Visit The Grand Canyon, One Of The Seven Natural Wonders Of The World

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Indeed, the sheer size and beauty of the place will leave you both awestruck and humbled.

The Grand Canyon is located in northern Arizona with the closest airports being in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Grand Canyon Airport in Tusayan, just south of the Grand Canyon National Park. Directions by road are available from the National Park Service along with camping and other information, but some of the best views of the canyon are from Desert View Drive (Highway 64) which follows the canyon rim for 26 miles east of Grand Canyon Village to Desert View, the east entrance to the park.

If you are staying in Las Vegas and want a bird’s eye view of the Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours Inc will pick you up from your hotel and take you up into the sky in an air-conditioned six seater helicopter as you head towards the western rim. You’ll get spectacular views of the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead en route before actually descending nearly 4,000 feet to the floor of the canyon where you’ll enjoy a champagne picnic. If you book online it’ll cost you from US$354 a person.

The only other ways of reaching the floor of the valley is by hiking or on the back of a mule, or by boat or raft from upriver.

Grand Canyon Trail Rides offer mule trips from mid-May to mid-October from the north rim, lasting from an hour (US$30) to a full day (US$105).

For those who would rather take to the water, the Grand Canyon offers everything from whitewater rafting to gentle paddle steamers, while 35 foot long “baloney boats” with outboard engines make the trip from Lee’s Ferry to Diamond Creek in about six days.

Over four million people visit the Grand Canyon every year, with the hot summer months being most popular. The winter months are naturally quieter, but the weather can be horrendous with heavy snowfalls on the north rim. Spring and autumn can be unpredictable with sudden weather changes common.

Something to note though. The north rim or what most people will view as “the other side” of the Grand Canyon is visited by barely 10% of the canyon’s visitors, and so if it’s peace and solitude that you’re after a shuttle bus runs from the south to the north rim between May and October. North rim summer temperatures are cooler than those on the south rim which is a bonus, but always bear in mind that inner canyon temperatures are extreme and often exceed 100°F.

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