Multi-day tours to the South Rim from Las Vegas

8 min read Updated November 2026 Compare all tours

From Las Vegas, a day trip to the South Rim means about 12 to 15 hours in a coach for three hours at the canyon. The tours on this page spread the distance over two or three days and add other parks of the region: Zion and Bryce Canyon, Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend near Page, and Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation. The nights are part of the tour. The operator chooses the hotel or, on one tour, the campsite, and the price depends on how many people share a room.

As of November 2026, overnight lodging inside the national park has been suspended since 31 August because of stage 4 water restrictions after a flash flood. The tours on this page sleep in places such as Page, outside the park, so that does not change their plan.

Fees in three national parks

This is the point to settle before you book. Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce Canyon are among the 11 national parks where every non-US resident aged 16 and over pays a $100 nonresident fee on top of the entrance fee, and the NPS says this applies on commercial tours as well. On a tour that enters all three, that would be $300 per adult. The non-resident annual pass costs $250, and in a commercial group it covers the holder and three more nonresidents aged 16 and over. Children aged 15 and under pay neither fee.

The operators word it differently. MaxTour states that non-US residents must be covered by the $250 pass and that it is not included. Mania Tour excludes the $100 fee “per national park and per person”. Bindlestiff Tours includes park entry for US residents and excludes the fees for non-US residents. Empire Vacations lists Grand Canyon, Bryce and Zion entry as included and does not mention the nonresident fee, so ask before you travel. One guest on the two-day MaxTour trip reports that every couple on the bus had bought an annual pass and that the group was still asked for an additional payment after the trip had started, without a clear explanation. Agree in writing with the operator what you will pay on the road. The entrance fees and passes page explains the rules.

Two-day tours with Zion and Antelope Canyon

MaxTour spends day one at Zion, Lower Antelope Canyon with a Navajo guide and Horseshoe Bend, then stops for one night in a hotel. Day two visits Yavapai, Grandview and Lipan Points and ends with a stop on Route 66 in Williams. Lipan Point and its road are closed from 22 June to 23 December 2026, so the tour uses another viewpoint until then. Drinks and snacks are unlimited, one breakfast is included, and lunches, dinner and the Lower Antelope Canyon ticket are extra. Pickup is at hotels within 2 miles of the Strip, but not for bookings made within 24 hours, and children under 6 cannot join. Free cancellation ends seven days before the tour.

Reviewers praise guides who explain something at every stop, take good photos and replan when the weather interferes. When Lower Antelope Canyon closed after sudden flooding, one guide booked the group into Upper Antelope Canyon the next morning. The schedule is tight, and one guest wished for more time to shop.

Mania Tour packs Zion and Bryce Canyon into day one, sleeps in Page and spends day two at Lower Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, viewpoints on Desert View Drive and a walk on the Rim Trail from Mather Point to Yavapai Point. Pickup is between about 5 and 6 am, the tour needs at least four participants, and each guest may bring one small backpack. Stargazing is offered when the sky allows. Bryce Canyon’s visitor centre lies at 7,894 feet (2,406 m), so pack warm layers outside summer.

Bindlestiff Tours takes a different line on its overnight trip: a Hoover Dam photo stop and Route 66 on the way out, an afternoon at the South Rim, a night in Page with breakfast, then Horseshoe Bend, a Lake Powell overlook and Glen Canyon Dam on day two, with Antelope Canyon as an option. Groups have up to 13 guests, and a free app gives the commentary in Spanish, Italian, Korean, Chinese and Japanese. One guest felt that, with Antelope Canyon in the title, its extra cost should have been clearer.

Three days with Monument Valley

On the three-day tour by Bindlestiff Tours, day one covers Zion and Bryce, day two a jeep tour of about 1.5 hours with a Navajo guide in Monument Valley, and day three the Grand Canyon rim. You choose between camping and hotel rooms; a separate winter option uses lodging only. Three sandwich lunches are included, breakfasts only on the camping version, and evening meals are not. The group meets at 4321 W Flamingo Road or the Palms Casino Resort, and children under 7 cannot join.

The same operator sells two premium versions with hotels only. One spends day one at Zion with a night in Page, day two in Monument Valley and at Horseshoe Bend, and day three at the Grand Canyon and on Route 66. The winter tour turns the order round: a walk on the South Rim at the end of day one and a night near the park, Monument Valley and a night in Page on day two, then Horseshoe Bend or Antelope Canyon and Zion. Both take up to 14 guests.

Monument Valley is a Navajo Tribal Park. National park passes are not accepted there, and Navajo Nation Parks gives the entry fee as $10 per person (as of November 2026). Places such as Ear of the Wind can only be reached on a guided tour, which is why the tours use Navajo guides and jeeps. The Navajo Nation observes daylight saving time while the rest of Arizona does not, so from March to November the clock in Monument Valley is one hour ahead of the Grand Canyon.

Three days with Bryce and Antelope Canyon

Empire Vacations starts at the Luxor and spends day one at the South Rim and along the canyon to the east before a night in Page. Day two brings Antelope Canyon and Bryce Canyon, day three Zion. The guide speaks your language, with Spanish, English and Italian listed, and entry to Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion and Antelope Canyon is included, meals are not. All ages are welcome, infants travel in a carrier, and everyone must be able to walk 1.5 miles (2.5 km) on uneven ground.

Critical reviews of this tour, most of them older, mention long stretches of driving, time spent at shops on the way and motels that guests found run-down. One guest who saw four parks in three days still felt the tour was worth it for the landscape alone.

MaxTour’s three-day small-group tour visits Zion and Bryce on day one, Lower Antelope Canyon and a jeep tour of Monument Valley on day two, and Horseshoe Bend plus three Grand Canyon viewpoints on day three. Two breakfasts, two lunches, one dinner, Wi-Fi, drinks and snacks are included; the Antelope Canyon ticket and the Monument Valley tour cost extra. No suitcases are allowed, not even carry-on size, and free cancellation ends 18 days before departure. One recent guest found the guide friendly but sparing with information about the places.

Before you book

Read three lines of each listing: which tickets are extra, how the fee for non-US visitors is handled, and the luggage rule. Most tours allow only a backpack or soft bag, so plan to leave a suitcase at a Las Vegas hotel. Cancellation terms are stricter than for day tours, from seven days with MaxTour’s two-day trip to 14 days with Bindlestiff and 18 days with the MaxTour three-day trip. Antelope Canyon can only be visited with a Navajo guide; the Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend page covers the rules there. For ideas on how to split the time yourself, see the itineraries.