We chose the Grand Canyon helicopter tour package that actually lands in the Grand Canyon instead of the ones that just fly over it. Part of the package includes transportation from your hotel to the helicopter tour company. We were picked up at our Las Vegas strip hotel in a very nice stretched limo.
As we flew out of the airport we headed over the city of Las Vegas and into the desert. Our pilot would point interesting things out as we made our way through the desert. Our first sight was flying over the blue waters of Las Vegas Bay which was beautiful. Our next “stop” was the Hoover Dam which was quite impressive
Our Grand Canyon helicopter tour package included a lunch in the canyon. Our helicopter and one other landed at a private plateau of the Grand Canyon about 3,500 feet below the canyon rim with views overlooking the Colorado River.
After landing we all exited the helicopters and there were picnic tables where the pilots set up our picnic lunches and some drinks for our tour group. We just had a quick bite of our lunches so we could spend some extra time walking around and exploring the Grand Canyon.
The area was very quiet and peaceful while the views were very beautiful and dreamlike. We explored a little bit toward the canyon walls but spent most of our time walking around the rocks and overlooks of the river and the canyon walls that were carved out over time.
After a while we were taking off again to our final part of the flight, which was over the spectacular Las Vegas strip. The place is something out of this world. The hotels are phenomenal. I highly recommended Sun dance helicopter tours. They were super friendly and guided us through as we in flight.
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