Day Tours and Guides

Boat Tours

The Desert Princess, a 300-passenger Mississippi River-style stern-wheeler, cruises Lake Mead. Tours include 90-minute sightseeing cruises, two-hour pizza party cruises, two-hour dinner and champagne brunch cruises, and three-hour dinner-and-dancing excursions.

Tour Operator

Lake Mead Cruises (Lake Mead marina, Las Vegas, NV. 702/293-6180. www.lakemeadcruises.com.)

Bus Tours

Gray Line and several other companies offer Las Vegas city and neon-light tours; trips to Red Rock Canyon, Lake Mead, Colorado River rafting, Hoover Dam, and Valley of Fire; and longer trips to different sections of the Grand Canyon.

Tour Operator

Gray Line Tours (800/634-6579 or 702/384-1234. www.graylinelasvegas.com.)

Helicopter Tours

Helicopters do two basic tours in and around Las Vegas: a brief flyover of the Strip and a several-hour trip out to the Grand Canyon and back.

Tour Operators

Maverick Helicopter Tours (702/261-0007 or 888/261-4414. www.maverickhelicopter.com.)

Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters (702/736-7243 or 888/635-7272. www.papillon.com.)

Sundance Helicopters (702/736-0606 or 800/653-1881. www.sundancehelicopters.com.)