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Useful Numbers
AWG Ambassador
Tel (702) 740-3434.
∑ awgambassador.com
Lake Mead Cruises
Tel (702) 293-6180.
∑ lakemeadcruises.com
Las Vegas Convention and
Visitors Authority (LVCVA)
3150 Paradise Rd.
Tel (877) 847-4858.
∑ visitlasvegas.com
Tram linking the Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay resorts Las Vegas Monorail
Tel (702) 699-8200.
illusion caused by their vast size. rent their vehicles by the hour ∑ lvmonorail.com
Renting a car in Las Vegas allows as well as for picking up and
you to see every thing without dropping off visitors at the McCarran Rent-A-Car
getting footsore or spending a airport. On Demand Sedan & Center
fortune on taxis. Park ing is easy Limousine Service provides ∑ mccarran.com
in Las Vegas; all the large Strip chauffeur-driven vehicles. On Demand Sedan &
hotels have free park ing lots. All Limousine Service
the major car-rental companies Sightseeing Trips Tel (702) 688-7353.
are represented here, and cars ∑ odslimo.com
may be picked up and dropped For a break from the Strip’s
off at the McCarran Rent-A- attractions, there is a variety of Papillon Helicopter Tours
Car Center, 3 miles (5 km) day trips on offer to Las Vegas’ Tel (888) 635-7272.
southwest of the airport, which surrounding sights. These ∑ papillon.com
is connected with the terminals include the gigantic Hoover Pink Jeep Tours
by free shuttle buses. Rates can Dam, a major tourist attraction, Tel (888) 900-4480.
be as low as $30 a day. (For and nearby Lake Mead, with its ∑ pinkjeep.com
more information about arriving extensive opportunities for every
in Las Vegas, see pp286–7). kind of water sport (see p124). Presidential Limousine
Perhaps the ultimate Las Organized trips by Pink Jeep Tel (702) 438-5466.
Vegas travel experience is Tours include drives through the ∑ pllv.com
the limousine, particularly the scenic Red Rock Canyon National Regional Transportation
stretch limo. It is possible to rent Conservation Area (see p125), Commission
a wide range of these vehicles, and Lake Mead Cruises offers Tel (702) CAT RIDE (228-7433).
including stretch and super- several cruises aboard the Desert ∑ rtcsnv.com
stretch versions that come fitted Princess on Lake Mead.
out with TV, cocktail bar, and Many Las Vegas visitors take Scenic Airlines
even Jacuzzi, typically costing a day trip to Grand Canyon by Tel (702) 638-3300.
between $75 and $100 per air (see pp62–7). Grand Canyon ∑ scenic.com
hour. Several companies in the West, home to the Skywalk,
city, such as AWG Ambassador can be quickly reached by
and Presidential Limousine, airplane or helicopter, while the more spectacular South
Rim, within the National Park,
lies 270 miles (435 km) away by
road, and can only be seen on
a day trip by airplane; Scenic
Airlines and Papillon Helicopter
Tours fly to both. Papillon also
offers exciting night flights over
Las Vegas itself, soaring 500 ft
(150 m) above the Strip, and
taking in all the major resorts in
their amazing neon-lit settings.
Most hotels have plenty of
information on the trips avail-
able and also usually provide a
A helicopter from Papillon Helicopter Tours booking service.

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