Experience the Winter Majesty

NPS announced a limited reopening of Grand Canyon National Park from Friday May 29th to June 4th.  This limited open will allow Grand Canyon Park entrance access from 4 am - 2 pm through the Town of Tusayan.  Fees will be required and can be purchased on-line prior to arrival or at Grand Canyon Chamber & Visitor Center, Westwind Air Service or Grand Canyon Visitor Center IMAX or at the entrance station. Once inside the Park you may stay all day.  The early morning access is designed for hikers who already have backcountry permits to get on the trails early.  For those of you that are early risers this early entrance will make for a Grand Sunrise (5:14 am).  This weekend trails and viewpoints will be open, Bright Angel Bicycles will have rentals and food available and so will the Canyon Village Market. Then beginning June 5th access will continue 7 days a week with no time restrictions. Click here to see all the NPS details.

While there are limited services inside the park the Town of Tusayan located 1 mile from the South Rim entrance has multiple hotels, restaurants, air tours/attractions and gas station,  open.  OPEN: Best Western Premier Grand Canyon Squire Inn, Grand Canyon Plaza Hotel, and Holiday Inn Express & Suites Grand Canyon, Red Feather Lodge, 7 Mile Lodge,  Grand Canyon Camper Village and Ten-X Campground.  Food  available at Plaza Bonita Restaurant, Mc Donalds, Best Western Canyon Room, Wagon Wheel Saloon, Pizza Hut, We Cook Pizza and Pasta and Starbucks. Texaco and the Tusayan General Store have groceries.    Air Tours available at WestWind Air Service, Maverrick Helicopter,  Papillon, Grand Canyon Airlines, Paragon Skydive.  Grand Canyon Visitor Center IMAX will also be open. Grand Canyon Jeep Tours and Safaris will be offering their Indian Paintings Tour (Kaibab National Forest).

Additional camping available at local Williams KOA and Williams / Grand Canyon KOA.

 All of our businesses are making re-opening safe for everyone and we look forward to hosting you. Check out Spirit of the Canyon for information and live interviews. 

Seeing the sunrise or viewing the enormous expanse of the Grand Canyon at sunset are Bucket List experiences and there is no better place than the South Rim to experience this majesty. The Grand Canyon is over 200 miles long and it is 11 miles wide at the South Rim.

The mighty Colorado River flows through the Inner Gorge over a mile below the South Rim viewpoints…no other place on earth rivals these views.

There are so many things you can do at the South Rim. From camping to beautiful hotels the South Rim has it all. Take an airtour, bike, hike, walk the rim on the Greenway Trail, hike below the rim, take in a Park Service Ranger Program, take a jeep tour, bus tour or take a mule or horseback ride. You can even skydive with a view of the canyon…only at the South Rim!

The Most Visited Attraction In Arizona. The South Rim of the Grand Canyon attracts over 5 million visitors each year and by far is the most visited side of the Canyon. That's because it is the most accessible and provides the most amenities. As with all sides of the Canyon, the South Rim features astounding views of what took Mother Nature millions and millions of years to create. That why it has earned the distinction as one of the world's Seven Wonders. SEE MAPS

Tusayan is your welcoming community nestled in the Kaibab Forest just a mile from the main entrance to the Grand Canyon National Park. Comfortable motels, a campground, restaurants, the world famous IMAX Theater, and the official Arizona State Visitor Information Center make Tusayan a perfect home base for enjoying the South Rim. READ MORE

Entering the South Rim is easier than ever before. You can purchase entry passes at either of the two National Park entry stations, the East entrance on the Cameron side of the Park or the South entrance just north of Tusayan.  Or... you can ride the free shuttle bus, park in Tusayan and purchase your entrance pass at any of these businesses in Tusayan: Grand Canyon Chamber & Visitor Bureau, IMAX Theatre, Red Feather Lodge and the Canyon Plaza Resort. For additional information on the free shuttle system click here.