Grand Canyon Tours from Las VegasGrand Canyon West Tour with Breakfast and Lunch from Las Vegas
This Grand Canyon West tour with breakfast and lunch from Las Vegas is Comedy on Deck's 10-hour coach day to the Hualapai Tribe's West Rim, priced at $99 per person. It is the only listing in this comparison that puts two full sit-down meals in the base price: a freshly cooked restaurant breakfast on the way out and a BBQ lunch at Guano Point with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. The day also covers a 45-minute Hoover Dam photo stop, the Joshua Tree Forest, and three hours of sightseeing at Eagle Point and Guano Point. Skywalk entry is an optional upgrade that comes with a complimentary zipline. This page breaks down what the $99 covers, how the day runs and who should book a different tour instead. See all Grand Canyon tours from Las Vegas side by side.
About This Tour
Comedy on Deck runs this West Rim day out of Las Vegas with a professional guide plus a separate driver, on an air-conditioned bus that has a bathroom on board and panoramic windows. Pickup is from seven Las Vegas Strip and downtown hotels, including Treasure Island, Excalibur, The STRAT, Park MGM, Circus Circus, Horseshoe and the Golden Nugget, in the morning with the exact time confirmed after booking. You are back in Las Vegas in the evening.
The price is $99 per person and the day lasts 10 hours. Grand Canyon West sits about 122 miles from the Strip, roughly a 3-hour drive by a routing engine, and the listing allows 3 hours of sightseeing at the rim. Entry to Grand Canyon West is included, along with the Hoover Dam photo stop, both meals and bottled water. The Skywalk is not in the base price. It is a paid option chosen at booking, and it comes with a complimentary zipline.
$99 per person. The final price may vary by date, participants and availability. Reserve now and pay later is available.
10 hours, door to door from Las Vegas, with pickup in the morning and return in the evening.
Seven Las Vegas Strip and downtown hotels: Treasure Island, Excalibur, The STRAT, Park MGM, Circus Circus, Horseshoe and the Golden Nugget. Morning departure, exact time confirmed after booking.
Air-conditioned bus with a bathroom on board and panoramic windows, large group, professional guide plus a separate driver. VIP bus access at the canyon.
West Rim only, on Hualapai tribal land, not the national park. Included: Grand Canyon West entry, 3 hours at the rim plus Eagle Point and a BBQ lunch at Guano Point, a 45-minute Hoover Dam photo stop, the Joshua Tree Forest, a cooked restaurant breakfast and bottled water. No $100 national park fee applies here.
Skywalk entry with a complimentary zipline is a paid option selected at booking. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure for a full refund. Wheelchair users are not accommodated on the standard bus, and a lift bus needs 72 hours' notice.
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The listing flags this tour as likely to sell out, and prices can move by date. Check your date before committing to any other plan.
Quick answer Two meals, $99, 10 hours
This Grand Canyon West tour with breakfast and lunch from Las Vegas costs $99 per person and runs 10 hours, with a cooked breakfast, a BBQ lunch at Guano Point and 3 hours at the West Rim. It holds a 4.8 rating from 3,995 verified GetYourGuide bookings.
Key takeaways
- Both meals are in the $99 base price, which the West Rim tour with Wi-Fi does not do at $94.
- The Skywalk is a paid option, not standard. The small-group Skywalk tour has it in the price.
- See how this day compares in the Grand Canyon day tours from Las Vegas.
What the Price Actually Covers
The $99 buys the bus, the guide, the Grand Canyon West entry ticket and both meals. Everything else, including the Skywalk, is either an option you select at booking or a cost you carry yourself.
