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Valentine's Day is fast approaching. A helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon is the ultimate romantic and fun experience for the occasion. Everyone loves the Grand Canyon because of its awesome vistas and those amazing views are very romantic too! The first thing you have to do is decide if you want to tour the West Rim or go to the South Rim. If you are located in Arizona, you will go to the South. The distance from Vegas to the South Rim is too far for helicopters to make the flight. The West Rim is actually pretty close to Las Vegas. It is about 120 miles away and a helicopter can fly you there in less than an hour. During your flight, you will get to see the largest manmade reservoir in the country, Lake Mead. That's where Hoover Dam is located and you can see this immense structure from the air. There are plenty of interesting sights to behold on your way to the National Park. As your chopper soars above Grand Wash Cliffs and enters into the airspace above the Grand Canyon, the amazing wonder unfolds below you. Grand Canyon West, or the West Rim, has an advantage you won't find at the South Rim. This one section of the park is the only place where you can take a chopper to the floor of the canyon and land. When you arrive at the base of the canyon, you are treated to a romantic champagne picnic and you can take a relaxing float trip along the smooth waters of the Colorado River. For some thrills, you can add on passes to the glass Skywalk that juts out over the rim of the canyon. Helicopter rides to the West Rim allow you to land on the rim or the canyon floor. You have plenty of time to enjoy the lookout spots of Guano Point and Eagle Point and visit the Indian Cultural Center and Hualapai Ranch. If you are going to the South Rim instead, you need to choose from the thirty minute or fifty minute tour. The thirty minute tour goes from the South Rim to the North Rim and back. The 50 minute flight lets you see the sights on the South, North, and East Rim. As long as you have enough time, you should take the longest tour so you can see all the unique rock formations and other interesting sights. You should seek out tour operators who use the EcoStar 130 choppers for their helicopter rides. The ride is comfortable and the sights are simply terrific thanks to their stadium style seating and 180 degree wrap around windows. The cabin area offers you much more room than other choppers and the climate control utilizes the latest in technology. Seats sell out quickly for Valentine's Day helicopter tours. Plenty of other people have the same idea to book a romantic flight for the occasion. Go ahead and book your flight as far in advance as you can. If you wait too long, the flights will be full. You don't want to ruin Valentine's Day so be sure to get your seat reservations early. If you want a really great deal on the cost of your trip then book your flight online directly on the tour operator's website. You have to complete the process of buying your seats online in order to get the big savings associated with the Internet discount and that will give you extra money to spend on a romantic dinner and flowers! Tips from the Author
The author is an expert on Grand Canyon helicopters and recommends going here for a list of coupons that make these incredible trips cheaper for Valentine's Day: http://www.grandcanyonhelicopter.org/grand-canyon-helicopter-tour-coupons.html
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