Our Guides
Local experts who bring every tour to life — geology, history and culture, told by people who genuinely love this land.
Meet your private guides
It's a lifestyle, not a job.
Not a group tour, just you and one of our seasoned guides. All of us have been guiding in Northern Arizona for at least 10 years. This is Grand Canyon Journeys:
Kristin West
Kristin has guided across Northern Arizona for more than twenty years — with Pink Jeep, Red Rock Western Jeep Tours and Redstone Tours. Two decades of leading guests through red rock and canyon country give her an easy expertise and a genuine love for sharing this landscape.
Nina Rehfeld
Nina has guided across Northern Arizona for more than twenty years — with the Grand Canyon Field Institute, A Day in the West and Enchantment Resort — and has co-owned Grand Canyon Journeys since 2017. She shares the canyon's geology, history and light with deep field knowledge and also teaches photography.
Jon Canning
Jon has spent about ten years guiding across Northern Arizona — with Wildland Trekking, the Verde Canyon Railroad, Safari Jeeps, All-Star Grand Canyon Tours and Enchantment. From backcountry trail to rail line to rim, that range lets him read the canyon's geology, history and rhythms like few others.
Chris Kelly
Chris has guided across Northern Arizona for more than twenty years — with Pink Jeep, Safari Jeeps, Day in the West, Great Venture Tours and Trail Horse Adventure — and has co-owned Grand Canyon Journeys since 2017. Two decades on these rims, trails and back roads make him one of the most seasoned guides in the state.