Dreamland Safari Tours

06/05/2026

Sacred datura blooms in the evening and it's one of the most striking flowers you'll find out here, those big white trumpet-shaped petals can be the size of your hand.

The catch is that the whole plant is toxic. Indigenous communities across the Southwest have used it ceremonially for a very long time, but always with respect, because the dosage between a sacred experience and serious poisoning is razor thin (people have died from messing around with this plant casually).

So if you spot one, enjoy how pretty it is and keep your hands to yourself!!

06/04/2026

Bret and Marjorie met here at Dreamland. They got married in Belgium a while back - we celebrated from afar - and now they're retiring, together.
Bret shared 14 years with Dreamland. Guests have asked for him by name for as long as anyone can remember, he's a walking encyclopedia of this desert, and he's the steady hand who trained a good chunk of the guides you ride with today.

Marjorie spent 12 with Dreamland. The friendships she built with guests took her around the world, and for the last few years she took on and expertly ran the nuanced logistics that kept our overnight and backpacking trips on track.

The place won't feel quite the same without them. Thank you Bret & Marjorie ❤️

06/03/2026

There's a spot near Kanab where you can find hundreds of dinosaur footprints pressed into the rock.

About 180 million years ago this place was a tiny oasis in the middle of a massive desert, so creatures came by to drink.

Big carnivores left three-toed prints, the ancestors of the long-necks left huge ones, and even tiny mammals the size of mice walked across the wet sand.

The footprints are all still there, and we take guests around!

Any guesses where this is? CLUE: https://dreamlandtours.net/day-tours/kanab/slot-dino-combo/

06/02/2026

One of our favorite tours starts at Peek-a-boo, a slot canyon carved out of deep red sandstone, and ends at White Wave, where the same exact rock turns chalky white.

Same Navajo sandstone, but at some point underground, water seeped through White Wave and rinsed the iron out of it. The iron is what makes the rock red, so without it you get white.

👀 Two completely different worlds in one morning or afternoon! Check the details here: https://dreamlandtours.net/day-tours/kanab/slot-canyon-white-wave/

06/01/2026

White Pocket is one of our most popular tours, and we took content creators Megan and Josh from Parks Unpacked a few months ago. Here's their take! They share their opinion on what made it worth it:

No Permit Required? Sign us up. We checked out White Pocket in the ...

05/29/2026

This is what camp looks like on our overnight tours!!! The tent's up, the kitchen's going, and our guides are already working on dinner while everyone else just hangs out.

You don't have to bring food, set up anything, or wash a single dish because we take care of all of it so you can actually enjoy being out here.

😊 Curious to see how they work? https://dreamlandtours.net/multi-day-tours/white-pocket-overnight-photography/

05/28/2026

Our guide Ben got a little spotlight in the latest White Pocket video from Parks Unpacked on YouTube, and watching him in his element is pretty cool!

Megan and Josh captured why a guide actually matters out there, the geology, the route-finding, and all the stuff you'd never get from a guidebook.

😍 Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KXYgvBLc_U

05/27/2026

We don't run many Zion tours, because we like the quieter spots. But sometimes guests ask us to take them to The Narrows, and walking up a river with walls like this is hard to say no to.

Our guide Shane had this group a few days ago, soaked socks and all!

⚠️ Fair warning, it's not exactly a quiet hike.

05/26/2026

A cool thing about arches is that they hold themselves up the same way a stone bridge does.⁠
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The rock above the opening is heavy, and that weight squishes the sand grains together so tight that water and wind can't pull them apart anymore.⁠
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Meanwhile the rock below the opening, the part not holding anything, just keeps eroding away. So you end up with this!

05/26/2026

It's wild to think how something this soft and yellow/pink grows straight out of a plant that'll absolutely wreck your hand if you grab it wrong.⁠
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The desert plays this game a lot! The prettiest stuff usually comes with thorns or attitude, and right now is when the prickly pear puts on its annual show. Have you seen them yet?⁠
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We saw these at South Coyote Buttes, a permitted area where we run tours: https://dreamlandtours.net/day-tours/paria-canyon-vermilion-cliffs/south-coyote-buttes/