Grand Canyon West Rim Bus Tour from Las Vegas

Incredible views. Ivan was had great knowledge and was friendly and helpful. Worth the time and money.

Tour is fine, times are ok, early return to Vegas Lunch was very good We hardly understood all tour guide/driver said

A wonderful day was had and our tour guide Ivan was amazing! Although a long day we were spoilt with the amazing views.

The pick up was late and then at last stop at the hotels to pick up other tourist we stopped for over 20 mins and no one got on the bus. The guide told all the information in two or three languages and the English version was very hard (if at all) able to understand. The stop at Hoover dam was a waste of time. The bathrooms that we could use were port a potties and they were NASTY. Once we got to the Grand Canyon we were on our own and it was very nice. The employees at the Grand Canyon were very friendly and accommodating. The dinner that was provided was very good. Then back to the bus where thing were okay until we were almost back to Vegas and the guide came around and told us we all had to tip him and the driver $8. There was 5 of us and 2 were children that we had to tip($8 each) for also. I don't like being told how much to tip someone. And to my understanding none of the tip went to the employees at the canyon who were nice and informative(they are not employed by the tour company). The "tip" was for the guide who we only saw on the bus and we couldn't understand and the driver who was a grump. If the tour company wanted them to be "tipped" they should include it in the price and not informed we had to give the tour guide an $8 "tip" at the end. This was not in any of the info I saw in the trip price. I would have rated higher if not for the "tip" and the listening to information almost non stop for 2 hours that I could barely understand the English version.

They were late to pick us up and then we sat at the last hotel stop for over 20 mins. before we left. We had to listen to the guide tell us everything in 2 or 3 languages and you could barely(if at all) understand the English version. We stopped through the Hoover Dam for a quick stop on the AZ side and a bathroom break but the bathrooms that we could use were NASTY. The bathrooms were port a potties. In my opinion that was worthless stop. Maybe the tour company could contract to stop at one of the gas stations we passed to use as a restroom break. Once we arrived at the Grand Canyon it was much better. We were on our own once we arrived at the Canyon and the people who run the tour there were all very friendly and nice. The dinner that was served at the last stop was very good. If I was to do this again I would drive myself in a rental car.

This tour started with problems on the pickup. Pickup first was preponed 45 minutes (6:30am to 5:45am) just the day before, then my pickup was "forgotten". Had to call at 5:55am to make them pick me up. Unfortunately this tour operator does a mixture of chinese and western tourist on this tour, with the majority being chinese. Also the tour guide was chinese and despite him claiming living 15 years in Las Vegas he was really hard to understand with his accent. The visit at the Grand Canyon was OK. It is done there by the local indian people and should be the same for everyone who visits there. The return time was scheduled for 1:30pm and we were told in the morning by the guide to be on time. Unfortunately many of the other tourists did a helicopter tour, which took them very long. So they were allowed to come back later to the bus. This ended in us wating for nearly one hour in the bus for them. At the end every participant was more or less "forced" by the guide to pay a so called "service fee", although gratuity should be voluntary, even in the US. As a conclusion: Visiting the Grand Canyon is a great idea. But better chose a different operator than this one.

Was very unhappy. We were put on a very small bus with all Asian folks who couldn’t communicate or socialize. When the tour was done the driver told me to go gather everyone up. No children on board and played the minion dvd.