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Eight-Night Grand Canyon River Tours
3-Night Trip | 6-Night Trip | 8-Night Trip | 12-Night Trip
Why not combine the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon with the powerful, exhilarating Colorado River to create the ideal western trip? The Grand Canyon river tour is the premier white water rafting trip in the American West. The eight-night Grand Canyon river tour covers the entire length of the Grand Canyon, beginning at Lee’s Ferry and ending at Lake Mead. This trips combines world class white water with breathtaking scenery to make one unforgettable river experience.
Your trip begins at the Marble Canyon Lodge, in Arizona, where you spend the first night preparing for your trip. You meet your guide at 8:30 p.m. for an orientation meeting where you can ask questions and get any last minute items. You can also purchase beer and wine at Marble Canyon.
The following morning around 8:00 AM you pack your duffel bag and depart for Lee’s Ferry where the boats will be waiting for you. After your bags are packed on the boat everyone gets on and your rafting trip begins.
For the next seven days you will run exciting rapids like Houserock, Hance, Hermit, Granite Falls, Crystal, Lava Falls, and many more. You will see beautiful side canyons and swimming holes including Little Colorado, Elves Chasm, Deer Creek, Havasu Creek, and Travertine Falls. Each morning you will be greeted by the beautiful song of the Canyon Wren and the smell of hot coffee brewing in the kitchen. Your guide will prepare you a hot breakfast every morning which includes fresh fruit and fruit juice. For lunch you will have sandwiches with all the trimmings. Tour West provides cold water and lemonade at all times as well as candy bars and fruit for snacks during the day. At night all your gear will be unloaded, this includes your personal duffel bag and your cot. While you are setting up your camp your guide will be preparing a hearty dinner of steak and potato or halibut and wild rice. Each dinner also has a vegetable with a fresh tossed salad and your choice of dressing. After dinner you are free to explore the canyon or sit on your cot and watch a beautiful sunset and listen to the music of the river. The last 34 miles of your trip are spent traveling between the sheer walls and graceful tiers of the upper stretches of beautiful Lake Mead. At trip’s end, you will be transported to Las Vegas airport by bus.
INCLUDED IN YOUR TRIP:
(cot, sleeping bag, foam pad, waterproof duffel, utensils, tent, chair)
Dates & Pricing for 2008
2,340.00 per person +$12 national park entrance fee, +
Transportation from Las Vegas to
Marble Canyon at beginning of trip.
April 28
May 11, 18, 25, 28
June 1, 8, 15, 22, 26, 29
July 6, 13, 20, 27
August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
September 7
Dates & Pricing for 2009
Regular Rate: $2,510Cash Discount Rate: $2,460 (if you pay with check or cashier's check)
April 27
May 10, 17, 24, 27, 31
June 7, 14, 21, 25, 28
July 5, 12, 19, 26
Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23
Sept. 6, 14