Festive Season at Amangiri

24 & 25 December

Begin your Christmas Eve with a sunrise Budokon yoga class, followed by a Hoodoo hike taking in the best views on the property. After a farm-to-table lunch, tuck into a late afternoon cocoa bar with traditional holiday cookies before exploring the slot canyons of the Studhorse Trail.

As dusk falls, sip on spiced cocktails fireside as Peter MacDonald reveals the Navajo code used to transmit secret wartime messages, then savour a four-course tasting menu with live entertainment by the renowned jazz and blues musician, Spencer Kilpatrick. Christmas day can be as action-packed or relaxed as you desire, wrapping up with Eli Secody’s story telling through song and drumming, a festive feast of seafood, black oak-roasted meats, wild game and heirloom vegetables, a campfire sing-along and s’mores, and Navajo stargazing.

31 December & 1 January 

 The days leadings up to New Year’s Eve will be just as full, with sunrise wellness sessions, twice-daily hikes, afternoon hot cocoa and sunset drinks before dinners inspired by the region and other Aman destinations around the world.

As dusk falls, sip on spiced cocktails fireside listening to Peter MacDonald, one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers, as he shares fascinating tales from World War II, then savour a four-course tasting menu with live entertainment by the renowned jazz and blues musician, Spencer Kilpatrick. Christmas day can be as action-packed or relaxed as you desire, wrapping up with storytelling through song and drum, a festive feast of seafood, black oak-roasted meats, wild game and heirloom vegetables, a campfire sing-along, s’mores, and Navajo stargazing with Amangiri’s resident astronomist who leads nightly tours of the sky.

22 December - 1 January 

This festive season Amangiri will take guests on parallel journeys – back in time to the very origins of Canyon country, experiencing it through the eyes of its earliest inhabitants, as well as around the world with extraordinary dining experiences inspired by different Aman destinations.

A presentation by Scott Richardson will reveal the dinosaurs of the Grand Staircase National Monument; the night skies will be explored with astronomer Jeremy Byrom using a modern Orion telescope, and with Eli Secody, as the Navajo perceived the cosmos. Performances by a Navajo flautist, storytelling through dance and drumming, Navajo cooking lessons, botanical hikes to discover traditional medicinal plants and a Native American dinner – Spirit of the Journey – will explore different aspects of Native American culture.