National Geographic Grand Canyon Visitor Center

The National Geographic Visitor Center is positioned in the Grand Canyon Park, on its southern rim. In fact it is the primary stop that visitors make when wanting to see the world's rim. Tourists can enjoy varied activities and attractions, as well as taking in its dining opportunities and travel/vacation brochures.

The Grand Canyon Park's National Geographic Visitor Center is found near the southern rim. It offers varied travel, attraction, activity, vacation, dining and other information, as well as interactive displays and exhibits. Visitors can also take in its huge theatre, historical film and varied gift shops.

The tourist desk is an authorized tourism information center, offering varied literature and media that covers not only the Grand Canyon, but Arizona as a state and the high-country. Visitors are encourage to stop in the center before traveling into the park for materials and advice on what to do, where to go, how to get there and what to look out for. In fact, it is brimming with a collection of knowledge that should not be missed.

The center is also home to the IMAX Theater, where the film covers the historic explorations, incredible scenery and formations, and little known canyon excursions that are not to be found in a tour. The film is thirty five minutes in length, but is something that everyone should see.

The film penetrates the park's innermost sanctums, carrying watchers into a world that they may never get a chance to witness. In fact, the film is a foremost first stopping point for most tour companies.