[2024] Natural attractions around Las Vegas - selected recommendations for group tours (Antelope Canyon, Grand Canyon-West and South Rim, Horseshoe Bend, Bryce, Hoover, Zion)

This site has compiled the top ten natural landscapes of Las Vegas in the most popular tourist website reviews. Some of them are suitable for group tours. Some are suitable for self-service car rental. This article also provides travel guides and tours for various attractions. Comparison.

Please see the following directory for quick search:-

• Antelope Canyon (Upper Antelope, Lower Antelope)
• american grand canyon
  • Xixia Canyon – home to the glass bridge
  • South Gorges National Park
• Horseshoe Bend
• Hoover Dam
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Zion National Park
• red rock canyon state park
• death valley national park
• lake mead
• Lake Powell
• Recommended recommended multi-day Chinese bus tours

Antelope Canyon is one of the world's famous slot canyons, divided into Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon.It is about 4 hours and a half drive from Las Vegas. The most special thing is that you can walk down to the bottom of the valley to see the magnificent canyon lines.In recent years, Canyon X and Secret Canyon (Secret Canyon) slot canyons have also been opened in the same area, which are also popular with tourists.

Since Antelope Canyon has become a popular attraction in recent years, you can arrange a two-day and one-night tour of the South Gorge + Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend. If you have enough time, you can also go to Lake Powell.

For details, please refer to the pages on Antelope Canyon organized by this site: -

• Las Vegas Antelope Canyon/Horseshoe Bend Travel Strategy and Group Guide
• Various Ways to Get to Antelope Canyon from Las Vegas

Direct booking link:-

• Antelope Valley + Horseshoe Bay One-Day Bus Mission
• Check out the small plane tour to Antelope Canyon
• Check out the multi-day tour to Antelope Canyon (Chinese tour)

Grand Canyon National Park is a national park in the southwestern United States. It is also a must-see natural landscape for Las Vegas tourism. The Colorado Grand Canyon landscape, which was cut by the Colorado River for thousands of years, is world famous and listed as the Seven World Natural Heritage Sites. .

The Grand Canyon is divided into the West Canyon (with sky trails) and the South Canyon. Xixia is just a man-made artificially built attraction, because its location is closer to Las Vegas (a two-hour ride can be reached by one-way car), and the characteristic glass bridge attracts many passengers. The South Rim of the Grand Canyon (commonly known as the South Gorge) is the truly national park reserve listed in the United States: Grand Canyon National Park.

Grand Canyon West Rim — Skywalk (Glass Bridge) Skywalk

The West Canyon Skywalk is so spectacular that it will make you stop breathing. It is about 2.5 hours' drive from Las Vegas. If you only have one day in Las Vegas to go to the Grand Canyon, it is recommended to join the West Canyon One-Day Tour. You can also add Buy tickets for the Glass Bridge. To view more detailed comparisons between Xixia and Nanxia, ​​please refer to the information compiled by this siteComparison and finishing of Xixia South Gorge.

View and Book:-

• Xixia one day bus tour
• Xixia Helicopter and Small Aircraft Group
• Xixia tickets (applicable to self-driving)

Note: If you want to save travel time, you can refer to the followingHelicopters and small plane groups.

Grand Canyon National Park – South Rim (Grand Canyon National Park, South Rim)

There are many attractions in the South Canyon National Park, which is about a 5-hour drive from Las Vegas. You can join a bus tour, a small plane tour or a self-driving tour. You can choose the tour method according to your own interests and see enough at one time. If you want a more in-depth experience and exploration, you can take a one-day tour of the South Canyon, which will stay in the park for about 3 hours. In addition, there are also helicopters available in Nanxia Park (suitable for self-driving). Book with us in advance for $259 per person.

If you have enough time, you can also consider taking a two-day tour to visit the Grand Canyon National Park, and you can extend to Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Lake Powell and other famous scenic spots in the West.

The West Canyon is more touristy, with only the glass bridge being special. Most travelers who have been to the West Canyon and the South Canyon will find the South Canyon to be more worthwhile, even though it is a long way from Las Vegas. (For more detailed comparisons between the West Canyon and the South Canyon, please refer to the Comparison and finishing of Xixia South Gorge)

View and Book:-

• South Canyon One-Day Bus Tour
• South canyon gorge small plane group
• Grand Canyon Gorge + Antelope Canyon + Horseshoe Bend Two Days One Night Tour

Official website:please click here

Horseshoe Bay is a small U-shaped river course in the Arizona River in the state of Arizona. It is about an hour and a half drive from Las Vegas. It has no railings and stands on the Horseshoe Bay overlooking the entire river. It is amazing. Horseshoe Bay usually goes with Antelope Valley, not far from each other, about 4 minutes.

