5 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
14 people
English
Enjoy an educational and entertaining trip to Hoover Dam on this guided, 5-hour, small-group-personalized sightseeing adventure from Las Vegas. Visit the Hoover Dam and check out the breathtaking views from the top of the dam into the Colorado River Gorge and Lake Mead. Learn about the history of Hoover Dam, with an abundance of staggering facts. Walk the top of the dam into Arizona, where you have wonderful photo ops of the Dam as well as the Hoover Dam Bridge, 900 feet above the Colorado River. On the return trip to Las Vegas, make a short visit to a local park where herds of bighorn sheep typically graze. All entrance fees, snacks and bottled water are included.
Your small-group tour starts with pick up from your Las Vegas Strip or downtown hotel at approximately 8am. Head out with your certified interpretive guide on a tour that includes an extended Exterior tour of the Dam, walk across the dam into Arizona, the new Hoover Dam Bridge which stands 900 feet above the Colorado River. The views from the top of the Dam as well as the bridge are truly breathtaking.
• Admission Ticket Free
Located in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, the Hoover Dam was once the largest dam in the world. It is an outstanding achievement, noteworthy not only for its enormous dimensions, complex design and intricate construction, but also for its illustration of mans outstanding ability to overcome the desert’s summer sun, the vagaries of a treacherous river and the extreme hazards of great heights on the chasm’s sheer walls. The building of the dam also created Lake Mead, North America’s largest man-made reservoir.
• Admission Ticket Free
You’ll walk on the impressive Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge which is 900′ above the Colorado River. It’s like flying in a Helicopter. The views are spectacular.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
See the mighty Colorado River from Hoover Dam and the bridge.
• Admission Ticket Free
Before returning to Las Vegas, enjoy a stop at a local park where herds of Big Horn Sheep often come down from the surrounding mountains (seasonal) to graze on the sweet grass.
As part of your tour, you will receive a complimentary guide on the geology and history of the dam, Native American history, local flora and fauna information and many other interesting tidbits!
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free