Exploring Grand Canyon - West Rim
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 In development since the late 1980's, Grand Canyon West is situated on Hualapai Indian Tribal Lands. Here, visitors can experience the Grand Canyon in a number of exciting ways that are not available anywhere else: explore an Indian Village and learn about the many native tribes that call the Grand Canyon home; take a ride along the canyon rim by Hummer or horseback; you can even hop on a helicopter and fly all the way down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and take a gentle scenic float trip on the Colorado River!
 Grand Canyon West is approximately 125 miles East of Las Vegas, which is approximately a 3 hour drive via I-93 to Dolan Springs/Pearce Ferry/Meadview City; from there take the Pearce Ferry road to the Diamond Bar Road exit, then follow the Diamond Bar Road approximately 21 miles to Grand Canyon West.
Grand Canyon West's visitor services complex is a work in progress. There is a small airport with a café, gift shop and tour desk. At the tour desk is where you can purchase tickets for one of several Grand Canyon West tour packages. Grand Canyon West is the Grand Canyon's "wilder side." The main Grand Canyon viewpoints, Eagle Point and Guano Point, are typified by sheer cliffs and in-your-face views of the Colorado River. Grand Canyon West is almost devoid of guardrails, too, prompting many visitors to crawl to the edge on their hands and knees!
 Grand Canyon West is also the future home of the Grand Canyon Skywalk, an incredible attraction slated for opening in 2007 at Eagle Point. This architectural showpiece will feature a cantilevered horseshoe-shaped glass bridge that will project 70 feet past the rim of the canyon, giving the visitor the dreamlike sensation of floating 4,000 feet in the air above the Colorado River!
 A word of caution: the Diamond Bar Road to Grand CanyonWest is unpaved, which means you probably wouldn't want to drive there yourself without a properly equipped vehicle (4WD). Rental car companies may discourage you from making this drive as well. At the Grand Canyon West Welcome Center in Meadview City, you can park your vehicle and utilize the "park and ride" service for a nominal fee.
Or – let Scenic Airlines get you there in safety, convenience and comfort! On the Las Vegas Grand Voyager Tour, you'll do it all – a scenic airplane flight over spectacular Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, landing at Grand Canyon West; helicopter descent to the canyon floor for a cruise up the Colorado on a pontoon boat; hop on a deluxe motorcoach for a canyon rim tour, lunch on the very rim of the gorge and return flight to North Las Vegas airport.
 Content to take in the view from the rim? Choose Scenic Airlines Las Vegas Indian Adventure. Enjoy the same scenic flight as you would on the Grand Voyager, then explore the Hualapai Indian Lands by deluxe motorcoach, after lunch, return to Las Vegas by air.
Don't have time for all that? Enjoy an hour-long scenic airplane flight over Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, and Grand Canyon West.
The price of your Scenic Airlines Las Vegas Grand Canyon tour includes pickup and dropoff at most major hotels on the Strip or Downtown. Want to learn more? Watch videos of these tours right now, or call (800) 634-6801 (toll free in the US) or (702) 638-3300 (outside the US).
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