Grand Canyon, United States

Under Canvas Grand Canyon

Price per night from$198.73

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If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

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Style

Big sky blockbuster

Setting

Wonder-wrapped Arizona

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Near one of the world’s iconic natural wonders, Under Canvas Grand Canyon is a DarkSky-certified camp that flaunts Arizona’s cinematic beauty in widescreen. Surrounded by piñon and juniper, this upscale camp puts you just 25 minutes from the national park’s South Rim Entrance. Spend your days exploring the park’s majestic rockscapes, then return to hearty American fare, s’mores by the fire pit and the nightly highlight – a wide Arizonan sky shimmering with stars. 

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

90, including 30 suites.

Check–Out

10am. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More details

Rates include activities such as live music, yoga, indoor and outdoor games, stargazing and (unlimited nightly) s’mores, and coffee and tea as desired. Breakfast is not included but fresh spreads (from $10 to $20) and espresso are available to buy.

Also

Given the outdoor – and largely undisturbed – nature of this camp, areas of the resort may be difficult if you have limited mobility.

Please note

Food isn’t allowed in any of the tents here, in line with Under Canvas’s Mindful Approach to your pristine surroundings.

Hotel closed

Under Canvas Grand Canyon closes on 28 October 2024, and in 2025 it will be open between 16 April and 27 October.

At the hotel

Fire pits, yoga deck, Lululemon yoga mats and blocks to borrow, Epiphone acoustic guitars to borrow, refillable aluminum water bottles, water refill stations, board games, free selected hot drinks, guest experience coordinators and a small boutique. In rooms: USB battery packs, battery-powered fans, wood-burning stove, lanterns and organic Essential Oils bath products.

Our favourite rooms

At this DarkSky-certified resort, we’d have to opt for a Stargazer tent, where a viewing window above the bed allows for constellation-spotting from under the covers.

Packing tips

This unplugged stay calls for analogue pleasures: film cameras, extra reading, packs of cards or journals, say.

Also

There’s no WiFi here, and you won’t find any TVs around, meaning evenings tend to be filled with stargazing, s’mores and fireside music.

Pet‐friendly

Your four-legged friends are welcome for $25 a night. Please note that Fido won’t be allowed off the lead around camp and can’t be left alone in tents. In the National Park, dogs aren't allowed below the canyon rim. See more pet-friendly hotels in Grand Canyon.

Children

Welcome; there’s no kids’ club or babysitting, but most tents can be booked with adjacent kids’ tents, and family-friendly activities included with your stay make Under Canvas Grand Canyon an all-ages favorite.

Sustainability efforts

As part of the company’s Mindful Approach to development and operations, Under Canvas Grand Canyon has been designed to minimize disturbance, maximize open spaces, and respect the natural topography of the land. Pull-chain showers and low-flow toilets reduce water usage, and cleaning and bath products are selected to reduce damage to the environment. There’s no WiFi and electricity has been replaced with rechargeable battery packs, which power fans and provide USB ports; reusable water bottles are provided to cut single-use plastic, and the cutlery is biodegradable and compostable. The brand’s commitment to mitigating light pollution and protecting the night sky are setting the standard in the industry – with Under Canvas Grand Canyon being one of five of the company’s DarkSky-certified camps. Plus their work with the Nature Conservancy is helping to fund and raise awareness for conservation efforts and environmental causes.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Anywhere alfresco – supper under wide open skies is hard to top.

Dress Code

Post-trail, pitch up just as you are – casual attire’s just fine.

Hotel restaurant

Embers is in the main lobby tent at the heart of the camp and also offers plenty of outdoor seating for alfresco dining (and an outside bar, too). There are hot breakfasts (scrambles, tartines, tacos) available, and grab ’n’ go bites you can buy to take on the trails. Typical dinner options include chipotle-honey chicken, bison chilli or red-wine-and-miso-marinated steak, plus various vegetarian and gluten-free picks.

Hotel bar

Quench your post-hike thirst with a locally brewed craft beer, a cocktail made using Arizona spirits or a glass of crisp rosé in the main lobby tent or alfresco bar area. To counter cooler days, mugs of hot chocolate and unlimited tea or coffee are also available.

Last orders

Breakfast runs from 7am to 10am, and dinner from 5pm to 10pm.

Room service

The camp has a strict no food in tents policy.

Location

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Address
Under Canvas Grand Canyon
979 Airpark Lane Grand Canyon Junction
Valle
86046
United States

Under Canvas Grand Canyon is a 25-minute drive from the South Rim entrance of Grand Canyon National Park and just outside Grand Canyon Junction, Arizona.

Planes

Domestic flights land at Flagstaff Pulliam Airport (about an hour by car from camp) or Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (just over three hours away by car). Alternatively, you could touch down in Las Vegas at Harry Reid International Airport, just under a four-hour drive away.

Automobiles

Phoenix is the nearest major city. The drive will take about three hours although car rentals are also available from Flagstaff. If you’re road-tripping from Vegas, it’ll take around four hours – follow the US 93 route. There’s parking on-site.

Worth getting out of bed for

We suspect a certain main attraction is high up your to-see list, but in your downtime you can partake in camp programming (included with your stay). Under Canvas Grand Canyon hosts group classes (yoga, oil painting and the like) and every night guests gather around the fire pit to toast s’mores and swap stories, with acoustic live music. Private guided hikes, canyon-side bike rides and horseback riding can be arranged via the guest experience coordinator (at extra cost), too.

Your luxury camp is just a 25-minute drive from the Grand Canyon Village (South Rim) Visitor Center, an ideal spot to meet the canyon for the first time. Spend a day hiking the trails – Bright Angel Trail and South Rim Trail are both jaw-droppingly scenic. With an early enough start, you may get the Grandview Trail all to yourself (particularly in the quieter months): this long, steep and spectacular trail goes all the way down to the river (so be prepared for the climb back up). And, if you have longer to explore, head further north to camera-baiting beauty spots such as Lake Powell or Antelope Canyon, or mystical Sedona.

After dark you needn’t just snooze: as a Dark Sky-certified camp, Under Canvas Grand Canyon can show you the heavens – through a telescope, during a full-moon hike or starbathing meditation session, or as part of a ‘star party’ with celestial-themed cocktails. 

Local restaurants

Designed to satisfy pre- and post-adventure appetites, a regionally inspired menu back at base means you’re unlikely to dine outside of camp.

 

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this upscale tented stay in Arizona and unpacked their Ray-Bans and rucksacks, a full account of their starlit wilderness break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Under Canvas Grand Canyon…

When you’re this close to one of the wonders of the world, it’s all too easy to be eclipsed – and yet Under Canvas Grand Canyon, an upscale resort of safari-inspired tents just a short drive from the national park’s South Rim Entrance, has reasons of its own to shine. Tricked-out lodgings with hardwood floors, wood-burning stoves and cozy beds, and guest experience coordinators on hand to organise on-site activities and arrange guided excursions are two of its highlights. Then there’s the allure of Embers restaurant, dishing hearty American plates at the top and tail of active days alfresco. If Arizona is feted for its scenery, then Under Canvas Grand Canyon is seductively on point, wrapped in awe-inspiring wilderness from its widescreen plateau views to the glittering starscapes overhead. This DarkSky-certified camp comes into its own after dark – especially when you throw in nightly s’mores, starlit live music and downtime by the fire. 

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