Rhees Jackson is seventh-generation Kanab. His family has been in the canyon country since before it was a county. He grew up running dirt roads with his dad and grandpa, learned the terrain the way people learn it when they grew up in it, then left for a sales job in Las Vegas because that's where the work was. By 2020, he had packed up his family and moved back to Kanab to start Expedition Kanab at 365 S 100 E — a UTV and off-road tour company built on the premise that a seventh-generation local knows the land better than any algorithm-optimized competitor that set up shop last spring.
The tours run to Peekaboo Slot Canyon, the Great Chamber, South Fork Indian Canyon, Coral Pink Sand Dunes, and the desert above Kanab at sunset. Jackson guides in a Jeep or a UTV, in groups of 2 to 14. Tours run 1.5 to 4 hours. The company has accumulated more than 1,000 five-star reviews across TripAdvisor and Google since 2020, which, in five years of operation, is a real number. The Kanab Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting at the opening, confirming the business is locally registered and community-embedded.
What distinguishes Expedition Kanab from the other outfitters working the same canyons is not the equipment — UTVs are UTVs — it's that Rhees Jackson has a story that is inseparable from the place. "Share these hidden treasures" is what the brand site says. In his case, it's not marketing copy.