Entrance Fees - Commercial Tours

Commercial Tour Fees

A Commercial Use Authorization is required for any commercial tour company, regional shuttle service company, or local transit company that enters the park.

Commercial Tours -

Commercial Vehicles must show their CUA upon every entry to Grand Canyon National Park.
Grand Canyon National Park only accepts credit or debit cards for all entrance fees, including commercial tour fees. No Golden Eagle, Golden Age, Golden Access, Grand Canyon Park Passes, or America the Beautiful – National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes, will be accepted and no exemptions for age.

  • Vehicles with capacity of 1-25: will be charged a Flat Fee of $8.00 per person. Those age 15 and under will be exempt from payment of fees.
  • Vehicles with capacity of 26 or greater: will be charged a flat fee of $300.00.
  • Clients entering in their own vehicle in vehicle caravan or meet guide in the park: In any instance where the clients enter the park in their own vehicle, each vehicle will be charged the regular, single-vehicle fee ($30 Motorcycles, $35 Vehicle). If one or more group members own an America The Beautiful: Federal Lands Pass, each pass will be accepted for entry of one vehicle.

CUA Exception -

Commercial passenger-carrying motor vehicles exception: 36 CFR 1.7 section 7.4
Commercial passenger-carrying motor vehicles. The prohibition against the commercial transportation of passengers by motor vehicles to Grand Canyon National Park contained in § 5.4 of this chapter shall be subject to the following exception: Motor vehicles operated on a general, infrequent, and nonscheduled tour on which the visit to the park is an incident to such tour, carrying only round-trip passengers traveling from the point of origin of the tour, will be accorded admission to the park. (NOTE: Please contact the Permits Office to determine if this exception applies to your group - grca_permits_mail@nps.gov)

Re-entering the Park or Paid at Ventek Machine

Commercial Vehicles must show their CUA upon every entry to Grand Canyon National Park. Entrance passes must be shown to the ranger upon entry if the vehicle is re-entering the park with the same group, or already paid at a Ventek Machine before entering the park for the specific group in the vehicle.
No per person fees are charged as long as passengers are traveling with the original commercial vehicle.
Tour passengers who re-enter the park by other means are subject to per person fees. Entrance Fees are NOT refundable and/or transferable.
The permit is valid for up to 7 days for the same tour group only.

 
A sepia toned historic photo of six 1930's tour buses parked around a circular driveway with a cylindrical stone tower, several stories high, in the background.
Fred Harvey Tour Buses Parked in front of the Desert View Watchtower. Circa 1938

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Last updated: August 16, 2023

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