Are your kids bored with their usual summer activities? Can’t drag them away from their computer games or video games? Why not give them a totally one-of-a-kind experience? Take them on a Las Vegas Kids Tour. Yes, there’s more to Las Vegas and its famous “Strip.” There’s a whole new world of fun and adventure waiting just outside the city limits. Check out the top five Las Vegas Kids Tours that are sure to give your children level 10 excitement and tons of fun.

Top Las Vegas Kids Tour number 5 is the Self Drive Hummer to Grand Canyon West Rim. Dad or Mom gets to drive the young ones on their very own rented Hummer and explore the magnificent Grand Canyon at their own pace. For kids who are brave enough, the stroll within the glass walls and floor of the Skywalk will be pure excitement. This horseshoe-shaped bridge is raised 4,000 feet above the canyon floor! The Skywalk’s founder wanted to give visitors the experience of “walking the path of the eagle.”

The number 4 top Las Vegas Kids Tour is the Black Canyon River Rafting. This is one smooth cruise down the Colorado River between the cliffs of the Black Canyon. Aboard large, safety-ensured, motorized rafts, kids will delightedly squeal when they see desert big horn sheep, osprey and great blue heron making their appearances in the breathtaking landscape. Don’t forget your camera. Great photos are taken here.

The Grand Canyon West Rim Tour with Helicopter and Boat Combo tour is the number 3 top Las Vegas Kids Tour. It’s one of the tours that take you and your family up in the air in a million-dollar copter. The children get to gaze at the spectacular scenery and hold their breath as the helicopter slowly drops down to the canyon floor. You take a pontoon ride down the impressive Colorado River then get on a shuttle bus afterwards to head for the Eagle Point for the tour of the Hualapai Indian Village. Their handmade crafts and jewelry are priceless remembrances of this trip.

The Land Sailing Desert Adventure takes the number two spot of the Top Las Vegas Kids Tours. If your kids love racing on their feet or racing on their bikes, they will absolutely fall in love with racing across the Nevada Desert on land sailers that catch the mighty winds to move. There’s a free lesson on how to maneuver the sailers as well as practice time before actually taking to the desert. Join the mini-regatta and win prizes. One totally unique tour the older kids will remember for a long time.

The number one top Las Vegas Kids Tour is the Grand Canyon Helicopter and Ranch Adventure. In just approximately four hours, kids get to ride a helicopter across the awesome Grand Canyon, ride a horse-drawn wagon through a forest and spend time with real cowboys at the Grand Canyon West Ranch. They can even try out some of the ranch activities like horse-riding. It is certainly an unforgettable tour they can’t wait to tell friends about back home.

More tours and activities await you and your kids. If your children love rocks, try the Red Rock Canyon Luxury SUV Tour to see spectacular rock formations. For children who love watching the sunset, the Sunset Helicopter Tour is simply perfect. There are also a lot of tours that provide amazing panoramic views of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the Colorado River. Each tour will surely leave you and the kids breathless.

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I am going to be in Las Vegas next week for 6 full days and need some ideas on things to do. I would like to visit the Grand Canyon but it seems like all the bus tours only allow you 2-3 hrs at the canyon for 10 hours of driving. And I have no interest in seeing the Hoover Dam since I’ve been there once already. Would it be better to rent a car and drive, stay overnight somewhere and combine it with Zion or some other place en route?

Are there any other "must see" places near Vegas?

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how much would it cost to travel from mcallen, texas to las vegas, nevada? Going and coming back. and where can i buy the ticket. i prefer something really cheap. i dont know if a bus ride would cost less than a plane ticket in this case but please help. 10 points to winner.

Allegiant Air is a low price airline that specializes in flying from tiny airports to a couple of resort destinations (principally Las Vegas). They fly into McAllen airport. I can’t imagine that it is worth it to spend more than 24 hours on a bus, when you can get a low cost flight.

If your vacationing in las vegas and you want to see hoover dam would you prefer to take a tour,rent a car,or would you prefer to take a shuttle bus where they drop you off and bring you back later in the day.

There are several tour companies that will take you by luxury bus. Some will tie it in with a stop at the Grand Canyon. This is a pretty good trip, the bus is large and comfortable. Be sure to take a tour that will bring you down inside the dam itself. It is a long day and if you do not like buses, you may want to pass on it. Another version will take you to Laughlin. The trip to Laughlin will not take you inside the Hoover Dam, just around the outside. This is a low cost ( almost free) trip intended to get people out to the smaller casinos in Laughlin, you will get a lunch voucher for a free meal while in Laughlin. If you are in Vegas for a week, this can be a nice break from the crowds on the strip.

I think you should take the bus, ask at the hotel desk for info, rather than get hard pressured by the salespeople in the travel booths. For the most part,you will not need a rental car in Vegas. Get a shuttle at the airport to your hotel (most of the big hotels provide them free)

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If your on the strip (MGM, Harahs, Stratosphere) they have new double decker buses that cost around $2.00 a person. They also have the Monorail that costs around $3.00 a person. You can also get daily passes that cost around $10.00 for each item. If you want to get off the strip you’ll have to take a cab. I can’t remember how much they cost exactly but I think a cab from the strip to downtown will run you about $8.00 one way. I did the car rental thing last year and unless you plan on leaving the city to go site seeing, its really not worth the expence.

