Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours from Las Vegas

Exclusive access to one of the world’s most breathtaking and remote areas await passengers boarding one of our Grand Canyon helicopter landing tours hosted by Papillon Helicopters, the leader in Western sightseeing adventures. Experience the Canyon's breathtaking grandeur from the air, and have the privilege of descending 4,000 feet below the Canyon rim to land in the Inner Gorge alongside the Colorado River. Papillon Helicopters has exclusive permission, granted by the Haualapai Indians, spiritual guardians of the canyon, to offer this adventure of a lifetime.

Guests who take one of our Grand Canyon helicopter tours are served a light lunch under an authentic Indian Ramada and have time for incredible photo opportunities. Ready for the camera are awe-inspiring geographic wonders that have been carved by millions of years of time and erosion, creating layers of rock formations, all displayed in vibrant colors and hues. Before departing the Grand Canyon, a champagne toast salutes a memorable day. Papillon Helicopters is known for the extraordinary value of its tours and attention to detail. Passengers are entertained from the moment they leave on a Grand Canyon helicopter tour from Las Vegas aboard a sightseeing helicopter that offers unobstructed views through specially-designed windows. Headphones provide music choreographed to the movements of the aircraft and the intensity of the scenery. A recorded narration is full of fascinating stories, tidbits, and historical facts about Boulder City, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and the Colorado River, and the dramatic impact they have had on the American West.

Other points of interest include the 12-mile-long Grand Wash Cliffs, the rugged Grapevine Mesa, and the extinct volcanoes of the Black Mountains. Also, Mother Nature does her best to provide glimpses of the desert’s magnificent wildlife.

Grand Canyon West Rim Tours from Las Vegas

Grand Canyon Skywalk Tours

Grand Canyon Bus Tour Packages

Sightseeing by motorcoach is a visitor staple of cities like San Francisco, and New York. However, did you know that you can also tour the Grand Canyon by motorcoach as well? As with our airplane tours, our Grand Canyon bus tour trips allow visitors a very cost effective way to visit Grand Canyon at the rim of their choice.

Our South Rim Grand Canyon bus tour packages take you over the world famous Hoover Dam, along route 66 to Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The Las Vegas bus tours include stops at various viewpoints and visitor attractions. If you are looking to extend that experience a bit further it is also possible to tie in a 30 minute helicopter air tour! A light meal is also offered on several of the excursions.

Las Vegas Bus Tour Trips

Our Grand Canyon West Rim Las Vegas bus tour trips include a stop at the Hoover Dam as well as passage onto the Hualapai Reservation. Upon arrival visitors have access to the feat of modern engineering known as the Grand Canyon Skywalk. This cantilevered glass bridge extends out of the rim of the canyon and marvels visitors with stunning views. Don’t be afraid to look down! There is nothing but glass and air between you and the ground nearly 4,000 feet beneath. Grand Canyon bus tour visitors wishing to reach the bottom of the canyon are free to do so using the on-demand helicopter shuttle service. Passes for this service can be booked in advance as a component of our tour or purchased on arrival. Please note that it is always less expensive to book in advance.

Grand Canyon West sports several viewpoints, and exhibits as well as the Hualapai Ranch western town, and a private airport (departure point for the helicopter shuttles). All of these locations are serviced by a hop-on/hop-off shuttle system. Visitors can use this system to easily reach any point of interest.

If visitors have the time then a Grand Canyon bus tour is an excellent, extremely cost effective way to see the Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon Rafting and Helicopter Tours

Exclusive and exciting describes our Grand Canyon Rafting/Helicopter Landing tours hosted by award-winning Papillon Helicopters. Imagine descending 4,000 feet below the West Rim for a picnic alongside the Colorado River in the Canyon’s Inner Gorge. There, shaded by an authentic Indian Ramada and surrounded by amazing rock formations layered in spectacular colors, visitors can experience one of the world’s unique places. Great photo opportunities abound. Before departure, a champagne toast salutes a most unusual day and the adventures to come, your guided 11-mile Grand Canyon rafting trip down the Colorado River that begins at the base of the 726-foot-high Hoover Dam. Wildlife sightings are common on the excursion.

During the flight, landmarks at the West Rim include the Skywalk bridge, an engineering feat jutting over the Canyon, and the popular Hualapai Indian Village. Other points of interest, such as Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Lake Mead, and the River are also viewed through the sightseeing helicopter’s specially-designed panoramic windows. A recorded multi-lingual narrative reveals amazing facts and historical tidbits about the erosion over millions of years that created the Grand Canyon, America’s national treasure. There will be sightings, too, of the 12-mile-long Grand Wash Cliffs, the rugged Grapevine Mesa, and the extinct volcanoes of the Black Mountains. Reserve your spot for a fascinating and memorable adventure.

