Maverick Helicopters
Maverick Helicopters offers a tour called the Canyon Dream that starts with a 40-minute flight aboard a small airplane to Grand Canyon South Rim. You then transfer to a helicopter for a 25-minute ride over west edges of the park. Maverick next drives you into the national park for several hours of touring and hiking before returning you to Las Vegas via plane. The seven-hour trip also includes a gourmet lunch box.
Maverick Helicopters
1410 Jet Stream Drive, Suite 100
Henderson, NV 89052
(702) 405-4300
(888) 261-4414
maverickhelicopter.com
Las Vegas Grand Canyon Tours
For a combination of activities, this tour uses a helicopter to take you down to the Colorado River where you board a pontoon boat ride to view part of the river's features. A helicopter takes you back to the Canyon Rim where you hop on a bus to Eagle Point. From there, you get three-and-a-half hours to hike around the Hualapai village. Take the optional skywalk glass walkway bridge to look over the canyon floor from 4,000 feet up, and enjoy lunch at the Hualapai Buffet.
Las Vegas Grand Canyon Tours
2705 Orchard Meadows Ave.
Henderson, Nevada 89074
(702) 260-0796
(866) 218-3427
lasvegasgrandcanyontour.com
Vegas Tours
This company offers a three-and-a-half hour Grand Canyon West Rim helicopter tour that includes a champagne picnic lunch along the Colorado River. The helicopter flight from Las Vegas gives you views of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead as well as the west Grand Canyon area. Once you land next to the Colorado River, enjoy a gourmet lunch, then take the extra time to explore the area along the river before the return trip back to Las Vegas.
Vegas Tours
115 Corporate Park Drive
Henderson, NV 89074
(866) 218-6877
vegastours.com
Look Tours
While you get a very short helicopter ride, visitors who prefer the thrill of a whitewater rafting trip and some hiking like the offerings from Look Tours. The 15-hour adventure starts with a minivan ride to Grand Canyon West where you gear up to take a 40-mile river rafting adventure with class 3 through class 6 rapids down the Colorado River. Along the way, you hike into secret canyons and waterfalls. Then you take a helicopter ride up and out of the river canyon to a van that takes you through the Joshua Tree Forest before returning you to Las Vegas.
Look Tours
4285 N. Rancho Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89130
(702) 233-1627
(800) 566-5868
looktours.com
Article Written By Nancy Wagner
Nancy Wagner is a marketing strategist and speaker who started writing in 1998. She writes business plans for startups and established companies and teaches marketing and promotional tactics at local workshops. Wagner's business and marketing articles have appeared in "Home Business Journal," "Nation’s Business," "Emerging Business" and "The Mortgage Press," among others. She holds a B.S. from Eastern Illinois University.
