I have considered using Look Tours although I haven't actually used them. I think they are a fairly well established company.
I may be wrong, but I think they are an agent who subcontract to other reputable companies.
luci
time ,they felt no movment and were travelling at 140 miles per hr,lunch was Turkey sandwich
crisps ,choc brownies ,soft drinks and champagne,both thought it a great day out and worth
the money,
ann
Also I want to land at the bottom and thought you couldn't do this in a plane or am I wrong?
Thanks!
I will merge this with the existing GC topic.
We have only done this by Cessna and there is no way on this earth I would ever do it again! The whole journey was horrendous it was so bumpy and I would opt for the chopper any time.
Yes you are right, the small plane doesn't land on the canyon floor, but some of the helicopters do. Have a look through earlier posts, but Papillion and Maverick come highly recommended.
luci
I just have to get the hubby talked around now
We going las vegas 1st time in sep and i want to go the grand canyon
1, is it worth the money to go via plane and land at the bottom
2, travel via coach and to walk on the strip
only doing 4 day trip but my partner is 40 and wanted to do something special on that day , or is there something better to do ?
kaz
In my opinion a helicopter ride is so much better. There used to be a minimum height at which the planes could fly, I think it was around 1000ft and they weren't allowed to go any lower, not sure if that's still the case but if so it does affect your view. Plus, when they 'land in the canyon', it'll be at an airstrip, it won't feel the same as a helicopter which does indeed land right inside the canyon.
Cheers,
TC
I am taking my partner to L.V next month and for her birthday I want to surprise her with a heli flight over the G.C, could you help me, Im thinking about the sunset tour or the day time tour, which one is the best or more breath taking.
Thanks all
http://www.papillon.com/, would highly recommend it, they were brilliant
Personally I would go for the day time tour, maybe sunrise, earlier will be better as will not be as hot then, we went for the breakfast picnic with You may be able to get a deal that would give you a free night time flight over the strip too,
Still not sure what to book, didn't even give the heat a second thought, what did you mean about getting a deal with a free flight over the strip .
Thanks for the help
Hi. We were in Vegas two weeks ago and did the helicopter trip with Heli USA. We were going to book before we left UK, but glad we never as we got a bigger discount by booking with Heli USA when we arrived in Vegas. The trip included a 1-2 hour stop at a Ranch on the Canyon (breakfast included). Flew over Canyon, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, Colorado River, past the Skywalk and on the way back flew over the Strip. I would go on the trip again tomorrow if I could, it was amazing
I would wait till your out there to book as there are several firms that do it and all offer different deals.
Only a couple fly from Vegas airport tho so its best to check otherwise its a boring bus journey to Boulder city and the flight starts from there. Not a massive deal but you wont get to to Vegas from the sky.
Yeh your right, at least the one with Heli USA leaves from the airport, so no bus journeys - just hop on the chopper and take in the fab experience !!
Bear in mind, the grand canyon was not my first choice for a trip. We visited Vegas nine times before we felt the need to visit the GC. We only went there because it was my mother's 70th birthday. It was a good trip, but I wouldn't be too excited about it. Having said that, I'm so glad we stayed overnight. The difference between sunset and sunrise is awesome, and you need to be there to take full advantage.
Yes I would agree you really do need to be there to appreciate it, the post cards really don't do it justice
TC
There are bus trips that will take you there, but they seemed to take all day and I'm sure if most of it is spent on the bus. Our trip was about 3 hours but it was probably the best 3 hours I've ever spent.
I agree with TeeCee its awesome and a "must see". It was an absolutely fantastic experience and I was so pleased we did it, my husband was over the moon.
Thanks guys for ALL your help, I will book the heli flight, think I might book the sunset one,but not sure who with ?????
We were allocated a pilot as there were several, he showed us all around the helicopter and explained what we were going to see. He showed us everything up in the air and was very informative.
We landed in the canyon on our own, had the champagne breakfast for around half an hour/40mins, taking pictures of everything and the nice pilot (a girls gotta have a pic of a guy in uniform ), we flew down the Colorado river, lead mead, hoover dam etc, we even flew over the sky walk which i am so pleased we didnt do, as the helicopter did it more justice i thought.
After the breakfast we re fueled in the canyon which was different lol, and was able to get out to take some more pictures for 15 minutes. This is where we saw giant cactus in the canyon, weird !
We flew to another destination as we were combining our tour with the rafting down the colarado river, so we were dropped off, and my other passengers went back to the Maverick office for descent.
We went into an other office to get a briefing on rafting then drove 5 mins to the hoover dam for our river rafting experience. It was absolutely fun, and very very long, we had lunch on there as well and did several stops seeing sheep of all things and horses. The guy that took us knew everything and we found the hottest spring water that would burn your feet and did. We were on the raft on and off for 4 hours at least, maybe more going down the river, we mey kayaks, jet skis all sorts. People live down there (campers).
When we had finished we went to a shop which was a lot cheaper than vegas to wait for our coach to take us back to the hotel. The day started at 5AM and we got off the raft at 3.30pm.
We felt till refreshed as they give you loads of free water all day, nothing was too much trouble all for £400. A total of 10.5 hours. Fantastic tour group to go with and not a rip off.
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