Tours and day trips from Las Vegas
The Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Antelope Canyon and the helicopter flights over them, with the drive times, ticket rules and time zones that decide how the day goes.
Written by Eric Updated October 2026
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Start here: the Grand Canyon most Las Vegas tours visit is Grand Canyon West, on the Hualapai Reservation, two and a half to three hours away by road and outside the national park. The South Rim, inside the park, is closer to five hours each way. Hoover Dam is under an hour from the Strip and fits into a morning. Antelope Canyon is about four and a half hours each way, so a day tour there is a very long day.
Day trips by drive time
Times are measured by a routing engine from the middle of the Strip, at Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road, with no stops. Arizona and Utah sites run on different clocks from Las Vegas for part of the year; each guide explains when.
| Destination | From the Strip | Know before you go |
|---|---|---|
| Red Rock Canyon | About 35 min | Timed-entry reservation Oct 1 to May 31, 8am to 5pm |
| Seven Magic Mountains | About 35 min | Free roadside art installation |
| Hoover Dam | About 45 min | The full Dam Tour is sold on site only |
| Valley of Fire | About 1 hr 10 min | West Entrance closed Mon to Thu through 2026 |
| Emerald Cave (Willow Beach) | About 1 hr 10 min | Kayak from Willow Beach, Arizona |
| Grand Canyon West and the Skywalk | 2.5 to 3 hr | Hualapai land, not the national park |
| Zion National Park | About 2 hr 40 min | Utah is an hour ahead of Las Vegas |
| Death Valley | About 2 hr 40 min | Furnace Creek |
| Antelope Canyon (Page, AZ) | About 4.5 hr | Guided entry only, with a Navajo operator |
| Grand Canyon South Rim | About 4 hr 45 min | The national park |
Guides
Grand Canyon tours
West Rim or South Rim, and bus, plane or helicopter
Grand Canyon Skywalk
Which pass includes it, and what you can carry
Helicopter tours
Strip night flights and canyon landings, compared
Hoover Dam tours
The official tours vs tours from Las Vegas
Antelope Canyon
Upper or Lower, and whether a day trip works
Day trips
Red Rock, Valley of Fire, Zion, Death Valley and more
Big days out of Las Vegas
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Small Group Grand Canyon Skywalk, Hoover Dam Tour
★ 4.8 (517 reviews) · 12 hours · from $205
Twelve people at most, 113 pickup points, and the Skywalk pass is in the price
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Grand Canyon Skywalk Express Helicopter Tour
★ 4.8 (574 reviews) · 2.5 hours · from $639
The fastest way onto the Skywalk; you meet at the heliport, with no hotel pickup
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Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend
★ 4.8 (2,074 reviews) · 17 hours · from $346
Two canyons in a single day from a 4:30am Bellagio start
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Grand Canyon West & Hoover Dam Tour + Breakfast
★ 4.7 (1,906 reviews) · 11 - 11.5 hours · from $132
The most-reviewed Grand Canyon West coach day, with breakfast
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How the picks are made
Prices, hours and rules on this site come from whoever sets them: the National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Hualapai Tribe's Grand Canyon West, Nevada State Parks and each tour's own listing, with the date they were checked. Tours are ranked by a score that weighs a tour's rating by how many people have reviewed it, so a 5.0 from three reviews doesn't outrank a 4.8 from two thousand. More on that, and on how Vegas Visitor Guide makes money, is on the about page.
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