In the $99
The listing's verified includes list is specific: the Grand Canyon West entry ticket, pickup and drop-off at the selected hotels, transport by air-conditioned bus with a bathroom on board and panoramic windows, a professional guide plus a separate driver, a freshly cooked sit-down restaurant breakfast, a BBQ lunch with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and chicken options, bottles of ice-cold water, VIP bus access at the canyon, direct access to the viewpoints, and the 45-minute Hoover Dam photo stop. Bottled water is the only drink listed.
| Line | In the price | Notes |
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| Grand Canyon West entry ticket | Yes | Hualapai tribal land, not the national park. No $100 nonresident fee applies. |
| Bus with bathroom, panoramic windows, guide and driver | Yes | Guide and driver are separate people. |
| Cooked restaurant breakfast | Yes | Sit-down, 45 minutes on the itinerary. |
| BBQ lunch at Guano Point | Yes | Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and chicken options. |
| Hoover Dam photo stop | Yes | 45 minutes, photo stop only, no dam tour. |
| Skywalk and zipline | Optional | Paid option chosen at booking, with a complimentary zipline. |
| Gratuities | No | Not listed as included. |
| National park fee | Not applicable | No $100 fee at the West Rim. That fee applies to South Rim days. |
What You May Pay on the Day
The Skywalk is the big one. It is a paid option at booking, and it comes with a complimentary zipline at Hualapai Ranch. Remember that cameras, bags and purses are not allowed on the glass walkway and go in free lockers, though phones are allowed at your own risk.
Tips for the guide and driver are not listed as included, so carry cash. The Hoover Dam stop is a photo stop only. If you want to go inside the dam, the Bureau of Reclamation sells a self-guided Visitor Center ticket for $15 per person and a Power Plant Tour for $25 for adults, but this tour's 45-minute stop is not built for that, and there is no mention of dam tours in the listing.
Because this is the West Rim, the $100 national park fee for non-US residents that applies on South Rim days does not exist here.
- Skywalk entry with the complimentary zipline, selected at booking
- Gratuities for the guide and driver
- Any drinks beyond the bottled water provided
How the Price Sits Against Buying It Yourself
Grand Canyon West sells its own All-Access Pass at $99 per person, which covers the Skywalk, the zipline, shuttle service and cultural exhibits. This tour's $99 therefore matches the walk-up price of the pass alone, before you have paid for a vehicle, fuel or the drive of about 122 miles each way, and here the entry ticket, transport, guide and two meals are all inside it. The trade is group size: this is a large-coach day, not a small van.
If a cheaper base fare matters more than meals, the Jupiter Legend coach at $94 is the lowest-priced West Rim day in the comparison, with lunch as a paid upgrade.
Sources: Grand Canyon West, NPS Grand Canyon fees
The Colorado River gorge opens wide below Guano Point, the highest overlook on the West Rim. Photo: Krigore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What the Day Is Really Like
The listing gives the sequence and the durations at each stop, but not the clock times. The exact departure time is confirmed after booking.
The Driving and the Stops
A routing engine puts Grand Canyon West about 122 miles and 3 hours 4 minutes from the Strip with no stops, and the day runs 10 hours total because the coach adds the breakfast, the dam and the forest on top. The itinerary runs: hotel pickups at one of seven points, the breakfast stop (45 minutes), Hoover Dam (photo stop, 45 minutes), Grand Canyon West (3 hours of sightseeing), Eagle Point (visit, shopping and sightseeing, 1 hour), Guano Point (visit, lunch and sightseeing, 1 hour), Arizona's Joshua Tree Forest (visit, 15 minutes), then drop-off at the same seven hotels. That adds up to the honest arithmetic of a West Rim day: a lot of road for 3 hours at the rim, and the meals are what make the road time tolerable.
At the Rim
VIP bus access takes the group straight to the viewpoints instead of waiting in the public shuttle lines. Eagle Point brings the Skywalk, if you bought that option, and the Eagle Rock formation. Guano Point has open viewpoints and short trails around the old guano-mine tramway, and that is where the BBQ lunch is served.
The Joshua Tree Forest stop on the way back is brief at 15 minutes, a photo pause rather than a walk.
The Arizona Clock
Arizona does not change its clocks. From March to early November the Grand Canyon clock matches Las Vegas. From early November to March, Arizona is one hour ahead, so a rim photo timestamped in winter will read an hour later than your phone still on Nevada time.
