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Going to Las Vegas in April and want to see the Grand Canyon, Which company does the best excursions?
There are lots of different companies that do day excursions to the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas.. Who does the best tours? Wanted some good recommendations or company's to avoid. Will probably want to see the Hoover Dam too.
Also which is better to visit? south or west rim?
Try Scenic Airlines. They're a really good company and when I've done about 20+ round trip LAS>GCN flights with them
http://www.scenic.com/
Do yourself a favor and regard with extreme skepticism any and all claims made by helicopter tour companies
[and Papillion is a good one ] regarding their ability to "land in the Grand Canyon"
There are a couple of good reasons to be skeptical :
The Colorado River flows 277 river miles thru the Grand Canyon as it makes it's way from Lees Ferry in the north to the Grand Wash Cliffs in the south
Of that 277 river miles only the first two are not within GCNP
Why is that important ?
Because it is against both NPS & FAA regulations to fly below the Rim anywhere within GCNP [ it is VFR after all ]
or to land anywhere in GCNP unless on official business>like S&R
In addition there is a huge No Fly Zone over the Heart of the Canyon from river mile 76.5 to rm 99.5.
The No Fly Zone has a hard deck of I believe 12500' msl and extends miles back from the Rims
Why is that important ?
Because as a first time visitor the part of the Canyon that you really want to see is the Heart of it because that's where all the classic GCNP geology is present ,[ it disappears up and down River] it's where all the best views are and it's where all the hotels and other "civilized" amenities are
Think about it
When the AT&SF RR in conjunction with Fred Harvey decided to build a rail spur and hotels on the S.Rim they could have picked any number of spots .The fact that they picked the spot that they finally did is instructive
So while tecnnically speaking a tour company could concievably legally land at the bottom of a dramatic canyon landscape that abuts the Park>it's nowhere near where you really want to be .
Have fun
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