Grand Canyon deal: Travel to the rim by rail this winter

Complement your trip to Grand Canyon National Park with a ride on the rails through Arizona’s wintry landscape. Every morning from Williams, Ariz., a Grand Canyon Railway locomotive departs for the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, a journey of 65 miles one way. Among various ride-stay packages available is the following deal that gives you a little bit of everything.

Deal: The three-night “Canyon Limited Plus” package costs $364 per person, pre-tax, based on double occupancy, for stays Nov. 1, 2009 through Jan. 2, 2010, and $304 per person Jan. 3 through March 14, 2010.

For that, you get two nights of accommodations at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel and one night at Maswik Lodge, near the South Rim. Plus, you’ll get round-trip, coach-class train travel, a narrated motor-coach tour of the South Rim (lunch provided), and two breakfasts and two dinners per person at the Grand Depot Café.

These rates represent a drop from the fall rate, which was $421 per person.

Tested: You can book online for the above-mentioned dates anytime. I found the online reservations system easy to use, and dates that I tested in early November quickly brought up price options and a full itinerary.

If you prefer to reserve by phone, you can do so until Nov. 9 at the number listed below. After that, the reservations number will be changing, so refer to the website for the new number.

Contact: Xanterra Parks & Resorts, (800) 843-8724

—Susan Derby, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Photo credit: A train stops at the Grand Canyon depot. Credit: Grand Canyon Railway

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