Amtrak Vacations

Grand Canyon National Park is a place of remarkable beauty, peace, and scenic grandeur. Designated as a national park in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson, this park holds an important position in our American heritage and Western legacy.

The park encompasses 277 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands in northern Arizona. Its lush forest of Pinyon and Ponderosa Pine and Utah Juniper interspersed with shrubby cliff rose, blackbrush and sagebrush provides the botanical backdrop for squirrels, mule deer and the silver-gray coyote, known as the Song Dog of the West. Hawks and eagles soar majestically above the rim. Ravens are the most common bird observed soaring above the rim.

Open year-round, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the Grand Canyon National Park South Rim offers something for everyone!

Start your journey in Williams, AZ and enjoy some leisure time spent at the famous Grand Canyon Railway Hotel, then its aboard the train for an unforgettable journey. Follow this all up by taking a scenic tour of the South Rim. Check-in to the rustic accommodations inside the park with such lodging as the Yavapai, Maswick, El Tovar, and Bright Angel Lodges all while having breath taking scenery all around you.

Enjoy hiking, sightseeing, biking and bird viewing to name a few activities in the Canyon. When at the Grand Canyon an unforgettable and endless scenic journey abounds you!

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