Take a Hoover Dam helicopter tour and you’ll see this technical marvel in a whole new light.

Hoover Dam Helicopter Tour

It’s a massive concrete structure that holds back the mighty Colorado River.

Strolling the top of the Dam gives you a one-dimensional perspective of what its purpose. To really appreciate its power, take a helicopter tour.

Hoover Dam rises nearly 750 feet from the floor of Black Canyon. It connects Nevada to Arizona. And it provides hydroelectric power to 15 states and municipalities.

This tour includes flyovers of Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S. and swaths of unspoiled Mojave Desert (keep on the look out for herds of wild Big Horn sheep).

Tour Details

• Tour name: Hoover Dam Helicopter Tour
• Tour duration: 3 hours
• Hotel pick up and drop off
• Aircraft: EcoStar 130 (180-degree windows, stadium-style seats, over-sized cabin
• Taped narration in multiple languages
• Departs daily (including Thanksgiving & Christmas)

Price

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