In Case You Are Coming to the Grand Canyon, Be Sure to Take a Plane Tour
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Looking for the best way to capture the true essence of the Grand Canyon? Take a South Rim airplane tour -- it's the best way to go. This type of plane ride lasts about 40 minutes and will show you the magnificence of the Grand Canyon in a way that seeing it from the ground simply cannot.
You will be taken from your hotel directly to the airport when you sign up for many of the South Rim airplane tours. After you are aboard your plane, you will fly to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. You will have enough time to do and see some other things while you are there because the round trip time for the flight is only about an hour.
You have will plenty of room in the planes that are used for the plane rides so you will be able to move around some and see all that there is to see when you get to the South Rim. You will be able to experience a 4,000 food drop to the floor at the Grand Canyon when you are on this plan ride as well. After you land, you will see that you have time to walk around and explore.
Tourists from all over the world plan on taking trips to the Grand Canyon and the available airplane tours is part of the reason for this. As soon as you leave the ground at the GCA, or Grand Canyon Airport, you will begin to enjoy amazing narration that will give you interesting information about the history and background of the Grand Canyon. You will have a much better understanding of what you will see and will enjoy the views even more because of the narrative that is given.
Zuni Point, for example, is a striking, instantly recognizable plateau with cacti growing here and there. As you look at the Zuni Corridor, which is nestled at the intersection of the Colorado River and the Little Colorado River, you will be just as impressed as you were with Zuni Point.
You'll fly close to a feature called the Desert View Watchtower, which is a faithful recreation of an actual prehistoric Native American tower. You will also catch a good view of the Painted Desert with all of the wonderful colors of the rainbow as you look out over the wings of the plane. You will get an amazing view of the Petrified Forest as well.
When your plan is riding over the Navajo Reservation, you can expect to hear some very interesting information about the history of this reservation. The next stop on your Grand Canyon tour will be to fly over the Temple Butte. Many of the South Rim airplane tours that you will take will also give you a view of the Grand Canyon on the North Rim. You will be taken to the Kaibab National Forest and the Kaibab Plateau at some point during your flight as well. The word Kaibab means mountain lying down in the Native American language.
Once you have taken in the Kaibab regions, you will be taken to the highest point in the Grand Canyon, called Imperial Point. The Dragon Corridor, the deepest, most open, and widest area of the canyon, will be another point of interest on your tour.
Without a doubt, a plane ride over the South Rim and other nearby sights is one of the most thrilling adventures you could take while you're in the Grand Canyon area. You could find that, out of all the places in the world that you could visit, this magical place allows you to create the most amazing memories.
About the Author
Grand Canyon air trips are travel author Jenny Ducate's niche. For complete details about these flights, she recommends that her readers go here: http://www.grandcanyonairplanetours.net/grand-canyon-airplane-tour-deals.html
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