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 Rim to Rim experience in a compressed 5 day tour. Our first day on the South Rim will give us a taste of the canyon, as we drop below the rim on the popular Bright Angel Trail. This will prepare us 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 and sensual adventure. We then have an extra day to explore the canyon bottom before the do or die ascent back up to the quiet north rim.
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. Sadly, in July of 2025, the Grand Canyon Lodge on the north rim burned down during a forest fire. We will stay in the nearby lodging to the north rim, at the picturesque Jacob Lake Inn.
