If you want to cover more distance on your Arizona day getaway, you can do it via a safari and air tour combination. The Original Grand Canyon Jeep Tours and Safaris outfit offer a Grand Canyon Flight and 4x4 Combo adventure that will round out your one-day getaway. For $195 (age 12 and above; $169 aged 11 and younger), you can enjoy a three-hour ride along the Canyon's North Rim, beginning and ending at Tusayan, hike for an hour in the Grand Canyon National Park with guide in tow, and then tour the Canyon from the air in a 40- to 50-minute helicopter ride.
If everything western is your cup of tea, go back in time to the wild wild West by spending your day in Tombstone, Arizona, where the gunfight at the O.K. Corral isn't just a movie scene. Gunfight shows, stagecoach tours of the town and exploring an 1880s silver mine should keep you busy for the day. But if you still need more to do you can always take in Boothill Graveyard, where all the bad men of the West are buried, or check out the world's largest rosebush. And don't forget to dress up in old-time wear and get your can-can picture taken.
Spend your day taking in America's Mountain Garden at Flagstaff. The Garden boasts one of the country's largest high-country (over 7,000 feet in elevation) wildflower displays. A botanical garden spanning 200-acres is sure to give you plenty to see for your Arizona day getaway between April and October, with guided tours occurring at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and costs ranging between $3 and $7 per person, depending upon age.
Arizona day getaways for the city of Yuma run the gamut from touring an exotic animal and camel farm, fishing in the Colorado River with your own professional fishing guide (or taking a raft down it), a flight in a hot-air balloon and a spin in a 2009 Viper sand buggy. And you could get it all done in a day! Activity pricing ranges from $3 (camel farm) to approximately $160 per person (hot-air balloon).
