hiking corridors. Your guide can help identify areas that provide spectacular scenery while offering a greater sense of solitude. This becomes particularly valuable during Sedona’s busiest seasons, when the most popular trails and overlooks can become crowded. Rather than spending your visit waiting for parking, navigating congested trailheads, or sharing every viewpoint with dozens of other visitors, you can venture into quieter areas where the surrounding landscape becomes the focus.

A Three-Hour Adventure Built Around You

The possibilities for this adventure are remarkably diverse. Your experience might take you along a scenic loop surrounded by towering sandstone formations, toward an elevated summit overlooking Red Rock Country, to a vortex location steeped in Sedona tradition, or into a quieter wilderness setting far removed from the busiest areas.

For those wanting to see more, two hikes can potentially be combined into one three-hour adventure, allowing you to experience different environments and perspectives without dedicating an entire day to the trail. This flexibility makes the experience especially valuable for visitors who want more than a predetermined itinerary but don’t necessarily have an entire day available.

Make the Most of Your Time in Sedona

Your guide handles the transportation and trail logistics, allowing your private group to focus on the experience itself. With local knowledge guiding the way, you can spend less time figuring out where to go and more time experiencing the places that make Sedona extraordinary. Whether you’re visiting for the first time or returning to discover something new, three hours can provide an entirely different perspective on Red Rock Country.

If you’re looking for a customized Sedona hiking tour that gives you more time, more options, and more opportunity to escape the crowds, our private Guided Expedition offers an experience designed around you. Choose the type of adventure that speaks to you.

Simply, tell us what you want to see. Let your guide build the experience. Then spend three unforgettable hours discovering why there is so much more to Sedona than the trails everyone already knows.

Outing Includes

• Private Hiking Guide
• Red Rock Pass
• Sedona Resort/Airbnb/VRBO Transportation (Sedona, Village of Oak Creek, Oak Creek Canyon)
• Healthy Packaged Trail Snacks
• Bottled Water
• Ultima Electrolytes
• Osprey Daylite Hiking Backpack
• Trekking Poles (By Request)
• 500 Lumen Black Diamond Headlamp
• Gloves, Beanies, Neck Gaiters (During Winter Months)
• UPF 50 Sun Hoodies
• Disposable Rain Ponchos
• Micro Spikes for Snow (If Needed)
• Osprey Poco Plus Kids Carrying Pack (By Request)
• Kids Car Seats & Booster Seats (By Request)
• Full List of Supplies Included

Logistics

• Duration: 3 Hours of Hiking & 1 Hour of Logistics
• Distance: 3 - 5 Miles
• Elevation Gain: Customized
• Capacity: 1 - 14 Hikers
• Sites Visited: 1 - 2 Hikes
• Trails Used: Customized
• Types of Hikes Available (Custom Hike): Summit Hike / Scenic Loop Hike / Vortex Site / Sunrise or Sunset Start / Wilderness Hike
• Difficulty: Easy / Moderate / Hard
• Start Times: 5AM, 5:30AM, 6AM, 6:30AM, 7AM, 7:30AM, 8AM, 2:30PM
• Upcoming Availabilities: Guided Expedition Calendar
• Cost: $195 + Tax/Hiker (Private Group) & $395 + Tax (Private Solo Hiker)

*PRIVATE ONLY TOURS: TWO PERSON MINIMUM FOR PRIVATE GROUPS OR PLEASE REFER TO SOLO HIKER PRICING

**WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND CONSIDERING PEEK PROTECT COVERAGE AND REVIEWING OUR CANCELLATION POLICY BEFORE BOOKING YOUR RESERVATION

***WE REQUIRE ALL HIKERS/ATTENDEES TO HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE TO ATTEND ANY OF OUR OUTINGS OFFERED