Why can't you visit Canyon de Chelly?
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The magnificent 1,000-foot cliffs of Canyon de Chelly (pronounced de shay) National Monument in northeastern Arizona is a magnificent place. Its relative lack of fame owes much to the continuing presence of the Navajo, for whom the canyon retains enormous symbolic significance, although they did not themselves build its cliff dwellings. Most visitors are restricted to peering into the canyon from above, from overlooks along the two rim drives. There's no road in, and, apart from one short trail, tourists can only enter the canyons with a Navajo guide.
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