Top 5 Grand Canyon Activities

first view of the grand canyon should be Mather Point picture

1. See the Canyon for the first time

A short distance from the Grand Canyon Visitor Center is Mather Point, this is where you want to take in your first view of the Canyon. It is the deepest part of the Grand Canyon. After which, why not take a walk along the Rim Trail (0.7 mi/1.1 km), hop on a shuttle, or head over to Yavapai Point. Be sure to visit Yavapai Geology Museum and use your binoculars to look at Phantom Ranch and the Colorado River. Allow 25 minutes to 2 and a half hours depending on how much you wanna do. [Read more...]

Grand Canyon South Rim – Yavapai Point

10 Ways to Discover the Grand Canyon

Are you planning a trip to the Grand Canyon but don’t know what kind of activities there are to see and do once you reach the Grand Canyon?

If you are planning to visit the Grand Canyon either as a 1-Day-Activity or if you wish to make a week of it, there are plenty of options.

Here are 10 ways to explore the Grand Canyon. Many people could easily spend all day just looking at this magical wonder, but there are other ways you can enjoy the mighty Grand Canyon.

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Traveling Usa – The Grand Canyon

Annually, hundreds of thousands of people flock to a feat of nature, the Grand Canyon, in Arizona. No one can help but marvel when they look upon the cut in the earth a mile deep, 18 miles wide, and 277 miles long. If you are planning traveling to this very popular spot in the USA, here are a few things you need to think of before starting your adventure.

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Nearly five million people see Grand Canyon each year

The Grand Canyon is a very colourful, steep sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park one of the first national parks in the United States.

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Grand Canyon South Rim and Village from above

Another look into the Grand Canyon in HD with my Flip. The first Grand Canyon segment is sped up and then it’s realtime for the rest of the Grand Canyon. The small movements are turbulence. I didn’t have time to fix the audio after doing the time conversion. If you haven’t tried it yet, pausing in the Hd mode looks like a photo. The Flip does a nice job.

The Grand Canyon’s South Rim

Arizona – Grand Canyon, South Rim

Pictures of the Grand Canyon of the South Rim. Hopefully more pictures of my vacation trip to come. :) Rate and comment. :) Song: “Main Title” from the Gettysburg sound track. Edited with: imovie ’09, took roughly a half hour.

A view of the Grand Canyon from the South Rim

A view of the Grand Canyon from the South Rim. We took the Grand Canyon Railroad out of Williams Arizona to the rim. You can hear the tour guide in the background.

Sunrise at the Grand Canyon South Rim

This video was shot with my Nikon D90 on September 2, 2009 from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The vista point is called Hopi Point. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of background noise due to the high winds and the surrounding people.