Best Grand Canyon Memorial Day Tours
Are you making your plans for Memorial Day weekend? Will you be in the American Southwest? If so, consider taking a Grand Canyon tour – they’re terrific. Your choices include bus, plane, helicopter and rafting tours, and they’ll all be running on their regular schedules for Memorial Day. Book your tour soon; based on last year, they’ll probably sell out quickly.
Most Grand Canyon tours start in Las Vegas and visit the West Rim, but several begin in Tusayan, AZ (just outside the South Rim’s main gates). Those tours do that rim.
South Rim from Tusayan
Chopper tours here fall into two categories: 30-minute flights and 50-minute flights. I recommend the longer flight, especially the deluxe version that uses an EcoStar 130 aircraft. This particular chopper has comfortable stadium-style seating and a panoramic, 180-degree window for great sightseeing.
I also recommend the plane tour that flies the same route as the deluxe helicopter tour – it covers the South, East and North Rims along with everything in between. You’ll have seen almost