🏜️ The Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim: Everything You Need to Know
🏜️ The Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim: Everything You Need to Know There are few hikes on Earth that measure up to the Grand Canyon’s legendary Rim-to-Rim. To journey from one side of this immense chasm to the other, you’ll traverse nearly a mile of vertical change while...
🏜️ Dreamland’s Complete Guide to Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Permits
🏜️ Dreamland’s Complete Guide to Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Permits Hiking from one rim of the Grand Canyon to the other is an unbeatable adventure. The 14.5-mile journey across one of the planet’s most spectacular and demanding landscapes stands as a paramount...
Will White Pocket be the next Wave?
Many of our guests here at Dreamland are familiar with the Wave, and with the story behind how it became famous. In a nutshell, this is the Wave's history as a desert bucket list destination. How the Wave became 'A Thing' Back in the 1990s, there was no permit system...
Why We No Longer Guide the Great Chamber / Cutler Cove
At Dreamland Safari Tours, safety is our top priority – for our guests and guides alike. All of our guides have current first aid certification, and most are wilderness first responders (WFRs). Guides are trained to assess guests to make sure they are properly...
Why Even Expert Hikers Use A Guide
Our most active hiking trips And why even expert hikers use a guideWe share incredible, backcountry landscapes with folks who might not ever experience them on their own. It’s what we love most and do best. This typically involves driving a high clearance 4X4 through...
Where the heck is the Grand Staircase?
If you ask that question while you’re standing somewhere in South Central Utah, chances are, you’ve already found the Grand Staircase, and you are, in fact, standing on it. The immense geologic feature is a series of different colored rock layers with steep sides and...
When Rim to Rim is Closed: R2R2R and Rim-to-Rim Alternatives for Ultra Runners and Backpackers
When Rim to Rim is Closed: R2R2R and Rim-to-Rim Alternatives for Ultra Runners, Backpackers, and everyone else (and Why They Matter) It started on a sweltering July day in 2025 with a flash of dry lightning. Within hours, wildfire started spreading across the Kaibab...
What to Expect While Camping in White Pocket | A Guide’s POV
In a world of speed and chaos, there are many places we can return to for restoration, health, freedom, and sensibility. For some, it could be their own backyard or the local park. For others, a walk to the local coffee shop or a drive to the family ranch. There are...
What kind of weather can I expect during my trip to Kanab, Utah?
Understanding Southern Utah weather Many consider spring and fall the best times to visit the American Southwest. Kanab averages 256 days of sunshine each year, so chances are good that you will see several days of blue skies and sunshine on a week-long trip to...
The Forecast Says 115. The Canyon Says Hotter.
Desert Heat Safety: Why 115° Feels Like 150° in the Grand Canyon Quick question: when the forecast says 115° Fahrenheit, how hot do you think it actually is down in the Grand Canyon, on the rock, at two in the afternoon? The answer is not 115°. It is not even close....
A Bear at the Wave Trailhead?
A Bear at the Wave: What's going on at Wire Pass - and what to do if you see a bear out here In early summer 2026, a black bear cub started showing up around the Wire Pass trailhead - the same sandy parking area where hikers set out for the Wave, Buckskin Gulch, and...
Top Rock Arch, Melody Arch & the Alcove: Are You Up For the Challenge?
Top Rock Arch, Melody Arch & the Alcove: Are You Up For the Challenge? These three formations are all over Instagram now, and our guides hear about them on nearly every Wave tour. Guests want to see them — and they absolutely should, if the conditions are right...
🏜️ Dreamland’s Complete Guide to Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Permits
🏜️ Dreamland’s Complete Guide to Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Permits Hiking from one rim of the Grand Canyon to the other is an unbeatable adventure. The 14.5-mile journey across one of the planet’s most spectacular and demanding landscapes stands as a paramount...
A Love Letter to the Paria
A Love Letter to Paria Canyon Dreamland Safari Tours co-owner Sunny Stroeer has guided, run, and set speed records through the Paria Canyon system more times than she can count. This is her attempt to explain why. It's 5 a.m. and I'm pouring boiling water over my...
Kanab vs Page: Which is the Better Basecamp for Exploring the Southwest?
Kanab during the Balloons & Tunes Festival held every FebruaryIf you’re choosing between Kanab, Utah, and Page, Arizona as your basecamp for exploring the Southwest, let’s just say… we’ve got opinions. And cute shops. And award-winning restaurants. And a plethora...
