Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour
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Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour is a 6-hour experience in Moab, United States, from $16 per person. It scores 65 out of 100 on the Outty Ranking, which we label “Solid Choice”, based on a 4.4/5 rating across 38 reviews. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the start time. Same-day spots are currently showing.
- Outty Ranking
- 65 / 100
- Rating
- 4.4/5 (38)
- Duration
- 6 hours
- From
- $16 per person
Explore Arches National Park at your own pace on a self-guided GPS audio driving tour through towering sandstone fins, dramatic viewpoints, and some of Utah’s most famous natural arches. Follow turn-by-turn directions to
What you get
About this experience
Explore Arches National Park at your own pace on a self-guided GPS audio driving tour through towering sandstone fins, dramatic viewpoints, and some of Utah’s most famous natural arches. Follow turn-by-turn directions to iconic sights including Delicate Arch, The Windows, Balanced Rock, Park Avenue, Devils Garden, and Landscape Arch, with optional hikes along the way. Shaka Guide tours are created by real people who know and experience the destinations they guide, bringing Arches to life through engaging stories, geology, history, and local insight. Choose the stops and hikes that interest you, skip others, and spend as much time as you like exploring. One purchase covers everyone in your vehicle. Download the Shaka Guide app and tour before you go; once downloaded, the audio and map work offline, and GPS-triggered narration plays automatically as you drive.
What's included
Included
- Tours NEVER expire
- Freedom to explore at your own pace - pick the stops you want, skip the ones you don't
- Offline map (map and GPS work completely offline - no wifi or data needed)
- Tour highlights with activity and restaurant recommendations
- Hours of audio narration with stories, travel tips and music - plays automatically as you drive
- Turn-by-turn directions using GPS
Not included
- Rental car
- Meals & Refreshments
What you'll see and do
Arches Visitor Center
The Visitor Center has necessities like water, snacks, and restrooms. This is a good place to fill up your water and purchase a few snacks. There is no other place in the park that sells food and the only other place that has drinking water is all the way at the end of the road at Devils Garden.
20 minutes here · Admission not included
At the Moab Fault viewpoint, you can see the result of enormous pressure that separated the area of the viewpoint with the cliff wall on the other side of the canyon.
20 minutes here · Admission not included
Park Avenue Trail
City folks say you get the same feeling standing among the rock formations in Park Avenue that you do standing next to the towering skyscrapers in New York city.
20 minutes here · Admission not included
La Sal means the salt in Spanish. The mountains got their name in 1776 when Spanish explorers thought the snowy peaks looked like giant piles of salt. The highest peak, Mount Peale, is over 12,000 feet around 3,600 meters high
20 minutes here · Admission not included
Courthouse Towers
Here you’ll find a series of huge sandstone rock formations like the Three Gossips, The Organ, and Sheep Rock.
20 minutes here · Admission not included
This is a vast landscape of these sort of lumpy rock formations. It may not look like it at first, but they are actually sand dunes, like on the Sahara. More specifically though, these are petrified sand dunes, meaning that the sand actually solidified into rock around 200 million years ago.
20 minutes here · Admission not included
Balanced Rock Trail
Balanced Rock stands over 120 feet or 11 stories tall. This giant Hoodoo has a ball on top that appears to be perfectly balanced on the spire below.
20 minutes here · Admission not included
This area features more than 30 different magnificent arches including The Windows, Turret Arch, and Double Arch, which was featured in the opening scenes of Indian Jones and the Last Crusade.
20 minutes here
The Garden of Eden is a great place to wander around. This is an open terrain dotted with fins, windows, and miniature arches, or even arches still being formed. There's no designated trail so be sure you watch your step for any biocrust. You can find the owl rock just a short distance from the parking lot.
20 minutes here
Pothole Arch
Pothole arch is unlike the rest of the arches you’ll see on the tour because, while those arches are vertical, this arch is horizontal.
20 minutes here · Admission not included
From this high vantage point, you can see for miles and miles in several directions. To the north is Devil's Garden and the Fiery Furnace. To the south you can see Elephant Butte, the highest point in the park at 5,600 feet.
20 minutes here
Optional Hike: Visit Delicate Arch Trailhead for the strenuous 3-mile roundtrip hike to one of the park’s most famous landmarks. Allow approximately 2–3 hours for the hike. If you prefer an easier option, visit the separate Delicate Arch Viewpoints instead.
120 minutes here
If you don’t have time or don’t have a reservation to make the three-mile hike to Delicate Arch, you can still see the arch from two viewpoints. The trail to the lower viewpoint is just a short 100-foot walk from the parking lot. The second trail is to the upper viewpoint, about a half mile round trip.
20 minutes here
The Salt Valley was once called the paradox formation because early geologists couldn’t determine how it was created. It’s a good thing you’ve got Shaka Guide to make everything clear.
20 minutes here · Admission not included
This place got its name because the rocks here glow as if they're on fire when the sun is at the right angle. There is a permit-only hike through the Fiery Furnace but permits are limited and must be reserved online. We don’t recommend the hike on our tour due to its difficulty, but if you really want to hike it, you can make a reservation here.
