If you want to tour the Grand Canyon, you have several options to doing so. If you live in the southwestern United States, you will have the option of driving there yourself from your home, but generally this is going to be around a four or five hour drive even if you live in a sparsely populated area. The nearest town to the Grand Canyon is Page Arizona, which will be the closest place that will offer hotels and restaurants. Most people who live more than four hours drive (250 miles) from the Grand Canyon itself will choose to fly into a closer city and arrange transportation from that point to the national park area. The closest cities that support commercial airline traffic are Salt Lake City and Las Vegas, and Las Vegas is the better choice of the two because they are about the same distance from the canyon and Las Vegas has more to offer. Due to the fact that it has millions of visitors every year on it;s own, the flights are cheaper and more plentiful from just about everywhere. There are also many more hotels to choose from at all price ranges. Lastly, it’s Las Vegas so you can actually have two vacations in one. If you fly into Las Vegas to start your trip to the Grand Canyon and you are going to arrange for a tour company to take you, make sure you do not fall for a common misconception that has been happening for several years. In the airports and on billboards you will see signs offering tours of the Grand Canyon that are only 2 hours from Las Vegas. This area is not the national park, but instead is a portion of land controlled by the Navajo Indian tribe. While it is part of the Grand Canyon, it is not the area you have seen in books and in magazines. Make sure you are booking a tour to the south rim when you make your arrangements, and you will be touring the national park and protected area.
Bindlestiff Tours offers our Grand Canyon tours in several variations, each lasting different amounts of time. If you only have 2 days to spare, we suggest our Grand Canyon overnight tour which will get you out to the Grand Canyon in the afternoon of the first day and return you the next after camping overnight. If you have longer to spare, you will see the Grand Canyon as part of our three and seven day tours, which also visit other national parks like Bryce and Zion, as well as protected areas like Antelope Canyon and Monument Valley. Our multi-park tours create a tour loop which minimizes the driving time and maximizes the amount of time you spend on your adventures inside the parks, so they are definitely our favorites. No matter if you take an overnight tour or a multi-day tour, you are never going to regret visiting the Grand Canyon. Leave the driving and the planning to us.