Grand Canyon West Tour with Hoover Dam Stop and Optional Skywalk
A West Rim tour with a Hoover Dam stop and meals. Third-party video by Comedy on Deck. We did not shoot it and have no relationship with the creator.
Who This Tour Rules Out
This listing carries real limits. If any of these apply to you, book a different day rather than hoping the bus will flex.
Mobility and Health
The listing states the tour is not suitable for wheelchair users. A bus with a lift can be arranged, but the operator must be notified 72 hours ahead, so book early and call. No minimum age or fitness level is stated.
The day itself is long at 10 hours, and Grand Canyon West sits much lower than the South Rim and is hot in summer with little shade, so carry the water that is provided and use sun protection.
People Who Want the National Park or the Skywalk as Standard
This is Hualapai tribal land, not Grand Canyon National Park. If you want the national park itself, with Mather Point and Grand Canyon Village, the South Rim bus day at $124 is the matching listing, and note that non-US residents aged 16 and over pay an extra $100 park fee there. If you want the Skywalk without an upgrade decision, the Grand Adventures small-group day at $205 includes it in the price and caps the group at 12.
If 10 hours on a large coach sounds like too much, the MaxTour small-group day at $169.99 runs in a van capped at 14 and adds Seven Magic Mountains.
People Who Need Helicopters, Nights Away or a Short Day
There is no helicopter flight on this tour and it is not an overnight. If you want to land below the rim, the Papillon helicopter landing tour does it in 4.5 hours, and remember helicopter landings happen only at the West Rim because federal flight rules close most of the national park to low flights. If two rims plus Antelope Canyon and Zion is the goal, the two-day trip covers those across two days with a hotel night.
Hoover Dam holds back the blue water of Lake Mead between steep desert cliffs. Photo: Macheath48, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to Settle Before You Book
Four things decide whether this day goes smoothly: the cancellation clock, the option you select, what you pack and the weather.
Cancellation Terms
You can cancel up to 24 hours before departure for a full refund. Inside 24 hours, the listing does not state a refund, so treat the booking as committed once you pass that line. Reserve now and pay later is available, which lets you hold a spot while the 24-hour window is still open.
Confirm with the Seller
The exact pickup time is confirmed after booking, so check which of the seven hotels you have been assigned and when. Confirm whether your booking includes the Skywalk option with its complimentary zipline or the base ticket, because the Skywalk is not in the $99. If anyone in your party needs a lift bus, the operator must be notified 72 hours ahead.
What to Bring and What to Leave
No pets, smoking or luggage and large bags are allowed on the bus. If you selected the Skywalk, cameras, purses and backpacks go in free lockers at the entrance and only phones come onto the glass, at your own risk. Bring sun protection and use the bottled water provided, because Grand Canyon West is hot in summer with little shade.
Passport details are not needed on this tour, since no national park fee applies at the West Rim.
What Can Change on the Day
The listing states that itineraries are subject to change. Grand Canyon West is open every day of the year, so the rim itself does not close, but heat in summer and storms can affect how much you enjoy the outdoor viewpoints, and the zipline can close for weather decided on the day. Build in the understanding that stop durations, including the 45 minutes at Hoover Dam, can shift with traffic.
The Day, Step by Step
Sequences and durations come from the operator's own itinerary. Clock times are not published, so phases are used instead.
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Morning
Hotel pickup in Las Vegas
Board at one of seven points: Treasure Island, Excalibur, The STRAT, Park MGM, Circus Circus, Horseshoe or the Golden Nugget. The exact time is confirmed after booking.
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Morning
Sit-down restaurant breakfast
A freshly cooked, sit-down breakfast is included, with 45 minutes on the itinerary.
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Late morning
Hoover Dam photo stop
45 minutes for photos at the dam on the Nevada-Arizona line, about 51 minutes from the Strip by road. This is a photo stop, not a dam tour.
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Midday
Arrive at Grand Canyon West
VIP bus access takes you to the viewpoints with 3 hours of sightseeing on Hualapai tribal land.
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Midday
Eagle Point
One hour for the visit, shopping and sightseeing. Ride the Skywalk here if you bought the option, with cameras and bags in the free lockers.
