We are planning a discounted  showing of Eliphante for locals.  August 9, Saturday. Early morning to avoid the heat.  Please send us your  phone number for this amazing opportunity. J D

Thanks for taking a moment to look at our offerings.
All of our tours are very personalized.
Our daily tours are limited to small groups, no more than 5 persons per vehicle.
 
Narration, conversation, the route and pace of the tour is tailored to you.
We stop every hour for your comfort and convenience.
You will never run for the bus with us.

The prices for tours listed below are for the month of  February 2008

Eliphante  $85   3  hours
This 3 acre extreme home site is being featured in the New York Times
 and will soon be in Arizona Highways Magazine.
See it before the mass of people show up.
Large group rates are available and prices may be adjusted
     depending upon the response to the articles.

Grand Canyon Deluxe     Full Day with fine dining lunch
  includes Lunch at El Tovar and IMAX Movie    $160

Grand Canyon Sunset
 Full Day with Dinner and IMAX Movie  $170

Sedona to Grand Canyon  $129 Basic  
Narrated tour to Grand Canyon and Navajo Reservation
Full Day

Add onto your Grand Canyon Tour:
Grand Canyon Railway    Full Day
 Pickup and return to Sedona, one way train,
 tour of Grand Canyon and Navajo Nation
 Price varies with your choice of
Railway amenities. Call for info
.
Add 30  tminute Helicopter Tour to any Grand Canyon Tour
Price varies with your choice of helicopter tour. 1/hour or more?
Helicopters stay 500 feet ABOVE the rim of Grand Canyon.
Call for info

Rock Art Ranch  $160   Full Day with fine dining lunch
See other articles for this unique tour.


Vortex Tour 
$85 per person     4 hours
Private Vortex Tour  4-5 hour  $200 for 1 or 2 persons     $300 for 2

Don't see it here? Custom Tours        Call us   1-877-733-6621

There is a 5 page article about Eliphante in the April issue of Arizona Highways.
Beautiful photos and text. Don't miss it!

You may have read the January article in the New York Times about
the late  artist Michael Kahn and his wife, Leda.

Arizona Highways Television filmed Eliphante last week. Great people!
Show is to air in 2 months.

A Public TV show (based in Kansas City) called "Rare Visions & Roadside
Revelations" is to film on Friday.

And there has been a request from a London, England company for filming.
Whew! We are happy to be so busy.

Come see this amazing place before the crowds arrive.

Access to the home is by crossing through the waters of Oak Creek. 
We were unable to cross the creek due to flood waters and a washed out crossing for months.
At this writing the waters have receded and we again have access to Eliphante!
The water is low enough and warm enough for us to wade across.
This week the crossing has been so dry we  even drive the  minivan across.

The cost is $85 per person.  To make a reservation, please email us  enjoy@bluefeathertours.com  or call the numbers below.
Please tell us your email address, your phone number,
how many will be in your party and
what day or week you plan to visit Eliphante.

Thank you for your patience.  
J D Allen   928-963-0271  or 1-877-SEDONA-1
enjoy@bluefeathertours.com
 

Blue Feather is the only company touring Eliphante
and the only company with keys to Rock Art Ranch.
These are magnificent sites. Please consider adding them to your next visit to
 Northern Arizona.
 

Brantley Baird, owner Rock Art Ranch

The petroglyphs you'll see on this tour are older than the Stonehenge,
older than the Pyramids in Egypt. They are over at least 7000 years old and
a sandal found in the canyon was carbon dated to 9,500 years old.

Look for this ranch in the Arizona Highways Travel Show
 that is being filmed in May, 2008.
Seen on the Travel Channel, PBS, BBC,
Arizona Highways Magazine, AAA Magazine
More photos to the left

 This  working cattle and buffalo ranch, the , I Lazy V brand, is the real Arizona,
 with lots of history. You'll see Petroglyphs, petrified wood,  antiques,
 ancient pottery, more.  The remote private ranch is south of Winslow, a perfect for a day trip from Sedona or Flagstaff.
 
On our Rock Art Ranch tour we visit the friendly little  town of  Winslow, Arizona
You'll Get Your Kicks on Route 66 as we drive into town,
 alongside  The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Railway. 

You'll  be "Standin' on the Corner in Winslow, Arizona" (The Eagles) 
Take the time to look at the great photos listed under Rock Art Ranch.

The ranch is set up to accomodate family and corporate groups
 and weddings. Yes, we can get your bus full of people in to see the ancient art.
We can Bar-BQ in the barn or picnic on the rim
above the petroglyphs. Entertainment such as cowboy music or storytelling is available.
There are no houses for miles.  Imagine.

Lunch is at the historic La Posada Hotel, restored to its 1930's style.
which has old Route 66 out the back door and the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe out the front door.
The cuisine in the Turquoise Room the is spectacular.
This may be the best restaurant in the 4 Corners area.
The freshest ingredients from local farms are baked and cooked from scratch.
The hotel,designed by Mary Jane Colter hosted guests such as Amelia Earhart, Einstein, John Wayne, Shirley Temple, Clark Gable and many more.
It is also the gallery of its owner, the famous artist, Tina Mion.

