If you can drag yourself out of the casino, away from the great restaurants or out of the pool, Las Vegas, Nevada, is an ideal starting point for day trips. The Lake Mead Recreation area offers hiking and Hoover Dam lets you look inside a spectacular man-made mechanical wonder. But for sheer natural beauty, head to the Grand Canyon. From Las Vegas, you can easily visit both the South Rim, home of Grand Canyon National Park, and West Rim, with its Skywalk.
Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters has daily tours of otherwise inaccessible areas of the Grand Canyon. A helicopter gives you a unique perspective on the canyon, and one flight brings tourists to the Havasupai Village at the bottom. You can see over half of the vast canyon on these tours, much more than you can see on foot.
Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters
1265 Airport Rd.
Boulder City NV 89015
702-736-7243
papillon.com
Grand Canyon Airlines has been flying over the Grand Canyon since 1927. The airlines, using extremely quiet equipment, provides Las Vegas hotel pick-up. Combination flights and ground tours let you sight-see and experience the canyon firsthand.
Grand Canyon Airlines
1265 Airport Rd
Boulder City NV 89015
702-835-8484
grandcanyonairlines.com
The Grand Canyon Jeep Tour takes visitors through Grand Canyon Caverns. The full day tour includes lunch and swimming and is available year round. The fully narrated tour, in a Jeep 4X4, offers plenty of opportunities for picture taking. Las Vegas hotel pick-up is provided.
Grand Canyon Jeep Tour
180 E. Warm Springs
Las Vegas NV 89119
800-716-9389
grandcanyonjeeps.com
Grand Canyon Coaches offers day trips on comfortable, luxury motor coaches. The full- and half-day bus trips include the Grand Canyon National Park at the South Rim, and the West Rim and Skywalk. These tours, which include hotel pick-up and lunch, are substantially cheaper than helicopter, airplane or Jeep tours.
Grand Canyon Coaches
275 E Tropicana
Las Vegas NV 89109
702-577-9056
grandcanyoncoaches.com
Grand Canyon Fun Trips are for tourists who can't decide which type of Grand Canyon trip to take. A four-in-one adventure includes highlights of other tours, with all modes of transportation, from airplane to helicopter to boat to coach. You go by plane to an Indian reservation, helicopter into the canyon, pontoon boat on the Colorado River and bus to the West Rim. You can walk on the Skywalk over the canyon and see both Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Lunch is included.
Grand Canyon Fun Trips
275 E. Tropicana Ave.
Las Vegas NV 89109
702-851-8436
grandcanyonfuntrips.com
