EPIC SEDONA SOUTHWEST EXPERIENCE

With David Hatcher Childress May 4–8, 2026 · Sedona, Arizona

Have you always wanted to travel alongside your favorite researcher? To ask the questions you never get to ask from the audience? To stand at a sacred site while the person who dedicated their life to studying it tells you what they see?

This is that week.

From the red rock vortexes of Sedona to the ancient ruins of Wupatki, the grandeur of the Grand Canyon, the mystery of Meteor Crater, and a private visit to David Hatcher Childress's own World Explorers Club — this itinerary covers ground most travelers never reach, and experiences most people never find.

Limited to 28 participants. Attendees book their own accommodations. Ground transportation, guides, meals, and exclusive Sedona experiences included.

THE ITINERARY

PRE-TOUR — SEDONA QUEST CONFERENCE

Friday–Sunday, May 1–3, 2026Sedona Performing Arts Center

Your Southwest Experience begins with a reserved front-row seat at Sedona Quest for Ancient Civilizations — three full days with David Hatcher Childress, Billy Carson, William Henry, and the complete speaker lineup. This is your orientation into the world you're about to explore in person. The conference closes Sunday evening. The expedition begins Tuesday morning.

Sunday Evening (Optional) — WVZM Studio Open House Before the tour officially begins, join us for a private behind-the-scenes evening at the WVZM Studio — the production hub behind 15 years of Quest events, podcasts, tours, and content. Meet the team, see the archives, and connect with your fellow expedition members over the first of many memorable evenings in Sedona. For those who have followed this work from a distance, this is where it all comes from.

DAY 1 — INTO THE RED ROCKS

Tuesday, May 4, 2026

6:00 – 8:00am — Private Sunrise Vortex Session ✦ Before the day begins and before the crowds arrive, your expedition opens with an exclusive private sunrise experience at one of Sedona's four primary vortex sites — guided by a local indigenous knowledge keeper. This is the Sedona most visitors never access. The red rocks at dawn, the silence of the desert, and the energy of the land as DHC introduces the week ahead. This sets the tone for everything that follows.

9:00am – 12:00pm — Crescent Moon State Park Begin the expedition in one of Sedona's most iconic natural settings. Cathedral Rock rises from the creek bed as DHC sets the stage for the week ahead — the landscape, the people who lived here, and what they left behind.

12:00 – 2:00pm — Picnic Lunch in Nature

2:00 – 4:00pm — Dow Mountain & Airport Mesa Two of Sedona's most powerful vortex sites. Expansive views, ancient energy, and open sky in every direction.

4:00 – 5:00pm — Modern Megalithic Site A lesser-known local site with remarkable construction — a conversation starter that bridges ancient building traditions with the present day.

5:00 – 6:30pm — Private Sound Healing Session ✦ Before dinner, gather for a private group sound healing experience led by one of Sedona's most gifted local practitioners — crystal bowls, Tibetan instruments, and the resonance of the red rock landscape still in your body from the day. This isn't a spa treatment. It's a recalibration. The ancient sites make more sense when you've stopped long enough to feel them.

6:30 – 8:30pm — Welcome BBQ Dinner Gather around the fire, meet your fellow explorers, and settle into the rhythm of the week.

DAY 2 — RUINS, RIMS & THE GRAND CANYON

Wednesday, May 5, 2026

A full-day journey north into some of the most dramatic ancient and natural landscapes in the American Southwest.

9:00am – 12:00pm — Wupatki, Lomaki & Wukoki Ruins Three extraordinary ancestral Puebloan sites within the Wupatki National Monument. DHC brings these ruins to life — the who, the when, and the questions that remain unanswered.

12:00 – 1:30pm — Picnic Lunch on the Road

1:30 – 4:00pm — Grand Canyon South Rim Stand at the edge of one of the most awe-inspiring places on earth. Time to take it in, explore, and reflect.

4:00 – 5:00pm — Little Colorado River Gorge A dramatic overlook that most Grand Canyon visitors miss entirely — and a place sacred in Hopi tradition as the place of emergence.

5:00 – 6:00pm — Cameron Trading Post A living piece of Southwest history at the crossroads of Navajo country.

