If you are ever traveling close to the Grand Canyon, stop and take a Grand Canyon float trip. In order to go on a Grand Canyon rafting tours, you do not have to have experience in rafting or operating rafting equipment. The only thing that you have to do is enjoy the company of the other passengers and float down the river in a motorized raft.

This Grand Canyon float trip does not come with shooting rapids because it is a trip for the entire family. This specific Grand Canyon rafting tour, which drifts down a quiet river, is for anyone who is over the age of three. You'll share your raft with 20 to 22 other passengers.

This Grand Canyon water raft tour lasts all day long. It starts at about 6:30 a.m. in the morning and goes until about 7:00 p.m. the same day. A minivan or luxury motor coach will take you on a scenic drive along the East Rim and then along the Navajo Reservation. From there, you'll ride through the remarkable Painted Desert until you arrive at Glen Canyon Dam. At this point, you and the other tour participants will get into your motorized raft.

After your raft floats along for about two hours, you will dock and be able to enjoy the Native American art that is decorated all along the mountains. After this portion of your tour,you will enjoy a specially prepared lunch on the beach with the other passengers. When lunch is over, you will get back into the raft and resume floating down the river. Your minivan or luxury motor coach will pick you up when you arrive at Lee's Ferry and return you to your hotel after another scenic drive.

This Grand Canyon float trip also runs in the opposite direction. You can travel from Lee's Ferry to the Glen Canyon Dam. With this option you will be picked up by bus and driven through the Grand Canyon's South rim until you get back to your hotel room. You can go on each of these Grand Canyon float trips during the periods of March 1st through November 15th.

If bus rides are not your favorite form of transportation or you have experienced a Grand Canyon rafting trip in the past, then you might want to do a Colorado water rafting tour instead. Or, a Grand Canyon Old West Jeep tour is another option. You might also want to consider spending twelve hours enjoying both of these tours. You will be picked up in the morning between 6:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. at either Williams or Flagstaff by jeep. You'll then embark on a two-hour journey through the Coconino National Forest and the Navajo Reservation to Page, Arizona. After you leave the isolated city of Page, Arizona, you will drive through a two mile tunnel through the mountains until you get to your destination of Glen Canyon Dam. You'll then board a raft at the dam and begin your relaxing 15-mile trip down the smooth Colorado River. You will stop for lunch and then walk over to the see some beautiful Native American artwork. In addition, you will have time to do a few other fun and exciting things such as swim on the beach.

Then you will have to keep on down the river on your rafting tour until you reach Lee's Ferry. At this time, your will ride the bus back to the start point of Flagstaff or Williams. But, as you are riding back to this starting point, you will have a quick stopover at the Cameron Trading Post. You'll be able to purchase food and drinks for the rest of your journey, as well as various souvenirs to help you remember your trip. Between the days of March 15th and October 15th, you can book any one of these particular tours.