This is a long day but don't let that put you off. We were picked up at 6:15am from the Luxor Hotel and taken to the bus depot where you were booked in and then given coffee and a danish pastry before getting onto the designated bus. You are taken to the Hoover Dam to take photos, there is no tour or information point, you are given 10 to 15 minutes to take photos and then its back onto the bus and you head for another depot 15 miles from the Grand Canyon and you are transferred to single decker bus. The company do not like taking the double deckers down the rough road which is presently in construction. When you get to the west rim information office you are split into groups according to where you are going i.e. the helicopter, boat or skywalk. Be careful, you are offered the skywalk as an optional extra, you could only fit this in if you take your lunch at the Skywalk restaurant. We chose the ranch for lunch on recommendation. A typical cowboy lunch of ribs, corn, beans, cornbread. The helicopter ride down to the river and back was great, the boat ride only lasts for 15 minutes but it is good to look up to the rim for photos. We eventually got back at 7.30pm, very tired but enjoyed the day. Another word of warning, DO NOT book anything else for the evening, some people had booked shows and evening helicopter rides and could not get back in time!!