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    • Home
    • Guided Hikes
      • Classic Hiking Tours
      • Customized Hiking Tours
      • Large Group Hikes (15+)
      • Moonlight Hikes
      • Solo Hiking Tours
    • Guided MTB Rides
      • Classic MTB Tours
      • Customized MTB Tours
      • Family-Friendly MTB Tours
      • Night Ride MTB Tours
      • Solo MTB Tours
      • Upcoming Group Rides
    • Sedona Adventure Shuttle
    • Hiking Tour Durations
      • Two Hour Hiking Tours
      • Three Hour Hiking Tours
      • Half Day Hiking Tours
      • Full Day Hiking Tours
    • MTB Tour Durations
      • Two Hour MTB Tours
      • Three Hour MTB Tours
      • Five Hour MTB Tours
    • Hiking Tour Difficulty
      • Easy Hiking Tours
      • Moderate Hiking Tours
      • Hard Hiking Tours
    • MTB Tour Difficulty
      • Easy MTB Tours
      • Moderate MTB Tours
      • Challenging MTB Tours
      • Expert MTB Tours
    • Types of MTB Tours
      • Enduro Rides
      • One-Way Rides
      • Scenic Loop Rides
      • Technical Rides
      • Black Diamond Rides
      • Night Rides
    • Preparing for Your Hike
      • Each Outing Includes
      • What to Pack
      • Sedona Weather
    • Preparing for Your Ride
      • Each Outing Includes
      • What to Pack
      • Sedona Weather
    • Sedona Hiking Tour FAQ's
      • FAQ's
    • Sedona MTB Tour FAQ's
      • FAQ's
    • Self-Guided Adventures
      • Best Hikes in Sedona
      • Best Easy Hikes in Sedona
      • Best Moderate Hikes
      • Hard Sedona Hikes
      • Best MTB Rides in Sedona
      • Sedona's Best in 5's
      • Sedona Archaeology Sites
      • Best Food in Sedona
      • Sedona Nightlife
      • Visiting Grand Canyon
      • Exploring Sedona
      • Exploring Flagstaff
      • Exploring Page
      • Exploring Prescott
      • Exploring Scottsdale
      • Sedona Adventure Shuttle
    • Satisfaction Guaranteed
    • Dog Friendly Tours
    • Permitted Outfitter Guide
    • Stewards of Sedona
    • In the News
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Peek Protect Coverage
    • The Artist: Josh Esquivel
  • Home
  • Guided Hikes
    • Classic Hiking Tours
    • Customized Hiking Tours
    • Large Group Hikes (15+)
    • Moonlight Hikes
    • Solo Hiking Tours
  • Guided MTB Rides
    • Classic MTB Tours
    • Customized MTB Tours
    • Family-Friendly MTB Tours
    • Night Ride MTB Tours
    • Solo MTB Tours
    • Upcoming Group Rides
  • Sedona Adventure Shuttle
  • Hiking Tour Durations
    • Two Hour Hiking Tours
    • Three Hour Hiking Tours
    • Half Day Hiking Tours
    • Full Day Hiking Tours
  • MTB Tour Durations
    • Two Hour MTB Tours
    • Three Hour MTB Tours
    • Five Hour MTB Tours
  • Hiking Tour Difficulty
    • Easy Hiking Tours
    • Moderate Hiking Tours
    • Hard Hiking Tours
  • MTB Tour Difficulty
    • Easy MTB Tours
    • Moderate MTB Tours
    • Challenging MTB Tours
    • Expert MTB Tours
  • Types of MTB Tours
    • Enduro Rides
    • One-Way Rides
    • Scenic Loop Rides
    • Technical Rides
    • Black Diamond Rides
    • Night Rides
  • Preparing for Your Hike
    • Each Outing Includes
    • What to Pack
    • Sedona Weather
  • Preparing for Your Ride
    • Each Outing Includes
    • What to Pack
    • Sedona Weather
  • Sedona Hiking Tour FAQ's
    • FAQ's
  • Sedona MTB Tour FAQ's
    • FAQ's
  • Self-Guided Adventures
    • Best Hikes in Sedona
    • Best Easy Hikes in Sedona
    • Best Moderate Hikes
    • Hard Sedona Hikes
    • Best MTB Rides in Sedona
    • Sedona's Best in 5's
    • Sedona Archaeology Sites
    • Best Food in Sedona
    • Sedona Nightlife
    • Visiting Grand Canyon
    • Exploring Sedona
    • Exploring Flagstaff
    • Exploring Page
    • Exploring Prescott
    • Exploring Scottsdale
    • Sedona Adventure Shuttle
  • Satisfaction Guaranteed
  • Dog Friendly Tours
  • Permitted Outfitter Guide
  • Stewards of Sedona
  • In the News
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Peek Protect Coverage
  • The Artist: Josh Esquivel

