Grand Canyon East Rim Drive by Jeep and IMAX Movie

3 Hours

Mobile Ticket

Hotel Pickup Offered

Language Offered

Overview

Get to know the Grand Canyon with this guided, 2- or 3-hour Jeep tour around the East Rim. Begin with a visit to the Grand Canyon National Geographic Visitor Center's IMAX Theater and watch the 34-minute "Grand Canyon: the Movie." Then choose one of three different tours: a daytime voyage and two sunset options. Enjoy amazing views of the Grand Canyon's brilliant colors and various rock formations while learning about the history and geology of the area from the expert tour guide. A hotel pickup and drop-off in the town of Tusayan, AZ is included.

Grand Canyon Jeep tour from the South Rim along famous East Rim Drive
Take a scenic drive through Grand Canyon National Park and stop at lookout points to soak up the views
Choose from three options including a day tour, sunset tour or extended sunset tour
Watch a gorgeous sunset illuminate the canyon -- an unforgettable experience!
Learn about the area's history, geology and flora and fauna from your guide
Discover the wonders of the Grand Canyon during a fascinating IMAX movie
Pickup and drop-off from select Tusayan hotels included

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What To Expect

This Grand Canyon tour begins with a hotel pickup in the town of Tusayan, AZ. Travel to Grand Canyon National Park and stop at the National Geographic Visitor Center's IMAX Theater to watch the 34-minute film entitled, "Grand Canyon: the Movie," an entertainment experience unlike any other. Being here, inside the movie, is as good as being there, in the Grand Canyon, on a screen that's over six stories tall with 12,000 watts of earth-shaking, digital surround sound power.The featured film is a 34-minute journey over, around and through the Grand Canyon. Explore all 277 miles with the mysterious Anasazi tribe, ancestors of the modern Pueblo Indians, who inhabited the canyon 4,000 years ago, and John Wesley Powell, famous for his exploration of the canyon and the raging Colorado River in 1869. Then fly like an eagle over the rim and swoop into the depths of the canyon, complete with a whitewater rafting trip down the raging Colorado River below.Following the movie, choose from three different Jeep tours "” a daytime adventure and two sunset options. The daytime tour runs from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., providing plenty of scheduling flexibility. The sunset tours are 2- and 3-hour excursions, departing at 5 and 6 p.m. respectively.On the daytime tour, ride from the East Rim to the South Rim and soak up the scenery at various lookout points, including the Desert View Watchtower, a 70-foot-high stone building that serves as the highest point on the South Rim. On a clear day, see more than 100 miles into the distance. Along the way, learn about the history of the Grand Canyon and the geologic forces that helped to create it. Also, find out about the various people that inhabited and explored the canyon, as far back as 4,000 years ago.On the sunset tour, enjoy the same style of travel and sightseeing as the daytime tour, with the added bonus of an incredible Grand Canyon sunset to top off the day. Choose from two departure times for a 2- or 3-hour tour, each highlighted by a breathtaking sunset "” an exhilarating palette of colors exploding across the canyon's giant rock cliffs. Look on in amazement as the shadows cover the gorges and canyon walls in rich orange, rust and red colors.The tour ends with a return trip to the town of Tusayan for a hotel drop-off.

Grand Canyon East Rim Drive by Jeep and IMAX Movie

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Departure & Return

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Hotel Pickup

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