The $100 park fee notice, explained
One Sedona jeep listing warns non-US residents about a $100 per-person fee. The fee is real. Whether it has anything to do with a jeep tour in Sedona is another question.
What the notice says
Of the six tours we compare, one carries the notice: the Red Rock Range Pink Jeep Tour. It says that non-US residents will be contacted by the operator to collect a $100 per-person entrance fee, and that US residents must show valid US identification at check-in. None of the other five listings mention it.
Where the $100 comes from
The fee is not invented by the operator. In 2026 the US Departments of the Interior and Agriculture introduced a nonresident fee: every non-US resident aged 16 and over pays $100 per person on top of the standard entrance fee. The detail that matters is where it applies. It covers eleven named national parks, and only those:
- Acadia, Bryce Canyon, Everglades and Glacier
- Grand Canyon, Grand Teton and Rocky Mountain
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite and Zion
Sedona is not on that list, and no tour on this site enters any of those parks.
Sedona is national forest, not national park
The red rock trails these jeeps use sit inside the Coconino National Forest, run by the US Forest Service through its Red Rock Ranger District. That is a different agency from the National Park Service, with different rules and different fees. It is a distinction most visitors never need to think about, until a National Park Service notice turns up on a Sedona booking page.
So why is it on a Sedona listing at all?
Look at the operator's full name: Pink Jeep Tours – Sedona & Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is one of the eleven parks, and the company runs tours there too. The most likely explanation is a notice applied across the operator's listings rather than a charge specific to a two-hour drive through red rock country. We cannot promise you it will not be collected. That decision belongs to the operator, not to us, and we would rather say so than guess.
What to do if you live outside the US
- Ask before you travel. Message the operator through the booking platform and ask whether the $100 fee applies to the Red Rock Range tour specifically. Keep the answer in writing.
- Or pick a tour without the notice. Scenic Rim leaves from the same plaza, rates the same 4.8 and does not carry the notice. Nor do the vortex, Rim Run Supreme, Ancient Ruins or Oak Creek Canyon tours.
- Keep it separate from your Grand Canyon budget. If you are also visiting the Grand Canyon, the fee genuinely applies there for non-residents aged 16 and over. That is a different trip and a different bill.
What to do if you live in the US
Nothing beyond the obvious: take a driver's licence or passport to check-in. The notice asks US residents to present valid US identification, and once you do, the question never comes up.
Same plaza, no fee notice
The Scenic Rim tour leaves from the same Pink Jeep plaza for ~$129, includes hotel pick-up in Sedona and climbs onto the Mogollon Rim. Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 308 reviews.
In short
The $100 nonresident fee is real, it applies to eleven national parks, and Sedona is not one of them. It appears on one listing here because the operator also runs Grand Canyon tours. If you live outside the US and want that particular tour, get the answer in writing from the operator first. Otherwise, any of the other five avoids the question entirely. The before-you-go notes on the main page cover the rest of what the listings leave out.