4-Hour Biblical Creation + Sunset Tour • Grand Canyon National Park South Rim in Grand Canyon National Park booking from $119.00

4-Hour Biblical Creation + Sunset Tour • Grand Canyon National Park South Rim

Overview

Experience the Grand Canyon from a biblical creation perspective! For over 25 years, Canyon Ministries has been serving the Grand Canyon, creating Christ-centered and life-changing adventures with an eternal purpose.

Meeting inside the park at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center flag pole about four hours before the sun sets, the Sunset Rim Tour visits the very best locations of the South Rim’s east side. Along Desert View Drive, you will ride comfortably in our tour vehicle to each amazing overlook and vista.

Once we arrive at each spot on the tour, we will hop off the vehicle for incredible views, exploration, and exciting teaching tied into everything we’re seeing. During the tour, your guide will spend time sharing about the geology, plants, animals, and people history of the canyon—and of course, the biblical message of Creation and the Flood as recorded in the book of Genesis.

*GROUP DISCOUNTS + additional tours, backpacking, & river trips found on our Canyon Ministries website.

City: Grand Canyon National Park

Fri 27 Dec

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What's Included

Binoculars

FREE Grand Canyon Guide Book per Reservation

Bottled water

Blankets

Air-conditioned vehicle

Umbrellas

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Easy access to all viewpoints.
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Current COVID-19 information related to our tours at CanyonMinistries.org/coronavirus

What To Expect

Grand Canyon South Rim

Our biblical creation tours of the Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim include multiple stops to the very best overlooks with tons of insightful teaching throughout the day. The order below is a "typical" route, focusing on the park's east side along Desert View Drive. Due to changing weather, seasons, or the people flow in the park that day, we may have alternate stops or order other than what we provide below. Our tours are not "scripted", so guides have the freedom and flexibility to respond to changes in the park as well as your own individual group dynamic.

Grand Canyon Visitor Center South Rim

Our tour meets at flag pole just outside the Grand Canyon Visitor Center building inside the park at tour start time. Plan extra arrival time during spring and summer. Holidays and spring break may have lines over an hour long getting into the park. We suggest you arrive early and enjoy views at the Grand Canyon Village or Mather Point or a Rim Trail walk before joining our tour.

Pipe Creek Vista

Starting near the Grand Canyon Visitor Center, our first stop provides you with an introduction to the Grand Canyon and its geology. We will lay the foundation for the rest of the tour regarding the biblical events of the Flood found in Genesis and the significance of what we'll be exploring throughout our tour.

Grandview Point

Learn about the exciting Wild West people history at Grandview Point, with talks on mining both copper and tourist's pockets in the early days of the Grand Canyon National Park development. Enjoy wide vistas and the distant Colorado River as we talk about the significance of the canyon and whether that river has the power to cut and remove this material.

Lipan Point

While taking in fantastic river views, including one of the canyon's largest rapids, we will talk about the Native American Ancestral Puebloans who lived far below on the Unkar Delta. At Lipan Point, we will also showcase the geological Great Unconformity, Cambrian Explosion, and the Tapeats Sandstone—all of which provide fantastic observable evidence for a global Flood. Learn about the mechanisms of the Flood from its onset, and how we believe the sedimentary rock layers were deposited through this year-long destructive event of biblical proportions!

Navajo Point

A lot of water, in a little bit of time. Learn about the carving of the Grand Canyon by what we call the "lake spillover" or "breached dam" model, something first proposed in geology all the way back in the 1800s and still held by both creation and some secular geologists alike today. See beyond the Grand Canyon to the distant Vermillion and Echo Cliffs of the Marble Platform and southeast to parts of the Painted Desert. Learn about the nearby historic Desert View Watchtower, completed in 1932.

Moran Point

Concluding at one of the very best locations to watch the sun as it sets below the distant cliff walls to the west, close out the day with the One who made it. Adequate time will be given to sit, relax, and enjoy this special time. Blankets are available, as is the comfort and warmth of the vehicle should we be in cooler weather.

Grand Canyon Visitor Center South Rim

After the tour, our guide will drop you off back at your vehicle at the Grand Canyon National Park Visitor Center, or wherever else you may have parked that day. If you booked the Train & Sunset Tour (available on our website), we will return you to your vehicle in Williams.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (190)

508perrys

Jun 2021

We had the AMAZING opportunity to raft the Grand Canyon with Canyon Ministries. Our hosts were Dr. Andrew Snelling and Dr. Bill Barrick, both experts in their fields and incredibly humble men who epitomized what it means to be a servant. We had daily geology lessons and devotions from Genesis as well as other passages, explaining from a Biblical perspective how to interpret what we were seeing in the canyon. One of the reasons we chose Canyon Ministries is that we wanted to immerse ourselves in the Biblical perspective of creation and the flood as well as God’s amazing redemption. Canyon Ministries partners with Arizona River Runners, an absolutely excellent rafting company, who supplied everything we needed, fed us incredibly well, and ensured our safety with a very experienced crew. One of the highlights of our trip was being able to touch both creation rock and flood rock at the same time, something that can only be done inside the canyon. Our trip mates became family and the fellowship was very sweet. We were so impressed with Canyon Ministries that we have already signed up for a backpacking trip. This trip was physically challenging but we always felt safe and well cared for by our Canyon Ministries hosts and our ARR crew. We highly recommend a rafting trip with Canyon Ministries.

Response from Host

Jun 2021

Thanks for your great feedback and words of encouragement about your 9-day Canyon Ministries Grand Canyon river trip with Dr. Andrew Snelling and Dr. Bill Barrick! If you ever have any questions or need additional information about the Grand Canyon, Creation, or the Flood, please don't hesitate to reach out. –Nate

440kristis

Jun 2021

The Grand Canyon was our first stop in a 10-day trip that included the Mighty Five. The Canyon Ministries Tour was one of the highlights of our entire trip (even for my teenagers!). It gave us an amazing perspective that we were able to carry to the other National Parks, especially Bryce and Zion. I had ordered their guides ahead of time, which were helpful in getting some background knowledge before the tour. Nate was engaging, relatable, and very informative. This Biblical perspective on the formation of the canyons is not found anywhere else in the parks. It was a gift being able to do this tour at the very beginning of our trip.

Response from Host

Jun 2021

Thanks for your great feedback and words of encouragement! If you ever have any questions or need additional information about the Grand Canyon, Creation, or the Flood, please don't hesitate to reach out. –Nate

M8084JMmonical

Jun 2021

We have never visited the Grand Canyon. I have already heard the secular explanations on how the canyon formed. We wanted our family to hear a biblical explanation. Our tour guide Adam explained and challenged the view taught to us by almost everyone including our schools, internet, and other tour guides. It was eye opening. 4 hours was just not enough time. Adam throughly answered all of our questions. We had 7 children on the tour ranging from 17 to 8 and the tour left such an impression on them that they want to return for the raft trip. Thank you Adam and Canyon Ministries! Tip..if you are thinking of doing this tour, don't wait! Spots fill up fast.

Response from Host

Jun 2021

Thanks for your great feedback and words of encouragement for Adam! If you ever have any questions or need additional information about the Grand Canyon, Creation, or the Flood, please don't hesitate to reach out. –Nate

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4-Hour Biblical Creation + Sunset Tour • Grand Canyon National Park South Rim

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