Grand Canyon Travel Guide

There are few sights as spectacular as the Grand Canyon anywhere on earth. Words and photographs fall short of capturing the essence of this geographical wonder and nothing prepares you for the first sight of this vast and majestic natural wonder of the world. Carved out by centuries of erosion, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River is 277 miles long and more than a mile deep and at its broadest, is 17 miles wide.

Millions of visitors stream by every year to this fascinating region, to gape at the stunning enormity and the strange natural rock formations that change colour by the hour.

Two million years of earth history resonates in the Grand Canyon which is one mile deep and seventeen miles wide.