Grand Canyon Hiking Tour: Rim to River to Rim

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Grand Canyon National Park Group Hiking Tour

The Grand Canyon is such an unbelievable place and geological phenomenon, and we truly believe that, if you’re a hiker to the core, at some time in your life you need to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.  For this trip we will get the full experience of this popular National Park, from the popular Rim Walk as an introduction, to a visit to Indian Garden, to the spectacular descent to the bottom of the canyon with an extra day to explore, to the do or die ascent back up to the quiet north rim.    Our early hikes exploring the plateaus and canyons will get our legs ready for the breathtaking descent into the Grand Canyon, from the ponderosa forests at the rim through the layers of Kaibab limestone, Coconino sandstone and hermit shale to the Colorado at the base of the Canyon. The variety within the Canyon is overwhelming. The land forms, the colors, the spectacular vistas, that first sighting of the Colorado – every switchback along the trail is its own visual and sensual adventure.

The Accommodations:

To complement the grand experience, we stay in the historic national park lodges.  We first stay at the famed Maswik Lodge, named for a Hopi Kachina, on the south rim.  We move to the only lodging below the rim of Grand Canyon at Phantom Ranch, whose main lodge and rustic cabins were built in the 1920’s.  Our final hurrah is at Grand Canyon Lodge on the north rim, which has been on the National Register of Historic Places for more than 40 years.

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