Go deeper into these three parks — both geographically and experientially — with a little help from your new best friends at Wildland Trekking.
In Utah, we don’t believe in sightseeing. Anyone can look at the scenery, take a pic, apply an oversaturated filter and become an Instagram hero. The parks around here deserve more. They deserve to be explored, to be communed with, to have you listen to their storied history.
That kind of experiential travel takes a little more work, and that’s where the folks from Wildland Trekking come in. Their basecamp hiking tours offer an authentic camping experience that gets you into the beating heart of these museums of ancient art.
Here are three itineraries to choose from:
6-Day Zion, Bryce & Escalante Basecamp Tour
The whole enchilada. The big three. The Utahsome threesome. This trip has it all, including all the food, bedding and expert insight you’d ever want.
Observation Point in Zion National Park
Day 1
Hike: 5 miles in Zion (Temple of Sinawava, Riverside Walk, The Narrows)
Sleep: Watchman Campground
Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous
Day 2
Hike: 8 miles in Zion (Observation Point)
Sleep: Watchman Campground
Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous
Fairyland Loop in Bryce Canyon National Park
Day 3
Hike: 5.5 miles in Bryce Canyon (Boat Mesa, the Sinking Ship formation, Tower Bridge, China Wall, Fairyland Canyon and other amazing rock structures)
Sleep: Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous
Day 4
Hike: 6 miles in Escalante (Calf Creek Falls)
Sleep: Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Spooky and Peek-a-boo Canyons
Day 5
Hike: 7–10 miles in Escalante (Spooky and Peek-a-Boo Canyons, Devils Garden)
Sleep: Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Difficulty: Moderate
Day 6
Hike: 2.2 miles in Bryce Canyon (Navajo Loop)
Difficulty: Moderate
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Don’t have six days? Don’t want to see all three parks?
Wildland Trekking offers two other trip options:
Don’t want to sleep in a tent?
Wildland Trekking offers the same trip but without the camping. With an inn-based tours, you’ll hike by day and at night sleep in cabins, hotels, and lodges. And no one will look down on you for it.