If you have a tight time, you can take a day trip to Las Vegas to Antelope Valley and Horseshoe Bay. In the case of two days, you can follow the South Gorge for two days and one night. (For details, please refer to the site Las Vegas Antelope Canyon/Horseshoe Bend Travel Strategy and Group Guide)

View and Book Link:-

• All single-day, small plane, multi-day groups that will visit Horseshoe Bay
• Various Ways to Get to Antelope Canyon from Las Vegas

The Transformers movie has appeared in the Hoover Dam, the mysterious Seventh District, about 40 minutes southeast of Las Vegas.

With the completion of the bridge across the Hoover Dam in October 2010, most tours to the Grand Canyon don't stop at Hoover Dam.Hoover Dam has half-day tours from Las Vegas ($10 per person).

Booking link:Hoover Half Day Mission

Official website:please click here

Bryce National Park is about 2 hour drive from Zion and about 4 and a half hour drive from Las Vegas.

Bryce Canyon National Park(Bryce Canyon National Park) is locatedUtah, USANational Parks of the Southwest. Although its name has the word "canyon", it is not a real canyon, but a huge natural landform formed by erosion along the east side of the Pangsagunt Plateau. It is like an open-air amphitheater and is also the most famous in the park. attractions. Its unique geographical formations, called hoodoos, are formed by wind, water and ice erosion from rivers, and sedimentary rocks from lake beds. The red, orange and white rocks within it form a unique natural landscape, so it is known as the palace of natural stone figurines. (Taken from Wikipedia)

Because it is located at a higher altitude, the temperature is generally lower than that of surrounding attractions. In winter, the entire park will be closed due to snow, making the road conditions unsuitable for driving. Therefore, if you are driving there in winter, it is recommended to Check the official website first.

Currently, there are only English-speaking single-day tours, including Bryce Canyon and Zion single-day English bus tours.Click here to go to reservations.

Official website:please click here

This site is recommended to walk the way to enjoy the beauty, which has three trails the most famous:

1. Canyon Overlook Trail-The round trip is only 1.6 kilometers, and is very suitable for enjoying the sunset scenery, suitable for beginners and people with low physical strength.
2. Angels' Landing Trail – One of the ten most beautiful trails in the United States. It is famous for its steepness. It takes about 6-8 hours to go back and forth. Some sections of the road require the assistance of iron chains to walk. It is suitable for senior climbers, families with children or fear of heights. Not recommended, but the scenery along the way will definitely make you breathtaking.
3. The Narrow Trail Trail-The National Park provides a free bus to the starting point. Most of the time, you will walk in the knee-deep water for about 8 hours.

Currently, there are only one-day tours in Zion National Park in English. We will also go to Bryce National Park on the same day, and we will only stop by in Zion National Park.Click here to go to reservations, but there are also other multi-day tours departing from Las Vegas, all of which have itineraries to visit this place.Please click here to view the multi-day tour.

Official website:please click here

Red Rock Canyon National Preserve is a state park in Nevada (where Las Vegas is located). It preserves many ancient rocks and is located west of the city of Las Vegas, from Las Vegas to Drive to Las Vegas Boulevard, which takes about 25-30 minutes one way. It is the closest canyon view to Las Vegas. Many tourists will consider spending 1-2 hours in the park because they don't have much time to stay in Las Vegas. There are rich types of stones here, which have become even more beautiful after being weathered over time. If you are short on time and don’t want to go too far to other natural landscapes, you can refer to the nearby Red Rock Canyon.

Suggest:Go by car, go to the visitor center in the park first
Official website:Click here to go
Remarks:Starting from October 2023, if you drive into the park by yourself from October to May each year (it may change with different years), you must first register the date, time and payment of the reservation online.Please click here for details and reservations; And on some special American holidays and festive days, there will be free admission to the park, so you might as well check it out.

If you don’t want to drive by yourself,You can join a half-day English tour (the whole journey is about 4 hours), departing from select Las Vegas Strip hotels.

Image source: NPS Photo

Death Valley National Park is located in the desert valley of California, about 2 hours' drive from Las Vegas. It is a vast desert but also has a unique geographical environment, which is particularly spectacular. Death Valley is also the lowest point on land in North America. In summer, temperatures often soar to over 50 degrees Celsius, so autumn and winter are the best seasons to visit. Because the scenic spot is relatively deserted, it is recommended to have a professional tour guide to lead the tour for safety.

suggestion: Since most of the other attractions are to the east and north of Las Vegas, and Death Valley is to the west, most of them are a separate day trip to Death Valley.
Booking link:Adventure Death Valley Small-Group Day Tour (Every Wednesday, Friday and Sunrise)
Official website:please click here

Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the United States. It is about a 40-minute drive from Las Vegas. This is a relatively small attraction. The West Gorge group will pass by here but not stop. Lake Mead offers a variety of tourism and leisure activities such as boating, fishing, water skiing, swimming, and sunbathing. Many local residents come here for holiday leisure.

Lake Buwell is known as the most beautiful artificial lake in the United States. It is about four hours drive from Las Vegas, near the Antelope Valley and Horseshoe Bay. Next to it is the Green Dam. The rock wall of the canyon contains a variety of different minerals, which will form different colors under different angles of sunlight.

