September 14, 2006
The All American Grand Canyon Helicopter Flight with Landing & Champagne Picnic Lunch
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Some of you will remember my sister asking questions about Vegas. Here's another one:
I am interested in taking a helicopter ride from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. Most of the prices I have seen have been $350+ per person. I don't want to go in a sketchy helicopter, but I don't want to spend $700 either. Originally we were going to go on a cruise, and now that we're going to Las vegas we're already spending way more in Vegas than we would have on the cruise.
The All American Grand Canyon Helicopter Flight with Landing & Champagne Picnic Lunch looks good and has a discount price of $290, which I'm willing to pay, and it lands on the canyon floor and there is a champage picnic! $300 for limo pick up and drop off at the hotel.
Does anyone have any experiences or advice they can share? According to this site, this tour has a 4.8 out of 5 rating, based on 472 reviews - sounds pretty good! Has anyone done one of these or heard anything that might make me wary? Thanks!
Do it! We did this tour while out in Vegas in October, 2001, and LOVED it. They fly you over the Hoover Dam on your way to the canyon and I believe Lake Meade as well. The views are breathtaking.
Landing in the Canyon (of course, not the very bottom of the canyon) and having lunch there was such a neat experience. We have pictures of ourselves that look that we were standing in front of a painted backdrop -- that's how picturesque it is there.
We thought the price (although I don't remember exactly what it was back in 2001) was definitely worth it considering the other options are renting a car in Vegas and then driving 4 hours to get to the canyon and another 4 to get back to the city, or going on a bus tour with 40 other tourists. And with those options, you will never get the views that you do on the tour.
It really was awesome!!
My husband I an flew from LV by plane to the Grand Canyon, boarded a helicopter which took us to the bottom of the canyon. And then boarded a small boat and drifted along the Colorado River a short distance. Once again boarded the helicopter to go back to the top of the canyon. The view will take your breath away. Most totally awesome experience of my life. We went 3 yrs ago and the cost was around $600.00 and worth every cent.
Posted by: Beth at September 16, 2006 8:57 AMThanks Tara and Beth - I did go ahead and book the trip - everyone I have spoken to who did this says it is well worth the money. And my fellow geologist friends are ashamed of me since I have not been to the Grand Canyon yet. Granted, they would prefer me to hike in and out, but a helicopter ride with champagne is much more my style!
Posted by: Julie at September 20, 2006 2:23 AM