Monument Valley (Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (USA))

Member Name: klwtgw

Product:	Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (USA)
Date:	20/06/09 (24 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Site of many films and a great place to visit.

Disadvantages: No large city nearby and few locally made products in gift shop.

Monument Valley is located in Northern Arizona, near other famous attractions like The Grand Canyon (which I have also reviewed) and Meteor Crater. It is in the Navajo Nation and they run and own the park; they are the native Indians of this area.

*Cost: unfortunatley you cannot use an Annual Parks Pass to enter the Valley however the cost is only $5 per person. At this point you must ensure you have sufficient fuel to complete the 17 mile long drive through the valley or you can use the buses provided at $65 per person for a 2 hour long tour of the park.

*What to do there: the visitor centre has few locally made gifts for example, arrow heads and rugs. There is an exhibition which shows the involvement of the Navajo Indians during WWII where their language was used as an unbreakable code for radio transmissions, as seen in the film Windtalkers.

I recommend you:

*Visit John Ford's Point where you can stand or even at times of the year can pay $1 to sit on a horse at the point as seen in John Ford's famous film Stagecoach.

*Drive along the 17 mile route taking note of the many stopping points like the mittens, the three sisters and the armchair.

*Take a camera with high mega-pixels for the best photos of your trip.

Thank You For Reading.

Summary: One of the "Top 10" things to see before you die.