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We dont want to spend a lot of money on a guided tour bus or anything like that. Does anyone know if theres a Pace bus that goes out that way?

The hotel you’re staying probably offers a very inexpensive trip to the Dam.

My prom is coming up in a month and my friends and I would really like to get a party bus for the night. The only thing is that we don’t have a ton of money to spend. Does anybody know of any cheap companies? We’d have about 20 people and maybe something less than $100 an hour?

Try Bell Trans

We are considering taking a family vacation to the Grand Canyon this summer but we don’t really know what there is to do there. We are planning on spending 3-5 days in the area. Any help would be appreciated!

The Grand Canyon is a great spot if you are into natural scenery, photography, western history or photography.

The main attraction, of course, is to take in the views from the various overlooks. A good place to start is to take the free shuttle that runs along the rim from the lodges out to Hermit Rest and back. The driver talks about the canyon and points out landmarks and the shuttle stops at the various overlooks along the way so that you can get on and off as you want.

There are also a series of nice (and frequently less-crowded) overlooks to the east of the lodges that you must drive to. Mather Point and Yavapai Point are two of the more famous overlooks near the park entrance, but be warned, they can be a zoo during summer with the parking lots completely filled. The views right around the lodges are not bad either, though less dramatic. Make a point of trying to be at the canyon during sunset or sunrise when the sharp light makes for the most dramatic views.

One big attraction at the canyon are the many historic buildings along the rim, many of which were designed for Fred Harvey and the Santa Fe railroad by famous architect Mary Jane Colter. Probably the most famous is the grand 1905 El Tovar lodge – one of the classic national park lodges. Also be sure to check out the nearby 1905 Hopi House curio shop (looks like an indian pueblo), Lookout Studio, Hermits Rest, Desert View Watchtower and the historic Kolb brothers photo studio which often has free art exhibits. The new geology exhibit at Yavapai Point is a must-see for understanding the canyon’s geology and the excavated prehistoric ruin and museum near Grandview Point will give some insight into the earlier cultures that have lived here.

However, in my opinion, the best way to experience the canyon is do a little hiking it. It is a much different – and more rewarding – experience to be actually IN the canyon with the walls towering above you than to just look from the rim. You should not try going all the way to the bottom and back in a day, but even doing a short hike down the upper parts of a trail would be a great experience. Doing the 1.4 miles down the South Kaibab trail to Cedar Ridge, the 1.5 miles down Bright Angel to the first resthouse or the upper sections of Hermit Trail would make good day hikes. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes, wear sunscreen and a broadbrimmed hat, carry lots of water, and remember it takes longer to hike up than down.

Other activities including seeing one of the canyon-related movies at the big wide-screen IMAX theater just outside the park gates at Tusayan, doing a helicopter or airplane tour, or taking a day-long mule ride down the Bright Angel trail to Indian Gardens and Plateau Point. There is also a train ride that runs from the canyon to the town of Williams (along I-40). Note that all of the above activities require money and for the train and mule rides in particular you should get reservations well in advance in summer.

While the Grand Canyon is a great place and many of us can happily spend a week or more there exploring it, if you are not really into hiking, nature or photography, 5 days might be a bit long for a family with kids. You may want to consider spending 2-3 days at the canyon and the rest of the time enjoying some of the other attractions in the area. The town of Flagstaff (the largest nearby town – about 90 miles to the south) has an interesting historic downtown area filled with shops and cafes. The Museum of Northern Arizona and the visitor center at Lowell Observatory (where Pluto was discovered in 1930) are also excellent places to visit. Northeast of the Flagstaff (near the east entrance to the canyon) are the excellent Sunset Crater and Wupatiki National Monuments (Sunset Crater is an extinct volcanic field and Wupatki is a large prehistoric pueblo). East of Flagstaff along I-40 are also Walnut Canyon National Monument and the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert National Parks.

Be warned that Memorial Day through Labor Day is the prime tourist season at the Grand Canyon and it will be crowded. Make sure you make your lodging reservations well in advance (ie: soon). The lodges in the park are all ran by Xanterra and you can make reservations online (see link below). Note that the more remote and less-developed North Rim of the Grand Canyon is much less crowded and more peaceful during summer than the most popular South Rim, but it is harder to reach and there are less activities and attractions there.

Note that the glass platform mentioned by the poster above is NOT actually at Grand Canyon National Park. It is a money-making venture created by Las Vegas promoters on the Hualapai Indian Reservation just upstream from Lake Mead and a 5-hour drive west of the park. The platform is not located over the main canyon, it can only be visited as part of an expensive package tour and is something of an over-promoted let-down by many of the people who have visited it (including myself).