This is Lower Antelope Canyon! You probably recognize this picture from the Screensaver of Microsoft or Britney Spears' music video "I'm Not a Girl."

Well, it's a hidden GEM located just 5 minutes East of Page, Arizona.

A MUST SEE if you are near the area! It's located in the Navajo Indian territory.

You have to do a tour to see this incredible Natural Wonder, so we chose Ken's Tours and we were beyond satisfied.
When you start on the tour, it honestly looks like a large crack in the ground.

It is so deep and narrow that you have to step down backwards on a ladder!

The name Antelope Canyon came for two reasons...#1 the Navajo Indians would hunt the Antelope and steer then to this large crack where the Antelope couldn't make the jump and would fall through the crack and #2 water is found at the bottom and again Antelope would get down to drink water but not able to get back out, which would again help feed the Navajo.

What causes the swirling effect? The bottom portion is carved out by heavy flash floods that rush, circle and push through the canyon while wind blows and cuts the upper portion of the canyon walls.