20 minutes here
Sand Dune Arch Trail
Explore Sand Dune Arch on a short walk through deep sand between towering sandstone fins. You can extend your visit toward Broken Arch if you have more time. Longer backcountry-style hikes such as Tower Arch require substantially more time and additional driving.
30 minutes here · Admission not included
Skyline Arch
This large arch sits just above the horizon framing the sky as a wonderful window arch. No hiking is required, but if you want, just 10 minutes on foot will get you up close to the arch.
20 minutes here · Admission not included
Devils Garden Trailhead
Walk around and check out the arches. The hike is short - about two miles - and it's well-worth it. You'll also find picnic tables and a restroom if you want to relax for a while. The most famous formation at the Devils Garden Trail is definitely the Landscape Arch, the longest arch in North America.
60 minutes here · Admission not included
Where it starts and ends
Meeting point
Moab
We'll provide driving directions to the tour starting point in the app. Just download the tour before you go and select the starting point.
Meeting point
Moab
We'll provide driving directions to the tour starting point in the app. Just download the tour before you go and select the starting point.
Hotel pickup
No pickup: everyone meets at the start point.
Ends at
We'll provide driving directions to the tour starting point in the app. Just download the tour before you go and select the starting point.
Ends at
We'll provide driving directions to the tour starting point in the app. Just download the tour before you go and select the starting point.
Before you book
- Cancellation
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- Languages
- en
- Ticket
- Mobile Only
- Runs on
- Every day
- Group size
- Up to 15 travelers per booking
- Operated by
- Shaka Guide Apps
Know before you go
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Travelers must have a smartphone compatible with the Shaka Guide app.
- The app must be downloaded and the tour redeemed before arrival.
- Strong Wi-Fi or cellular data is required to download the tour in advance.
- Location services (GPS) must be enabled on the device
- Travelers are responsible for securing any required entrance passes, reservations, or permits before starting
- No advance reservations needed as of 2026 — arrive before crowds (early morning or after 4 p.m.)
- Tour takes 4–6+ hours depending on how many hikes you do
- Two starting points on Highway 191 — one north, one south of the entrance
- Entrance fee: $30/vehicle, valid for 7 days
- Park is open 24 hours; Visitor Center hours vary by season (7:30 a.m.–6 p.m. in summer, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. in winter)
- No cell service or public Wi-Fi — download the tour on Wi-Fi before leaving your hotel
- All Shaka Guide tour roads are 2WD-friendly; some park roads require 4WD/high clearance
- Water is only available at the Visitor Center and Devil's Garden Campground — plan ahead
- Picnic area near Devil's Garden if you want to pack a lunch ••••••
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What travelers are saying
Outty’s summary of the themes that recur across 38 traveler reviews. Written by us, not quoted from reviewers.
The guide
5 mentionsTravelers single out the guide as the reason the experience works.
Knowledge and storytelling
5 mentionsReviewers describe the commentary as informative rather than scripted.
Value for money
3 mentionsTravelers feel they got more than they paid for.
Physical effort
2 mentionsExpect real walking or climbing: reviewers mention the effort involved.
Traveler reviews
38 verified traveler reviews for Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour. Ratings and reviews provided by Viator and Tripadvisor.
Great overview with time to stop and restart audio
Excellent driving audio tour through Arches NP. Lots of geological info combinied with great stories to enhance the experience. A terrific script presented with humor and sincerity. It’s a great day trip if you don’t plan to hike but a taste of what you can come back to if you want to experience Arches NP in greater depth ie hiking, biking, etc.
Response from the operator: Aloha Nonny, We are absolutely thrilled to hear that you enjoyed rolling through Arches National Park with us. You also made a fantastic point—the tour is perfect for a relaxing day drive, but it also doubles as the ultimate scouting report for all the hiking and biking spots you might want to come back and conquer in greater depth later. Mahalo for letting us ride shotgun with you through the beautiful red rocks, and we can't wait to explore with you again on your next big adventure! Mahalo, Shaka Guide Support 🤙
via Tripadvisor
Disappointed Customer
Be sure you turn on all permissions to use this app. Including location Can't be just during use of app, but all the time. Otherwise it will not work, and they don't tell you that!!
Response from the operator: Aloha Friend, Mahalo for sharing your feedback, and we're so sorry for the frustration with the setup. To help clarify, our tours work entirely offline and rely on your GPS location to automatically trigger the audio stories and directions at exactly the right moments. Because of how background tracking works on mobile devices, setting the location permission to "Always Allow" ensures the tour keeps playing smoothly even if your phone screen turns off or you switch to your camera. Because this tour was purchased through Viator, the quickest path to getting a helping hand or a refund is usually right through your Viator ticket. They're set up to help you with that right away. If you ever want to dive deeper into what happened, don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly at aloha@shakaguide.com. We’d truly be grateful for the opportunity to connect and see what we can do to make things right. Mahalo for letting us know, Shaka Guide Support
via Viator
Arches audio tour
Really helpful audio guide for those who want to self-guide.
