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You won’t find a walking tour of Utah’s Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks with more flexibility and local expertise than this classic Country Walkers adventure. Our local guides are steeped in experience in this diverse landscape—with plenty of tricks up their sleeves. Want to avoid the crowds? Your guides lead you off the beaten path to the remarkable petrified dunes at Snow Canyon. Catch the sunrise over Bryce Canyon—witnessing the glow of hoodoos in the serene morning light. Stay cool in Refrigerator Canyon, splash through the Narrows, and tackle the complex switchbacks of Walter’s Wiggles. In the evenings, enjoy a dip in the pool or a relaxing soak in the hot tub at your comfortable hotel—complete with delicious cuisine and the camaraderie of your fellow travelers.
Country Walkers is proud to support Wine to Water with a donation on behalf of each guest on this tour. Wine to Water is an international organization providing access to clean drinking water and emergency supplies in water-challenged regions. We believe in giving back to the places that have enriched the lives of our guests. We’re committed to identifying and supporting sustainable initiatives in a variety of areas including education, world health, economic equality, safe drinking water, the environment, and the preservation of cultural traditions.
Fantastic trip, knowledgeable and excellent guides and great food! Highly recommend if you have never visited Bryce and Zion!
Utah: Bryce & Zion Canyons
Heather and Eric were the consummate stewards and hosts for the Bryce and Zion Park treks. While we walked and hike in some of the most “eye candied” terrain in the United States we learned about its incredible geological and archeological relevance, native inhabitants and even its political and social pertinence. Our pace was measured to elicit maximum enjoyment. Fall was our perfect active vacation partner with its clear, crisp skies during our sunrise forays and glimpses into the Grand National Staircase. Altitude and elevation changes were our reminders that nature and humans can coexist when we respect each other.…
Utah: Bryce & Zion Canyons
Experience your destination like an insider with people who call it home.
Heather Harding
Heather Harding has been guiding for decades on both Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, where she lives in the summer, and in the canyons and plateaus of the Southwest, where she earned college degrees in biology and Southwest Studies, and where she continues to explore from her winter residence in Kanab, Utah. Heather brings a world-wide background of whale research and Waldorf teaching to her guiding. When she isn’t guiding, she enjoys life to the fullest with her partner and frequent co-guide Eric Kessler, and she shares her knowledge by training guides and naturalists for the Jefferson Land Trust and the National Association for Interpretation.
Eric Kessler
Eric Kessler studied the natural history of the Olympic Peninsula in college and has explored its jagged peaks and forested valleys as a wilderness traveler ever since. Eric has guided worldwide and pursues his parallel photography career documenting the planet’s native peoples and ecosystems, including a writing/photo project on the Olympic Peninsula’s Elwha River, which was part of the largest dam removal and watershed restoration project in US history. Eric often guides in our National Parks with his partner and co-guide Heather Harding.
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