A day trip shows you one rim. Three days shows you the Southwest: Zion, Antelope Canyon, the South Rim, and either Monument Valley or Bryce depending on the route. Two 3-day packages book from Las Vegas with hotels, breakfasts and entrance fees already in the price, one rated a flat 5.0 in a small van, the other 4.9 on a big coach that usually costs less. The choice between them is really a choice of route and group size, and this page lays both out.
Picked and checked with Daniel Begay, Southwest canyon-country guide & Navajo cultural specialist
What is the best multi-day Grand Canyon package?
The small-group pick is Bindlestiff Tours' 3-day loop, rated 5.0 across 44 TourRadar reviews: max 14 travelers through Zion, Lake Powell, a Navajo-guided Antelope Canyon walk, Monument Valley and the South Rim. The value pick is Empire Vacations' Western Deserts coach route, 4.9 across 339 reviews, which trades Monument Valley for Bryce Canyon and runs a much larger group. Both leave from and return to Las Vegas with two nights of hotel, breakfasts and entrance fees included, and both show live prices on TourRadar.
The two 3-day packages worth booking
Both operators carry TourRadar's Platinum Operator badge, and both solve the same problem: the distances out here are brutal for a self-planned trip, and a package turns five headline sights into one bag-packed loop. Where they differ is the van versus the coach, and Monument Valley versus Bryce.
Platinum Operator · Small group, max 14
Best overall: the small-group loop that adds Monument Valley to Zion, Lake Powell, Antelope Canyon and the South Rim
Grand Canyon and More: 3-Day Small-Group Tour (3 days / 2 nights)
5.0across 44 TourRadar reviews
Day 1 Zion National Park; day 2 Lake Powell, a Navajo-guided Antelope Canyon walk and Monument Valley; day 3 the Grand Canyon South Rim and the run back to Vegas
Includes the guide, transport, two nights in a 3-star hotel (Best Western Plus at Lake Powell or similar), breakfasts all three days and entrance fees; max 14 travelers, low-intensity pace
Las Vegas round trip from the Palms Casino Resort, run by Bindlestiff Tours
Live price on the listing shown for your date and currency at booking
The rating is Bindlestiff Tours' current TourRadar figure. Optional activities such as helicopter flights and hikes, plus flights and gratuities, are not included.
Platinum Operator · 339 reviews
Best value: the big-coach route that swaps Monument Valley for Bryce Canyon and usually undercuts the small-group price
Western Deserts: 3-Day Coach Tour (3 days / 2 nights)
4.9across 339 TourRadar reviews
Day 1 the Grand Canyon South Rim; day 2 Lower Antelope Canyon and Bryce Canyon; day 3 Zion and the return to Vegas
Includes the guide, transport, accommodation, lunch on day 1, continental breakfasts on days 2 and 3, and entrance fees
Las Vegas round trip from the Luxor, run by Empire Vacations on a large coach (up to 99 travelers), which is where the lower price comes from
Live price on the listing shown for your date and currency at booking
The rating is Empire Vacations' current TourRadar figure. Flights, insurance and optional activities are not included. This is the big-group format; book the Bindlestiff tour above if you want a van of 14.
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Small group or big coach: how do the two routes differ?
Same length, same start city, same included hotel nights, different character. The Bindlestiff van moves faster at stops and reaches Monument Valley, which the coach route never touches. The Empire coach carries far more people and usually posts the lower live price. Side by side:
Grand Canyon and More (Bindlestiff)
Western Deserts (Empire Vacations)
Group size
Small group, max 14
Large coach, up to 99
Route
Zion, Lake Powell, Antelope Canyon, Monument Valley, South Rim
South Rim first, then Lower Antelope Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion
Unique stop
Monument Valley, with a Navajo-guided Antelope walk
Bryce Canyon
Meals
Breakfasts on all three days
Lunch day 1, continental breakfasts days 2 and 3
Vegas pickup
Palms Casino Resort
Luxor
Rating
5.0 across 44 TourRadar reviews
4.9 across 339 TourRadar reviews
Who it suits
Couples and photographers who want small stops and Monument Valley
Budget-minded travelers and families happy in a bigger group
The word "package" gets stretched in this market, so here is the plain version. Both tours include the guide, the transport, two hotel nights, the listed breakfasts and the entrance fees, and on these routes the fees are real money: South Rim admission alone is $35 per vehicle or $20 per person at the gate, and from January 1, 2026, non-US residents 16 and older pay a further $100 per person surcharge at Grand Canyon National Park that several day-tour listings exclude. Having park, Antelope Canyon and other entries pre-paid is a genuine chunk of the value.
What neither package covers: flights to Las Vegas, most lunches and dinners, travel insurance, gratuities, and optional extras like helicopter flights or add-on hikes. Prices move with season and departure date, so we print none here; the live figure for your dates sits on each TourRadar listing. For a full budget picture, including what the optional extras tend to add, read what a Grand Canyon trip costs and when to go, or scan every package we track.
Multi-day package questions
How many days do you need for the Grand Canyon?
One full day does a single rim well. Three days is the sweet spot when you want the South Rim plus the sights around it, Zion, Antelope Canyon, Bryce or Monument Valley, without punishing drive times, and that is precisely the shape of both packages above. Our how-many-days guide breaks down one, two and three-day plans.
Are Grand Canyon packages all inclusive?
Not fully, and it is better to know before booking. These two include hotels, the listed breakfasts, transport, the guide and entrance fees. They exclude flights to Las Vegas, most lunches and dinners, insurance, gratuities and optional activities such as helicopter flights. Read each listing's inclusion list for your departure; both spell it out.
Which 3-day package is better?
For experience per day, the Bindlestiff small-group tour: max 14 people, Monument Valley on the route, a Navajo-guided Antelope Canyon walk, and a perfect 5.0 across its 44 TourRadar reviews so far. For price, the Empire Vacations coach: 4.9 across a much deeper 339 reviews, Bryce Canyon instead of Monument Valley, and big-coach economics that usually show a lower live price. Neither is a wrong answer.
Where do the multi-day tours start?
Both are Las Vegas round trips. The Bindlestiff tour picks up at the Palms Casino Resort, the Empire Vacations tour at the Luxor, and both drop you back in Vegas on the evening of day three. Neither requires you to be staying at the pickup hotel; you just meet there.
About these picks
Picked and checked by Daniel Begay, a Southwest canyon-country guide and Navajo cultural specialist who has guided visitors across this region, including the Navajo lands both routes pass through. Ratings, itineraries and inclusions are checked against the operators' current TourRadar listings. We are an independent guide, not the tour operator, and we earn a disclosed commission if you book through our links, at no extra cost to you.
Three days, five headline sights, one booking
Zion, Lake Powell, Antelope Canyon, Monument Valley and the South Rim, with hotels, breakfasts and entrance fees already in the price.
