Sunset Grand Celebration Tour

The Grand Celebration Helicopter Tour is our most popular tour in Las Vegas. The route of flight will take you over Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, extinct volcanoes, the Colorado River and the scenic beauty of the Mojave Desert. As you fly over the West Rim on the Hualapai Reservation, your helicopter will begin a 4,000 foot drop down to the Canyon floor. Take in the magnificent views of the Canyon walls and rock formations as you descend to the bottom. They are awesome! As you get out of the helicopter, you’ll see the gently flowing Colorado River doing what it has done for billions of years, gently and continuing to carve the Grand Canyon. You will have time to explore the Canyon floor and enjoy a light meal and a glass of celebratory Champaign. Lunch is served under a “Ramada,” a traditional Hualapai shelter offering shade and a picnic table. Your flight back is timed to enjoy a beautiful sunset over the Mohave Desert. Ascend the canyon walls and marvel in a magnificent desert sunset as your flight returns to the Boulder terminal. -Clients are picked up from most major hotels in Las Vegas approximately 1 1/2 hours prior to departures -Clients arrive at terminal for check in. All passengers over the age of 18 will be required to present a government issued photo ID. -Clients board our Eco-Star helicopter. Flight time to Grand Canyon West is approximately 35 minutes -As the flight nears the canyon, enjoy spectacular views of the volcanic Black Mountains, Grapevine Mesa and then across the Grand Wash Cliffs, entering the Grand Canyon West -Descend approx. 4,000 feet and land on the floor of the canyon -Champagne picnic lunch provided at bottom of the Canyon with time for exploration. (On Ground for approximately 30 minutes) -Board your helicopter right before sunset for return flight -Enjoy for a slightly different scenic route during sunset on your return flight. -Arrive at Terminal. Transfer to hotel. Departs from Boulder terminal Daily availability; Sunset departure General characteristics for Eco-star helicopter(EC-130): Crew: 1 (pilot in left seat) Capacity: 6 passengers (2 at front and four at back) can be modified to take 7 passengers (3 at front and four at back) Length: 10.68 m (35 ft) Rotor diameter: 10.69 m (35 ft 1in) Height: 3.34 m (10 ft 11 in) Empty weight: 1,377 kg (3,036 lbs) Useful load: 1,050 kg (2,315 lbs) Max. takeoff weight: 2,427 kg (5,351 lbs) Performance Never exceed speed: 287 km/h (155 knots, 178 mph) Cruise speed: 240 km/h (130 knots, 150 mph) Range: 610 km (329 nm, 378 mi) Service ceiling: : 4,770 m (15,655 ft) Rate of climb: 9.0 m/s (1,770 ft/min) Superiority 1. Seating and Window: The ECO-Star features a 23% larger cabin than the common A-star model. Wraparound windows throughout provide superior external visibility for guests aboard the ECO-Star. 2. Tail Section: The ECO-Star's low noise Fenestron Tail Rotor reduces outside noise by 50%: enhancing the customer experience the limiting the effects on nature's habitats with a low carbon footprint.