SEDONA'S BEST HARD HIKING TOURS

Two Hour Tours

These short, but superbly sweet outings, offer a quick introduction to the most impressive places in Sedona. Our Two Hour tours allow our guides to create a customized experience tailored to your individual needs. This duration is perfect if you're trying to get your feet wet in Red Rock Country, push yourself, or would like a more relaxed outing with less hiking and more touring some of Sedona's classic areas

Follow our team on the best guided hikes of Cathedral Rock in Sedona, Arizona.

Two Hour: Cathedral Towers (Private Group)

$160/Hiker

Are you ready to scramble up Sedona's most iconic rock formation? This adventurous outing will take you below the towering spires of Cathedral Rock to observe one of the best overlooks in Red Rock Country. Along the way, you will capture stunning panoramic views of the most breath-taking red rocks in Arizona. This vortex trail will provide a mixture of excellent photography, inspiring views, and a great workout for all those brave enough to ascend the treacherous path.

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Explore the mot inspiring hiking trails in Sedona with our team of exceptional local guides.

Two Hour: Sedona Explorer (Private Group)

$150/Hiker

Explore a quick red rock summit, enjoy a romantic sunset hike, walk along Oak Creek, or check-out one of Sedona's best short hikes... Are you short on time, but looking to maximize your Sedona hiking experience? Follow us, and let's explore a Sedona secret!! With over 100 trails in Sedona, our guides will create a customized adventure experience that's perfectly dialed in for your group. Just because you're short on time, doesn't mean you should see less!!

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The best customized Dark Sky night hiking tours in Sedona.

Two Hour: Dark Sky Hike (Private Group)

$175/Hiker

Sedona's one-and-only, private and customized guided night hikes!!! At dusk, venture into the most beautiful sunset views in the Southwest, and hike under our world renowned Dark Sky and star-filled twinkling canopy above Red Rock Country. This outing will expose you to a massive amount of edible & medicinal plants, desert creatures, geology, and spectacular photography opportunities. Sedona's Dark Sky will deliver the most A+ solitude of any adventure tour in Arizona!!

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Three Hour Tours

These outings pack a heavy punch of adventure!! Our Three Hour tours allow you to reach unique sacred sites, elevated mesas, secret creekside gems, and the most inspiring canyons of Red Rock Country. Our guides can utilize Loops, One-Way Hikes, and Sunrise/Sunset Starts to help you enjoy the best solitude in Sedona

Our customized tours will help you find the most incredible photography and solitude in Sedona.

Three Hour: Desert Spire Loop (Private Group)

$215/Hiker

Escape the crowds of Sedona and enjoy one of the best kept secret gems in Red Rock Country. This scenic loop trail sneaks through a panoramic display of buttes, spires, monoliths, and countless other sandstone formations. The massive assortment of geological formations will create a deeply immersive experience, while providing a perfect backdrop for encountering wildlife throughout. If you’re looking for a local favorite, then follow us through this sandstone paradise. 

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The best highly customized private guided hiking tour in Sedona.

