I took a helicopter, boat trip to West Rim of grandCanyon through Gray Line. I had booked the package through viator not knowing that Gray Line is the facilitator. Anyhow the tour started off at 6:00am itself with a hotel pickup. Then there was a brief stop at Gray line's office where they tried us to sell souvenirs, purchase skywalk tours n also pay additional 20-30$ under helicopter fuel expenses et al. Anyhow after a coach ride of 2,3 hrs we reached the point near canyon. We were divided into two groups segregating people who had opted for helicopter rides and who had not.
Immediately on arrival, we were rushed to the Helicopter line as because of the heat in the valley they operate till 1:00pm only. After a brief weight check and a safety video, we were sent to board the chopper. The helicopters were in good shape n the pilots were trained well. The aerial view was amazing. They took us down to the surface of the valley where we had a boat ride. It was really short (5,6) mins. Then we were again bought up and were loaded in bus again to cover the eagle point n take a skywalk.
We literally rushed against time to grab out inclusive lunch n take a skywalk. The experience of skywalk is underwhelming n overrated. Plus the lunch provided on top was horrible. Due to lack of time ( as our guide had asked us to return back by 2:15pm) we cudn't cover rest of the two points of the canyon.
On our way back, our guide gave us a small drive around the Hoover dam which was quite stunning. However on our way back, it took us 2 extra hours to reach our hotel as we were dropped the last. Overall, u need to look carefully before taking this tour about the timing restrictions n all.