South Rim Air and Ground

Tour Features

• Includes motorcoach transportation from Las Vegas hotels and return 
• Unrestricted views from the airplane 
• First-class seating 
• Stereo headphones and pre-recorded narration aboard the aircraft 
• Multi-lingual services available in 12 languages 

Quick Information

Tour Duration: 8 hours

Departure Time: Early morning to late afternoon.

Allow enough time for hotel pick-up.

Tour Description

Visitors on Grand Canyon airplane tours find a breathtaking perspective available only from an aircraft that is specially designed for Grand Canyon sightseeing tours. Panoramic windows offer every passenger unobstructed views of the South and West rims of the Grand Canyon, as well as the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead area.

During our Grand Canyon airplane tours headphones are provided so that guests can listen to a recorded narration and be entertained by amazing facts and fun anecdotes while flying over some of the most historically important and beautiful sights in the American Southwest.

Tour Highlights

• Panoramic views and photo opportunities
• Airplane flight to the Grand Canyon and return
• Boulder City
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area
• Hoover Dam
• South Rim of the Grand Canyon
• Complimentary lunch

Construction of nearby Hoover Dam not only ended the Colorado River’s rampaging floods, but also brought life-sustaining water and electricity to approximately 25 million people living in seven Western states and portions of Mexico. The River, which travels more than 1,400 miles from the Rocky Mountains in Colorado to Mexico, was tamed by the Dam, a Depression Era engineering marvel. And, Lake Mead, the 115-mile-long reservoir created by damming the River, offers abundant recreation and is the Las Vegas Valley’s primary source for water.

From the air during this tour, the 726-foot-high Dam appears immense and it is easy to see why building in Black Canyon was a construction nightmare. Worth noting were the daring group of workers called the High Scalers. It was their job to hang on the side of the cliffs, drill holes in the canyon walls, and pack them with explosives. The project used more than 8.5 million pounds of dynamite.

When the Las Vegas sightseeing tour lands at Grand Canyon Airport on the South Rim, passengers transfer to a Grand Canyon bus tour, where they will travel a short distance to the Rim, one of the most popular destinations at the Canyon. Situated in a beautiful setting with tall pines and amazing wildlife, the Rim offers amenities such as lodging, restaurants, visitor centers, and multiple viewpoints.

During a Grand Canyon bus tour of the South Rim, an expert driver/guide narrates the excursion and answers questions about the Canyon. Lookout points offering the best spectacular views are pre-selected stops, stops that have been chosen from the Rim’s two scenic drives, several trails, and more than seven observation areas. One of the most popular attractions, Mather Point, is known for its breathtaking scenery and exciting vistas on Grand Canyon sightseeing tours. Cameras are a must on this trip.

At the Bright Angel Lodge, a National Historic Landmark built in 1935, visitors can browse a gift shop and explore the rustic structure’s history room