Grand Canyon National Park South Rim Bus Tour from Las Vegas

Trip was processed as planned, such as pick up time, pass out food, and instructions etc. Also the driving is as good as you can get.

This is a great way of visiting the Grand Canyon if you have a limited amount of time in Vegas like we did. It’s a very long day, but we covered over 500 miles so not much could be done about that. Steven was great and so enthusiastic, he gave some good fun facts about the area. He’s a very caring person who genuinely seems to love what he’s doing. We had a short stop at a little town called Seligman, this was a great addition, we got a small taste of being on Route 66. We had booked on to the walking tour, although was good as Steven took some nice photos of us, we wish we opted out and made our own way to the meeting point. As we personally would have enjoyed more walking (5km). We only walked a short distance (I think about 1km) and mainly stopped for photos for the group. The food on the way back was disappointing, we hadn’t realised that it would be a takeaway to be eaten on the bus, being so close to Vegas this seemed pointless. There was a few people confused by this as we all thought it was a stop where the full group would sit in the restaurant, of course wrong of us to assume but it would of been useful for this to be explained to us at the time of ordering. The dinner was disappointing, I didn’t eat much plus there was no light to see what I was eating anyway. Overall we had a great day and met some really lovely people.

Things I wish I knew before purchasing this tour: Transportation: it was not a bus with toilet and wifi, it was a Sprinter full of people. In my case, I was in the back seat sharing it with 4 people, for a 10 hours trip it was not confortable at all. Rate: 1 out of 5 Guide: Really nice guy full of knowledge to share, he instructed us all the time. Be aware that he will guide only in the Sprinter, on the GC his tour costs additional 20$. Rate: 5 out of 5. Time at the GC: They promissed 3 hours, but in our case it was less than that. The Sprinter passed thru the GC gate at 11:15 and this is when the clock starts ticking. We left the bus for instructions ar 11:30 and the guide asked us to return at 14:05 so the Sprinter could leave at 14:15. So do the math, we had a total time of 2:35h. Be aware that in order to see the best spots there, you gotta take internal shuttles, which takes time to arrive and to leave you at the right spot... so we had like 1h to see what we needed and take pictures. This 25m taken from us would me some difference. Rate: 2 out of 5 Stops: 3 each way. The last stop is for dinner, which is an expensive place, with simple food. We spent 1 hour there.... we'd REALLY appreciated not going there and using this time in the GC. Rate: 2 out of 5 Grand Canyon: An amazing and beatiful place that you must visit. Rate 5 out of 5.