Three Hour: Guided Expedition (Private Group)

$195/Hiker

Are you wanting something different? Something that engages you into Sedona's magical landscape... If you've got less than 4 hours to spare, and you're seeking the best three hour hiking adventure in Sedona -- here you go!!! This outing can be customized to meet your groups individual needs and Red Rock interests. Our guides can lead you on an immersive three hour hiking loop, or break your experience into two shorter hikes so that you can see more of Sedona.

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The best private night hiking tours in Sedona to view the most impressive Dark Sky in Arizona.

Three Hour: Classic Moonlight (Private Group)

$235/Hiker

Are you seeking something different? Something unique? Something inspiring too? This customized and private night hiking adventure, will let you see Sedona from a different perspective. Watch the sky explode with shifting colors, while your private guide shows you places seldom visited by others. As dusk settles and the sky falls to darkness, our guides will introduce you to the most impressive desert creatures in Arizona -- amidst the starriest skies you've ever seen. 

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Half Day Tours

If you're ready to elevate your adventure itinerary this vacation, here's the right hike for you!! Our Half Day tours visit the most scenic places in Red Rock Country and allow you to become immersed in the mystical Sedona landscape. Your guide can help you obtain unique hiking objectives or create a customized experience more gentle, and tailored to your individual needs and interests

Our wide variety of hiking tours will allow our team to create the perfect outing for your group.

Half Day: Edges & Ledges (Private Group)

$295/Hiker

Are you seeking an exciting Sedona adventure with elevated panoramic views, and the opportunity to stand on top of Sedona's most monumental red rocks? Our Edges & Ledges Loop connects all the dots, as it brings you across one of the largest deposit of sandstone in Sedona. All the while, taking an improbable and adventurous scenic loop on narrow trails high above Oak Creek Canyon & Mitten Ridge. Are you ready to take it to the edge for an experience you will never forget?

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Enjoy the best hard summit hikes in Sedona with Trail Lovers.

Half Day: Summit Bagger (Private Group)

$275/Hiker

Looking for an aggressive experience that brings you to Sedona's highest and most impressive peaks? This adventure will let you push your limits and climb the famed Bear Mountain. Along the trail you encounter four "false summits" to spice up the adventure and make the seemingly short distance more difficult than it sounds. Named after a beloved local bear hunter, who killed over 200 bears in Sedona and twice escaped from San Quentin State Prison in California.

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Our customized half day hiking tours are the best adventures in Sedona to escape crowds.

Half Day: Red Rock Excursion (Private Group)

$250/Hiker

Our most customizable half day Sedona hiking tour!! Let us take you away from the crowds, helicopters, and off-the-beaten path for a memorable hiking adventure you will never forget!! Our guides will ensure your adventure meets your groups abilities, exceeds your expectations, and provides an inspiring experience that leaves you in love with this most sacred territory.

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Full Day Tours

Are you looking to see it all in one day?! Our Full Day tours, can take you along historical & sacred trails, over the most beautiful red rocks in Sedona, and through the most beautiful hiking terrain in Northern Arizona. These hikes leave nothing to the imagination, while enhancing your visit to Sedona by taking you where the locals go and far away from the crowds for a deeply immersive experience in Red Rock Country

Our full day customized hikes offer the best photography, solitude, and views in Sedona.

Full Day: Ultimate Sedona Adventure (Private Group)

$350/Hiker

If you're looking for the official super tour option in Red Rock Country... Our Ultimate Sedona Adventure, will elevate your entire visit and take you further into Sedona's wild backcountry than anyone else. This customized experience will grant access into the most remote, sacred, and seldom visited land in Arizona. Let us customize a hiking adventure and private organic picnic you will never forget!!

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The most difficult, highly customized, physical, and spiritually inspiring hiking tours in Sedona!!

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Visiting Grand Canyon

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Hiking Tour Difficulties

Our Sedona hiking tours will take you the best creekside hikes in Sedona during your visit.

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