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Zion National Park Day Trip from Las Vegas: Full Day Tour

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Duration12h

GroupUp to 56

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

A 160-Mile Round Trip to Utah's Towering Canyons & Sandstone Cliffs

You're picked up from your Las Vegas hotel, driven through the Virgin River Gorge and across Utah's high desert to Zion National Park, where you spend five hours (or 2.5 in peak season) walking among towering sandstone cliffs and colorful canyons. Breakfast and lunch are included, along with all park entry fees and a professional guide. The return drive gets you back by evening. Book for a Tuesday departure only.

12h

Step-by-step itinerary

Depart Las Vegas, Nevada
Pass through Mesquite, Nevada
Drive through Virgin River Gorge
Pass St. George, Utah
Pass Hurricane, Utah
Pass Springdale, Utah
Explore Zion National Park for five hours
Enjoy included breakfast and lunch
Return to Las Vegas

The Experience

The drive northeast from Las Vegas takes you through the Virgin River Gorge—a 15-mile slot carved by the river that opened to Interstate 15 back in 1973 after nine years of construction. You pass through Mesquite, St. George, Hurricane, and finally Springdale, the small gateway town of about 530 people that sits right at Zion's edge. It's not a short ride, but the landscape shifts as you go, and by the time you reach the park entrance, the sandstone walls are already towering above you in a way that photos don't quite capture.

Once you're in Zion National Park, you get roughly five hours to walk through the canyons and along the trails—the exact time depends on the season, since mid-May through mid-October compresses it to about 2.5 hours instead. The park itself was established in 1919 and sits on land where the Virgin Anasazi and Parowan Fremont people once farmed, and later where Mormon pioneers settled. Your professional guide handles the driving and knows the park well enough to point out the geology, the history, and where the light hits the cliffs best. You're not herded through on a rigid schedule; there's room to move at your own pace within the time you have.

Breakfast comes before you leave Las Vegas—a light continental spread—and lunch is served during the tour, with vegetarian and gluten-free options available if you request them at booking. You'll need comfortable shoes and layers, since the elevation climbs and the temperature drops noticeably as you go higher. The tour runs on Tuesdays only, and it requires a minimum of four passengers to operate, so if the group doesn't fill, you get offered an alternative date or a full refund. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, which means you don't have to arrange your own transport or navigate the drive yourself.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off from your Las Vegas accommodation.
light continental breakfast before departure.
professional driver and guide for the full day.
all national park entry fees.
approximately five hours (or 2.5 hours in peak season) to explore Zion National Park.
lunch served during the tour with vegetarian and gluten-free options available upon request.
bottled water throughout the day.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelWheelchair accessiblePets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Sweetours

Is this one for you?Choose this tour if you want to see Zion's canyons and cliffs without renting a car or navigating the 160-mile drive yourself—the Tuesday-only schedule and four-passenger minimum mean you're traveling with a small group and a guide who knows the park, not on a crowded shuttle.