Zac495
TUG Member
We were going to do the Skywalk until we heard negative things (I'll post the blog on the bottom of this post).
So if two 50 year old women, both in excellent shape and who love to walk - but not miles and miles and miles - want to be WOWED by the Canyon - what do you suggest we do? We'd prefer not to spend a lot of money - but if we need to pay something for the WOW of a lifetime (we'll also do pink jeep for a WOW), what should we do? We have one day (we'll drive in from Sedona and drive back again that evening).
THANKS
ELLEN
Here's what someone (somewhere - my friend found this) wrote:
It costs $25 to walk on the SkyWalk itself, but you can NOT access the SkyWalk without signing up for one of the 'packages' and the cheapest one (that includes access to the SkyWalk area) is $50. Thus $50 + $25 = $75 per person.
The rest of the package covers the shuttle bus between the main parking lot at the Grand Canyon West airport and the two main overlooks Guano Point and Eagle Point (Eagle Point is where the SkyWalk is). You are NOT allowed to just drive directly to the SkyWalk on your own - you have to take the little shuttle (ie: the package). The package also covers a buffet style meal at either Guano point or the little fake frontier town ranch.
As a person that has been there, I should also warn you that the SkyWalk is NOT the way it appears in the 'artist rendition' on the promotions and website. The SkyWalk is NOT directly over the Colorado River on the main gorge of the canyon, but rather on the side of a smaller side canyon with a short stretch of the river visible in the distance. And it is NOT a 4000 foot straight drop beneath the SkyWalk- like everywhere in the canyon, the walls have ledges and slopes. It is probably less than a thousand feet to the first rubble pile beneath the SkyWalk.
Walking over a glass platform (at the Grand Canyon or anywhere else) is a weird experience - seeing empty space beneath your feet. But I personally found the SkyWalk to be a bit of a let down - the view through the floor really is not that exciting. Some people may find it worth the money, but many of the people when I was there felt that they had been ripped-off.
Note that the SkyWalk and Grand Canyon West are NOT part of the famous Grand Canyon National Park (which is far to the east). The SkyWalk is on the Hualapai Indian reservation and is ran by a promoter out of Las Vegas. I appreciate the Hualapai trying to earn some money (they have a lot of poverty), but the Vegas promoters have turned it into something of an over-hyped tourist trap (in my personal opinion).
So if two 50 year old women, both in excellent shape and who love to walk - but not miles and miles and miles - want to be WOWED by the Canyon - what do you suggest we do? We'd prefer not to spend a lot of money - but if we need to pay something for the WOW of a lifetime (we'll also do pink jeep for a WOW), what should we do? We have one day (we'll drive in from Sedona and drive back again that evening).
THANKS
ELLEN
Here's what someone (somewhere - my friend found this) wrote:
It costs $25 to walk on the SkyWalk itself, but you can NOT access the SkyWalk without signing up for one of the 'packages' and the cheapest one (that includes access to the SkyWalk area) is $50. Thus $50 + $25 = $75 per person.
The rest of the package covers the shuttle bus between the main parking lot at the Grand Canyon West airport and the two main overlooks Guano Point and Eagle Point (Eagle Point is where the SkyWalk is). You are NOT allowed to just drive directly to the SkyWalk on your own - you have to take the little shuttle (ie: the package). The package also covers a buffet style meal at either Guano point or the little fake frontier town ranch.
As a person that has been there, I should also warn you that the SkyWalk is NOT the way it appears in the 'artist rendition' on the promotions and website. The SkyWalk is NOT directly over the Colorado River on the main gorge of the canyon, but rather on the side of a smaller side canyon with a short stretch of the river visible in the distance. And it is NOT a 4000 foot straight drop beneath the SkyWalk- like everywhere in the canyon, the walls have ledges and slopes. It is probably less than a thousand feet to the first rubble pile beneath the SkyWalk.
Walking over a glass platform (at the Grand Canyon or anywhere else) is a weird experience - seeing empty space beneath your feet. But I personally found the SkyWalk to be a bit of a let down - the view through the floor really is not that exciting. Some people may find it worth the money, but many of the people when I was there felt that they had been ripped-off.
Note that the SkyWalk and Grand Canyon West are NOT part of the famous Grand Canyon National Park (which is far to the east). The SkyWalk is on the Hualapai Indian reservation and is ran by a promoter out of Las Vegas. I appreciate the Hualapai trying to earn some money (they have a lot of poverty), but the Vegas promoters have turned it into something of an over-hyped tourist trap (in my personal opinion).