VERY TOURISTY - in a Cheesy kind of "Disney" way.
Great for people with short attention spans, foreigners, travel groups, individuals, or anyone with kids (since you won't be stuck in the car with them while they whine for hours about having to pee). The kids will love this!!
IF you like bank robbers, Old Western Tales, and Horses you may enjoy this tour!
If you want to land on the floor of the grand canyon and walk around THIS COMPANY DOES NOT LAND ON THE GRAND CANYON FLOOR. They fly through and drop down a little bit below the rim, but you will be disappointed if your goal is to walk around in the Grand Canyon. Undecided about which company to go with??
Again -- if you WANT to land on the floor of the Grand Canyon this is NOT the tour for you.
If you want to have a "western cowboy" experience you might like this tour. There is quite a bit of history at the ranch and the food isn't bad.
Great guy at the ranch who walks you through everything but when we went it was a little beyond cheesy and disorganized. They said that it was an "off" day and that they had several staffers out. They left us waiting in a white tent (which would have been killer in the summertime) and we were supposed to ride on a horse drawn carriage into the ranch, but somehow we ended up riding in in a van that was REALLY dirty and smelled like gas (someone spilled some apparently). We were the ones who paid for the Helli tour!! They took the people who came on the bus in the carriage! You would think that the people spending more money would have had a few more perks than the people who just sat for a couple of hours and paid less.
Either way charging people an extra $39 to ride horses at the ranch when they are stranded in the middle of no where and can either "walk around" or "ride the horses" is such a racket! Then again they have a gift shop too, and you can buy drinks at a "bar" area in the main dining room.
Ohhh and you can get a custom video too!! $40000??
All in all a helicopter tour from Vegas is BREATHTAKING even if the company was a little disorganized. Being in New York these days sometimes I forget what open space looks like... well there was plenty of it on this trip!
Date Rating: 7
Pick up Scale: N/A
Strong suggestions: They have a bus tour too and they will fly you through the Grand Canyon on the helicopters. So if you don't mind riding out instead of flying then you will get the same view from the air of the Grand Canyon that we had when we flew in.
Don't forget to look on Google for coupons:
http://www.vegas4locals.com/couponheliusa.html
Maybe the company will wise up and give a complimentary bottle of wine or champagne to the people who fly in on the helicopters since they spent a significant amount money on their 3 hour excursion.