Motor coach tours are a comfortable way to tour the Grand Canyon.
Motor coach bus tours are a comfortable and exciting way to tour the Grand Canyon. Many tours originate in Las Vegas, pick up passengers, and return them to their hotels after a long day of sightseeing. Many themed tours are also available, as well as luxury and VIP tours, ensuring that motor coach tours offer something for everyone.
Xanterra Parks & Resorts
Xanterra Parks & Resorts operates a fleet of buses offering several unique Grand Canyon Tours highlighting the area's fascinating history and geology, and narrated by knowledgeable, entertaining guides. Tours vary in length and are fairly economical.
The two-hour Hermits Rest Tour travels along an old Santa Fe Railway wagon road, stopping along the Grand Canyon's West Rim at many scenic outlooks. The Desert View Tour covers 52 miles in 3.75 hours, stopping at at Lipan Point, one of the East Rim Drive's most spectacular viewpoints.
Sunrise and Sunset Tours, lasting about 1.5 hours, are also available. Travelers can witness the sun rising over the ramparts of the Palisades of the Desert and setting at Yaki or Mojave Point on the South Rim.
Vegas Tours
Vegas Tours offers numerous specialized Grand Canyon motor coach tours. One of the most personalized is the VIP tour on the customized luxury mini bus with extendable reclining seats, flat screen TVs, and lunch provided--and just 14 people per tour.
Another alternative is the 13-15 hour South Rim Adventure Tour on a luxury double decker bus, including hotel pickup, panoramic windows, available IMAX, and complimentary lunch. Stops include the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, Grand Canyon South Rim, Mather Point, an Indian Hopi House, and the National Geographic Visitors Center.
Hualapai Indian Nation/Cowboy Adventure
A themed option is Vegas Tours' Deluxe Grand Canyon West Rim Hualapai Indian Nation / Cowboy and Western Town Adventure. After crossing the Hoover Dam, guests are invited to explore the sacred and pristine lands of the Hualapai Indians, watch a wild west show in a cowboy town, explore an Indian village, enjoy a wagon ride, and have lunch at an Indian BBQ or Cowboy Cookout.
South Rim
Grand Canyon Bus Tours South Rim tour lasts about 15 hours from pick up (at any major Las Vegas hotel) to drop off. The tour makes a quick stop at the Hoover Dam, the moves on to the Grand Canyon entrance for a lunch stop. After lunch, the bus travels into the Grand Canyon National Park, stopping at scenic points such as Yavapai Point and the Bright Angel Lodge.
West Rim
The Grand Canyon West Rim tour about 12 hours long. The tour includes a stop at the Hoover Dam, then moves into the 900-year-old Joshua Tree forest in Hualapai Indian Tribal Lands. The bus stops at Eagle Point to tour replicas of traditional Native American dwellings and experience a cultural performance. Visitors also have the chance to visit the thrilling glass-bottomed Grand Canyon Skywalk. Finally, the tour visits Guano Point to see mine and cable car remnants and eat an outdoor barbecue lunch with a view of the canyon and the Colorado River.
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