Cathedral Valley Private 4x4 Tour — Capitol Reef Temples of the Sun and Moon

The first time the valley opens up you feel it in your chest — a wide, quiet room of stone where pale monoliths rise like the remains of a lost cathedral. Dust swirls off the road as a luxury 4x4 settles into a steady crawl; the vehicle hums, air conditioning on, while the landscape pushes forward like a slow, patient tide. Guides point, stop, and let the scene do the talking: terraces of orange and cream, the angular teeth of hoodoos, and two cathedral-like formations the guide calls the Temples of the Sun and Moon.