Great Salt Lake Guided Bus Tour from Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City booking from $69.00

Great Salt Lake Guided Bus Tour from Salt Lake City

Overview

Discover "America's Dead Sea" with Salt Lake City's oldest sightseeing tour company!

This 50-mile exploration of the saltiest lake in the western hemisphere is a fully-narrated, guided tour to Great Salt Lake State Park in an air-conditioned minibus with panoramic touring windows. Your expert tour guide will make this "Dead Sea" come alive with entertaining stories, strange mysteries, and fascinating science that you cannot get on your own. You can't visit Salt Lake City and not see the Great Salt Lake! Make the most of your first experience of Great Salt Lake with the top rated sightseeing tour company.

City: Salt Lake City

Wed 03 Sep

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Wed 03 Sep

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What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

State Park Entrance Fees

Professional Tour Guide

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This is a land-based tour, only. It does not travel on a boat on the lake. Currently there are no tour boats that operate on Great Salt Lake
Folding wheelchairs and walkers may be accommodated but you must notify us by email at least 24 hours before the tour

What To Expect

Great Salt Lake

The saltiest lake in the western hemisphere, Great Salt Lake is visited and seen from multiple points and stops on the tour. Travel time from Salt Lake City is 1 hour roundtrip, and 1 hour is spent at various stops at Great Salt Lake

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (161)

GregJHipius

Jul 2019

We took the tour on the afternoon we arrived; worth noting that when half our party’s flight was delayed, I called the tour company twice troubleshooting and they were very helpful. Our tour guide / driver, a retired math teacher, was awesome. He was friendly and comfortable, and very knowledgeable. Where some guides do what they need to and no more, he went above and beyond; at stops, he got out and walked around, looking for opportunities to point things out to any members of the group he came across. The great salt lake is... something. Something to see and experience, but for curiosity, not because it is the best place for much of anything. It is pretty gross with the brine shrimp, flies, and gulls, so what is really interesting is the chance to really understand it, its history, and its ecosystem, and this tour was the perfect way to do that. Pointing out lots along the way, our driver was an expert narrator. There were only two stops to get out, one for 15 minutes at the ill fated Saltair III building (our driver had us fully up to date on the history of the Saltairs by the time of our stop), and one for about 35 minutes at the very small Great Salt Lake Visitor’s Center, just enough time to see the center, walk down to the lake and experience it firsthand (including a brief dip just to experience the lake’s buoyancy effect if you bring swimwear and can stomach the ickiness), and then leave feeling that’s really all the time you’d need or want to spend anyway. Our driver had caught a few live brine shrimp during the stop to greet us with in return to the bus, so that we could get a good look. Very good with our four year old as well. We took another tour from the same company the following morning, and were thrilled to have the same driver - he really was what made this a worthwhile experience.

94741233

Jul 2019

We were satisfied with this tour, and a big reason was that our bus driver/tour guide (Jim) filled a lot of the long bus ride with interesting history (geologic, zoologic, and human) and information. If you don't get a good guide, I can see how you might not like this tour. Our guide scooped some brine shrimp from the lake to show us, and pointed out some other interesting things while not driving the bus. I had heard a lot about how the salinity of the lake creates unusual buoyancy for swimmers and wanted to try it out. I found that the only changing facilities were the bathrooms at the small visitor center at the lake, awkward but manageable. I spent 5-10 minutes in the water, confirmed the buoyancy effect, then got out and changed. This is no place for a nice swim. It was shallow (I went out about 100 yards and the water never reached my chest), it was warm (at least 80F), and it was unpleasant due to the swarms of flies at the edge of the beach. I was glad I experienced it but I'd never do it again. The tour stopped briefly at Saltair 3, a failed event venue, which wasn't too impressive. I guess if you are going out that way anyway you might as well see it, but don't expect much. As I said, if you get a good guide this can be worthwhile. If you don't, you could be pretty disappointed.

Felixberto_T

Jul 2019

My recent tour of the Great Salt Lake was delightful . It was a last minute decision on our part to join since we arrived in SLC fairly early to get settled in our Hyatt House but late enough to arrange hotel pick up . The tour guide dropped us off where we were staying after a good 2 hour drive and tour of this geographical landmark . On our way there , we saw some economical and historical interest sites of SLC.

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