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| - I did the Papillion Grand Canyon tour last Sunday and chose the Indian Adventure with landing and Skywalk. It was $254 a person for a 7 hour tour with lunch and Skywalk from the LV strip including hotel pick up. We ended up getting home an hour later but didn't really care about that.
I did a lot of research before purchasing a Grand Canyon package from the LV strip and this was the best price I found. I spoke to two representatives before booking (one was named Bryan) and they were both very nice and helpful. We confirmed when we first arrived in LV.
We chose the 12:15pm flight so we got picked up at our hotel at 10:45 (they were on time in fact 5 minutes early). We went to the next hotel to pick up the next guest and the person never showed up and the driver waited quite a while. He even circled the entrances looking for this person that never came. The bus was very comfortable and clean. We arrived to the Boulder City Airport within 30 minutes. The airport was small, clean, and everyone was very nice and courteous. We got on the airplane about 20-30 minutes later. It was a small 9 person airplane. I wore "Queasy Beads" for motion sickness but only a miracle would have saved me from the plane ride over to the Grand Canyon.
In LV it was windy on land and I should have taken a dramamine prior but any time I have taken one it always made me really drowsy and tired so I went with the Queasy Beads and got sick when the pilot landed the airplane 30 minutes later. For what I saw on the plane, there were magnificent views of the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and the Grand Canyon. As soon as I got off the plane, I felt much better.
The Grand Canyon was FREEZING (About 15 degrees lower than LV strip). Thankfully I had my winter jacket with me. A bus took us over to Eagle Point from the Grand Canyon airport and we stayed at Eagle Point for as long as we wanted to. We met a nice guy that worked there who took pictures of us for free and even had some creative shots for us to pose in. We went onto the Skywalk which was interesting and scary because there was a large crack in the side panel. One of the workers on the Skywalk told us a story that a scientist from Europe came over and broke the glass and had to pay $40K to have it fixed (also went to jail for 2 days) and when it was fixed the engineers tightened in the class too tight and it cracked again...hmm...
We got one photo for $30 (they don't allow cameras, phones, etc on the Skywalk). It wasn't worth the $30 because we got photos exactly like it standing on the GC, only difference was a clear wall behind us. We got it because we thought it would be the only time we would do something like that but looking back at all the photos I took there, that $30 picture was unnessecary. We walked around the Hualapai ground and took the bus over to Guano Point.
Guano Point had a cafe where we ate lunch outside (sand was blowing and it was freezing). Food was okay. I didn't care though because I loved all the scenery and the fact that the Hualapai Tribe preserve the area, drive 2 hours each way to work there, and that there are NO GUARD RAILS ON THE CANYON! It really is scary to be on the Grand Canyon. You really can just fall off or slip, enter at your own risk. I don't think it's a place where you should bring a child.
I climbed to the top of Guano Point. Boy was it cool to do that. I loved discovering everything at the Canyon-all new to me, my bf loved it and we both have never done anything like this before. After we walked around we took the bus back over to the Grand Canyon airport and did some shopping...I bought a dramamine there so I wouldn't stink the plane up again on the way back! On the way back we were on a 19 person plane and I got to see the landscape without closing my eyes-breathtaking views. We got back to our hotel at 6:45pm.
Everyone who worked at the GC was really nice and so were all the pilots and bus drivers. 5+ stars!!! Totally worth using Papillion Tours-it was a very thought out and precise process!
PS there is a small store in the Boulder City Airport and in the GC airport as well as on the grounds of the Hualapai Tribe in Eagle Point. The price for a dreamcatcher was cheaper at the Boulder City Airport than the other locations. The Grand Canyon and Papillion Tour was one of the best experiences I have ever had so far in my life.
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