Evening — Dinner

DAY 3 — JEROME, THE RIM & TUZIGOOT

Thursday, May 6, 2026

9:00am – 12:00pm — Jerome & the Mining Museum A Victorian-era ghost town perched on Cleopatra Hill with a mining history as dramatic as its views. The overlook from the Mogollon Rim stretches for a hundred miles on a clear day.

12:00 – 1:30pm — Lunch

2:00 – 4:00pm — Tuzigoot National Monument A hilltop pueblo rising above the Verde Valley, occupied for over 400 years. One of the most undervisited and underappreciated ruins in Arizona.

4:00 – 5:00pm — Return to Sedona

6:00 – 9:00pm — Private Farm-to-Table Dinner ✦ This evening is something special. A long table set under the Arizona sky at a local Sedona farm or garden property — local produce, Sedona wine, and the kind of unhurried conversation that only happens when extraordinary people are gathered in an extraordinary place. DHC at the head of the table, the red rocks at last light, and nowhere else to be. This is the evening people write home about.

DAY 4 — METEOR CRATER, WINSLOW & WALNUT CANYON

Friday, May 7, 2026

9:00am – 12:00pm — Verde Valley Museum & Salt Mine Sites Local archaeology and the ancient salt trade routes that connected civilizations across the Southwest.

12:00 – 2:00pm — Lunch in Winslow Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona — yes, that corner.

2:00 – 4:00pm — Meteor Crater One of the best-preserved impact craters on Earth — a mile wide, 550 feet deep, and 50,000 years old. DHC's perspective on cosmic events and catastrophism makes this one a conversation you won't forget.

4:00 – 5:30pm — Walnut Canyon National Monument Cliff dwellings built into the canyon walls by the Sinagua people nearly a thousand years ago. Intimate, accessible, and extraordinary.

Evening — Dinner

After Dinner — Red Rock Stargazing Session ✦ Sedona's dark skies are among the finest in the American Southwest. Following dinner, gather under the stars for a private guided stargazing session — a local astronomer with a knowledge of Hopi and Puebloan celestial traditions connects the night sky overhead to the ruins visited throughout the week. Randall Carlson's work on cosmic cycles and catastrophism is the lens. The Milky Way in May over the red rocks is the experience. This is the moment when the entire week snaps into focus.

DAY 5 — PETROGLYPHS, ANCIENT WATERS & FAREWELL

Saturday, May 8, 2026

The final day saves some of the best for last — including an exclusive stop that no commercial tour offers.

9:00 – 10:30am — V-Bar-V Ranch Petroglyphs The largest and best-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley — over 1,000 individual images carved into the rock face by the Sinagua people. DHC walks you through what we know, and what we don't.

10:30am – 12:00pm — Montezuma's Well A natural limestone sink fed by 1.5 million gallons of water daily, surrounded by ancient irrigation canals and cliff dwellings. Sacred to the Yavapai and Hopi people.

12:00 – 2:00pm — Picnic Farewell Lunch

2:00 – 4:00pm — Montezuma's Castle National Monument A five-story, 20-room cliff dwelling built into a limestone recess 100 feet above the valley floor. One of the best-preserved prehistoric structures in North America.

4:00 – 6:00pm — World Explorers Club with David Hatcher Childress ✦ A private visit to DHC's own base of operations in the Verde Valley. This is the moment the week has been building to — artifacts, archives, conversation, and a glimpse into the life of a man who has spent decades searching the world for answers.

6:00 – 8:00pm — Farewell BBQ Dinner Raise a glass to five days of exploration, new friendships, and ancient mysteries. The world looks different now. It always does after a week like this.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Reserved front-row seat at Sedona Quest Conference (May 1–3)

• All ground transportation throughout the tour

• All guided site visits with David Hatcher Childress

• All meals noted in the itinerary

• All five exclusive Sedona experiences listed above

• Private visit to the World Explorers Club

WHAT TO ARRANGE INDEPENDENTLY

• Flights and arrival into Sedona / Flagstaff / Phoenix /

• Hotel accommodations (recommendations available at every price point)

TWO TIERS AVAILABLE

The Expedition — Full itinerary with all site visits, meals, and DHC guiding The Full Immersion — Everything above plus exclusive Sedona experiences ✦

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