Lake Powell & Colorado River Tours

Please support the John Wesley Powell Museum by booking your Page-Lake Powell tours through the museum. Tour and rental companies pay a commission to the museum for each reservation we book but your cost is the same either way; there is no charge for our service but by using us, you help to support the work of the museum's non-profit history center.

Prices and Schedules are Subject To Change by the Boat Tour Company

Please Note: All tours are subject to cancellation on short notice by the tour operators. Many tours require a minimum number of reservations or they will be cancelled. Cancellations are beyond the control of the John Wesley Powell Museum staff.

SMOOTH WATER FLOAT TRIP ON THE COLORADO RIVER

Half Day Float Trip

• $62 adult and $52 child (age 3-12)
• Includes river use fee of $2 per person
• May 15- Sept. 15, Two trips daily.
  • Leaves at 7:30 a.m. returns at 12:15 p.m. and
  • Leaves at 1:30 p.m. and returns at 6:15 p.m.
• Sept. 16 through Oct. 31 and March 1 through May 14, One trip daily.
  • Leaves at 11:15 a.m. returns at 3:45 p.m.
• Includes water and cold soda (no lunch). Passengers may bring lunch and/or snacks.

Half Day trips leave from the Wilderness Outfitters store, 50 South Lake Powell Blvd. in Page; travel by bus to the bottom of Glen Canyon Dam through a special tunnel. Board the raft which holds 20-22 passengers. Float at a leisurely pace down the Colorado River to Lee's Ferry where you board an air-conditioned bus for the one-hour ride back to Page. Float trips stop at the petroglyph panels on the canyon walls for an in-depth talk and a rest-room break.

LAKE POWELL BOAT TOURS

Rainbow Bridge

NOTE: Due to low lake level, passengers no longer are able to see Rainbow Bridge from where the tour boat docks. A 1.5 mile walk/hike is involved each way. Be advised if you have health conditions or problems walking that the boat tour office recommends not walking all the way to the Monument from the boat. It is strongly recommended that you wear tennis shoes/sneakers or hiking boots for walk along the floating dock and along the dirt pathway to and from Rainbow Bridge. Filled water bottles are provided to each passenger as you board the boat at Wahweap Lodge. You may refill the bottles on the boat as needed. As you make the walk to and from the boat at Rainbow Bridge, please drink the water to keep hydrated especially in the summer months.

Rainbow Bridge Boat Tour

• Approximately seven and a half hours depending on lake level - 3 hours to Rainbow Bridge, one and a half hours at the monument and 3 hours ride back to Wahweap Marina.
• Includes a box lunch
• Adult (13 and older) -- $105.00 + tax and energy surcharge = $114.09
• Child (3-12 years) -- $73.00 + tax and energy surcharge = $$79.93
• January 1 to March 31
  • 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday ONLY. Will run other days when groups of 20 or more are pre-booked. .
• April 1 to October 31
  • 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• November 1 through March 31, 2006
  • 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday ONLY. Will run other days when groups of 20 or more are pre-booked.

Navajo Tapestry Tour

About 3 hours.

• Leaves Wahweap Marina and travels down towards Glen Canyon Dam then travels up the main channel into Antelope Canyon then into Navajo Canyon then back along the main channel to Wahweap Marina.
• Due to low water, the tour boat does not go around Antelope Island as the Cut is closed until further notice.
• Adult (13 and older) -- $49.00 + tax and energy surcharge = $54.20
• Child (3-12 years) -- $33.00 + tax and energy surcharge = $37.15
• April 1 to October 31
  • 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  • 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• November 1 to March 31
  • 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (if minimum bookings reached)
• June 1 to August 31
  • 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  • 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Antelope Canyon Boat Tour

• If group of 20 or more is booked, then individuals can be added
• 1 1/2 hours (goes into the water portion of Antelope Canyon then back to Wahweap Marina through the main channel).
• Adult (13 and older) -- $29.00 + tax and energy surcharge = $32.89
• Child (3-12 years) -- $22.00 + tax and energy surcharge = $25.44
• January 1 to March 31
  • 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (if minimum bookings reached)
• April 1 to April 30
  • 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
• May 1 to May 31
  • 2:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
  • 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
• June 1 to August 31
  • 2:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
  • 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
  • 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. (only through August 15)
• September 1 to September 30
  • 2:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
  • 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
• October 1 to October 31
  • 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
• November 1 to March 31, 2006
  • 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Wahweap Bay Tour

• 1 hour tour of Wahweap Bay on the Canyon King Paddlewheeler
• Adult (13 and older) -- $12.00 + tax and energy surcharge = $14.78
• Child (3-12 years) -- $9.00 + tax and energy surcharge = $11.59
• June 1 to August 31
  • 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  • 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (only with 10 paid reservations at least 7 days in advance)

Dinner Cruise

• 2 1/2 hours
• Cruise Wahweap Bay as you dine on prime rib -- vegetarian lasagne available upon request when making reservation.
• Adult (13 and older) -- $61.00 + tax and energy surcharge = $66.98
• Child (3-12 years) -- $61.00 + tax and energy surcharge = $66.98
• June 1 to August 15 - 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• August 16 to September 30 - 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Boat tours from Bullfrog and Hall's Crossing have been suspended until further notice

All rates are plus tax. Email Reservations@PowellMuseum.org for times and availability; tours are not available every day and minimum bookings are required.

Notes Regarding All Boat Tours:

• NPS entry fee to the recreation area is NOT included in tour prices. (see below**)
• Restrooms/toilets are available on board all tour boats. (Smoking is allowed on outside decks only)
• 24 hrs notice is needed for all confirmations or cancellations for refunds.
• Child prices are for ages 3 to 12 years old.
• Children aged 2 and under are free but require a boarding pass.
• No pets allowed unless registered aid training animals with papers.
• There is NO Air Conditioning on any of the tour boats.
• All trips include complimentary water, coffee, and lemonade
• First come, first served on all seating
• Commentary on all the trips is in English
• Boat trips depart on AZ Mountain Standard time
• Check in at tour desk 30 minutes prior to departure time to pick up boarding pass cards.
• Required minimum of 10 adult fares on all trips for boat tour to go
• "No shows" are charged the full amount of the tour

** Lake Powell is part of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, a National Park Service Fee Area. Entrance fee is $10 per non-commercial vehicle, which is good for one to seven days. Park also accepts Golden Eagle, Golden Age and National Parks pass. If you don't have one already and are going to other national park areas before coming to Page, buy one at the first national park you enter. This will save money.

If there are more than 2 people in your group, you might consider renting a boat, especially if you want to see Rainbow Bridge, as it would be more economical and you could take your time, go swimming, etc.

There are at least three companies that do boat rentals from Page. We can book your boat rental as the rental companies give a commission to the John Wesley Powell Museum, Page's non-profit history center, and it does NOT cost you any extra to let us make the reservation.

You also can rent boats at the lake and we do those reservations, too, and the lake boat company also gives the museum a donation for making the reservations for rentals as well as the boat tours. To arrange a boat rental, write to Reservations@PowellMuseum.org or call us at (928) 645-9496.