Grand Canyon Air & Bus Tours

Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours from Las Vegas

If you have limited time, but still want to experience the breathtaking allure of the Canyon, the world’s amazing natural wonder, Papillon Helicopters, has packaged several convenient Grand Canyon helicopter tours. During an adventure-filled three-hour excursion, you have the thrill of a helicopter flight over fascinating Southwestern landmarks and magnificent views of the Grand Canyon. We also offer a Las Vegas Strip helicopter tour which includes a trip to the Grand Canyon.

A climate-controlled sightseeing helicopter equipped with specially-designed panoramic windows offer unobstructed views of the magnificent scenery. Guests don headphones during the flight, which is choreographed to music that ebbs and flows with the helicopter’s rhythm, thus enhancing the dramatic landscape. A recorded multi-lingual narration reveals the amazing history and fun facts about the region and the Canyon's West Rim, home of the Hualapai Native American, spiritual caretakers of the Grand Canyon. During our Grand Canyon helicopter tours you will be introduced to Boulder City, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and the Colorado River, points of interest that affect daily life in seven Western states and Mexico.

At the West Rim, sightseers will have a different aerial perspective encompassing the Indian reservation and Skywalk, a glass bridge that defies gravity. Awe inspiring are the Canyon’s walls and their brilliant colors crafted by time and erosion. Wildlife sightings are common. Several of our Las Vegas helicopter tours to the Grand Canyon visit the Grand Wash Cliffs, Grapevine Mesa, the Black Mountains, and the area’s extinct volcanoes, all remarkable natural phenomenon.

Grand Canyon Airplane Tour from Las Vegas

The breathtaking beauty of the Grand Canyon is a short flight from Boulder City aboard a sleek and luxurious Vistaliner. Papillon’s four-hour Grand Canyon airplane tour is among the flexible and creative excursions that are a specialty of the award-winning sightseeing company. Popular with larger groups, the excursion is known for its value, compact time frame, and the comfort of the specially-designed aircraft that offers incredible views from its panoramic windows.

During this Grand Canyon air tour, listen to a multi-lingual pre-recorded narration that relates historical facts and stories about the breathtaking beauty of the Canyon created by the Colorado River slicing through the immense gorge, and the Hoover Dam, the remarkable accomplishment that tamed the River’s rampaging floodwaters. A true partnership between Mother Nature and mankind.

The airplane tour flight takes you over amazing landmarks, including the new Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, known as the Hoover Dam Bypass. A massive project, scheduled to open in 2010, will route vehicle traffic away from the Dam itself. Watch for the vibrant colors of the West Rim’s rock formations; Skywalk, a glass bridge jutting over the Canyon; and the popular Hualapai Indian Village. The Hualapai Tribe, known as the “People of the Tall Pines,” are the spiritual caretakers of the Grand Canyon.

Fascinating, too, are the 12-mile-long Grand Wash Cliffs, the narrowest spot in the Canyon; the rugged Grapevine Mesa; and the extinct volcanoes of the Black Mountains. The American West at its best.

Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours from Las Vegas

Explore the magnificent Grand Canyon, experience amazing American landscapes enroute to the West Rim, and land at remote and beautiful Eldorado Canyon, where you have the option of pre-selecting a memorable back-country adventure.

From the specially-designed sightseeing helicopter during out Grand Canyon helicopter tours, you have unobstructed views of the passing scene through panoramic windows. A narrative reveals the secrets and stories of the American West including Boulder City, Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, the Colorado River, and the current Hoover Dam Bypass construction project.

During our Grand Canyon helicopter tours the breathtaking Canyon comes into view, where time and erosion over millions of years have crafted amazing rock formations in a rainbow of colors. The West Rim is the ancestral home of the Hualapai Indian Nation, spiritual caretakers of the Canyon. Enjoy the aerial perspective of Eagle and Guano points, as well as the new Skywalk, a glass bridge hanging over the Canyon. Historic Guano Point is known for its incredible scenic views and remnants of a daring mining operation. Skywalk is the world’s highest man-made structure and is strong enough to hold weight equal to seven fully-loaded 747 airplanes.

Other fascinating points of interest include Fortification Hill, an extinct volcano popular because of its Spring wildflower displays and with hikers who enjoy a challenge. A helicopter landing at Eldorado Canyon, located at the mouth of the Colorado River, offers time for photographs and a champagne toast saluting a remarkable day.

In its heyday, Eldorado Canyon was home to miners, greedy speculators, and Civil War deserters. Today, you can tour the fascinating Techatticup Mine and visit the Old West Town, a re-creation of an 1880s-era mining town. Ready for more adventure? Think about extending your tour of Eldorado Canyon to include either guided ATV, Jeep, horseback, Kayak, or the Old West Mining Camp tours.

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