Ember Coast
A grand red-rock canyon resort at golden hour

For private groups

A canyon built for the buy-out.

Every signature Sedona experience has an exclusive-use version. We assemble them into one seamless week.

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Sedona is built for buy-outs. Charter a private fleet of Pink Jeeps, book a dedicated dawn balloon launch, and a private guided off-road tour into the backcountry. Every signature experience has an exclusive-use version.

One radius, no long transfers

Lodging anchors well around Boynton Canyon at Enchantment for canyon seclusion, or villa estates in the Village of Oak Creek for space and privacy. A private chef's-table dinner at Mariposa or a wine evening gives the group a shared centerpiece, and the town's small scale keeps trails, tables, and the launch field within a tight radius.

We coordinate the manifest across Jeeps, flights, and tables, stage the group dinners, and keep a single point of contact for the whole party.

What’s inside

  • Private Jeep fleets, exclusive use
  • A dedicated dawn balloon launch
  • Villa estates or a canyon resort base
  • A private chef's-table dinner as the centerpiece
  • Trails, tables, and the launch field in a tight radius

A sample rhythm

  1. 01

    Gather

    A villa estate or canyon base, a relaxed first group dinner.

  2. 02

    Trail day

    A private Jeep fleet up the slickrock for the whole party.

  3. 03

    Split & choose

    Balloons, golf, hikes, and spa in parallel.

  4. 04

    Centerpiece

    A private chef's-table dinner to close the week.

The Sedonawe’d build in

The pieces that fit this trip.

Where to stay

Resorts cradled by the red rocks.

From a creekside hideaway in Oak Creek Canyon to a resort tucked inside Boynton Canyon, these are the stays a Sedona trip is built around.

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Boynton Canyon

Enchantment Resort

A 70-acre resort set deep inside Boynton Canyon, ringed by red-rock walls, with casita-style rooms and the destination spa Mii amo on site.

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Iconic

Uptown Sedona

L'Auberge de Sedona

Creekside cottages along the banks of Oak Creek, a Forbes-rated retreat known for its riverfront dining and outdoor cathedral of sycamores.

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Boutique

Uptown Sedona

Amara Resort & Spa

A modern hillside boutique within walking distance of Uptown, with an infinity pool framing the red rocks and creek access below.

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Top rated

West Sedona

Sky Rock Sedona

An elevated hilltop perch with some of the widest red-rock panoramas in town, recently reimagined with a stargazing-forward program.

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Destination spa

Boynton Canyon

Mii amo

An all-inclusive destination spa inside Enchantment, built around three-, four-, and seven-night immersive journeys for deep restoration.

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Adults-leaning

Oak Creek

L'Auberge Creekside Cottages

The most secluded rooms at L'Auberge, individual cottages set right at the water's edge for the quietest, most romantic stay in Sedona.

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Signature adventures

Pink Jeeps, hot-air balloons, and slickrock.

The one-of-a-kind days: a backcountry Jeep climb up the slickrock, a sunrise balloon over the buttes, and guided off-road into the high desert.

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Uptown Sedona

Pink Jeep Tours

The original Sedona off-road operator since 1960, famous for the Broken Arrow trail that climbs slickrock few other tours can reach.

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Bucket-list

West Sedona

Northern Light Balloon Expeditions

Sunrise hot-air balloon flights drifting over the red rocks, one of only two operators permitted to fly in the Sedona area.

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Top rated

Sedona

Red Rock Balloon Adventures

FAA-certified dawn flights with a traditional champagne breakfast in the desert, an FAA-permitted Sedona balloon operator.

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Private

Red-rock country

Sedona Off-Road Adventures

Private, small-group backcountry tours by open-air vehicle into the canyons and mesas, paced for photography and quiet.

The table

Red-rock-view tables and creekside chefs.

Sedona's dining runs from a hilltop room with panoramic walls of stone to a fine-dining cottage above Oak Creek. We hold the hard reservations.

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West Sedona

Mariposa Latin Inspired Grill

Chef Lisa Dahl's hilltop showpiece, walls of glass framing the red rocks over a wood-fired Latin grill, the definitive Sedona view table.

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Award-winning

Uptown Sedona

Cress on Oak Creek

The Forbes-rated fine-dining room at L'Auberge, serving seasonal American tasting menus on a deck suspended over Oak Creek.

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Top rated

Uptown Sedona

Elote Cafe

Sedona's most beloved and hardest-to-book table, chef Jeff Smedstad's elevated, regional Mexican cooking drawn from years in Oaxaca.

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Top rated

West Sedona

SaltRock Southwest Kitchen

The wood-fired Southwest kitchen at Amara Resort, open-flame cooking and craft agave cocktails with a red-rock backdrop.

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Award-winning

West Sedona

Dahl & DiLuca Ristorante Italiano

Lisa Dahl's romantic, candlelit Italian flagship, a perennial top-rated Sedona dinner two decades running.

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Village of Oak Creek

Cucina Rustica

A grand Tuscan-villa setting from the Dahl restaurant family, warm rustic Italian cooking under hand-painted starlit ceilings.

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The drives & overlooks

Airport Mesa at sunset, the canyon by car.

Some of Sedona's grandest scenery is reachable on smooth ground: a switchback canyon byway, a panoramic mesa overlook, and a chapel in the rocks.

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Highway 89A

Oak Creek Canyon Scenic Drive

A designated scenic byway switchbacking through a wooded river gorge between Sedona and Flagstaff, stunning in autumn color.

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Bucket-list

West Sedona

Airport Mesa Overlook

The classic 360-degree red-rock panorama and the town's most popular sunset spot, perched on a mesa above West Sedona.

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Sedona

Chapel of the Holy Cross

A modernist chapel built directly into the red-rock buttes in 1956, with sweeping views from its perch above the valley.

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Highway 179

Red Rock Scenic Byway

An All-American Road past Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte, the gateway approach to Sedona with pullouts at every turn.

Fairways

Red-rock holes on high-desert turf.

Two of Arizona's most scenic courses, both with the buttes as a backdrop and both within easy reach of where you stay.

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West Sedona

Seven Canyons Golf Club

A Tom Weiskopf-designed private course set against towering red-rock walls, regularly cited among Arizona's most beautiful layouts.

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Top rated

Village of Oak Creek

Oakcreek Country Club

A mature Robert Trent Jones design with red-rock views from the fairways, the area's established semi-private club.

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Award-winning

Village of Oak Creek

Sedona Golf Resort

A Gary Panks course with panoramic red-rock vistas at nearly every hole, a longtime favorite for resort play.

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Golden sunset light shimmering on the sea

Private group retreat

Let’s design it around you.

Share what you can already picture. A concierge fills in everything still open and sends back a plan, not a quote.

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