Anyone that has ever considered visiting Las Vegas knows that there is so much more to do for fun than just gambling. The city has become a vacation destination for families as well as being known as "Sin City." One very popular activity for Las Vegas visitors is to take a helicopter tour of the Las Vegas Strip at night. There's no more spectacular way to view the millions of lights than by air. But choosing a tour company for your helicopter adventure may be difficult, since there are so many tour companies. Each offers its own set of "perks" for tourists, and the costs vary widely.
Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters offers tours of the Las Vegas strip, as well as of the Grand Canyon's South Rim, The West Rim of the Grand Canyon and Lake Powell. The tour of the Las Vegas strip costs $104 per adult and lasts approximately 20 minutes. The actual flight time is around eight to 10 minutes. This company will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel too. Make reservations on the Papillon Grand website or by phone at 888-635-7272. Not all of the Las Vegas strip tours take place at night.
Maverick Grand Canyon tours offers a helicopter tour of the Las Vegas strip, a Grand Canyon sunset tour, a Standard Grand Canyon tour by air and a tour of the Grand Canyon that includes landing. For Las Vegas visitors wishing to use this company to tour the Strip, there is no transportation prvided to and from the Las Vegas airport for the tour. However, before the flight takes off, tourists are treated to a champagne toast. These tours of the Las Vegas Strip are conducted at night for the best view of the lights. The tour costs $114 per person, but does not include extra fees, such as fuel fees and gratuities. You can book this tour on theMaverick Grand Canyon website or by phone at 888-261-4414.
Grand Canyon Helicopters doesn't offer a tour of the Las Vegas Strip alone. Instead, its tour of the Grand Canyon takes place as the sun sets for the best view of the canyon, then as the helicopter returns to the airport, it takes a swing around Las Vegas for a view of the Las Vegas Strip at night. This combo tour is more expensive, but for visitors who can't decide which of the tours to take, the Grand Canyon or the Strip, this one solves the dilemma. The tour lasts three and a half hours and tourists are picked up and dropped off at their hotel. This tour that costs $310 per adult includes the view of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, a decent to the floor of the Grand Canyon and a picnic lunch there. Book this tour on the Grand Canyon Helicopters website or by phone at 702-835-8477.
All Las Vegas Tours offers night flights to tour the Las Vegas Strip by helicopter starting at $99.99. The company also occasionally offers special discounts, so check its website before booking your tour. In addition to the Las Vegas Strip, this tour company has multiple tours of the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. The duration of the tour of the Strip is one and a half hours, but the actual flight time is only about 12 minutes. Book this tour on the All Las Vegas Tours website or by phone at 800-566-5868.
For the luxury treatment, you can choose to tour the Strip using Sundance Helicopters. The staff will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel in a stretch limousine. The tours are mostly of the Grand Canyon, but it does offer one tour of the Las Vegas Strip as you return from a tour of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon at sunset. This tour includes a champagne picnic when you land along the way. This tour is listed as lasting three and a half hours and costs $459 per person. Book it on the Sundance Helicopters website or by phone at 800-653-1881.
Look! Tours offers a night tour of the Las Vegas Strip that costs as little as $99.99. This tour requires each person to bring a $10 fuel fee at the time of the flight. The cost does not include gratuities, so be sure to bring that with you, too. But as you prepare to take off on the 12-minute tour, you can sip champagne and toast to your adventure. This tour can be booked on the Look Tours! website or by phone at 800-566-5868.
Heli-USA not only offers night tours of the Las Vegas Strip, but it also offers helicopter tours of the Grand Canyon, the Grand Canyon Ranch and a unique Buffalo Safari tour. Staffers will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel for the tour that costs as little as $99. This tour company includes all the fees, but as with each of the tours, you should plan on bringing cash for a gratuity. Here again, you can sip champagne as you wait to board the flight that covers 22 miles by air. Book this tour on the Heli-USA website or by phone at 800-359-8727.
Viator Tours offers tours by helicopter of the Grand Canyon West Rim, the Grand Canyon South Rim and the Las Vegas Strip at night. The tour of the Strip lasts about 12 minutes and covers 22 miles by air. Instead of having to get to and from the Las Vegas airport, this tour leaves from a heliport close to the Las Vegas Strip. The company lists the tour as lasting 90 minutes and there is a shuttle service for tourists to the MGM Grand Hotel after the flight. Each guest receives a glass of champagne and should bring a $10 per person airport and landing fee as well as gratuities. The flight is listed as lasting 12 minutes and the tour lasts one and a half hours. Book this tour on the Viator Tours website or by phone at 866-648-5873.
Las Vegas Grand Canyon Tours offers a variety of helicopter tours of the Grand Canyon and of the Las Vegas Strip at night. The tour costs $119. Tourists are given a free glass of champagne as they wait to board their flight and a free drop off at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino after the flight. The flight tours not only the Strip, but the historic Fremont Downtown district as well. The tour lasts two hours, hotel to hotel and the flight lasts about 15 minutes. Book this tour on the Las Vegas Grand Canyon Tours website or by phone at 866-218-3427.
