Lake Powell

This is the best vacation destination our family goes to. Lease you cells phone and ipads at home and enjoy the clean fresh air and all the gorgeous sites Lake Powell has to offer. We go every year for Labor Day and the place gets packed. Great place for boating, house bating, jet skiing water skiing pretty much all water sports and the fishing is great to.,

Despite the really low water levels (we have been there when it was at it’s highest) its still an awesome place to visit. Gorgeous rock formations and usually unpredictable, yet beautiful, afternoon storms in the summer. Even if you don’t have a boat, there is a nice sandy swim beach area near the campground. Water is fabulous in the summer and usually around 75 degrees. Camping is fun but if it gets windy or a storm comes in I wouldn’t want to be in a tent! Several hotels located nearby in Page are really worth staying in and driving to the lake for the day. Houseboat is the best way to see the lake hands down!

We were in the area exploring the Antelope Slot Canyons and Horseshoe Bend. Decided to take a quick peek at Lake Powell before returning to Flagstaff.
We went to a couple of viewpoints, but that is all we had time for. The water level appeared so low. I have no idea if that is normal or not.
There are many activities that are available here. Worth coming back to the area to do some of these activities and/​or tours. For sure, I would appreciate the Lake Powell area after exploring more of it. Til then, 3 stars.

Let’s talk about Houseboating! AGH! What a mistake. Aramark, the outfit that has the contract for services at the Lodge and Houseboat Rentals is about as bad as I’ve seen. First off, directions on how to get to the marina in their sales material is just flat-​out wrong. And, of course, no one at the place they send you to has a clue as to where to send you. Ask one of those nice young gentlemen from Eastern Europe they have working for them and they’ll tell you they don’t know, then you’ll hear them muttering «f**king Americans» as you drive off. Once you finally get to the right place you have to sit around for hours waiting for someone to orientate you to the houseboat. In our case, it was a teenage girl who had never even piloted a house boat. Eventually you get on the boat and are on your way. You pilot your boat 20 miles or so up the lake looking for a place to anchor it ashore, and in doing so promptly get the boat mired in the mud. Need help getting unstuck? They’ll gladly dispatch a «mechanic» to help you out. Eight or nine hours later he’ll show up and pull you out, complaining the entire time about the fact that the people orienting you to the boat should tell you not to try and anchor in this particular area. .. because everybody who comes up there gets stuck in the mud. Oh, and while they don’t tell you this when you call for help. .. that service call from the «mechanic» just cost you an extra $ 170. Then there are the mice on the houseboat. Yep, a rodent infestation. Once my wife saw the mice — it was vacation over. We turned the boat in a day early. No refund for early return, although they did write off the $ 170 service call. This might be your idea of a fun vacation. I’d rather camp out at the Marriott.

There are so many options for exploring Lake Powell, from private boat tours to wakeboarding, stand up paddle boarding and even fishing. We were in Page, Arizona to visit the Lower Antelope Canyons and Horseshoe Bend and figured we would also explore Lake Powell.
With the variety of tours, we opted for the 1 hour Antelope Slot Canyon Boat Tour at $ 24.95 per Adult. The Navajo sandstone canyons were beautiful to admire in contrast to the beautiful blue waters.
Swimming in the freshwater was a refreshing way to stay cool on Labor Day weekend.

We camped at the lake Powell and I have to say this campsite is very clean with good bathrooms and showers. Our camp was overseeing the lake Powell and waking each day and seeing the run rise and walk around the area was amazing. Hiking at upper and Lower Antelope canyon albeit guided and only few miles each is breathtaking. A lot of hikes available around the area and sandstone cliffs offer great pictures!
Vehicle entry is only $ 15 and campsite is around 40 bucks– not bad at all in my opinion. Safeway is only 3 – 4 miles so very convenient to buy wood for fire or any other things one may need.

Not sure why anyone would give Lake Powell anything less than 5 stars. It’s heaven on earth :)

For my birthday one year, we drove up to Lake Powell and took the 6 hour boat ride to visit the Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Our boat had an upper deck, which we sat on, and an enclosed lower deck. The ride was lots of fun, and the boat cruises down some very narrow waterways with some magnificant rock formations. Were it not for the boat, we wouldn’t have been able to see these. Back when we went, they offered sack lunches as part of the tour price.
After a little hike, we came upon this amazing, naturally eroded «bridge.» It extends 290′ into the sky and 275′ across Bridge Canyon. It’s incredible. I am so glad we spent my birthday going here. Only thing was that it was STILL hot, even though on the water… but smack in the middle of July, it was a scorcher. Oh well… so worth it, though.

The Antelope Slots boat tour was good. It was like what I had expected from a boat cruise. The boat was clean and you could sit inside or outside upstairs. They offered some snacks and also beverages (cold lemonade and water). They handed out some aging tour guides with headphones that you listen to while on the boat, it was somewhat informative. If cruising around on a like is your type of scene, then I think these boat tours are perfect for you. Just after running around in the actual slot canyons all morning, this was just a little too mellow for me.
They had a nice facility on land though, I would come back and take the 6 hour tour to Rainbow Bridge next time.

Aramark Parks and Destination operates the Lake Powell boat tours and does an excellent job.
We took the 6 hr. boat ride to visit the Rainbow Bridge National Monument. A boat ride or a 14 mile hike are the only two ways to visit this remote American treasure. The cost is about $ 121.00 including tax for an adult and it’s worth it.
Our boat had an upper deck and an enclosed lower deck and was piloted by the exceptional Capt. Elaine, the only Navajo woman piloting 100 ton boats on Lake Powell.
The trip out was smooth sailing and gorgeous, offering sights of the canyons you would never be able to see otherwise. While you need to pack your lunch for the long trip, they do offer lemonade, coffee, and water.
While you’re riding to the monument, you are given a device that explains the history and geology of the area. A really nice way to impart knowledge.
Once we arrived at our destination we were given about 90 minutes to hike to the monument and take photos… this was plenty of time to enjoy the monument lands.
When we arrived back at the launch, if anyone needed help walking the steep hill up to the lodge, they offered rides in a golf cart. Very thoughtful.
I highly recommend this tour for anyone who loves visiting our national monuments and wants to see more of the magnificent Lake Powell.

Customer service is complete disaster!!! especially restaurant! Would not recommend ever!