Thunderbird Lodge Chinle Motel

The Thunderbird Lodge provided a comfortable stay while I visited Canyon de Chelly. The facility along with tours of the canyon are operated by the Navajos. I arrived at 11pm but they had night employer come to check me in and had given me the phone number to call him when I arrived. If you stay in the Lodge, you get a 10% discount on tours and breakfast and the gift shop. The cooks in the cafeteria were very cooperative with my low cholesterol diet in preparing eggs whites only on order. The room was comfortable. It did take a long time to get hot water, and one night never got above tepid which was not good for me in early winter in Arizona. The gift shop had wide variety of Navajo sand paintings, fetishes, rugs, jewelry and photos.

It is a great location, right in the Canyon de Chelly. It is newly remodeled and really comfortable as well as reasonably priced.

This hotel made me feel welcome: The workers were really friendly. The hotel had a homey, old fashioned atmosphere.