Send us an email  if you are interested in seeing this amazing place.
 Enjoy@BlueFeatherTours.Com

Michael Kahn, who passed away on the Winter Solstice, December, 2007 created Eliphante.
He is and will be missed very much by all who knew him, including this writer.

The  New York Times is doing a story, perhaps a feature about the man, his wife and his work, to be published January 31, 2008.
We think there may be a large response to the story and want to be sure to return emails and calls to everyone.
Please leave you email address through our main web site.
Please also leave a date of arrival if you want to see his works and
are traveling to the area very soon. Thank You for your interest.   J D Allen
BlueFeatherTours.com

We are sorry to inform you that the Verde Valley and the world recently lost one of its most creative artists.
Michael Kahn passed away on the Winter Solstice 2007. He is sorely missed.

Michael, with his wife Leda created a masterpiece called Eliphante in northern Arizona. He had a gallery on Cape Cod years ago and
after moving to the southwest, he continued to paint while he built a series of buildings
that made up their home.

They used  materials found in the environment such as driftwood, broken glass and pieces of pottery.
The structures include sunken labyrinth galleries, stained glass, flying concrete, lofts, domed chambers, tunnels, standing stones,
sculpture, mosaics and hand carved wood.

Visitors to Eliphante have exclaimed-
    "My soul feels better!"
    "I have a new style of sculpture as a result of what I saw here. I can't wait to get home and begin!"
    "It is obvious he loved her so much that her created this beauty for her."
    "The land is barely able to contain the exuberance."

The New York Times is doing a story, perhaps a feature, on Thursday, January 31, 2008 about this extraordinary man, his work, and his wife.
We eagerly await the arrival of the paper.        J D

There is group of petroglyphs you can see,
even if you can't get around very well,  from the windows of the car on the vortex tour.
Click on vortex pictures to the left and you'll see the photo of them.


by JD, the owner and manager of Blue Feather Tours.
 It is the vortex energy that brought me as a visitor to Sedona 18 years ago.
 I am still learning and growing and still enamoured with this wondrous place.

Our guide, Duane, is an Arizona native of European descent raised on the Navajo Nation.
You'll find his picture in the "About Us" photos. He is a master beadworker and an amazing mystic. He's a man of many talents and a joy
on tour. J D gets much feedback and many letters  raving about his work.  Most everyone he has taken out on tour is coming back next year
to travel with him again.  They often plan their stay in Sedona around his availablity.

   Each of our vortex tours is different, depending upon the questions asked by the visitors.
We talk of the history and the science of the vortex phenomenon. We travel to these spots,
some of the most beautiful in Sedona in small groups so you have opportunity to ask questions.
    Primarily, the tour is about the individual. In these places, the herons, the eagles,
 the squirrels and the hummingbirds have come to help people get their answers.

Open your heart to the  Oneness.

  We have basic tours in which we bring parties together from various hotels.
We also have private tours for an individual or one party.
These are designed to get you thinking, perhaps your answer will come to you.

   Our daily vortex tours are in mini vans and cars.

 Arizona Highways Magazine has photographed for an article and photo layout
on this extraordinary artists' home.  It is to be on the newsstands in the spring.
3 acres of unique structures.
And it can be seen on Bravo Channel. The short documentary
was made by a Canadian group and recently purchased by Bravo. Look for it.
You have to come see it before the large numbers of people show up.
Check out the photos under Extreme Home, Eliphante!

Near Sedona we wander a  sculptural garden created by internationally known artists,
 Michael and Leda Kahn.
The fantastical structures that house the artists are made of  found materials, stones,
flying concrete and driftwood. As we wander through the garden discovering
first one artistic treasure and then another your creativity comes out to play.
    A tunnel leads to a domed chamber decorated with light casting rainbows
through the colored glass onto a mosaic of stone, glass, plaster, paint, and wood.
  Behind charming hand carved doors we wind through mazes of art and
are invited by chairs and soft floors to enjoy.
A visit here means letting yourself play, taking in the forms, patterns,
 colors and textures with all your senses.
Our first visitor expressed her joy by saying “My soul feels better."

"The Land is barely able to contain the exuberance."  

Blue Feather Tours is based in Sedona, Arizona
which is in the high desert about half way between Phoenix and Grand Canyon.
We have been doing personalized tours around Northern Arizona for 10  years.
Blue Feather Tours is owned by a woman.

We are the only Sedona company taking visitors to the Rock Art Ranch.
It is working buffalo ranch and with the largest and best preserved
 petroglyph site in Arizona, perhaps the whole southwest.

We have daily tours to the  Grand Canyon, that can be arranged as sunset tours.
and to the extreme home, Eliphante near Sedona in the Verde Valley

We have daily tours to mystical sites as well. Vortex areas in Sedona,
mystical sacred sites in the surrounding Verde Valley,
and the sacred site at Rock Art Ranch.

