Grand Canyon tours — Local services in Four Corners States

We visited 2 days in a row. The cost was reasonable. You pay by car load. We bought a senior pass for all National Parks for a year and it was $20. No charge for the second day obviously. If I remember right it was $17 for a car for 3 days without a pass but I can't guarantee it. The first day we got there around noon. It was an hour wait to get in the gate. The second day we drove right in at about 8:30 am. Both days the Visitor Center area was packed. You could barely get to the Rim. Once there you had to wait to get a clear shot. Don't get me wrong, do it if it's what you can do. I was shocked that all across the top of the rim was asphalt trails and it made for much easier walking. It was relatively easy to get to the rim at the Visitor Center area and handicap accessible. I had flown over the Canyon a few times, I'd seen lots of pictures. When you look over the rim of it the first time.... it will take your breath away. I've traveled to a lot of beautiful places, this was truly awe inspiring. So glad I could check it off my bucket list while I was still pretty mobile. The second day, we drove on past the visitor center. We found an empty parking lot and a sign that said 'To Rim'. We had a bottle of water apiece and set off UP the trail. I hadn't realized we were at 7,400 ft or so until we started a steady climb. My husband and I are in our mid 60's and after about 20 minutes of a steady up grade he was ready to turn back. I talked him into a few more yards and we saw the opening in the trees. We walked out of the trees and we were totally alone with the Canyon. We almost cried because it was so incredibly beautiful. We spent about 2 hours walking the edge of the rim. We maybe...

:), I love the grand canyon, it was my first visit and I hopefully will be back, the staff helped me find the best point for sunrise and sunset, I met families from Michigan, Holland, Italy and more, everybody is so nice and they taught me alot about life. We stayed over 1 night. It was awesome walking around in pitch dark with a beautiful sky. The guides told us where to go. We saw the sunset at Mather point and we took the complimentary bus around 5 to get there in time. We woke up st 3:30 to catch the bus and see the sunrise at hopi point. As we walked to the bus stop there were deer everywhere. There are places to worship throughout the park. We awoke on Sunday and were able to celebrate mass at 9 a.m. at the grand canyon. All religions are accommodated in different locations. The kachina hotel room was nice and I wish I could have enjoyed the museums and shops more. We will definitely be back soon hopefully within a year or 2 but I will stay 2 nights instead of 1. We were able to walk some trails down to the canyon floor but next time we will hike further down. I'll admit I'm afraid of heights and the hike along the canyon down is narrow with no rails...

My parents and my brother visited us. They wanted to see the Grand Canyon since it’s few hours away from our house. It was beautiful day sunny and cool breeze. We’ve been there twice now and I still love going there to hike and see the beauty of nature. We saw an Elk on the side of the street and then they show up in the parking lot. Also, they cross on the road and that’s why I’m calling all the drivers. Please don’t drive too fast be careful to an Elk and other animals that are crossing the road. Too bad they missed to see the Dessert view and we drove like 25miles from visitor center and we didn’t see the Dessert View building because they close it. I hope next time they should put a sign that it’s close so that we don’t need to go up there and see it. But anyways, We will definitely coming back and we will never get tired looking a breathe...