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EW AAO 2015 68 September 2015 AAO Preview • November 14–17, 2015 at Mather Point, Yaki Point, and Yavapai Point lookouts as well as historic Grand Canyon Village, or spend an entire day around the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a glass walkway 3,500 feet above the canyon floor. A tour of the west rim includes key landmarks such as Eagle Point, Guano Point, Hualapai Ranch, the Grand Canyon Skywalk, and the Hualapai Cultural Center. Tours last between 10 and 15 hours and start at $86 per person. Hoover Dam day tours www.lasvegas.com/tours/hoover-dam Tour the engineering wonder that is the Hoover Dam by bus, hummer, SUV, or helicopter. Learn about the dam's history, visit the exhibit gal- lery and observation deck, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the power plant that fuels much of the Amer- ican Southwest. Sightseers will also Mini Baja dune buggy ride Viator, www.viator.com Take the most advanced, fast-paced, and adrenaline-fueled buggy tour there is in Las Vegas. Featured in Rolling Stone as "Las Vegas' Best Near-Death Experience," this ride is not for the weak at heart. The 30-minute tour lets you drive be- tween 10 and 15 miles over aggres- sive and rugged Nevada terrain in a one- or two-seater buggy. All buggies are custom built and come equipped with roll cages, seatbelts, and hel- mets for safety. Prices start at $166 per person. Grand Canyon day tours Paradise Found Tours, www.paradisefoundtours.com Marvel at the awe-inspiring beauty of the Grand Canyon with one of several day tours from Las Vegas. Tour the south rim, with stops Heavy equipment playground day trip Viator, www.viator.com Relive your childhood sandbox days with this fun trip to a Las Vegas "playground" where you'll operate a real-life bulldozer or excavator with expert guidance. Play games like "Excavator Basketball," where you'll try to pick up a basketball and place it into your tire basket, or build your own "Bulldozer Teeter-Totter," where you'll dig and move dirt into a mound and rock back and forth on top of it. Choose between 2 pack- ages: the Big Dig Experience, where you'll maneuver either an excavator or a bulldozer, or the Mega Dig Ex- perience, where you'll control both machines. Prices start at $249 per person. Explore all that the area has to offer with these exciting day trips Morning maverick horseback ride Viator, www.viator.com Leave the noisy city behind for an early morning horseback ride through the quiet desert. After a 30-minute ride to the ranch at Red Rock Canyon, dine on a hearty "cowboy" breakfast before sad- dling up for a scenic horseback ride through stunning red rock moun- tain formations. Ride along the same trails used by some of the most infamous outlaws of the American West and snap photos of grazing cattle and horses, big horn sheep, road runners, and jack rabbits. The horseback ride is approximately 1 hour. Prices start at $120 per person. Las Vegas tours

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