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Reviews ( 150 )
Muhammad Waqas
2025.02.12
The tour company’s customer service is great. Mel, our tour guide was fantastic!
Bhorvi
2025.01.29
We highly recommend hiring a tour company for Cathedral Valley and Bentonite Hills. We rented a Jeep, but as soon as we arrived at the river crossing, we realized we didn’t want to take the risk of crossing it. Thank goodness we didn’t start from Caineville, because it would have taken us to the river at the end of the loop in the dark, which would have meant we would have had to spend the night in the car. So, we turned around and hired Mel to take us to Cathedral Valley, and we are so glad we did. Not only was the river crossing treacherous, but the trail itself was beyond our off-road driving skills, with high sand dunes and large holes, especially around the Temples. The area is stunning. We wish we had spent more time in Capitol Reef instead of Zion. Zion was awfully crowded, while in Cathedral Valley, we saw maybe two other vehicles. We highly recommend Capitol Reef over the overcrowded Zion and Bryce. For your off-road adventures, Mel was a lifesaver.
Fatima Queen
2025.01.27
We wanted to see as much of Capitol Reef as we could in the limited time we were there. In fact, you can combine the Cathedral Valley tour with Moonscape and Factory Butte, and they'll give you a secret shortcut. It's similar to traveling through geological history spanning 50 million years. In just a few minutes, the shortcut transports you from the Mancos Shale to the Morrison Formation, and the combination of the two is really striking in photographs.Fantastic!

Annie M
2025.01.04
Verified
Tks to Melvin perc
This was just a perfect way to visit the Bentonite Hills, with a local guide just perfect, knowledgeable and human. generous and proud of his environment.. You must look for Melvin perc👍.
USMAN LIAQAT
2024.12.22
Consigliamo vivamente Meridian, dalla luna alle stelle e ritorno. Le viste sono straordinarie e il servizio è eccezionale!
Richard Joy
2024.12.13
My wife and I did two full days of touring with Mel in October plus an evening Milky Way photo session with Jenny. Eveything was unbelievably great. Mel took us lots of incredibly scenic places we would have never found on our own. Jenny captured shots of us with both the Milky Way and the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet in the night sky behind us. Thanks to both of you for making our visit to Capitol Reef very, very special.
Malik Naveed
2024.12.11
So much more than what we were expecting and that was a lot! Meridian and our guides, Jenny and Mel, delivered!

CreveCoeurMo
2024.11.20
Verified
A wonderful, interesting and fun day
Mel, the owner, has not lose his sense of awe and wonder. He is as happy to be out among the gorgeous and interesting sites as we were to go. Mel, has a lot of knowledge of the area and we learned a lot. We saw The Temple of the Sun and The Temple of the Moon. Then we chose to go to an entirely different environment and saw The Factory. The feeling of Remote is overwhelming and beautiful. I would only want to be with someone who truly knows the area, and Mel does.

Erich R
2024.11.06
Verified
Very Excellent day tour in Cathedral Valley!
Mel gave our family of three a really wonderful day tour of Cathedral Valley and Bentonite Hills. He showed us so many highlights of the area, and provided lots of insight into them. (Mel is co-owner and he really cares about his guests, and was very considerate of our interests.) While we were so very impressed by the geography of Cathedral Valley and Bentonite Hills, we were just as impressed by the tour that Mel gave us.
sherry jia
2024.11.04
Mel and Jenny both are very knowledgeable, quality time spent with both. We enjoy our time so much. And the picture was fantastic. Highly recommended.

rlmptl
2024.10.31
Verified
great interesting experience not to miss on way to the Moomscape overlook
This was a great experience. its easy to see from the highway and to get there. We checked it out on route to the Moonscape overlook experience which is another story. there is a small parking lot to your left where people were camping to either catch a certain sun shadow or the night sky. high clearance vehicle is best but you could get here in a SUV if it has not been raining. There is info signs there that tells you about it. We did not drive in to get closer just checked it out from the road

Sojourner1986
2024.10.21
Verified
Disappointing
We were picked up at our campsite by Mel, our guide. He was a bit late and then had to stop for fuel. We did get to see the Cathedral Valley part of Capital Reef National Park, but in some spots we felt a bit rushed. Instead of pointing out interesting things, he would go back to the Jeep and wait for us. We only briefly got out of the Jeep on a couple of occasions. It would have been nice to do a few short hikes. We had packed a lunch but were never given the opportunity to stop and enjoy it along the way. There were snacks in the doors and water (warm) was provided.

Susie G
2024.10.20
Verified
A visit to an alien planet
We had to cancel our full day tour because of the weather so we did a 4 hour tour today. Mel was a fantastic guide and so informative.

Cassandra
2024.10.16
Verified
My husband and I really enjoyed this experience. The weather was not favorable for our originally reserved time, and Melvin communicated the issues and provided alternatives that worked with our trip schedule. Prior to going out, Melvin provided itinerary options, and we were able to visit Cathedral of the Sun and some awesome areas outside Capitol Reef. Melvin was a great driver and guide and flexible about time at each of the stops. Additional pluses - We had fantastic weather AND my husband got to talk about Jeeps and other 4x4 vehicles!Highly recommend!

Mikal M
2024.10.12
Verified
Communication was lacking, otherwise a great tour.
The tour was great. The guide was very knowledgeable about the area. The communication between the tour company and the booking agent was lacking. On my end, I had the location details where I was supposed to be picked up, which I supplied upon booking. On the tour guides perspective, he had no idea the location he was picking me up. I had no cellular service, so communication was impossible. Our tour was delayed by 1 and 1/2 hour.
Mary Ash
2024.10.07
What a delightful tour of the bentonite hills at sunset followed by a star gazing experience and portrait! One of the highlights of our trip to Utah’s Mighty 5! Jenny gave us great insights the entire area as well as knew just where to go for phenomenal photographs of the bentonite hills. The “blue hour“ revealed gorgeous, blues and violets as well as pinks and reds and this interesting landscape. I would never have found this site or wanted to drive the rustic road ourselves! Then we found a great spot to admire the Milky Way in this dark sky area. Jenny is a great Photographer and captured our portrait as well as taught me how to use my own camera too. She and Mel revealed wonderful ancient stories or the stars to give us an all new appreciation for the heavens. Absolutely wonderful evening! Highly recommend.!

Paula K
2024.09.25
Verified
A must do!!
A must do at Capitol Reef NP. Our guide, Mel, was fantastic!! The jeep he used was new and spotlessly clean. He was extremely knowledgeable about the land, formations and geological history. He was also laid back and very personable with a great sense of humor. Highly recommend. You will not be disappointed!