Grand Canyon Plane Ride Goes Direct From Vegas
Grand Canyon airplane tours give you optimum views of the National Landmark. The best ones to take are the flights that leave Las Vegas and go to the South Rim. En route, you’ll be treated to world-class views before embarking on a two-hour ground tour that lets you cut through the crowds and traffic so you can stay focused on sightseeing.
The most excellent way to prepare for your sightseeing the best of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World is to first gather information on the diverse places that you desire to visit, how much they will cost, where to stay, and when the best vacation time is. Start with a general search on the Internet and then drill down to the sites of the actual air tour operators themselves.
Without a doubt, the best way to experience the National Park is by airplane. You get to so more of the Park in the least amount of time, while avoiding the crowds and the traffic. Flight time from Vegas to the South Rim is about 45 minutes (the bus takes about 5.5 hours!), followed by a 2.5-hour ground tour that hits all the rim’s natural and man-made highlights.[I:http://travelandleisureblog.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IoneMahler18.jpg]
The landing tour that takes you directly to the South Rim is perfect for when you want to stop and visit the historical sites at the Park. The ground tour will make stops at such key lookouts like Yavapai Point and Mather Point before concluding at Grand Canyon Village. It’s at the Village where you’ll have unlimited access to museums, souvenir shops, art galleries and restaurants (my favorite is the one inside Bright Angel Lodge just down the hall from the gift shop).
The Trail of Time is a must see on your visit to the South Rim. This is a walking tour that gives you a geological time-line by marking the walk with brass markers for every one million years of time. When you see how old the canyon is like this, you will be truly amazed at just how ancient the canyon is (some of the oldest exposed parts of the earth’s crust are found here).
Planes are a great way to explore the canyon. Each one has been customized for sightseeing and features over-sized viewing windows as well as wings that are attached to the top of the aircraft so you get totally unobstructed views of the wilderness below. You also have the option to listen to a pre-recorded trip narration that explains in attention-grabbing detail what is passing by your window.
En route from Vegas, you’ll fly over Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, the West Rim, the Colorado River, the Kaibab Plateau and more before making your descent into Grand Canyon South Airport. It’s been estimated that what you see in an hour in the air is equal to at least several days on the ground. Covering this much ground makes plane rides a hit with travelers who have limited time to see the National Park.
In most cases, the return to Vegas will be around or during sunset, which quite an incredible site to see. I recommend booking this tour ahead of time. These trips are very popular and regularly sell out. Logistics done, brace yourself for a spectacular journey. The canyon is a special place and air tours make it that much better.
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