Are you planning to book a helicopter flight with a view over the Grand Canyon? I can tell from my own experience: it is a great experience that you will never forget!
Update COVID-19 September 2021: Your temperature will be measured upon arrival at the terminal with a forehead thermometer. The helicopter will be disinfected between all flights. On top of that, the pilots and all passengers will have to keep distance their from each other and have to wear a mask. All these measures are taken to allow all the passengers to have a fantastic helicopter flight in the safest way possible!
The range of flights is huge, more than hundreds of tours are offered. Chances are you will be overwhelmed by the amount of flights. We are going to help with that with the TOP-10 helicopter flights over the Grand Canyon below.
Helicopter flights over the Grand Canyon come in all different shapes and sizes. Do you prefer a budgetfriendly helicopter flight or are you going all out for a glamorous experience with a ride by limousine included? Or do you want to combine this flight with a quad tour or boat cruise? In the TOP-10 below you will find the perfect tour of the Grand Canyon for you!
1. North Canyon Tour
The Noth Canyon Tour is the most budgetfriendly helicopter flight. From the airport at National Park Grand Canyon you depart for a flight of approximately 25 to 30 minutes over the north and center of the Grand Canyon.
Do you want to reserve the helicopter entirely for your own family or travel group? This is possible! Book the North Canyon Family Flight.
- Departure: Grand Canyon National Park Airport
- Tour duration: 25 – 30 minutes
- Price: From $219 per person
2. Imperial With EcoStar
You depart from the airport at Grand Canyon National Park. With the Imperial With EcoStar tour you take a flight in a luxury EcoStar EX130 helicopter. This relatively new helicopter has much larger windows than the older Bell Helicopter 206. The flight lasts about 40 to 50 minutes, more than enough to admire the Grand Canyon in all its glory.
Do you want to reserve the helicopter entirely for your own family or travel group? This is possible! Book the Imperial With EcoStar Family Flight.
- Departure: Grand Canyon National Park Airport
- Tour duration: 40 – 50 minutes
- Price: From $299 per person
3. Grand Celebration Tour
Do you want to leave from Las Vegas? You can with the Grand Celebration Tour. This tour includes transfer from all major Las Vegas hotels. From Las Vegas you fly over the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the Colorado River. After this you fly to the Grand Canyon with beautiful views over Guano Point and Eagle Point.
After these beautiful views you will land 900 meters below the rim of the Grand Canyon and enjoy a glass of champagne and a small picnic. You will then fly back to Las Vegas and be brought back to your hotel. A very complete tour for people who want to discover the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas!
- Departure: Las Vegas
- Tour duration: 4 – 4,5 hours
- Flight duration: 70 minutes
- Price: From $429 per person
4. Grand Celebration with Las Vegas Strip
This is one of the most luxurious tours. They will pick you up by limousine from any major hotel in the Las Vegas area. Then you will board a luxury helicopter at McCarran Airport and fly through the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead to the Grand Canyon.
Arriving at the Grand Canyon, you will make a landing and enjoy a glass of champagne. There is also time to view the Grand Canyon on site. Then fly back to Las Vegas for stunning views of the famous Las Vegas Strip. And of course you will be delivered back to your hotel in style with a limousine.
- Departure: Las Vegas
- Tour duration: 3,5 – 4 hours
- Flight duration: 90 minutes
- Price: From $499 per person
5. Golden Eagle Helicopter tour
The Golden Eagle Helicopter Tour is comparable to tour no. 3 on this list, the Grand Celebration Tour. Departing from Las Vegas, you will fly over the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, and the tour includes hotel transfer. There is no landing at the Grand Canyon on this tour. On the other hand, this tour is also about $50 cheaper than the Grand Celebration Tour.
- Departure: Las Vegas
- Tour duration: 3,5 – 4 hours
- Flight duration: 70 minutes
- Price: From $379 per person
6. Golden Eagle with Vegas Strip
Tour no. 6 in our list is similar to tour no. 5 on the list. Both tours are also named ‘Golden Eagle’. This tour is the luxury variant. They will pick you up in a limousine at your hotel. Another difference is the longer flight time, 90 minutes instead of 70 minutes on the ‘normal’ Golden Eagle Tour. As you can clearly see in the video below, you also fly over the impressive Las Vegas Strip.
- Departure: Las Vegas
- Tour duration: 3 – 3,5 hours
- Flight duration: 90 minutes
- Price: From $439 per person
7. Grand Voyager
With the Grand Voyager tour you depart from Las Vegas for a full day to the Grand Canyon. You fly a small plane over the Hoover Dam and Colorado River to the Grand Canyon. Once there, board a helicopter and descend to the canyon floor, where there will be plenty of time to explore the canyon on foot. Then board a pontoon boat for a gentle cruise on the Colorado River.
Upon returning to the canyon rim, board a shuttle that will take you past several highlights such as Eagle Point and Guano Point. This tour offers a full day of adventure in the Grand Canyon, on foot, by plane, in a helicopter and on a boat!
- Departure: Las Vegas
- Tour duration: 7 hours
- Flight duration: 70 minutes
- Price: From $499,99 per person
8. Luxery Night Out
Spend a night of luxury in Las Vegas! You start the evening at Mott 32 restaurant at The Venetian Resort on the Las Vegas Strip. After the 5-course dinner, you will be picked up by a limousine that will take you to the Las Vegas Terminal. Once there, board a helicopter for a 15-minute helicopter flight over the illuminated Las Vegas Strip. A fantastic tour for a romantic night out in Las Vegas.
- Departure: Las Vegas
- Flight duration: 15 minutes
- Price: From $249 per person
9. Tower Butte Landing with Horseshoe Bend
This helicopter flight takes you to the top of Tower Butte, a 300-meter high rock in the middle of the desert landscape of Arizona. At the top you have 20 minutes to enjoy this special place and the view. In addition, you will fly over Lake Powell, the Glen Canyon Dam and Horseshoe Bend. This tour is unique in the range of helicopter flights; Papillon Helicopter is the only tour operator allowed to land on the summit in the Navajo Nation reservation.
- Departure: Page Municipal Airport
- Tour duration: 45 – 50 minutes
- Flight duration: 30 minutes
- Price: From $249 per person
10. Private helicopter tour Grand Canyon
A helicopter all for you and your loved one? Or for your whole family? It is all possible with Papillon’s private helicopter tours. The helicopter can accommodate up to 6 passengers, two passengers next to the pilot and four passengers in the back of the chopper.
There are private helicopter tours that depart from Las Vegas. The price per person of a private helicopter flight depends, of course, on the number of passengers. Take into account a price of approximately $200 p.p. with 6 passengers and approximately $600 p.p. with only 2 passengers.