Grand Canyon Helicopter & Ranch Adventure
Have you wanted to see the Grand Canyon as few others have had the opportunity to experience? If you have then you really want to take this outstanding tour by helicopter where you will descend over 1,500 feet below the rim. The display of nature’s art, the changing kaleidoscope of colors will make you think you have truly found the most beautiful spot in the world.
You will then land at the Grand Canyon West Ranch which is nestled under majestic "Spirit Mountain" site of the Old Mormon Trail and the only natural springs on the West Rim of the Grand Canyon. If you have studies the Old Mormon Trail at all you will be even more impressed with the hardships that the early settlers had to face in order to reach their destinations for homesteading
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Grand Canyon Helicopter & Ranch Adventure Experience a spectacular Helicopter flight below the rim of the Grand Canyon with a landing at our exclusive 106,000 acre Grand Canyon Western Ranch. |
You will take a horse-drawn wagon ride to the ranch through a Joshua Tree lined trail. At the Ranch you will be served a western meal and have refreshments and be entertained by real working cowboys sharing with you the myths, legends, songs and more. You will have the opportunity to take a horseback ride or just watch the different ranching activities. The work on a Ranch is never done so regardless of how much you think you have seen on the Ranch there is more going on for you to enjoy and watch.
Back on the helicopter you will fly over Hoover Dam. This concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River was completed in 1935. At the time it was both the world’s largest electric-power generating station and the world’s largest concrete structure. It is currently the world’s 35th largest hydroelectric generating station.
The Hoover Dam has created Lake Mead which you will also fly over. The lake extends 110 miles behind the dam and holds approximately 28.5 million acre feet of water.
The final leg of your adventure will be a flight down the world famous Las Vegas Strip. If you have ever been to Vegas you will appreciate the difference in the view of the area from the sky and when you are back on the ground you will find places that you had previously missed, simply because you have seen them from the sky.
There are many things to do when you are visiting Nevada but this tour will be one that you will remember for years to come.
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