Coconino County Trip Overview
Exploring the Grand Canyon is easy with our private guided tour of Grand View Trail. Immerse yourself in a small-group experience that allows you to explore the Colorado River and enjoy stunning views. Your experienced guide will help you get in the right place at the right time to have the best views possible, ensuring you have the best experience possible.
Our tour of Grand View Trail in the Grand Canyon offers great opportunity for both viewing scenery and finding an out-of-the-way place for quiet time. If you enjoy hiking, this trail may be for you. Start off on a section that used to be part of the historic Hermit Road with over 123 stairs. When it levels off, there are more than half a dozen switchbacks before reaching South Rim Drive where you will have your choice of benches and/or picnic tables.
This private tour of Grand View Trail features an experienced guide for your exclusive party. Enjoy stories about the geology and history of this gorge as you hike through it.
Additional Info
Duration: 6 to 8 hours
Starts: Coconino County, United States
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Coconino County, Arizona, United States
Exploring the Grand Canyon is easy with our private guided tour of Grand View Trail. Immerse yourself in a small-group experience that allows you to explore the Colorado River and enjoy stunning views. Your experienced guide will help you get in the right place at the right time to have the best views possible, ensuring you have the best experience possible.
Our tour of Grand View Trail in the Grand Canyon offers great opportunity for both viewing scenery and finding an out-of-the-way place for quiet time. If you enjoy hiking, this trail may be for you. Start off on a section that used to be part of the historic Hermit Road with over 123 stairs. When it levels off, there are more than half a dozen switchbacks before reaching South Rim Drive where you will have your choice of benches and/or picnic tables.
This private tour of Grand View Trail features an experienced guide for your exclusive party. Enjoy stories about the geology and history of this gorge as you hike through it.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Grand Canyon South Rim, Highway 64, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ 86023
You and your guide will coordinate the exact location you will meet upon entrance into the park. There is a fee to enter the Grand Canyon National Park of $35 per vehicle.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Grandview Trail, Arizona 86023, USA
The Grandview Trail has sweeping views of the Grand Canyon and a distant view of the Colorado River. It is a very steep, narrow trail with large steps down, with the upper switchbacks cutting through a steep drop-off as you descend into the canyon. This is not the trail for anyone who is afraid of heights. Since the trail is 10 miles east of the Grand Canyon Village, you get a different perspective of Grand Canyon’s buttes and mesas. The trail is rich in history of miners building the trail to access one of the Grand Canyon’s only profitable copper mines. The mine is on Horseshoe Mesa, three miles down the trail. Much of this trail work with log cribbing and cobblestone “riprap” remains intact from its 1892 construction.
Elevation change: Coconino Saddle -1,000 ft., Horseshoe Mesa – 2,500 ft.
Duration: 7 hours
Pass By: Horseshoe Mesa, Arizona 86023, USA
Horse Shoe Mesa is a place unto itself – an oasis in the world of sandstone cliffs, soaring crags and deep canyons. Lush meadows and verdant forests crowned by ponderosa pines and juniper trees surround the twin horseshoe-shaped mesas.
