Grand canyon lenth of stay?

Our plan is to take 2 1/2 months to get to the GC. Was thinking about 5 days at trailer village then hoover Dam. Sin City. That's all we have so far. A couple years ago stayed at Yellow Stone for 4 days wish we had spent about 6 or 7.Don't think we go any farther west than Sin City.

Queens Carriage wrote:
So how many days should we book to see most of that area on the south rim?

You can see it all in 4 hours, or you can spend 4 years to see it ALL. The first time I spent 1/2 a day.

The last time I spent a week dry camped at the NP campground. Then a week on the North Rim.

3-4 days is usually enough unless you plan to do some hiking into the canyon. You can ride the FREE shuttle to all points in the South Rim. It will stop right at the entrance to Trailer Village. You don't need to drive anywhere, just hop on the bus.

No visit to the Grand Canyon is complete until you have been to one of the overlooks at Sunrise AND Sunset.

Oh, one more thing, the dam and Las Vegas are not in the park. They are actually several hours drive away. Just Sayin.

Keith

We stayed at the Grand Canyon Railroad RV Park in Williams for a week and saw most everything. We allowed for travel time coming and going and the week we spent was more than enough for what we wanted to do but we were limited where we could go by a member of our group that had difficulty walking. We went to the dam and Las Vegas during the week also.

You didn't say if you were hikers or viewers. If you're hiking, I would say no less than 5 days. You have the east end to hike, the middle, and the west end. The buses will take you to the start of each area. All of them are different, so you will have to see them all. Then you can hike down to different levels depending on you physical stamia and health level. We went down to the 5 mile level one day, but went longer 5 days later when we had built up more stamia.

If you're a viewer, then you could probably do it in 4 days. You could drive to each area, or bus, your choice, depending on kids or pets. Pets CANNOT get on the bus. But you have Jeep tours, or helicopter tours, horse tours. You name it. Good luck. We stayed 8 days.