If you have two days or more, it is recommended to visit Lake Powell.Some multi-day tours will include South Gorge, Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend and Lake Powell, etc.Click here to find and reference.

Official website:please click here

Join a bus tour or charter a bus?

Although it is said to be a natural landscape and national park adjacent to Las Vegas, most scenic spots are still about 3-5 hours drive from Las Vegas. If you choose to drive by yourself, you may be quite tired and spend a lot of time driving and rushing. The advantage of joining a local multi-day tour is that the route, itinerary, attractions, hotel accommodation, meals and transportation are all planned and arranged in advance, and you don’t have to worry about car rental, insurance, self-driving conditions, unfamiliarity with the route, etc. In addition, the Chinese-speaking tour guide accompanying the team is always available to assist with any problems along the way. Because two or more people share a hotel room (general hotels only allow up to 4 people to share a room), the price is more cost-effective. Usually, more families, several families, or a few good friends participate in multi-day tours, and fewer people participate. group.

Most of the one-day tours are operated by medium and large buses. Due to the large number of people, the pick-up and drop-off points are also slow and slow. A trip that could have been completed in 12 hours may take an hour to pick up people at departure and another hour to drop off people on the return trip. If the budget and time schedule permit, we would recommend chartering a car with a Chinese-speaking driver and tour guide service. You can arrange services according to the itinerary and scenic spots of a single-day or multi-day bus group, or you can customize the itinerary and services. Small groups usually use a 7-passenger Van or a 12-15-passenger high-roof car (Mercedes or Ford). If you choose to package a tour, we recommend no more than 4 days, because if it lasts longer than 4 days, the average price per person will be higher, and tour guides who generally depart from Las Vegas are more familiar with the attractions within this distance. The services and arrangements will be in place.

Generally speaking, the price of the group tour is more cost-effective, because it mainly uses larger vehicles, and it takes more time to travel to and from different scenic spots, so it is possible to spend less time staying in each scenic spot.Chartered cars may cost more money, but the quality of travel services has been greatly improved, because there are no other unknown travelers traveling together, and the itinerary is more flexible. You can discuss with the tour guide on the spot and decide to stay more or less in some scenic spots. Time, this will not happen with the group, unless it is agreed by all other passengers on the group.If you need to inquire about package tours and quotations, please leave a message through the contact window in the lower right corner of this website or send an email info@ifunvegas.com Contact us and we will usually get back to you within 12 hours.

We have compiled the following selections of the most recommended multi-day Chinese bus tours for your reference.

two day tour

• [2-day tour-hot selection] Southeast Shuangxia National Park + Antelope Canyon + Horseshoe Bend + Lake Powell Bus Tour Chinese Group
• [2-day Jingjing Tour] Zion National Park + Bryce Canyon National Park + Antelope Canyon + Horseshoe Bend + Lake Powell Bus Tour Chinese Group

three-day group

• [3-Day Freehand Tour] Zion National Park + Bryce Canyon National Park + Antelope Canyon + West Canyon Bus Tour Chinese Group

Four days tour

• [4-Day Selected Tour] Southwest Giant Ring丨Zion National Park+Bryce Canyon National Park+Canyonland National Park+Arches National Park+Antelope Canyon+Grand Canyon National Park Chinese Tour
• [4 Days Tour - Featured Hot Deals] Los Angeles→Las Vegas + Southeast Shuangxia + Lower Antelope Canyon + Horseshoe Bay Bus Tour Chinese Group — Departing from Los Angeles

five-day tour

• [5-Day Essence Tour] Lower Antelope Canyon + Horseshoe Bend + Yellowstone National Park + Grand Teton National Park Bus Tour Chinese Group

Seven-day tour

• [7-day leisure tour] Lower Antelope Canyon + Horseshoe Bend + Yellowstone National Park + Grand Teton National Park + Salt Lake City Chinese bus tour

Eight days tour

• [8-Day Extraordinary Tour] Lower Antelope Canyon + Grand Teton National Park + Yellowstone National Park + President Mountain + Crazy Horse Boulder + Chinese bus tour in Salt Lake City

*To view all multi-day package tours from Las Vegas, click here.
*Multi-day tour itineraries also depart from Los Angeles, please click here to view.
*For multi-day tour itineraries departing from San Francisco (San Francisco), please click here to view.

General tips
Unless otherwise specified, the price of all tour groups does not include the service tip of the tour guide on the day. If it is an English group, the suggested tip is about $10~$15 per person, and the Chinese group is about $10~$12 per person, usually within each itinerary There are guidelines for tipping.It is generally not allowed to bring large suitcases on the bus when participating in a single-day group, and it needs to be hosted in the hotel in advance.

If you are arranging a self-driving tour, or are interested in customizing an in-depth tour, please refer to our overall article – 2~4-day itinerary reference for multi-day tours around Las Vegas