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Afternoon
BBQ lunch at Guano Point
One hour for the visit, lunch and sightseeing. The BBQ comes with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and chicken options.
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Afternoon
Arizona's Joshua Tree Forest
A 15-minute visit among the Joshua trees on the road back toward Nevada.
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Evening
Drop-off in Las Vegas
Back to the same seven hotels in the evening, 10 hours after the day began.
Pros and Cons
An honest read of this listing against the other West Rim days on the site.
What we genuinely like
- Both meals are included at $99: a cooked restaurant breakfast and a BBQ lunch at Guano Point, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.
- The bus has a bathroom on board and panoramic windows, and a guide plus a separate driver.
- VIP bus access and direct access to the viewpoints, skipping the public shuttle lines.
- The Hoover Dam photo stop and Joshua Tree Forest are in the day at no extra cost.
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure, and reserve now and pay later.
- It holds a 4.8 rating across 3,995 verified GetYourGuide bookings.
The honest downsides
- The Skywalk is not in the $99. It is a paid option at booking, so budget for it if the glass bridge is the point of the trip.
- It is a large-group coach day. If you want a small van, the MaxTour day at $169.99 caps at 14.
- Three hours at the rim against a 10-hour day means roughly seven hours on the road and at meal stops.
- Not suitable for wheelchair users unless a lift bus is requested 72 hours ahead.
- Gratuities are not listed as included, and drinks beyond bottled water cost extra.
- The West Rim is not the national park, so travellers expecting Mather Point should look at a South Rim day instead.
Who it's NOT for: Travellers who want the actual Grand Canyon National Park, the Skywalk in the base price or a small group should book a different listing.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does this Grand Canyon West tour with breakfast and lunch from Las Vegas cost?
$99 per person, with the note that the final price may vary depending on date, participants and availability. Both meals, the Grand Canyon West entry and the Hoover Dam photo stop are in that figure. Compare it with the West Rim coach with Wi-Fi at $94, where lunch is an upgrade.
Is the Skywalk included in the price?
No. Skywalk entry is a paid option selected when booking, and it comes with a complimentary zipline. If you want the Skywalk in the base price, the small-group Skywalk tour includes it at $205.
Does this tour visit Grand Canyon National Park?
No. It goes to Grand Canyon West on Hualapai tribal land, which is not the national park, so the $100 nonresident park fee does not apply. For the national park itself, see the South Rim bus day from Las Vegas.
What food is served on the tour?
A freshly cooked, sit-down restaurant breakfast on the way out and a BBQ lunch at Guano Point, with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and chicken options. Bottled water is provided, and other drinks are not listed as included. Meals are a differentiator on this day, as the Grand Canyon day tours from Las Vegas shows.
How long is the day and how much time do I get at the canyon?
The tour runs 10 hours, with 3 hours of sightseeing at Grand Canyon West, split as 1 hour at Eagle Point and 1 hour at Guano Point plus time in transit between viewpoints. The drive itself is about 122 miles each way, roughly 3 hours without stops, on a route covered in the Las Vegas to Grand Canyon drive guide.
Can I cancel this tour?
Yes. Free cancellation is available up to 24 hours before departure for a full refund, and reserve now and pay later lets you hold a spot without paying today. Within 24 hours, the listing does not state a refund.
Is the tour suitable for wheelchair users or travellers with mobility needs?
The listing states the tour is not suitable for wheelchair users. A bus with a lift can be arranged if the operator is notified 72 hours ahead, so contact them at booking rather than on the day.
What Travelers Said
Our guide, Andrew, and our driver, Brendo, we're just great! Very interesting and knowledgeable! Everything worked out perfectly. I learned a lot and saw stunning views.
We had an excellent day, well planned. Everything was on time. Our tour guide Joe was very funny and personable. The tour was perfect for us! We strongly recommend it.
Very good trip with Andrew and Alejandro. Amazing views and well planned timing on the stops. Basic lunch included which you can eat looking on Grand Canyon.
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