All the trips except for the Grand Gulch Archeological trip and Rainbow Bridge trip leaves from Boulder, Utah. Boulder is either 5 hours South of Salt Lake City, Utah, or 6 hours East of Las Vegas. People make flight reservations at either airport and then rent a car to drive down to us. There is no public transportation to Boulder, because it is simply too remote!

The Grand Gulch trip leaves from the trailhead at Kane Gulch ranger station, which is about 45 minutes from Blanding, Utah. The Rainbow Bridge trip leaves from Page, Arizona. You can catch a flight from either Phoenix, AZ, or St. George, Utah, directly into Page. There is at least one flight a day into Page.

Only if you work really hard at trying to aggravate them! Llamas normally spit only at each other when they're fighting or in defense. We give a trip orientation over breakfast the first morning of the trip, during which we discuss llama handling.

Absolutely! We encourage people to lead a llama on our trips, especially children! Our llamas are very gentle and trustworthy, and they have not disappointed us or our guests yet. This does not mean that you have to lead a llama, it is entirely up to you whether you'd like to try it or not. We find llamas very gentle, athletic and willing to go, making them ideal trail partners.

We bring at least one solar shower on our trips, and often two. We place them out in the sun to heat up during the day. Though the showers do not produce strong water pressure, people have found them adequate for rinsing off and even washing their hair. Our guests have really appreciated having the showers along!

The toilet facilities are a bit more rugged. The guides dig a deep pit for the latrine and for your comfort we bring a seat which is situated above the hole. Its location is thoughtfully placed to provide both privacy and ease of access. We provide plenty of toilet paper for the trip and a hand washing station. The latrine is discussed in depth during the orientation. Our guests find our system quite adequate.

We need a $150 deposit to reserve a spot for you on the trip. We expect full trip payment 60 days before the trip. If you were to cancel before the 60 days out we return 50% of the deposit. If you cancel between 60 days and 30 days of the trip, we return 50% of the trip payment. If you cancel within 30 days of the trip we keep the entire trip fare. However, because our main interest is in having you go on a Red Rock 'n Llamas trip, we are happy to reschedule you on another trip and credit your money paid towards that trip. However, in all of the above cases we retain half of the trip deposit. We are required to charge state sales tax for the trip, which is currently 7%.

Only guide gratuities. The accepted tip scale for wilderness guides is between 5% to 10% per guide per family.

Our trips vary in difficulty from the very easy to the moderately difficult. It certainly helps to be in reasonable shape, even if it is just walking around the neighborhood. However people of all age groups and varying degrees of physical condition are quite comfortable on our trips.

Most Red Rock 'n Llamas trips pass through a wide variety of terrain including: dry, sandy desert hiking; walking over and up and down slickrock areas; and multiple creek and river crossings. This makes the choice of footwear confusing for some people. Due to this wide variety of conditions our guides all tend to wear sports sandals to hike in (Tevas, Chacos, etc.) which have rubber soles and nylon straps. Some people prefer to wear socks with their sandals, some don't. Granted sandals don't provide ankle support or foot protection, but they do make water crossings much simpler. Some people like to wear sneakers in the water to provide more support and protection. These tend to get taken off once we get to camp to dry out, necessitating the need for a pair of "camp shoes". Some people who desire a bit more support and protection use a light pair of nylon hiking boots (Hi Tec brand for instance). What does not work on our trips are heavy boots, leather boots, or leather sandals. Gore-Tex boots are really not necessary since most water crossings will be above the top of the boots anyway. Since many days include multiple water crossings it usually doesn't work to stop at each crossing and change shoes. We find that after a couple days most people get used to the idea of wearing wet shoes and plowing right through the water, it's just part of the Escalante experience! So, come prepared to get wet!