Most people who visit Las Vegas for more than casino action or a Wayne Newton concert agree that the city, also known as the entertainment capital of the world, has a lot to offer tourists in the way of sightseeing. Besides the Vegas Strip, there are many other sights in and around the Las Vegas, Nevada area to draw visitors. One of the best ways to tour the area’s wonders is from above ground by helicopter. There are a number of helicopter tours daily that are affordable to just about any budget.
Visitors who are pressed for time can tour the 20-mile loop of Las Vegas and the Strip by helicopter in an hour-and-a-half. The Las Vegas-Grand Canyon helicopter tour takes tourists down the 4,000-foot descent of the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River below. There are also charter flight tours with helicopter connections to explore the Hoover Dam, the Valley of Fire and Lake Mead. These tours can take as little as a couple of hours or Last all day, with stops as necessary for meals and, of course, souvenir shopping.
All Las Vegas helicopter tours include well-informed, interesting tour guides who can enliven the sight seeing experience with colorful detail about the destinations as well as answer tourists’ questions. All Las Vegas and surrounding area helicopter tours are owned and operated by licensed companies that have received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). All Las Vegas tour helicopter pilots are also licensed and certified by the FAA, so tourists never have to worry about their safety while in the air.
When you take a helicopter tour in and around Las Vegas and the Strip, you can sit back and relax and let someone else navigate while you take in all the sights that the gaming capital in the world has to offer!
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