Discerning traveler looking for a Grand Canyon helicopter tour? Consider Maverick Helicopters. The company flies only top-of-the-line aircraft and is famous for its butler-like service. Their tours, too, can be customized to meet your needs. If it’s upscale adventure you seek, fly Maverick.
Best of class starts with top-of-the-line helicopters. Maverick uses only the ECO-Star 130, an aircraft that features front-facing, theater-style seating. The climate-controlled cabin is 23% larger than conventional helicopters and comes with a 180-degree wraparound glass windshield for panoramic visibility. Digital communication systems let you chat via your voice-activated headset with your pilot and fellow passengers. And, to memorialize your flight, there’s a multi-camera sky-cam video system that captures your adventure from start to finish.
Being in command of a fleet of high-end choppers like this didn’t happen over night. Launched in 1995 with just two helicopters, Maverick entrepreneur and CEO Greg Rochna set his sights on becoming the premier provider of VIP helicopter tours from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. That focus has resulted in Maverick becoming the largest EcoStar helicopter tour company in the world.
Maverick’s selection of trips to the South Rim and the West Rim is huge. Here’s a quick look:
West Rim
These tours depart from Las Vegas’ executive air terminal on the south end of The Strip. Flight time to Grand Canyon West is 45 minutes. Pick from air-only or air-ground tours that include base-landings, river rafting, the Grand Canyon Skywalk, and Hummer back-road excursions. Maverick also offers sunrise and sunset flights. Tour duration ranges from three hours to six hours. Trips include free hotel pick up and drop off and a light meal.
South Rim
Flights leave from the company’s new terminal at Grand Canyon Airport in Tusayan, AZ, a small town just minutes from the National Park’s main entrance. Flights soar over the South Rim and then enter the Dragoon Corridor, the widest, deepest part of the canyon, before turning back at the North Rim. Tours last up to 50 minutes.
If you want the lowest prices on Maverick Helicopter tours, I suggest using the company’s safe and secure website. The website, which is very easy to use, is also where Maverick announces its lowest prices and tour specials. I suggest you reserve your flight in advance. Grand Canyon airspace is strictly regulated, which means flights and seats are limited.
Summary
If you are looking for a luxury Grand Canyon helicopter tour, try Maverick. The company operates a fleet comprised entirely of deluxe EcoStar 130’s and has an outstanding reputation for providing custom trips for events, groups, and private parties. Maverick flies out of Las Vegas and Grand Canyon, AZ, and runs tours daily to the West Rim and the South Rim. If you are looking to fly the Grand Canyon in style and comfort, look no further than Maverick Helicopters.
Travel writer Keith Kravitz writes exclusively about Grand Canyon tours. If you enjoyed this article about Maverick Helicopters, read his review at: http://www.GrandCanyonHelicopterTourReviews.com
It looks like Siberia, doesn’t it?
Helicopter flight over Grand Canyon, take off and leave heliport, fly over forest on route to Grand canyon.
This is the bravest thing I have ever done in my life! Awesome as they would say locally! Thank you Mitch for a wonderful day in Yosemite.
From room 6112 to The South Rim
21th January 2008
Grand Canyon south rim senic view at El Tovar Hotel parking lot, we stopped here for a first glanze this time at the mighty Grand Canyon.
I was in the middle of nowhere. It was hot!
Mile 0 to 0.1 // South Rim at the El Tovar Hotel and Bright Angel Trailhead. (Use: BA1RT in YouTube or Google “Search” for an easy way to get back to the video later).
Grand Canyon Papillon Helicopter flight, taken on April 18, 2006, from the South Rim to the North and back across the Dragon Corridor. Pretty cool but something I don’t ever plan on doing again! Yep, this’ll probably be the first and last aerial footage I ever take. Mark loved it loved though. I guess he wasn’t thinking about plunging out of the sky for over a mile to our deaths as much as I was. Also, the later in the afternoon it is the rougher the wind currents through the Canyon tend to be. We were the next to last group that went that day (around 4:30 pm… nice turbulent ride!). You’ll notice at around 3:34 the window starts to fog as we’re reaching the North Rim. That’s because I was white-knuckled n sweatin’! Music by Nicholas Gunn.
