We loved this tour! We got to discover breathtaking places and see beautiful landscapes with the trails and hikes we did. We highly recommend this tour specially thanks to our guide, Evan! He was thoughtful, caring and responsible and alway..s met the group's needs. He made great meals and with him we got to enjoy the most authentic american flavours — from an amazing dinnner at a Diné family's home to a burger on the side of Route 66! — Evan was always ready to answer all our questions with super nice story telling skills, as well as leadership to create a team spirit in the group. Thank you Evan for the great adventure with fantastic soundtrack.Read full review
This was truly an unforgettable experience from start to finish. Chris, our tour guide, was beyond amazing. He really seemed to go out of his way to ensure that we all had a memorable experience, and we certainly did. I was blown away by ho..w knowledgeable Chris was about every location we visited. I could probably go on and on, but Chris was just all around great--very friendly, hardworking, and attentive. The tour itself was one that I will never forget. I was so happy that we got to see all that we did in just 3 days. That being said, the trip didn't feel rushed or hectic; everything was perfect. I can't stop raving about your tour to my friends and family and I 100% look forward to touring with them in the future. After such an incredible experience, I cannot imagine touring with anyone else!Read full review
An excellent tour, with travel times and well-planned visits that allowed us to know and enjoy the natural beauties of the parks visited. Our guide, Brad, always proactive in providing information, greatly contributed to making the most of ..the tour (thank you Brad). The optional visit to Antelope Canyon is a must. A great tour that I strongly advise anyone who wants to know this area of the USA.Read full review
My wife and I crowned our 7-week round the world trip with this most memorable tour.
As Australian, we love camping and great outdoors. Bindlestiff Tours went beyond our expectations.
Our diverse group of 11 came from the US, Germany, ..Switzerland, Korea and Australia and we soon became friends.
I couldn’t thank Joel our friendly guide enough. He is very well organised and thorough in planning ahead. His advance briefing gave us interesting options on how best to enjoy each site within our physical limit and time allowed. He is most knowledgeable in history, geology, geography and legends of the canyon country. I find it very entertaining as he related stories and shared his experience and quoted from a rare book, The Desert. Obviously he loves the awesome ancient landscape and the Navajo people.
In summary - great adventure, best tour guide, balanced and well paced and value for money. Highly recommended.Read full review
We had so much fun! It was very educational. I enjoyed all the parks and even enjoyed the hiking and camping too. I bought a book at the visitor center. Grand Canyon rim trail hike showed samples of different rock formations that are very o..ld. The oldest was 1.7 billion yrs old! Yes billion. Our tour guide was awesome. He was very knowledgeable about the history of the area. He was also funny and approachable. Also enthusiastic. Please don’t forget to tip your guide. Everything was so worth it!!!Read full review
This trip was a great way to experience the beauty of these parks! Our whole family really enjoyed this trip. The visits to the parks were made easy for us, including suggestions about the activities we would have time for at each of our st..ops. We enjoyed meeting the other people in our group and hearing the stories from our guide Evan. We would definitely recommend this company!Read full review
The trip was extremely well run, organised and a very busy itinerary. The tour leader Evan was fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. The hikes and camping at monument valley is a once in a lifetime experience!
We just got back from the 3 day tour and we had an amazing time! Joel, our guide was wonderful and made the trip so special! He is so knowledgeable and My whole family learned so much from him. You made everything so easy and we are all so ..pleased with the experience, the tour group size was perfect and all the details of the three days could not have gone better! So happy and just wanted to let you know how thankful we are for a lifelong full of memories of this trip! It is rare that we find something that the whole family loves and this was it hands down.Read full review
We did this tour recently - it was excellent in all respects. The tour guide was very competent and professional, the fifteen seater coach comfortable, accommodation more than adequate and the itinerary well paced.
This was the most AMAZING, STUNNING, WONDERFUL TRIP OF OUR LIVES! WOW is a small word to describe each day 10 STARS with a HUGE THANK YOU to our tour guide JON MARET. AIN"T NOBOBY BETTER, his knowledge, experiance & care ( PLUS A GREAT SENC..E OF HUMOR) kept each day alive & well. A BIG thank you to Bindlestiff & JON & plus GREAT AMERICAN SOUTHWEST.
