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Best Tours & activities in Las Vegas (2026)

Tours from Las Vegas fall into two groups: trips out into the desert and experiences in the city itself. For the Grand Canyon, a helicopter is the fastest option. Maverick Helicopters flies its Wind Dancer tour from its terminal on South Las Vegas Boulevard over the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead to Grand Canyon West, landing on a bluff above the Colorado River, and Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, flying since 1965, offers several canyon tours with landings and a short night flight over the Strip. Both are expensive, so compare the total time, whether the tour lands and whether hotel transfers are included.

On the ground, Pink Adventure Tours, the company long known as Pink Jeep Tours, runs guided day trips to the Hoover Dam, Valley of Fire and Death Valley, which saves hiring a car. Desert Adventures in Boulder City offers kayak tours on the Colorado River around the Hoover Dam, best booked for an early start in summer. Back in the city, Lip Smacking Foodie Tours runs restaurant tours on the Strip and cocktail crawls in the Arts District and Chinatown. Book ahead for weekends and holidays, check cancellation terms, and carry water and sun protection on any desert trip.

5 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 tours & activities in Las Vegas

  1. Maverick Helicopters Helicopter tours (Grand Canyon and Strip), South Strip (Las Vegas Terminal)Helicopter tour operator with a terminal on South Las Vegas Boulevard, flying Strip night flights and Grand Canyon tours that land on a bluff above the Colorado River.
  2. Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters Helicopter and air tours, Las Vegas (Grand Canyon tours)Grand Canyon air tour company flying daily since 1965, with helicopter tours from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon West, canyon-floor landings and a Strip night flight.
  3. Pink Adventure Tours (Pink Jeep) Jeep and desert day tours, Las Vegas (day trips)Tour company founded in Sedona in 1960, formerly Pink Jeep Tours, running guided desert day trips from Las Vegas in custom pink Jeep Wranglers and Tour Trekkers.

Tour operator

1. Maverick Helicopters

Helicopter tours (Grand Canyon and Strip)South Strip (Las Vegas Terminal)

Helicopter tour operator with a terminal on South Las Vegas Boulevard, flying Strip night flights and Grand Canyon tours that land on a bluff above the Colorado River.

View details — Maverick Helicopters

Tour operator

4. Desert Adventures

Kayak tours (Black Canyon and Hoover Dam)Boulder City (Black Canyon)

Kayak tour company based in Boulder City, permitted by the National Park Service and Bureau of Reclamation to run Hoover Dam, Emerald Cave and Willow Beach paddling trips.

View details — Desert Adventures