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The Grand Canyon National Park covers a vast area. The best way to explore it is by taking an aerial tour. You can tour by chopper or plane and if you follow the advice below, you can find a fun tour at a great price. You can take air tours to the West Rim or the South Rim. The South Rim is near the cities of Flagstaff, Phoenix, Williams, and Sedona while the West Rim is closest to Las Vegas. So, to keep things clear and simple, you've got to pick your starting point and everything flows from there. Tours To The West Rim Las Vegas sits about 120 miles away from the West Rim. Helicopters can make it there in 45 minutes and airplanes can do it in 30 minutes. You'll have two kinds of flights from which to choose. Landing or aerial. The landing tours come with lots of fun add-ons so they cost more. The sights are spectacular and you even get to fly over the massive Hoover Dam and beautiful Lake Mead. Helicopter landing tours go to the top and the bottom. Airplanes only land on the top but can be extended to include a helicopter to the bottom. One of the popular tours is one that lands on the canyon floor where you are treated to a fun Champagne brunch. If you are adventurous, you can choose the popular tour that lands on top of the rim so you can walk on the famous glass Skywalk. Please note that helicopter rides to the bottom only originate from Las Vegas and only go to the West Rim. The National Park service does not allow flying below the rim at the South Rim. Also, you can't fly between the two rims. So if you want to see both rims, you'll have to arrange your own transportation between the two or take two separate tours. South Rim Air Tours Tours work differently at the South Rim. Most of the tours are air-only and are available in a 30 or 50 minute version. Both tours fly over to the North Rim and the longer one also flies over to the eastern edge of the Park. Taking the longer tour is best if you can afford it because you can see so much more of the Park. There is a landing tour you can take at the South Rim. In this instance, it's a sunset jeep tour wherein you'll first do a rim-to-rim helicopter ride before deplaning to a Jeep for sunset viewing on the Canyon's edge. It is a fantastic experience and well worth the expense. There's only one version of South Rim airplane available. It's a 50-minute flight and it mimics the same flight path as its helicopter sibling. The big difference is price. Airplane tours cost less. But there are trade-offs. For instance, airplanes fly at a higher altitude along with 19 other passengers. The choppers only hold six people plus the pilot and they get you closer to the scenery. Conclusion I hope this article on how to plan for a Grand Canyon flight tour answered some of your most pressing questions. The key is knowing whether to start your flight from an airfield in Las Vegas or the airport in Tusayan, Arizona. Next, determine if you want an air-only or landing tour. You'll also need to determine if a chopper or plane is the best aircraft for your trip keeping in mind both are spectacular. Tips from the Author Fly Grand Canyon! The author goes here for the best airplane tours. And when it comes to Canyon helicopter rides, she's a HUGE fan of these excursions: http://www.grandcanyoncheap.com/helicopter-tours.html
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