Skip the large bus groups and hire private transportation to take you to visit the grand canyons west rim available for groups of 14 24 or 27 passengers youll be pickup from your las vegas hotel and whisked away where you can spend at least 4 hours at one of the natural wonders of the world leave the hotel at 630 am it usually takes 25 hours to get to grand canyon west we do stop half way to go to the restroom and stretch the legs at the canyon we stay around 4 hours on the way back