We are the only Sedona company that can arrange an overnight stay in Winslow
with a fire circle ceremony or even an overnight camping excursion at this
ancient sacred site on Rock Art Ranch where the medicine people have come for thousands of years.  
We have found it to be healing, though we make no guarantees.

Please take a moment to look at the photos of tours that interest you.
Click on the sections to the left of this article, then click on the stack of pictures
tor a slide show.

Consider:

Taking your small group for a tour of Petrified Forest/ Painted Desert
 and Rock Art Ranch on an extended day trip.
 
Overnight trip from Sedona to Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly,
including Meteor Crater.

 A 2 day tour of Grand Canyon with Sunset and Sunrise.
Include Trading post shopping on the Navajo Reservation, or helicopter, Indian ruins.
Include a tour of Sedona and vortex sites.

A steak cookout,  cowboy entertainment and
Native american speaker or flute player for your group
at the Rock Art Ranch.

We would be happy to arrange group or custom tours
to any Northern Arizona area. 

There is no doubt that the best time to see Grand Canyon is at sunset.
   We will take you from your hotel in Sedona to Grand Canyon with stops any time you like.
We will pass by the youngest volcano in the San Francisco Peaks, through Flagstaff.
We will enter the Canyon through the Navajo Reservation having plenty of time to
visit with the people and shop 
   We will have a leisurely tour along the east rim, seeing the Canyon from different angles.
At Grand Canyon we'll show you the best views and take you to the best spot for sunset.
You can hike down a short way into the Canyon. See the IMAX theater.
   Enjoy a gourmet dinner on the rim or a great lunch of  traditional food on the reservation,
 depending upon the time of year and time of sunset.  You will of course come back to Sedona quite late.
Yes, you can sleep on the trip back.

This is our Sunset Tour, available ANY day with prior arrangements.
                                                                             J D

Welcome to Blue Feather Tours' Blog

To see our photos in slide show format, click on one of the categories
on the left and then click on the stacks of prints above the small pictures.
enjoy the view, read the articles, call or email us.

Thanks for taking the time. En Joy Your Self !!

Who are you?

Who told you who you are?

Do you like what you see?

What would you attempt if you KNEW you would succeed ?

I wish I had a photo to put with this but it happened so fast, I didn't even get to the camera.
So you will just have to imagine it.
 
I was driving alone north out of Sedona up  Oak Creek Canyon over the weekend.
 My windows were open. Cars in front and behind me. A drop off to the right over the creek.
As I rounded a curve turning to the left, I saw something out my right side window. I glanced to see what it was.
 
There flying level next me not 20 feet away was a Bald Eagle. He was keeping pace with my car.
Beautiful!  White head, Yellow talons. I wanted to keep staring at him, but had to glance back at the road.
When I looked back he was still there, then flew off and upward, blocked from my view by the car roof.
 
I am still working out why Eagle came and what message he has for me.
In your imagination, he came with you just now. What does Eagle have to say?

This tour is available starting in the spring, when these shafts of sunlight
 begin to focus into the canyon. This place feels like the
"magnetic, female, inflow, or calming vortex" in Sedona
 that we call Cathedral Rock. But to me the energy is more intense.
We plan to do tours to the Antelope Canyon again the 3rd week of April, 07

 Imagine a Native American guide playing a flute for you in this echo chamber.

Also on this tour is the Hidden Canyon.

"Grand Canyon fills me with awe. It is beyond comparison-beyond description:
 absolutely unparalleled throughout the world....Let this great wonder of nature remain as it is now.
Do nothing to mar its grandeur, sublimity and loveliness.  You cannot improve upon it.
But what you can do is keep it for your children, your children's children, a
nd for all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see."
           -Theodore Roosevelt May 6, 1903

You will find info on our daily tours elsewhere on our sites. Consider seeing Grand Canyon at sunset.
 Look at the Grand Canyon Sunset article.

Our main web site opens with the Babelfish tool at the bottom
to translation into  other languages. Try it.
We are also exploring podcasting.

Article by JD, the owner and manager of Blue Feather Tours.
 
  It is the vortex energy that brought me as a visitor to Sedona 18 years ago.
 I am still learning and growing and still enamoured with this wondrous place.

Our guide, Duane, is an Arizona native of European descent raised on the Navajo Nation.
He is a master beadworker and an amazing mystic. He's a man of many talents and a joy
on tour. J D gets many feedback and letters  raving about his work.  Most everyone he has taken
our on tour is coming back next year to travel with him again
and planning their stay in Sedona around his availablity.

   Each of our vortex tours is different, depending upon the questions asked by the visitors.
We talk of the history and the science of the vortex phenomenon. We travel to these spots,
some of the most beautiful in Sedona in small groups so you have opportunity to ask questions.
    Primarily, the tour is about the individual. In these places, the herons, the eagles,
 the squirrels and the hummingbirds have come to help people get their answers.

Open your heart to the  Oneness.

  We have basic tours in which we bring parties together from various hotels.
We also have private tours for an individual or one party.
These are designed to get you thinking, perhaps your answer will come to you.

   Our daily vortex tours are in mini vans and cars.