You Drive Hell's Revenge Yourself, With a Guide Out Front
A guided convoy on Moab's most famous slickrock trail where you are the one steering. Three hours, a four seat Kawasaki side by side, and a hard rule that the driver has to be 21 with a license.
Hell's Revenge starts in a parking lot on South Main Street. You check in at the Moab Tourism Center, sit through a safety briefing, and climb into a four seat Kawasaki Teryx KRX4 1000 with your own hands on the wheel.
The trail is a ten to fifteen minute drive away, and you make that drive too. By the time the pavement runs out you have already found the pedals.
A guide runs out front for the whole three hours and chooses the route. The operator's own FAQ calls the tours "not fast-paced" and says the guides "take things slow and steady." What you are buying here is the driver's seat.
The listing blocks three hours end to end and splits that into roughly thirty minutes at the shop and about two and a half hours on the rock. The operator's own page puts the adventure at two and a half to three hours. Plan around the longer figure and you will not be rushing.
The listing carries 4.99 from more than 3,400 reviews of this tour code.
Moab Hell's Revenge U-Drive UTV AdventureMoab Tourism Center · about three hours · drivers 21 and up · departs 606 South Main Streetwww.viator.comWho Gets the Wheel, and Who Rides
Driving has a hard gate on it. Drivers must be 21 or older and hold a valid driver's license, and that line appears in the listing and in the operator's FAQ in almost identical words. It is not a soft preference.
Riding is far more open. The booking form sells seats from age three, each machine takes up to four people, and two is the minimum per vehicle. Someone travelling alone cannot take a machine out on their own.
There is also a quieter option sitting on the same booking page: a passenger seat in the guide's vehicle, capped at two adults. The lowest adult fare on the whole booking page belongs to that passenger seat, so the headline price is not the price of driving. Read the option title before you pay.
Steep Enough That They Ask About Heights
The operator does not soften the terrain. Its FAQ says the trail "does feature steep inclines, declines, and some cliffs," then adds the part that matters when you are the one steering. The driver has to be comfortable on that ground and, in the operator's own words, must not have "a fear of heights."
Someone who locks up on an exposed ledge is going to have a long three hours, and they will be having it with their own hands on the wheel.
The listing adds its own exclusions. It is not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries, for anyone with poor cardiovascular health, or for anyone pregnant. It also states the tour is not wheelchair accessible.
Footwear is the one place the two sources disagree. The listing says closed toe shoes are required and that flip flops and sandals are not permitted. The operator's page calls them recommended. Wear closed toe shoes.
A River Bend, and a Set of Dinosaur Tracks
Two stops give the drive its shape.
The first is a Colorado River overlook, a slickrock rim with the river bending a long way below. The convoy stops, people get out, and this is where the photographs come from.
The second is a stop at fossilized dinosaur tracks near Lion's Back. The listing names it outright and the operator's tour page repeats it. Nobody has published which animal left them, so it reads as a curiosity on the way past.
In between is the reason people book. Sandstone fins that look undriveable from the bottom, a descent or two that makes the whole vehicle tilt, and a machine that handles it without drama.
The Evening Departure Moves With the Calendar
Three driving departures run every day of the week: morning, early afternoon, and evening. The booking calendar carries a second morning start alongside the 8:15 one.
The evening slot is the one to understand before you book. The operator sets it three hours before sunset, so its clock time slides across the year. Evening start times on the booking calendar run anywhere from 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Same tour, different hour.
So pick the date first and let the booking page hand you the time. Choosing an hour and hoping the date matches is the wrong way round.
Bottled water is included. Food is not, and the listing says you are welcome to bring your own snacks. Gratuities sit outside the fare. The operator says every tour participant gets ten percent off souvenir merchandise at the shop on the day they ride.
Two refund windows are published and they do not agree. Cancel through the booking page at least 24 hours before departure for a full refund. The operator's own site posts a longer 48 hour window for reservations made directly with it, so do not assume the counter quotes the same number the listing does.
The shop is at 606 South Main Street, on the corner of Kane Creek Boulevard, north of the McDonald's at the Highway 191 junction. Arrive fifteen minutes before your start time. There is a lot out front and usually more space along Kane Creek. You will know the building when you see it: the operator's own directions say to "look for the array of UTVs and side-by-sides parked around the building."
Three hours later you come back down the same road into town with red dust on your shins and the whole evening still in front of you.