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Grand Staircase Escalante Tour: Self-Guided Drive
Grand Staircase Escalante Tour: Self-Guided Drive
Grand Staircase Escalante UT-12 Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour
Grand Staircase Escalante UT-12 Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

Grand Staircase Escalante UT-12 Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

By Action Tour Guide
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Features
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Drive atop a staggering “giant’s staircase”
  • Visit a petrified forest and learn what created it
  • See sparkling waterfalls and colourful cliffs
  • Unearth buried secrets about dinosaur bones and more
  • Capture unbelievable photos from plentiful overlooks

Activity location

  • Grand Staircase
    • Grand Staircase 255 Utah 12
    • 84775, Torrey, Utah, United States of America

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 2938 UT-12, Panguitch, UT 84759
    • 2938 Utah 12
    • 84759, Panguitch, Utah, United States of America

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

Check availability

Sorry this activity isn't available on Thu, 26 Jun
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedApp on your phone: A link to download the Action Tour Guide app. Password for your tours.
  • What's includedWhat's includedEasy to use: Stories play automatically by GPS. Hands-free. Get HELP all day: Call, Chat, or Email.
  • What's includedWhat's includedFlexible schedule: Use any day, any time. Travel over multiple days or on next trip. Never expires.
  • What's includedWhat's includedOffline use: No cell signal or wifi required. Offline GPS Map & route. Stop-to-stop direction.
  • What's includedWhat's includedDon’t miss a thing: Full itinerary, travel tips, professionally narrated, videos, text, hidden gems.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport, parking fee, food/drinks.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedNational Park/attraction Passes, entry tickets, or reservation.

Know before you book

  • This is a self-guided tour; no guide will accompany you. The Action Tour Guide app functions as a guide, an audio tour, and a map all in one.
  • Please arrange for a vehicle before you take the tour. You only need to book one tour per vehicle, not per person.
  • After the booking, you will receive an email with a link to the Action Tour Guide app and a unique password to access the tour within the app.
  • This tour has been developed by local guides, curated by creative writers, and narrated by professional voice artists.
  • Most stops along the tour have animated videos allowing you to visualise what you cannot see, such as snapshots from different centuries or interior rooms.
  • This tour is valid forever - from the moment of booking. You will not need to change the booking if your travel plans change.
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Recommended: Purchase one tour per vehicle. Everyone can listen at the same time!

Explore the hidden wonders of UT-12 with an epic and scenic drive through Grand Staircase Escalante. Drive along the Hogback (the ridgeline), learn about the hidden mysteries of this giant geologic staircase, and discover the long-buried secrets of the Fremont and Puebloans.

After booking, you can check your email before downloading the Action Tour Guide app, enter your unique password, and access your tour. The preceding steps require good internet/wifi access. Simply follow the audio instructions and the route from there.

No expiration — The tour comes with lifetime validity!

This is not an entrance ticket to attractions along the route. Check pandemic rules and opening hours before your visit.

Points of Interest along the Grand Staircase Escalante Tour:

  • Red Canyon Visitor Centre
  • Red Canyon's Arches
  • Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Detour: Bryce
  • Fremonts and Puebloans
  • Powell Point Vista
  • Upper Valley Granaries Vista
  • The Curse of the Petrified Forest
  • Detour: Escalante Petrified Forest
  • Escalante Visitor Centre
  • Spooky Gulch
  • Detour: Spooky Gulch
  • Invisible Life and the Escalante River
  • Kiva Koffeehouse
  • The Hidden Power of Water
  • Lower Calf Creek Falls Vista
  • The Hogback
  • Detour: Upper Creek Falls Trail
  • Boulder
  • Sugarloaf
  • Burr Trail Road
  • Detour: Burr Trail Road
  • Dixie National Forest
  • Flora Fauna
  • Heritage & Homestead Overlooks
  • Heritage Overlook
  • Homestead Overlook
  • Forest Fires
  • Larb Hollow Overlook
  • Wind, Rain, Erosion
  • Capitol Reef National Park

Benefits Over Live Guides and Group Tours:

  • This flexible, self-led tour works by sensing your location as you drive
  • The in-depth audio narration plays as you drive
  • Buy just one tour for the whole car, and use it as often as you’d like
  • Once it’s downloaded, the audio tour never expires— use it multiple times
  • Once it’s downloaded, the tour works completely offline
  • Tour your way: choose when to start, stop fast-forward, or rewind
  • Ask for help from a real person anytime over call, chat, or email

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESGrand Staircase
    • Grand Staircase 255 Utah 12
    • 84775, Torrey, Utah, United States of America

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE2938 UT-12, Panguitch, UT 84759
    • 2938 Utah 12
    • 84759, Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE255 UT-12, Torrey, UT 84775
    • 255 Utah 12
    • 84775, Torrey, Utah, United States of America