02 Feb 2023
My husband and I booked three separate private hikes with this company in late January, 2023.
I highly recommend this company and its guides. Everything about Trail Lovers is top notch and highly professional. We received great value for the money spent.
I wasn't sure if we would need hiking guides in Sedona, as we are intermediate level hikers with all of our own equipment. I am so glad we did hire Trail Lovers to lead us on our hikes.
First, our guide, David Spies, took us on two separate, and very out of the way, hikes which we would have never found on our own. He loaned us micro spikes to put on our hiking boots so we could traverse a snowy portion of a trail called Hangover. We were the only hikers on that fabulously beautiful trail that day. David has deep knowledge of local geography, geology, botany, and Native American tribes, and taught us so much during our time together.
Second, the food that were provided for us on the hikes was all delicious, fresh, plentiful, and in every way exceeded our expectations. We are vegans and the company went out of its way to find us vegan chocolates, cookies, snacks and sandwich-wraps.
Third, in addition to being all-around great guys, both of our guides, David and Zach, are great photographers and generously took lots of photos of us. Zach in particular took time to show us a lot of nighttime photography tricks.
Fourth, Zach, David, and company owner Jason, are all longtime residents of the Sedona-Flagstaff area and were generous with local tips and suggestions of places to eat and see and hike on our own.
We had a lovely time in Sedona, and the best memories will be from our time hiking. A lot of thanks for these memories must go to Trail Lovers!