Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona

The Hualapai Indian Reservation in Arizona inhabits a massive part of the western section of the Grand Canyon. This is a harsh landscape with few amenities. Though it is fairly flat in most places, visitors will be rewarded with a taste of the hard life that these natives have endured for thousands of years, as well as discover their culture and the many attractions they love to share with guests.

Tourists are ill prepared for the warm reception they receive when entering the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Arizona. The land is so rugged and the facilities almost non-existent, that it seems that time has stood still. It is this that helps most understand the gravity of the lives that these people lead, and appreciate their culture as well as the many local attractions they invite everyone to visit.

The reservation can only be accessed mainly by hiking, riding or driving in along dirt tracks. However, on the western rim of the canyon, they have constructed a visitor center close to one of their major, but small communities that overlooks the nearby river and the massive plateau.

In fact, the visitor center is home to the most talked about and newest attraction in the park, a true feet of modern engineering – the Grand Canyon Skywalk. For a nominal $25, tourists can waltz around the glass bottomed bridge that hangs in mid-air, some four thousand feet above the canyon floor. It is not for a person who is scared of heights, but the experience is something that cannot be forgotten.

Eventually the Hualapai intend to add more to this famous attraction. A tram, native village and even a possible luxurious resort may be added. However, not all the tribe members are happy with such land desecration.