The Southwest’s Slot Canyon Showdown: Our Top 5 Favorites Reviewed
Buckskin GulchHere’s our honest take on the Southwest’s most stunning slot canyons — the easy, the epic, and the Instagrammed-to-death. Slot canyons are the Southwest’s signature experience. These intricate, mysterious sandstone mazes, carved by water and time, were...
Solo Travel in Utah: How to Join a Dreamland Tour Without a Travel Buddy
Traveling solo can be magical. The wide-open road, the stillness of the desert, and the freedom to follow your own rhythm — wake when you want, eat when you want, see what you want. But solo travel also comes with challenges, such as single supplement fees or limited...
5 Unforgettable Kid-Friendly Adventures in Southern Utah
Whether you're road-tripping with toddlers, exploring with teens, or planning a multigenerational getaway, Southern Utah’s iconic desert landscapes promise family-friendly adventure for all ages. You might be drawn to the glowing red walls of Peekaboo Slot Canyon, the...
From Stargazing To Milky Way Photography
From Stargazing to Shooting the Milky Way: How a Dreamland Workshop Sparked a New Obsession You never forget your first night sleeping under the stars; especially when those stars become your creative muse. For Sally Underwood, decades of outdoor adventure laid the...
Top Rock Arch, Melody Arch & the Alcove: Are You Up For the Challenge?
Top Rock Arch, Melody Arch & the Alcove: Are You Up For the Challenge? These three formations are all over Instagram now, and our guides hear about them on nearly every Wave tour. Guests want to see them — and they absolutely should, if the conditions are right...
Monumental Weddings | Weddings & Elopements In Kanab, UT
Adventure Weddings & Elopements In Southern Utah We love our backyard - and we love celebrating love. It shouldn't be a surprise, then, that we are always excited to help make special celebrations of love possible for our guests at Dreamland. After all, Dreamland...
Utah ATV Tours? Here’s Why We Prefer Our Trucks.
Why Do We Use Chevy Suburbans At Dreamland Safari Tours? Our fleet of Chevy Suburbans transports small tour groups across deserts of deep, dry sand, over rocks, and through unbelievably sticky mud. After years of driving them,...
Guides Gear Corner #4: Footwear
Guides Gear Corner #4: Fancy Footwear Some national park visitors might get by in sneakers, but if you plan to be doing much hiking in the Southwest you really have four options for footwear: High or mid-top hiking boots, hiking shoes, trail runners or hiking sandals....
The Forecast Says 115. The Canyon Says Hotter.
Desert Heat Safety: Why 115° Feels Like 150° in the Grand Canyon Quick question: when the forecast says 115° Fahrenheit, how hot do you think it actually is down in the Grand Canyon, on the rock, at two in the afternoon? The answer is not 115°. It is not even close....
Peekaboo Slot Canyon offers a quiet alternative to Antelope Canyon
I lean my back against the cool Navajo sandstone and gaze up at the brilliant red walls of Peekaboo Slot Canyon. Colors vary from black to purple to every shade of red, orange and yellow as the desert sunshine penetrates into this deep, water carved crevasse. I...
Shock and awe: Flash floods in the desert
Planning to hike Buckskin Gulch? Enter your email below and we’ll send you our Buckskin-specific flash flood safety map — a clickable toolwith the exact weather resources we use to assess risk before hitting the trail. [convertkit_form form="8167841"...
Two Perspectives: the Mighty Colorado From Above and Below the Rim
If you've been on tour with us before, you may know that we are one of very few outfitters who are permitted to guide in Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument - specifically for Toroweap Overlook, a spectacular viewpoint on the Grand Canyon's North Rim. What makes...
When Rim to Rim is Closed: R2R2R and Rim-to-Rim Alternatives for Ultra Runners and Backpackers
When Rim to Rim is Closed: R2R2R and Rim-to-Rim Alternatives for Ultra Runners, Backpackers, and everyone else (and Why They Matter) It started on a sweltering July day in 2025 with a flash of dry lightning. Within hours, wildfire started spreading across the Kaibab...
The Beginner’s Guide To Slot Canyon Photography: Four Things To Know
The Beginner’s Guide To Slot Canyon Photography: Four Things To KnowSlot canyons are a photographer’s paradise. You don’t need a fancy camera in order to take good photos in a slot; smart phone cameras work shockingly well with canyon light! But there are a few basic...
