Best Ways to Plan For Grand Canyon Helicopter, Airplane Tours
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Grand Canyon National Park is a massive wilderness area. And the one true way to explore the Park is by taking a flight tour. Your choices are helicopter and airplane, and here are a couple of planning tips that will ensure you get the best trip at the right price.
First, there are two places where flights originate: The West Rim and the South Rim. The former is closest to Las Vegas while the later is in northern Arizona and near Phoenix, Flagstaff, Sedona and Williams. So, to keep things clear and simple, you've got to pick your starting point and everything flows from there.
West Rim
The West Rim is just 120 miles from Las Vegas. 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. They are air and landing. Air is cheaper and landing is more expensive because you get to do and see more things.
Air tours go over Lake Mead and Hoover Dam en route to the National Park. 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. The most popular is one that lands at the base for a Champagne brunch. The #1 choice for airplane trips is the one that lands at the top and gives you the option to do the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
Please note that helicopter rides to the bottom only originate from Las Vegas and only go to the West Rim. Such flights are not allowed at the South Rim because the National Park Service doesn't allow them. Further, there are no flights that connect the rims. If you are at the West and want to do the South (and vice versa), you'll have to arrange transportation.
South Rim
Things are a bit different as this rim. The majority of helicopter rides are air-only and come in 30- and 50-minute packages. The shorter one goes from South Rim to North Rim and back while the longer one does that, too, as well as everything up to the Park's eastern border. Frankly, if you have the budget, I recommend you go for the 50-minute trip because you'll see so much more of the Park.
The South Rim does have a landing tour, but nothing like what you'll find at the West. 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. In my opinion this is one of the best air/ground packages and a whole lot of fun, too.
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. The airplane is much cheaper. But there are trade-offs. For instance, airplanes fly at a higher altitude along with 19 other passengers. Helicopters, by contrast, get you closer to the action and max out at six people.
Conclusion
I hope this article on how to plan for a Grand Canyon flight tour answered some of your most pressing questions. The key thing is to know is from whence you are starting (Las Vegas or Tusayan, AZ). Next, determine if you want an air-only or landing tour. And finally understand if a helicopter or airplane tour is most applicable to your particular situation.
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Article Title: Best Ways to Plan For Grand Canyon Helicopter, Airplane Tours
Author: Keith Kravitz
Word Count: 600
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Grand Canyon National Park is a massive wilderness area. And the one true way to explore the Park is by taking a flight tour. Your choices are helicopter and airplane, and here are a couple of planning tips that will ensure you get the best trip at the right price.
First, there are two places where flights originate: The West Rim and the South Rim. The former is closest to Las Vegas while the later is in northern Arizona and near Phoenix, Flagstaff, Sedona and Williams. So, to keep things clear and simple, you've got to pick your starting point and everything flows from there.
West Rim
The West Rim is just 120 miles from Las Vegas. 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. They are air and landing. Air is cheaper and landing is more expensive because you get to do and see more things.
Air tours go over Lake Mead and Hoover Dam en route to the National Park. 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. The most popular is one that lands at the base for a Champagne brunch. The #1 choice for airplane trips is the one that lands at the top and gives you the option to do the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
Please note that helicopter rides to the bottom only originate from Las Vegas and only go to the West Rim. Such flights are not allowed at the South Rim because the National Park Service doesn't allow them. Further, there are no flights that connect the rims. If you are at the West and want to do the South (and vice versa), you'll have to arrange transportation.
South Rim
Things are a bit different as this rim. The majority of helicopter rides are air-only and come in 30- and 50-minute packages. The shorter one goes from South Rim to North Rim and back while the longer one does that, too, as well as everything up to the Park's eastern border. Frankly, if you have the budget, I recommend you go for the 50-minute trip because you'll see so much more of the Park.
The South Rim does have a landing tour, but nothing like what you'll find at the West. 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. In my opinion this is one of the best air/ground packages and a whole lot of fun, too.
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. The airplane is much cheaper. But there are trade-offs. For instance, airplanes fly at a higher altitude along with 19 other passengers. Helicopters, by contrast, get you closer to the action and max out at six people.
Conclusion
I hope this article on how to plan for a Grand Canyon flight tour answered some of your most pressing questions. The key thing is to know is from whence you are starting (Las Vegas or Tusayan, AZ). Next, determine if you want an air-only or landing tour. And finally understand if a helicopter or airplane tour is most applicable to your particular situation.
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