Trips & tickets
A guide drives you by UTV across the back country of East Zion, outside the park, to the mouth of a slot canyon with red walls over 100 feet high, then leads a strenuous hike in, with boulder climbs of 8–10 feet.
A guided e-bike ride up the Zion Canyon valley with stops including the Court of the Patriarchs and the Temple of Sinawava, learning about the canyon's plants, wildlife, history and geology.
A guided ride from stables at Orderville in East Zion, with a short lesson for first-timers, to the mouth of a slot canyon where you dismount and walk in between walls several hundred feet high.
The full GetYourGuide listing for Zion National Park — horseback rides, e-bike and UTV tours, helicopter flights and more, with live prices.
Most of what people come to Zion for needs no booking at all: you pay the entrance fee, park at the visitor center or in Springdale, and ride the free shuttle up Zion Canyon. Two things do: the permit lottery for the chains on Angels Landing, and a wilderness permit for the top-down hike through The Narrows.
Everything else is a choice between doing it yourself and paying someone: day trips from Las Vegas, horseback rides on the canyon floor, e-bike tours, UTV and helicopter trips on the land around the park, and guided hikes. These pages compare them plainly, with the National Park Service's own rules for each.
Plan it properly
How to get to Zion from Las Vegas, St. George, Salt Lake City and Bryce: distances, the South and East Entrances, parking, the free shuttles, SunTran and day tours.
Zion entrance fees for 2026, the new $100 nonresident fee, which passes to buy, how the Angels Landing lottery works, and when The Narrows needs a permit.
Every kind of Zion tour side by side, with the park's own rules for each: day trips from Las Vegas, horseback rides, e-bike tours, UTV and helicopter trips outside the park, and guided Narrows hikes.
The canyon
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On the park's fee page (updated June 6, 2026), a private vehicle pays $35.00, a motorcycle $30.00 and anyone on foot or by bike $20.00; youth 15 and under are free, and passes are valid for 7 days. Each non-US resident aged 16 and older also pays a $100 nonresident fee unless they hold an annual or America the Beautiful pass. Our tickets and permits guide has the full table.
No. You do not need a permit or reservation to enter the park or ride the free shuttle; you only pay the entrance fee. Permits are needed for the Angels Landing chains, the top-down hike through The Narrows, the Subway and technical canyoneering.
Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas is 170 miles from the park. Drive to Springdale, where the South Entrance sits at the north end of town, or book a day tour that handles the driving; check whether it includes the entrance fee and, if you are not a US resident, the $100 nonresident fee. See our guide to getting there from Las Vegas and St. George.
St. George Regional Airport is 49 miles from the park. SunTran's Zion route links St. George, Washington, Hurricane, La Verkin, Virgin and Springdale, so you can park in any of those towns and ride to the park; our guide to getting there from Las Vegas and St. George covers both.