Sightseeing tours
Las Vegas is not a city that lends itself to organized
sightseeing tours . On foot, you'd have to walk too far; on
a bus, you couldn't visit the Strip casinos that are the main focus
of interest. What bus tours there are head out from the city
instead, mainly to the destinations in the vicinity - Hoover Dam,
Lake Mead, Red Rock Canyon, and so on. Several companies also offer
free trips to the state-line casinos at Primm and Laughlin, of
appeal to die-hard gamblers only. Most of the operators listed
below also run flights or tours from Las Vegas to the Grand
Canyon.
Gray Line tel 384-1234, . "Las Vegas City and Shopping,"
including Liberace Museum and the Forum ($39); Red Rock Canyon and
Mount Charleston ($39); Hoover Dam ($39); Death Valley ($139);
Bryce Canyon ($139).
Maverick Helicopter Tours tel 261-0007 or 1-888/261-4414,
. Las Vegas by night ($69).
The Missing Link Tours tel 1-800/209-8586, . Bus tours to
Bryce and Zion national parks (two days/one night: $159) as well as
the Grand Canyon, and shuttle services to LA.
Scenic Airlines tel 638-3200, . Fixed-wing air tours
throughout the Southwest, including Zion, Bryce, and Monument
Valley as well as the Grand Canyon.
Teddy Bear Express tel 737-6062. Laughlin (free); Primm
(free).
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