Located just outside of Las Vegas,

in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, the Hoover Dam is the highest structure of its kind in the world. It is an outstanding achievement, noteworthy not only for its enormous dimensions, complex design and intricate construction, but also for it's illustration of man's outstanding ability to overcome the desert's summer sun, the vagaries of a treacherous river, and the extreme hazards of great heights on the chasm's sheer walls.

This Hoover Dam sightseeing tour...

from Las Vegas includes the “Discovery Tour” of the visitor center and the interior of the dam and takes you to locations overlooking Lake Mead, the world's largest man-made lake, and to the eastern edge of the chasm in Arizona where you have fascinating views of the dam and Lake Mead.  We then travel, on the Arizona side, over an incredibly scenic 4 x 4 route to a beautiful location called Rainbow Canyon, an amazing and colorful experience where we also have a good chance of seeing wild Big Horn Sheep. Before returning to Las Vegas we will drive through Boulder City and see the historic buildings and markers.