P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023 Airplane, helicopter and bus tours are all available from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Grand Cancyon lies approximately 300 miles from Las Vegas. By airplane and helicopter, tours usually include a bird’s-eye view of not only the Grand Canyon, which was carved by the beautiful Colorado River, but the Las Vegas Strip, Lake Mead, the majestic Hoover Dam and the Colorado River as well. Some tours combine a helicopter or airplane flight with a ground tour aboard a deluxe motorcoach. It’s the perfect daytrip for the entire family!
Grand Canyon National Park, which covers more than 1.2-million acres in Northwestern Arizona, offers a multitude of recreational opportunities such as sightseeing, hiking, biking and backcountry camping (permit required). Mule trips to the bottom of the Grand Canyon are also extremely popular. Animals that inhabit Grand Canyon National Park include mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, bobcats, coyotes, mountain lions, ringtails, beavers, gophers, rabbits, chipmunks, lizards, snakes, turtles, salamanders, frogs, toads, scorpions and squirrels.
Grand Canyon West, a destination owned by the Hualapai Tribe at the Grand Canyon's Western rim, is the first-ever cantilever-shaped glass walkway to suspend more than 4,000 feet above the canyon's floor and extend 70 feet from the canyon's rim. The SkyWalk is located 120 miles East of Las Vegas at Grand Canyon West's Eagle Point.
For more information about Grand Canyon National Park, visit www.nps.gov/grca.
