Best helicopter tour of Grand Canyon

What is the best helicopter tour of grand canyon I really want to do the sky walk. Thanks in advance

Best helicopter tour of Grand Canyon

Do your research. The truth is that if you take a helicopter from Las Vegas and go to the Skywalk, you will NOT see the real Grand Canyon. You will see great scenery, but it is not the GC. The real Grand Canyon (the one that you%26#39;ve seen in photos all you life) is 250 miles further east at the Grand Canyon Nat%26#39;l Park near Tusayan AZ. Helicopters don%26#39;t fly there from LV. You can take a fixed wing flight to the GC Airport in Tusayan and then take a helicopter flight from there.

The sky walk is a gimmick that looks out over a remote side canyon that is west of the Grand Canyon.

Best helicopter tour of Grand Canyon

Thanks for the input I will look into costing for the proper trip but i imagine with a small plane and helicopter it wont be cheap.

We rented a Hummer and drove to the West Rim, went out on the skywalk, and loved it! It was perfect for us as we didn%26#39;t want to take the time to drive to the South Rim. It was from u-drive it tours-they picked us up at our hotel, and we had a great time. This was the highlight of our trip. It cost $189pp for everything, and it was well worth it.

Oh, and they also offer a helicopter tour as well. This is the only area that the copter can go all the way down into the canyon. The skywalk is not a gimmick, and the views while not as spectacular as the south rim, were just beautiful.

For a quick half day heli tour, I rate Sundance.

To do the GC properly involves a long trek and includes an overnight stay. Time many UK tourists do not have.

Hi Ivoryb,

I recommend Sundance aswell. We got picked up in a limo, took to the airport where we we were weighed, then given a sticky label with our helicopter number on it. We waited about 10 mins then we were taken out to the heli, there was commentary and music all through the flight, we landed in the GC where we had a champagne breakfast and took some pics.

They take you over the strip on the way back, and the limo drop you back to your hotel, We really enjoyed it, and i think it cost us about $260 each.

GlasgowAmy just proved my point.

For $520 you can rent a car and drive to the south rim, spend a night in a hotel at the park and have a nice dinner at the REAL GRAND CANYON.

Other posters have mentioned how their trips to the %26#39;west rim%26#39; was a highlight of their vacation. Just imagine how great it would have been if they had seen the real thing!

I don%26#39;t want to be perceived as a negative poster on this topic, but I really have a passion for the Grand Canyon, and I believe that everyone who wants to see it should take the opportunity and go.

Don%26#39;t cut corners and don%26#39;t get duped by greedy developers and marketers who have a great product to sell, but they pass it off as something that it%26#39;s not.

All it takes is a little bit more of your time.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but this is a question for RedRox. Not until doing some reading here did I realise that South Rim is the %26#39;real%26#39; Grand Canyon to go see.

Unfortunately I have already planned out the number of days I am in Vegas (booked flights already) so I only have the 1 day to see the Grand Canyon.

So would a tour like this be something I should go on, rather than one of the helicopter tours?

www.grandcanyontourcompany.com/airsouth.html

Thanks for your advice :)

kikikins,

That is where you want to go. It%26#39;s a quick trip, but it will take you to the real thing. You%26#39;ll be glad you went. And you%26#39;ll see the difference as you fly over GCWest. Hopefully you%26#39;ll catch the bug and want to return for a longer visit. Let me know when you do.

And please post a review here after your tour.

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