Get on horseback and ride into the Mitten Butes and Sentinal Mesa on this one-hour horseback ride in Monument Valley. This is a small group tour of three max, so you’ll share the costs between you. You’ll even have cowboy hats and helmets provided for you, so you won’t need to bring them, and you’ll complete the horseback rider look. This trip begins and ends at Sacred Monument Tours at Main Monument Valley Rd, Oljato-Monument Valley, Arizona. For more information or to book this activity, click here.

  • Easily find the riding stables
  • PPE is provided so no need to bring
  • Put on available cowboy hats and helmets
  • Ride for around one hour and the rest of the day is free

As we set up the horses to assign based on experience, weight, and height. We’ll give you and our horse buddies a proper introduction. After you two get acquainted, we’ll start galloping towards the West Mitten Butte, where you get to be up close. Take pictures of the East Mitten and Merrick buttes at a distance. When viewed from the south, the buttes appear to be two gigantic mittens with their thumbs facing inwards. If you capture the Merrick Butte at an angle you see that it’s between the West & East Mitten Buttes. All three buttes are commonly seen together in many popular films and images. Its elevation is over 6,200 ft making it one of the tallest buttes in Monument Valley. This trip lasts about an hour and costs $80.00.


Located northwest of The Mittens is the Sentinel Mesa, a mountain with an elevation of over 6,400 ft. Most of the mesa is in the state of Utah, but a small southern section of it is in the state of Arizona. This breathtaking mesa can be seen from so many points. For more information or to book this activity, click here.


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