Response from the operator: Aloha, That’s exactly the kind of trip Arches is good for. Go at your own pace, follow the road, and let the stories fill in what you’re seeing along the way. Glad the audio guide helped make the self-guided day easier. Mahalo for exploring with Shaka Guide 🤙
via Tripadvisor
Three Kings
It was really great. We got fun facts on the rock formations and names mentioned. At one point, I said oh look at that it looks like elephants. And then the announcer said you’re coming up to the elephant parade. That was pretty neat. It was interesting to hear how the formations came to be. It’s amazing how it knew right where we were at, and when we were coming up to the next attraction and trailhead. I will definitely do this again now that I know what it’s all about. I would definitely recommend bringing a phone charger. My phone was charged, but my charger was not completely charged and I ended up with no phone at the end. It was fine because knew my way back.🤪
via Tripadvisor
Great guide and the technology makes it easy!
Excellent tour! Very easy to use and when you download it before you go in the park everything works perfectly without cell service which is spotty in the park. Great narration and the guide pointed out many interesting things that I would have missed without it. It was like having your own personal park guide riding in the car with you. Well worth it. Definitely will be buying more Shaka guides in the future. Wish I knew about them when we went to Yosemite a few years ago.
via Tripadvisor
Good to know
- Duration
- 6 hours
- Free cancellation
- Up to 24h before
- Minimum age to book
- All ages
- Availability
- Bookable today
- Runs on
- Every day
- Hotel pickup
- No pickup, meet at start point
- Booked in 30 days
- 13
- Verdict
- Solid Choice
Why this scores 65
The Outty Ranking is a weighted composite. Here is how this experience performed on each component.
Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour: questions travelers ask
Practical detail on this experience, plus the wider planning questions for Moab.
How much does Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour cost?
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Prices start at $16 per person. The final price depends on the date, the time slot and the number of travelers, and peak weekends in Moab usually price higher than midweek mornings. Live pricing and remaining availability are confirmed on the booking screen before you pay.
How long does Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour take?
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Plan for about 6 hours from start to finish, not counting travel to the meeting point. Most travelers leave another 30 minutes on either side so the rest of the day in Moab is not rushed.
Is Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour worth it?
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It holds an Outty Ranking of 65 out of 100, which we label "Solid Choice". That score blends traveler sentiment (4.4/5 across 38 reviews), the depth of that review evidence, recent booking momentum, value for money against comparable last minute in Moab, and how flexible the cancellation terms are.
Can I cancel or reschedule Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour?
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Yes. Cancel free up to 24 hours before the start time for a full refund. Inside that window the booking is non-refundable, and no-shows are not refunded.
Is Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour suitable for kids and families?
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Yes, all ages are welcome. Families should still weigh the 6-hour running time, and strollers are easier on the earlier, quieter departures.
How far in advance should I book Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour?
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Around 13 people booked this in the last 30 days, so popular slots go early. Two to three weeks ahead is comfortable in shoulder season, while summer weekends and holidays in Moab can sell out a month out. Same-day spots do open up when other travelers cancel, so it is worth checking if you are already in town.
What should I bring or wear?
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Bring photo ID, your booking confirmation on your phone, a refillable water bottle and comfortable shoes. Dress for the weather in Moab and add a light layer if any part of the 6-hour experience runs outdoors or after sunset.
Where does Arches National Park Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour start and how do I get there?
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The exact meeting point and directions are on your voucher once you book, and they sit in central Moab within reach of public transport. Arrive 15 minutes early: late arrivals are treated as no-shows by most operators.
What are the best things to do in Moab?
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Moab is the gateway to Arches and Canyonlands: sunrise arch tours, 4x4 runs on Hell's Revenge, Colorado River rafting, canyoneering and dark-sky stargazing. Park entry timing systems change often, so we weight tours that handle reservations for you. On Outty we rank every Moab experience on the same 0 to 100 scale, and alongside this one the highest scorers right now include HIGHLY RATED U-DRIVE Moab Hell’s Revenge UTV Off-Road Adventure, BEST! Hell's Revenge U-Drive 4X4 Tour in Moab +Dinosaur Tracks!, 5-STAR Moab Hell's Revenge UTV U-DRIVE TOUR + DINO TRACKS. The city page groups everything into most popular, highest reviewed, last minute and family-friendly so you can build a day around what actually delivers.
When is the best time to visit Moab?
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April to May and September to October, avoiding peak summer heat. Booking patterns follow the same curve: prices and queues climb in peak weeks, while shoulder season gives you better availability on the top-ranked experiences and more room to change plans.
How many days do you need in Moab?
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Three full days covers the headline sights without sprinting. A workable rhythm is one anchor experience each morning, such as this one, an unhurried afternoon in a single neighborhood, then a food or nightlife booking in the evening. Five days lets you add a day trip outside the city.
Do I book through Outty or through the operator?
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Outty ranks and explains the experiences, then hands you to Viator to complete the booking with the operator directly. The price is the same as booking on Viator yourself, and Outty earns an affiliate commission on the referral, which is how the rankings stay free to read.
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