Grand Canyon National Park is one of the oldest national parks in the United States.
Through its territory goes Colorado river . In millions of years the river has dug through the rocks and has formed multi-color gap – The Grand Canyon. One of the deepest canyons on the planet It is 277 miles (446 km) long and 5 250 feet (1600 meters) deep.
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Although it receives the governments protection in 1893, a national reserve and a national monument status it wasn’t before 1919 that it was proclaimed national park. In the same year the park is visited by 45 000 people. Nowadays the Grand Canyon Nation park is being visited by 5 million people annually.
Evidence have been found in the park that prove that it was inhabited by Indian tribes 12 000 years ago.
The park has to offer different tourist attractions. There are steep pathways that lead to the bottom of the canyon. You can fly over the canyon with a helicopter or a plane.
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The latest attraction is the Grand Canyon Skywalk. It is a tourist attraction along the Colorado River on the edge of the Grand Canyon. It is a glass walkway that has the shape of a horseshoe. Build at 1,200-meter (4,000 ft) height above the floor of the canyon exceeds the height of the world’s largest skyscrapers.
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The Skywalk was opened for tourists in March 2007 and is commissioned and owned by the Hualapai Indian tribe.
The admission fee for a walk on the Skywalk is $29.95 plus tax (this may vary with time), which is paid to the Hualapai Indian tribe at the Skywalk itself.
