Category: Travel

When you visit Las Vegas, you are probably going to be approached by numerous people advertising tours of the Grand Canyon.  You will probably also notice many signs and billboards advertising these tours, and mentioning that they only take a few hours to get to the canyon from your hotel room.  While this is certainly convenient sounding, you may be disappointed to find out that these tours are not going to the Grand Canyon National Park.  Instead, they are going to a portion of the Grand Canyon that is controlled by Navajo Nation, and while it is still technically the Grand Canyon, it is not the one you have probably seen in books and magazines.  The Grand Canyon National Park is an area that is roughly 4.5 hours drive from Las Vegas, and is well worth the extra miles because of it's scenic beauty and plethora of things to do.  For many years, people have been visiting not just the Grand Canyon, but this particular area of the Grand Canyon because of it's stunning views. Bindlestiff Tours offers numerous packages that will visit the Grand Canyon as part of a multi-park multi-day tour, or as part of a private tour that can be booked for a small group.  The private tours can be single day, although it is far better to use the driving time to stay for a few days and visit multiple parks.  All of the national parks of the southwestern United States have their individual qualities and attractions, so if you are going to go as far as to drive for more than a few hours to visit one, you should make the best use of your time and visit more than one.  The parks are closer together than they are individually from Las Vegas, so you

Zion Canyon National Park is one of the most visited federally controlled spaces in the United States.  The parks department maintains the area with federal grant money, in order to make the park available for all citizens of the United States to be able to visit the area for an affordable price of admission.  The parks system in the US is one of the best creations of the federal government in the last 200 years, as it secures land in the US that is interesting, beautiful or of special interest and protects it from development and destruction.  The reason for preserving these open spaces is for the rights of American citizens to be able to enjoy the marvels of nature, even if they themselves live in an inner city and have no access to areas like these. Zion Canyon is one of the best parks to visit for several reasons.  First and foremost due to the fact that Zion offers some of the best hiking and scenic views in the world.  There are many that feel that the Angel's Landing hike in Zion is the best on earth for a variety of reasons.  There is also the fact that the plant and animal life within the park is unique, and will not be seen in the same combinations in many other areas.  The entire space represents a beauty that cannot be found elsewhere, and due to the fact that it cannot be molested and developed under federal law, we ensure that generations to come will always be able to see it. One of the primary reasons for Zion's popularity actually has little to do with the park itself.  Zion is located only a few hours drive from Las Vegas, which means that the city can be used as the starting

So you are taking a vacation in Las Vegas, and are looking into what kinds of interesting things you can do outside of just the casinos and the shows.  Of course you will be spending the majority of your time enjoying the aspects of Las Vegas that you have heard about, and the majority of your time will be spent on the strip and inside buildings.  But you may also want to consider that Las Vegas started by being appropriately positioned in the middle of huge expanses of land in the Mojave desert.  As a stopover in between long stretches of essentially undeveloped space, the city itself became popular by providing the things that people would need during a long trip, as well as entertainment as a reprieve from the drive.  While this certainly bodes well for the city as there will probably never be another competing city that will interfere with its attraction in this space, the positioning of it also makes it a perfect candidate as a starting point for any national park tour in the southwestern portion of the US. National parks are isolated spaces.  They are protected from development and the area around them is also protected, assuring that there will not be a city springing up next to a national park.  This also makes them quite difficult to get to, as you have to drive a long way from a starting city in order to get to the nearest park.  With respect to Las Vegas those nearest parks are going to be Zion or Death Valley, depending on which direction you want to travel and what type of experience you want to have.  Death Valley is a completely unique place, and is unlike the other types of national park because it has a landscape that

Las Vegas is situated in the Mojave desert, conveniently located as a stopping point for those traveling from the east coast to the west coast.  The main reason Las Vegas became so popular is not because of it's location within the country itself, but instead due to it's location within the desert.  If you are traveling across the country to California, you are going to have to cross large areas of undeveloped land, and these types of trips become quite tedious during the stretches that have no houses or businesses along them.  When traveling this route, you can expect many miles of nothing but a road and desert.  Positioned at just about the center point between these long stretches of desolate area is Las Vegas, making it the perfect stopover for those who have done a long drive and realize there is still a long drive in front of them.  Las Vegas was built on catering to the needs of these travelers, and grew into a perfect tourist destination. Las Vegas is also perfectly situated in between national parks, as these areas are generally located in places that are quite remote.  When you go to almost any of the national parks in the southwestern US, you will need to prepare for a drive from Las Vegas that is anywhere from two to six hours, and when you think about the fact that you are going to want to explore once you get there you can see why the parks that are closer to Las Vegas are more popular than the ones farther away. Death Valley is located in California on the Nevada border  If you want to visit multiple national parks during your trip, you will probably want to go in the opposite directiona nd visit Zion, Bryce and the