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- From: imcneill@mccomp.demon.co.uk (imcneill)
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- Subject: Re: Best Grand Canyon Tours
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 21:55:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.005728.5486@socs.uts.edu.au> morgan@socs.uts.EDU.AU writes:
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- >I'm intending to visit the Grand Canyon (South Rim) in January. Can people
- >tell me if this is a good idea (how cold will it be?) and what might be a good
- >tour to go on (preferably from Las Vegas).
-
- I was in L.V. about 1 month ago, and decided to take a peek at the G.C.
- Did a great fly over with Scenic Airlines, picked me up at my hotel, flight
- About 1h 15 mins if I remember, 15-18 seats, extra large windows (can be a
- bit off putting for first couple of minutes, with those big windows), and
- headphones with taped commentary in 6 different languages. The pilot turns
- the tape on at various points. Make sure you take your camera, mine is crap
- but still got some wonderful pictures. After the flight you land at a small
- strip close by the south rim. Then into a minibus for a short (10-15 mins)
- jaunt to the south rim. We had about 2hrs 30mins on our own. There's a path
- that you can take right the way down, but at 26 miles to the north rim,
- you won't get far in the time allowed. Also of course allow a bit longer for
- coming back up than down. There's a nice little eating place of the south
- rim too if you get peckish. The tour that I took didn't include a side trip
- to the IMAX theatre, which is well worth a look if you've never seen one of
- these before. They apparently show some wonderful footage of the canyon, etc.
- I caught an IMAX later on in my trip (in L.A.) and the 70 foot x 70 foot
- screen with 6 channel audio just has to be experienced.
-
- They advised a the time of booking to bring something warm like a jacket or
- pullover. The advice was quite right as although the sun was shining quite
- brightly, there was a bit of a bite in the breeze.
-
- Finally you are picked up for the return flight. The backward journey is a
- bit quicker as they fly a more direct route. I should mention that the fact
- that the plane flies quite low (about 2000-2500 feet) and also that the
- terrain is very sculptured, means that in parts the flight can get quite
- choppy, but nothing to get worried about.
-
- The whole thing cost $149 which also included a small back pack and water
- bottle which makes a rather different souvenir.
-
- In summing up I'd say it was the highlight of my visit, I don't know whether
- you have seen the film "GRAND CANYON" but to paraprhrase from it, when you
- take an eyeful of this marvellous spectacle of creation, you being to realise
- just how worthless and small man really is in comparison.
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- Regards
-
- Ian.
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