Virtual Grand Canyon Rafting, Grand Canyon Tours With Colorado River Rafting

Virtual Grand Canyon Rafting Tours, simulated Grand Canyon National Park tours over Colorado River rafting

rapids from Lake Powell to Grand Canyon Village. Info on Grand Canyon helicopter tours are also provided.The

simulated flights fly low over Colorado River rapids in the canyon commonly traversed by rafting tours while

traveling from Lee's Ferry to as far as the Hoover Dam.

_________________________________________________Lake Powell and Glen Canyon view from Page Municipal Airport

Contents:

Grand Canyon Rapids Part 1 - Tour Intro At Page Municipal Airport

Grand Canyon Rapids Part 2 - Glen Canyon Dam Tour

Grand Canyon Rapids Part 3 - Marble Canyon Tour

Grand Canyon Rapids Part 1 - Tour Intro At Page Municipal Airport

Before starting here is an experience given by a local tour operator more down to earth:

"From Lee's Ferry to Lake Mead, the Colorado River flows, churns, and gouges its way through the Grand

Canyon. In places where the river encounters metamorphic rock formations, or where debris has been

washed into the river, rapids are created. On the average, there is a rapid pre mile, ranging from ripples

to major falls"

Virtual Tour Description::_________________________________________________________Click image for the tour

This first part of the Virtual Grand Canyon Rafting Tours series begins with

a tour overview while taxiing to the Page Municipal Airport runway. The

tour overview explains the overall plan of following the Colorado River

downstream toward Phantom Ranch in the canyon below Grand Canyon

Village. We fly low just above the popular rapids traversed by . . . more.

Be sure to use the accompanying Google Map in Earth mode to help identify the sights.

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Grand Canyon Rapids Part 2 - Glen Canyon Dam Tour

Before starting the 2nd Virtual Grand Canyon Rafting tour here's another real experience:

"Many people come for the thrills of the rapids, the big drops. And while they have earned their reputation

and are exhilarating, they are only part of the river experience. This grandest of canyons, cut into ancient

rocks by the force of the Colorado River, offers spectacular scenery, incredible geology and an array of

plants and animals."

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This is the second part of the Grand Canyon Rafting Flyover Tour series and

begins as we take off northward from Page Municipal Airport. As we lift off we

get brief distance views of part of Lake Powell including Warm Creek Bay,

Gunsight Bay and Padre Bay. As we proceed northward we can see Antelope

Island and Wahweap Bay before banking westward towards the . . . more

Be sure to use the accompanying Google Map in Earth mode to help identify the sights.

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Grand Canyon Rapids Part 3 - Marble Canyon Tour

Before starting here is an experience given by a local tour operator more down to earth:

"From Lee's Ferry to Lake Mead, the Colorado River flows, churns, and gouges its way through the Grand

Canyon. In places where the river encounters metamorphic rock formations, or where debris has been

washed into the river, rapids are created. On the average, there is a rapid pre mile, ranging from ripples

to major falls"

Virtual Tour Description::_________________________________________________________Click image for the tour

This is part two of the Grand Canyon Flyover Tour series and it begins as we

are flying over Horshshoe bend towards Marble Canyon. We have just flown

from Glen Canyon Dam in the previous tour and are about to descend to fly

low over the Colorado River. We begin the descent as we fly past Lee's

Ferry, a well know starting point for many Colorado River rafting . . . more

Be sure to use the accompanying Google Map in Earth mode to help identify the sights.

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