Grand Canyon Hiking Tours are the best way to experience the Grand Canyon, for those who like high energy, active vacations. The ability to get so close to mother nature and spend a day or two or many hiking through the Grand Canyon is a chance of a lifetime.

Two tour companies that offer great guided hiking tours are Wild Horizon Expeditions and Four Season Outfitters and Guides. These two companies offer different types of hiking tours varying in cost, length of time and difficulty.

The Wild Horizons Expeditions offers a great selection of backpacking and hiking trips for groups. All scheduled trips are limited to a maximum of 8 clients with no minimum, even with jus toner person the hiking tour will continue.

Examples of two different hiking trips that Wild Horizons offers are:

‘Adventuring into the wonders of the Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Backpacking’ - This trip costs $1250 per person and lasts 7 days. It includes all meals and lodging. This trip is considered and ‘Strenuous’ trip and a moderate level of difficulty. This is unique in the fact it goes through the Kanab Creek which is a great site to see!

‘Hiking the Beauty of The Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Hiking’ – This trip costs $950 per person and last 5 days. This trip is considered a moderate level of difficulty. It includes all meals and lodging. This hiking tour is around the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

For more information about Wild Horizon Expeditions visit Wild Horizons Expeditions or call 888-734-4453

Four Season Outfitters and Guides offer great day hiking trips! The hiking tours varying in length and how difficult they are. Below is a sample of some of their hiking tours.
South Kaibab to Cedar Ridge

This trail gives hikers a taste of how vast the canyon truly is. Views from this popular trail include: Pipe Canyon, O'neill Butte, Tonto trail, Devil's Corkscrew, Garden Creek, Painted Desert, Wontans Throne, and Vishnu Temple. This can be extended to Skeleton Point for the more adventuresome. (6.1 miles round trip)

Distance:: 2.8 miles round trip
Difficulty: moderate
Elevation loss: 1150ft

Bright Angel to Mile-and-a-Half Resthouse
This world famous trail is one of the few maintained trials in the park. The trail follows the Bright Angel fault occasionally passing through a cave formed out of Kaibab limestone rock. This hike offers rock art (pictography), incredible vistas, seasonal water, views of Summer Butte, Cheops Pyramids, and Brahma Temple. A great hike for first time canyon hikers! This hike can be extended to the three mile resthouse (six miles round trip).

Distance: 3 miles round trip.
Difficulty: moderate
Elevation loss: 1120ft

Rim Trail
The best way to see the canyon without having to experience the vertical challenges of hiking out. The constant change in views make this trail one of the more breath taking hikes in the canyon....better have lots of film for the camera. Some of the highlights include: Yavapi Point, Hopi house, Maricopa Point, the Abyss, Pima Point, and Hermit's Rest.

Distance: s9.7 miles one way (we will take the shuttle back).
Difficulty: easy in short segments, moderate if hiking the entire trail.
Elevation gain /loss: very little

Hermit to Santa Maria Spring
The trail was built by the Santa Fe Railroad in 1912 and abandoned in 1931. The steep, cobblestone trail is abundant with pinon, juniper, and even some fossilized reptile tracks. The spring sits high above Hermit Creek Canyon with a well shaded area covered in wild grapes.

Distance: 4.6 miles round trip.
Difficulty: moderate
Elevation loss: 1640ft

Hermit to Dripping Springs
This hike follows the same trail as the Santa Maria Spring before branching west towards a beautiful amphitheater. True to its name the spring "drips" out of the roof of the sandstone alcove. The alcove provide great shade while surrounded by ferns, thistle, and scarlet monkey flowers.

Distance: 6.6 miles round trip.
Difficulty: moderate
Elevation loss: 400-1600ft

Grandview to Horseshoe Mesa
This trail follows an ancient Indian trail that was built in the early 1900s. The well shaded trail offers views of Navajo Mountain, (109 miles away) Painted Desert, and the Colorado River. After hiking between the beautiful Cottonwood and Hance canyons, the trail opens up onto a mesa shaped like a horseshoe. Here we will see the historic mining and ruins left behind by Peter Berry.

Distance: 6.4 miles round trip.
Difficulty: moderately strenuous
Elevation loss: 2520ft

Tanner to seventy-five mile Saddle
This ancient Indian trail is one of the steepest descents in the canyon! Tanner trail, located at the east end of the Park, opens up at seventy-five mile saddle. This area offers views of the Colorado River, Marble Platform, Vermilion Cliffs, Echo Cliffs, and Navajo Mountain. Keep you eye out for the recently introduced California Condor. For the seasonal hiker, try the 7 mile round trip to the top of the Redwall. This offers incredible views of the river and the canyon!

Distance: 4 miles round trip.
Difficulty: strenuous
Elevation loss: 1850ft
For more information regarding these hiking tours and the cost visit FSOutfitters.