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Visit
the Grand Canyon - one of the Top
10 Wonders of the World
Grand Canyon
Skywalk: A Mind-Blowing Experience
The Skywalk at Grand
Canyon West, scheduled to open March 28, 2007, will
be the first-ever glass walkway to suspend more
than 4,000 feet above the canyon's floor and extend
70 feet from the canyon's rim. The Skywalk at Grand
Canyon West was recently rolled out over the
Canyon's edge in Northwestern Arizona. The glass
walkway will offer visitors a unique and
exhilarating perspective of the Grand
Canyon.
Access to The Skywalk will
run from dawn to dusk and will cost $25 per person
in addition to the cost of a Grand Canyon West
entrance package. 120 people will be allowed on the
bridge at a time. Admittance is first come, first
served for walk up visitors; however, reservations
can be made.
Grand Canyon West is
accessible by plane from Phoenix and the Grand
Canyon's South Rim. Westwind Aviation offers
flights out of Deer Valley airport in Phoenix. For
details, please visit www.westwindaviation.com .
Grand Canyon Airlines offers air service from the
South Rim to Grand Canyon West. For further
information, please visit
www.grandcanyonairlines.com
Located at Grand Canyon
West's Eagle Point, The Skywalk facility will also
include a 6,000 square-foot visitor's center on
three levels &endash; underground, first story and
second story &endash; which will contain a museum,
movie theater, VIP lounge, gift shop, and several
restaurants and bars, including a high-end
restaurant called The Skywalk Café that will
offer outdoor patio and rooftop seating on the edge
of the canyon.
Guests will enter and exit
the walkway via temporary buildings while the
adjacent visitor's center is being completed. Grand
Canyon West plans to issue numbered shoe covers
&endash; in order to avoid scratches and slipping -
to each visitor that enters the open-air
walkway.
Grand Canyon West is
located approximately 72 miles northwest of
Kingman, Ariz. Attractions available at Grand
Canyon West include The Indian Village with
authentic dwellings, The Hualapai Market, and The
Hualapai Ranch, a western town with horseback and
wagon rides. Grand Canyon West is the only location
throughout the entire Grand Canyon where visitors
can access the river at the bottom of the canyon
via helicopter tours.
In addition to boat tours
on the river, Hummer tours are available along the
rim of the canyon and through private areas that
are otherwise inaccessible to the public. There are
more than 30 tour and transportation companies that
service Grand Canyon West from Phoenix, Sedona and
Las Vegas by airplane, helicopter, coach, SUV, and
Hummer.
In addition, Park &
Ride services are available from Dolan Springs,
Ariz., a one-hour drive from Las Vegas. To book
reservations, view a complete list of activities or
receive maps and directions, visitors may log on to
www.destinationgrandcanyon.com or call 1(877)
716-WEST (9378).
To obtain more information
or brochures on Arizona, the travel trade and media
may contact the Arizona Office of Tourism (Canada)
at 55 Town Centre Court, Suite 642, Toronto,
Ontario M1P 4X4, tel: (416) 861-1240; fax: (416)
861-1108, or email: azinfo@travelmarketingexperts.com.
Consumers may call toll-free at 1-866-205-9362
or visit www.ArizonaGuide.com for more
information.
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