Hey it's Keith Kravitz and here's a list of what's hot when it comes to Grand Canyon tours from Las Vegas & South Rim...
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Vegas is the only place where you can fly below the rim and land on the bottom for a Champagne picnic. It's this and the price that makes this tour so extraordinary. Think about it: After you fly over Lake Mead and Hoover Dam, you engage in a descent of some 3,500 feet until you land
at private landing pad that's a mere 100 yards or less from the famous Colorado River. Then, to top it all off, you pop bottles and sip bubbles! Learn more... |
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Want to experience the Grand Canyon Skywalk? Boy, have we got that covered. Three tours include the Skywalk and there's sure to be one that meets your needs. Like the one that comes with a limo ride to and from your Vegas Strip hotel. Or the one that takes you to the bottom for a
boat ride. Or, perhaps, you want the "plain vanilla" tour that gets you there and back plus access to the hop-on, hop-off shuttle bus to the West Rim's best viewing areas. Read more... |
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Vegas-South Rim Xpress (Basic)
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The drive from Las Vegas to the South Rim is a grind of 5.5-hours that cuts through mountains and over high desert with nary a tree on it. For some, this desert trek is interesting. But if my goal is to get to the South Rim, I'm flying because it takes just 60 minutes, which is
awesome because that leaves me more time to explore the National Park. And explore you will because the basic package includes transportation to, in and from the National Park plus a lunch break at Grand canyon Village (or whatever suits you best). Learn more... |
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Check this out: In all, Grand Canyon National Park (a/k/a South Rim) encompasses more than 1 million acres of wild, untrampled wilderness. To do it all on ground would take a 100 lifetimes. But if you're like me, you've got one and that means we have to go for the 50-minute flyover.
This trip is phenomenal and goes over the South Rim, East Rim and North Rim plus the Dragoon Corridor, which is the widest, deepest section of the Park. By the time you deplane, you'll have see 75 percent of the Canyon! Read more... |
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This trusty Vegas tour is the fastest, no-frills way to see the Canyon. En route, you'll go over Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, the Colorado River before entering the Park's airspace. From there, you'll fly over the great chasm, mesmerized by a landscape that conjures up a time when
dinosaurs roamed the earth. Seriously, the Canyon is that old and has changed little since those times when we learned that striking one rock against another would make fire. Seeing is believing and this tour is the one that delivers. Learn more... |
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I refer to this tour as the no-holds-barred package. That means you'll see everything and do everything that all the other packages do. If tours were a buffet, this one would fit the bill! First you fly to the bottom. Then you do a boat ride. Then you fly to the top. Then you do the
Skywalk. Next you hop a free shuttle bus and check out Guano Point, which is where I strongly recommend you relax and enjoy the free munchies that are in the "snack bag" that's included gratis. Back home, when friends and family ask you if you "did" the Canyon, you can chortle and retort back with, "Which part? The top, the bottom, or both?" Read more... |
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I'm no weatherman but I do know a thing or two about helicopter rides. Like when to take them. And when not to take them. My assumptions are pretty much grounded in fact and if you decide to act on them you'll reap a much more enjoyable experience. That said, all this talk about best
time to fly is for naught if you don't book your tour in advance and online. Do that and you'll be able to cherry pick the best flight times before the next guy does. Wait until the last minute and you'll be stuck with one of those times that me and my friends run from. Learn more... |
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