This comes from a professional yacht captain used to the best and was bested by BINDLESTIFF!!!Read full review
Honestly I did not know what to expect from the 7 day Southwest Tour but I was surprised how well the tour was organized. We were nonstop everyday. It was a trip of a lifetime. I highly recommended.
We are in love with Bindlestiff Tours!! Our experience was truly the trip of our lifetime, so far. We are SOOOO hoping to explore Alaska with Bindlestiff. Finances will determine our next trip. Mike Brown was our guide during the fast-paced.. 3 day National Parks Tour, and he was more than great. His encyclopedic knowledge is impressive. I could have sworn he had notes he was referring to during his narration as he drove, but he had none. Mike's interest, study and enthusiasm about the history, geology and every other aspect of our tour was obvious and infectious. We could not have encountered a better guide. Aside from his excellent driving and narration, Mike was very professional, amiable and organized. Mike is also an excellent story-teller with a relaxed attitude and a reassuring voice. Without coming off as a "drill instructor", Mike made it clear we needed to be aware of time constraints in order to optimize our tour. Because we had cooperative tour mates, we were able to enjoy some extra/surprise stops!!! Thank you to Mike and all our tour buddies!! As for us campers, I was happy with our meals. The first night's BBQ was great and the second night of Indian Tacos prepared by Sheila was awesome!! Mike arranged and presented all of our meals in a very organized and appealing manner (though rustic - but I'm all about rustic). The ingredients were all fresh and appetizing. I especially appreciated the abundance of spring water in the jug so we could refill our bottles!! We woke up at 5am for sunrise in Monument Valley!!! That sunrise was astounding, and a once-in-a-lifetime if you don't live there. Advise: Wear excellent footwear and head gear, seriously! Forget fashion. Heed the sun/temp predictions. On this particular fast-paced tour, bring casual camera equipment-you won't have time for formal images & consider protecting your camera from talcum dust. I truly enjoyed spending our tour with the young couple from Belgium and all the folks from Australia and the family from Pennsylvania. We will, and are recommending Bindlestiff Tours to everyone we know!!! Thank you, Mike and all the folks at Bindlestiff!!!Read full review
This was really a great way to tour the major national parks of Utah. All of the driving and thinking was done for us. We had a nice campsite every night, and once we were there we were free to go out and do the length and level of hiking t..hat we wanted. Joe, the guide/driver was great and kept us on schedule and moving place to place. We covered about 1600 miles during the 7 days, but the driving was broken up into manageable chunks. I was concerned about the availability of lodging and crowding in the parks, but using Bindlestiff we didn’t have to think about any of that. Great time, great company. The only negative was the use of Ellis Island hotel as the starting point. The rooms were fine, but the lobby looks like a methadone clinic. Otherwise, everything was truly great!Read full review
Hands down, that was absolutely my favorite tour!!! Jon went out of his way to accommodate not only me personally, but the entire group. On the day we had some extra time in Moab, I asked if there was any chance I would be able to go skydiv..ing even though that wasn't an optional add on. (I figured if it wasn't my day, he would say no, but the universe decided that my first time skydiving was going to be in Moab!) Without hesitation, he agreed to drive me there if I could get it set up. While my stomach did somersaults, I thanked him over and over! I was not expecting him to say yes! On the last day of the tour, we had some extra time so he even made an extra stop at the Hoover Dam.
I was highly impressed by his thorough knowledge of all the areas we traveled to. Not only did he tell us the history and the facts, but he had a funny story for every location we visited! I began to wonder if there was anything he didn't know about. An in-depth experience of outdoor education and so much more. He knew the roads like the back of his hand and made every single transition seemless and effortless! He's incredibly organized and knows how make the most out of the tour. For those willing to get up early, he picked us up for 2 sunrises, one of which happened to be my favorite: The Angels Landing hike at Zion. I will never regret waking up at 4am for that day!!! Amazing....
I 100% would recommend this group, Jon specifically!! Definitely worth every penny!! So many laughs along the way and memories that will last a lifetime. If you are active and want to make the most of your time on the trip, he's your guy!!! The week went by way too fast and I can't wait to book my next tour with this company and hopefully upon request, get him as my guide.
Extremely pleased with the service. Many, many thanks!!!!Read full review