Grand Canyon National Park's Top-Rated Airplane Tours
Many people want to know what Grand Canyon plane tours are the best. This is a difficult question to answer since each flight offers its own unique experience of the canyon. Still, a few tours are favored because they offer fantastic trips that allow you to see all the high points in the region.
First of all, you have to decide which rim of the canyon you want to see. Your choices include the South or West Rim of the canyon. You can fly to the West Rim from Vegas. Although it is trickier, you can also get to the South Rim from Vegas by way of the Grand Canyon National Park Airport. You can't fly from the West Rim to the South Rim.
Air tours depart from Vegas 365 days per year including major holidays such as Christmas and Thanksgiving. It is rare for a flight to be cancelled, but if it is, you are likely to get a full refund or a seat on a different flight.
It takes around 30 minutes to fly from Las Vegas to the West Rim since it is only 120 miles away. You can choose from an air only tour and a landing tour when you go to the West Rim. The air tour is fantastic if you are on a budget, have limited time or want to quickly sample the best the canyon has to offer.
Naturally, I'm more inclined to landing tours for a number of reasons. If you are going to see one of the top natural wonders of the world, then you might as well go all out. Taking this approach, you'll interact with the canyon from the air and the ground. By the time your tour is finished, you will be left with a lasting appreciation for the beauty of nature.
How do you pick the perfect landing tour? Choose one that lands at Grand Canyon West Airport where you get on a chopper for a thrilling ride to the bottom of the canyon, and also includes passes to the glass Grand Canyon Skywalk. The other West Rim trip I like lets you deplane at the top and comes with 2.5 hours to check out such key points of interest like Eagle Point, Guano Point, the Hualapai Ranch and the Indian Cultural Center.
These landing tours are fairly long and can take from six to nine hours.
Some people really enjoy seeing the South Rim. It is a short flight that takes under an hour (if you go by bus it takes 5.5 hours) and includes a 2.5 hour bus tour to the Grand Canyon Village and Mather Point lookout. You can also add an exciting helicopter option that takes you from rim to rim.
This tour takes off from Grand Canyon Airport and is a good one if you are coming from Sedona, Flagstaff, Phoenix, or Scottsdale. The air tour lasts almost an hour and gives you an extensive look at the canyon below. The tour covers three rims, the South, East, and North, and takes you over sights like the Colorado River Conflucence, the Zuni Corridor, Imperial Point and much more.
You can even add on a Jeep tour of Antelope Canyon and a fifteen mile float trip down the Colorado River from Glen Canyon Dam to Lee's Ferry. The float trip is on smooth water with no rapids so it is suitable for everyone over four years of age.
There are more Grand Canyon Airplane tours out there but these are the ones I like the best based on the quality and cost of the trip. Give them a look. It is easy to find a quality tour of the Grand Canyon by airplane that suits everyone in your group.
About the Author
Travel editor Lea Fallon is an expert on Grand Canyon tours. As you research options, she recommends getting this free report http://www.lasvegasgrandcanyonairplane.com/free-report.html before checking out these canyon airplane specials: http://www.lasvegasgrandcanyonairplane.com/coupons.html
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