Trip GrapevineTop places, picked by travellers

Canyon · Hotel shortlist

The best hotels near Grand Canyon Kennel

Britt Sorensen

Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya

Updated 1 September 2026 · 16 Canyon hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Canyon, out of the 16 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.8 down to 4.3.

All five are within 5.2 km of Grand Canyon Kennel.

Havasupai Gardens Campground

Highest rated of the five

Havasupai Gardens Campground

★★★★★4.8 from 187 reviews

Havasupai Gardens Campground comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.8 from 187 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is found under poi.

16 hotels in Canyon qualified for this list and five made it. Bright Angel Lodge is the one I would book if the first is full.

Why it works for this trip

  • Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze

Check rates Read more

All five, ranked

  1. Havasupai Gardens Campground1

    Havasupai Gardens Campground

    ★★★★★4.8 from 187 reviews

    3.5 km from Grand Canyon Kennel

    • Kid friendly

    Check rates Read more

  2. Bright Angel Lodge2

    Bright Angel Lodge

    ★★★★★4.4 from 4,628 reviews

    1.1 km from Grand Canyon Kennel, about a 14 minute walk

      Check rates Read more

    • El Tovar Hotel3

      El Tovar Hotel

      ★★★★★4.4 from 4,257 reviews

      1.3 km from Grand Canyon Kennel, about a 16 minute walk

        Check rates Read more

      • Highland Grand Canyon4

        Highland Grand Canyon

        ★★★★★4.9 from 63 reviews

        5.2 km from Grand Canyon Kennel

        • Parking
        • Kitchen
        • Pet friendly
        • Kid friendly
        • Accessible

        Check rates Read more

      • Maswik Lodge5

        Maswik Lodge

        ★★★★★4.3 from 4,529 reviews

        600 m from Grand Canyon Kennel, about a 8 minute walk

          Check rates Read more

        How this list was put together

        16 Canyon hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Grand Canyon Kennel second, then took the top five.

        Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

        The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

        What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

        Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

        Britt Sorensen

        Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya

        Her work season is winter, leaving whole summers free for mountains in the other hemisphere or trekking at altitude in Nepal and Peru. Carries the lightest pack of anyone she travels with.

        Trip Grapevine earns a commission on bookings made through the links on this page. It costs you nothing, and it does not change the order of the list, which is set by the measurements above.