[US] Arizona，羚羊峽谷(Antelope Canyon)

其實，羚羊峽谷本來並不在這次旅程內，剛好有同事也利用這次的耶誕假期，安排了一趟大峽谷之旅，建議我可以也同時到羚羊峽谷看看，再加上一個旅遊App的介紹，終於讓我下定決心，調整了大峽谷行程，來到羚羊峽谷。
The Antelope Canyon is not in my list while I planed this tour. There is a colleague that he also arrange a similar trip with his girl friend and he strongly recommend me to come here. What a coincident that a Chrome App also introduce it at the same time. So I adjust my schedule in Grand Canyon and add Antelope Canyon.

羚羊峽谷其實分成了上、下羚羊峽谷，上羚羊峽谷是比較好走，遊客比較多的行程，建議若想來，一定要先預約，而且準時抵達，像我就錯過了原來預約的時間，在城鎮裡東問西問，好不容易終於後補上了，差一點就白來一遭了。
There are Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon. The Upper is easy for walking in, so there are more tourists. I strongly recommend you to make a reservation if you want to visit the Antelope Canyon and be there on time. I missed it and almost all the trips are full, I was lucky that finally I found a tour there are two available seat for me and my friend.

羚羊峽谷的成因，其實有點像大峽谷，只是這兒沒有一條固定的河流穿過，是被暴雨形成的激流沖刷而成，岩石上的紋路，都是水的痕跡，很光滑，也很漂亮；也因為是暴雨形成的激流，如果遇到下雨，峽谷內是非常危險的，也因此，規定不能私自進入，必須要參加當地的行程才能進入。
Antelope Canyon was formed by erosion of Navajo Sandstone, primarily due to flash flooding and secondarily due to other sub-aerial processes. Rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, picking up speed and sand as it rushes into the narrow passageways. Since it happened some accidents before, people have to join the local tour to enter the Antelope Canyon now.

首先要搭乘15-20分鐘的四驅車前往谷口，到了才發現，人真的是爆多的，雖然這個景點，似乎沒有那麼出名。
This might not be a very famous spot for Taiwan. When we arrived there, there are a lot more people than I expected.

來此參觀，就網路上的介紹來說，最好是在中午，這時候陽光從上方直曬，雖然所處的緯度偏高，至少此時已經是最接近頭頂的角度，峽谷中正是最明亮，光線變化最多樣的時候，同時，也是最貴的時候(大約50鎂)，若是一早或是下午的場次，價差可能會有10美金。時間總共一小時，雖然我覺得還算OK，這是慢慢走，能拍拍照的行程(不可帶腳架)，若仍不滿意，還有攝影師行程，記得沒錯的話，應該是兩小時100鎂吧！
The best time to visit here is at noon. You will have the best sunshine to show the most colorful sandstone. So it's also the most expensive tour, maybe USD 50. For other time, it may be 10 dollars cheap. The total tour is around 1 hour. You can slowly move in the Canyon and take your time for taking photos. There is also a special tour for the professional photographers, 2 hours with USD 100.

這就是被洪水沖到此的漂流木。

這是我們的導遊，利用當地的特殊環繞音效，為我們用直笛吹奏了一曲；這位導遊有點不一樣，介紹一些特殊造型岩的時候，他都講得滿簡單的，然後就讓我們自行拍照，接著他會跟每個小團體借相機(手機也行)，直接拍給我們看，這樣，每個團體就都能拍到那些造型了！

This is our tour guide, the way he introduce the Antelope Canyon is very simple. He left many time for us to take photos. And he will also ask for the cameras/phones for each small group, then directly take photos for us because he knows all the angles for the special spots.

峽谷的另一邊，跟入口看起來幾乎一樣，就只是少了幾台四驅車在此等待；之後就原路折返了，不拍照，應該不到十五分鐘就走完了吧！
This is the other side of the canyon. When return, I think we finish the route within 15 minutes since we didn't take any photos on the way back.

Antelope Canyon 地址：
Page, AZ 86040