Depart from the Grand Canyon National Park Airport at the South Rim and rise quickly above the forested plateau before crossing the canyon near Grandview Point for your first sweeping views into the gorge.

Continue over the widest and deepest part of the Grand Canyon, where sheer cliffs drop almost a mile and you can trace the shapes of massive buttes and side canyons below.

Look down nearly 5,000 feet to see the Colorado River cutting through the canyon floor, with its bends and sandbars showing how it carved this landscape over millions of years.

Continue toward the North Rim region, where denser forests, different rock formations and cooler, greener scenery contrast with the drier South Rim landscape.

Enter the Dragon Corridor, the deepest and one of the most photogenic sections of the canyon, enjoying sweeping views in both directions before following the South Rim edge back toward the airport.