Grand Canyon Helicopter Flight with Colorado River Raft or Kayak

Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada

Duration

11 hours (approx.)

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

9 people

Languages

English

Overview

Escape to the Grand Canyon for this full-day sightseeing adventure. Enjoy a scenic, 1-hour, round-trip flight from Las Vegas to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon, flying over the famous Hoover Dam and beautiful Lake Mead along the way. After returning over the Mojave Desert and other natural wonders, choose between either a float trip down the Colorado River, through Black Canyon with a boxed picnic lunch and an optional swim at a secluded beach or a fun-filled kayak trip from Willow Beach. Bottled water and all transportation, including a Las Vegas hotel pickup/drop-off, are included.

Take a helicopter flight over the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead
Enjoy a smooth raft ride or a kayak trip down the Colorado River
Beat the heat on the cool waters of the Colorado River
Picnic lunch and bottled water included

What To Expect

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After hotel pickup, board your state-of-the-art helicopter for a 70-minute (round-trip) scenic air tour of the Grand Canyon West Rim. Your flight will take off from Boulder City, where builders of the Hoover Dam (formally the Boulder Dam) lived during the dam’s construction in the 1930s. Enjoy panoramic, 180-degree views of the impressive Hoover Dam, the bypass bridge and Black Canyon, and fly past the extinct and colorful volcano, Fortification Hill.

• Admission Ticket Free

Fly around the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge

• Admission Ticket Free

Fly over the extinct volcano known as Fortification Hill

• Admission Ticket Free

Then descend beneath the rim of the Grand Canyon as you fly over the mighty Colorado River, past million-year-old geological rock formations.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Make sure to have your camera ready, as around every corner you’ll see cathedral buttresses and pillars with amazing natural vivid colors. After leaving the Grand Canyon, enjoy views of other natural wonders in the wilderness of the rugged Mojave Desert.

• Admission Ticket Included

Upon landing in Boulder City, if you choose the rafting trip, you’ll take a short drive down to the Colorado River launch area for your river float at the base of the Hoover Dam and the newly constructed bypass bridge. Here you’ll be greeted by your friendly guide, who will help you board your comfortable river raft or kayak. Float or paddle down the river and through the Black Canyon, with high walls that will leave you breathless! Enjoy a picnic lunch at Willow Beach. Keep your eyes open for desert bighorn sheep, osprey, and great blue heron in their natural setting.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

If you choose the Kayak option, your day will start with hotel pick up and then a drive to Willow Beach on the Colorado River, just a little way down from Hoover Dam. Board your kayak and paddle 4 miles (approximately 3 hours) along the banks of Colorado River. Opportunites to views local nature is common as you may view the amazing agility of the mountain goat and soaring splendor of various eagle breeds. Please Note: Lunch is not included in this option.

Following your kayak trip, you’ll take to the skies on your helicopter tour through the Grand Canyon.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Highlights

Total weight per passenger: 250 lbs
Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Minimum age is 2 years
Due to comfort and weight / balance of the aircraft, passengers weighing over 250 Lbs (112 kg/17.9 stones) will be required to purchase an additional seat. This is payable directly to the tour operator on the day of the tour.
Please note if you choose the Kayak Tour it does not include lunch and you will start from Willow Beach not the base of the Hoover Dam and will not see the Hoover Dam from the river.
We recommend you bring sunglasses, sunscreen, towels & hats
Valid Government ID is required to board the flight. ID must match the names on the ticket. It is a Federal crime to board an FAA Approved air carrier with a fraudulent ID
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers

Included/Excluded

90-minute (approx.) round-trip flight in a state-of-the-art helicopter
Colorado River Float OR Kayak Trip
Round-trip transportation by deluxe van
Bottled water and boxed lunch (Rafting Trip Only)
All taxes and fees

Gratuity is optional
Lunch (Kayak Trip Only)

Durations

11 hours (approx.)

Tour's Location

Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada

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