Get beyond Las Vegas to explore Nevada’s history and landscape on this Hoover Dam tour, with a stop at the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Bridge (Hoover Dam Bypass). Your excursion includes pickup and drop-off at most Las Vegas hotels, transport by air-conditioned coach, and a light breakfast. As well as seeing the dam from outside, you’ll also tour the visitor center and the generator room.
- 5-hour trip from Las Vegas to the Hoover Dam
- Pass by Lake Mead
What To Expect
The Las Vegas Strip
This exciting tour commences with complimentary hotel pickup. As you make your way to the Hoover Dam, you will travel past Lake Mead, the second largest man-made lake in the Western Hemisphere, before crossing over the top of the Dam with closeup views of the architecture, penstocks and Arizona Spillway.
• Admission Ticket Free
Hoover Dam
This exciting tour commences with complimentary hotel pickup. As you make your way to the Hoover Dam, you will travel past Lake Mead, the second largest man-made lake in the Western Hemisphere. The tour will provide you with the opportunity to walk on the top of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge. Following this stop, you will cross over the top of the Dam with closeup views of the architecture, penstocks and Arizona Spillway.
When the Hoover Dam was completed early in 1935, it was both the world’s largest electric power producing facility and the world’s largest concrete structure, weighing a total of 6.6 million tons. You will discover a multitude of facts on your tour about this impressive structure.
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Hoover Dam Bypass
The Bypass Bridge opened in 2010 stretching nearing 2,000 feet long and 840 feet above the Colorado River, making it the second highest bridge in the United States. Ample time is provided for souvenir shopping and purchase of food items at the Dam restaurant. This is truly an exciting and very educational experience that will provide you with a thorough overview of this fascinating, nearly 90 year old, civil engineering wonder of the world.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Highlight
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Infant seats available
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Infants must sit on laps
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
Rest room facilities are available at the Bypass Bridge Lookout and at the Visitor Center
The Visitor Center and Generator Room are now available as part of the tour. The Hard Hat tour is no longer available
Wheel chairs have to be collapsible in order to store on our vans or mini buses.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 56 travelers
Include
Bottled water
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Air-conditioned vehicle
Includes tour of the Generator room and trip to Visitor Center
Breakfast
Exclude
Gratuities
Max group – 15
