Bryce Canyon is by far the National Park that has caught us the most off-guard (in a good way). Our trip was unplanned and more of a "well we're already so close, we might as well stop", and boyyyyyyy, are we glad we did as Bryce Canyon quickly shot toward the top of our favorite national parks. Admittedly, if we went there with high expectations, we may have not been as blown away so take this all with a grain of salt so that your visit gets to be as extraordinarily surprising as ours was. Filled with sweeping valleys of "hoodoos", saturated rock formations and red cliffs, Bryce Canyon is one of the most beautiful and unique places we've ever seen. We cannot recommend a trip to this place more, especially when sooo easily combined with an itinerary through Zion.