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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
      • Marathon Day Hiking Tours
    • MTB Tour Durations
      • Two Hour MTB Tours
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      • 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 Hiking Tours
      • Scenic Loop
      • Summit Bid
      • One-Way Hikes
      • Wilderness Access
      • Vortex
      • Sunrise/Sunset Start
    • 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
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    • Sedona MTB Tour FAQ's
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    • Self-Guided Adventures
      • Best Hikes in Sedona
      • Best Easy Hikes in Sedona
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      • 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
    • Marathon 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 Hiking Tours
    • Scenic Loop
    • Summit Bid
    • One-Way Hikes
    • Wilderness Access
    • Vortex
    • Sunrise/Sunset Start
  • 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 Moonlight Hikes

Two Hour: Dark Sky Hike

These outings offer a quick introduction to the most impressive sunset views and dark skies in Sedona. Our Two Hour: Dark Sky Hikes allow our guides to create a keenly tailored experience to your private group's needs. This duration is perfect if you're traveling with a family, large groups of mixed abilities, chasing a dinner reservation, and have a deeper interest in sunset photography versus night hiking. This hike duration will consist of a 50/50 split between sunset & night hiking views

Enjoy the best private night hikes in Red Rock Country with our Sedona Hiking Guides.

Two Hour: Dark Sky Hike

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: Classic Moonlight Hike

These customized and private night hiking adventures will make your entire trip!! Our Three Hour: Classic Moonlight Hike, will allow you to reach unique elevated views to observe the starriest skies of Red Rock Country and encounter more wildlife than any tour offered in Sedona. These hikes can form scenic loops, summit bids, and visit Wilderness Areas to help you enjoy the best solitude of the day. This hike duration will consist of a 30% & 70% split between sunset & night hiking views

Enjoy the best night hikes in Red Rock Country on our award-winning Sedona hiking tours

Three Hour: Classic Moonlight Hike

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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The original and exclusive night hike tour operator in Sedona

Sedona Moonlight Hikes

Are You ready for Sedona's exclusive night hike tour!?

Our most popular Spring, Summertime, and Fall hiking tours!!! Experience an unforgettably colorful Sedona sunset, then get ready for an epic night hike!! This custom experience will expose you to the most pristine temperatures of the day... Away from crowds, city, and noise pollution. Our peaceful Moonlight Hikes will take you to the best places in Red Rock Country for observing Sedona's Dark Sky. 


Our guides will provide state of the art headlamps, black lights, ultrasonic bat detectors, night vision & thermal imaging monoculars -- while they lead you through the most exciting hiking trails in Sedona.  With our military grade night vision & thermal imaging monoculars, you will be able to vividly view every creature in the surrounding forest, while immersed in pure darkness!! While our ultrasonic bat detectors will allow you to tune into the echolocation of bats and other adapted critters of the night. 


You will watch the forest ignite with life as the evening commences, while undoubtedly capturing the best and most colorful photos of your trip. As the rest of the visitors in Red Rock Country wonder, "why the lights went off at 8PM," you will be living adventurously above the limits of what you once thought possible and taking your adventure vacation in Sedona to another level.


These outings offer the best opportunity for viewing desert wildlife, enjoying Sedona's Dark Sky, and capturing unique sunset photography. Our night and thermal imaging monoculars also come equipped with HD camera's to help you capture any potential animal sightings you might encounter along the trail. Our thermal imaging monoculars can view hidden animals and trace their heat signatures from over 600 yards away!! 


One last thing, we reserve the rights to 50% of the profits for any potential Bigfoot sightings.... Just saying!!


Outings Include

  • 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
  • Thermal & Night Vision Scope for Viewing Animals 600 Yards Away!!
  • Ultrasonic Bat Detector to Hear Bat Echolocation 
  • Black Lights for Photographing Scorpions
  • 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


Sedona Moonlight Hike Start Times

  • January: 5PM 
  • February: 5:30PM
  • March: 6PM
  • April: 6:30PM
  • May: 7PM
  • June: 7PM
  • July: 7PM
  • August: 6:30PM
  • September: 6PM
  • October: 5:30PM
  • November: 5PM
  • December: 4:30PM


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*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

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Sedona Hiking Tours: Classic Hikes, Custom Hikes, Moonlight Hikes, Solo Hikes, Large Group Hikes


Sedona Hiking Tour Difficulty: Easy Hikes, Moderate Hikes, Hard Hikes


Sedona Hiking Tour Lengths: Two Hours, Three Hours, Half Day, Full Day, Marathon Day


Type of Hiking Tours: Scenic Loops, Wilderness Hikes, One-Way Hikes, Vortex Hikes, Sunrise/Sunset


Sedona MTB Tours: Classic Rides, Custom Rides, Night Rides, Family-Friendly Rides, Solo Rides


Sedona MTB Tour Difficulty: Easy Rides, Moderate Rides, Challenging Rides, Expert Rides


Sedona MTB Tour Lengths: Two Hours, Three Hours, Five Hours


Types of MTB Tours: Enduro Rides, One-Way Rides, Loop Rides, Night Rides, Technical Rides, Black Diamond Rides


Self-Guided MTB Rides in Sedona: Best Rides in Sedona


Self-Guided Hikes in Sedona: Best Hikes in Sedona, Sedona's Best in 5's, Easy Sedona Hikes, Moderate Sedona Hikes, Hard Sedona Hikes, Sedona Archaeology Sites


Sedona Adventure Shuttle: Create Customized One-Way Hikes & Rides in Red Rock Country


Self-Guided Explorations of Northern Arizona: Exploring Sedona, Exploring Scottsdale, Exploring Prescott, Exploring Flagstaff, Exploring Grand Canyon, Exploring Page


Sedona Weather/Food/Nightlife: Sedona Weather, Best Food in Sedona, Sedona Nightlife


Stewardship: Stewards of Sedona (SOS)

Media: Trail Lovers In the News

Reviews: Trip Advisor


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Our award-winning Sedona night hiking tours will enhance your visit to Red Rock Country.

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Our award-winning Sedona guided night hikes will create an unforgettable visit to Red Rock Country.

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The best guided night hikes in Red Rock Country.

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Types of Hikes We Offer

The best Dark Sky hikes in Sedona.

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Our award-winning Sedona night hiking tours will visit the darkest skies in Red Rock Country.

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

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