• Hoover Dam on Lake Mead is visited by nearly 1,000,000 tourists a year according to the Bureau of the Interior.hoover dam image by Dave from Fotolia.com
  
  Hoover Dam is operated by the United States Department of the Interior. Tours are not recommended for anyone who is claustrophobic or who has a pacemaker or defibrillator. Since everything you bring in will be scanned, large backpacks are not allowed. You are allowed to bring bottled water only on the tours. See the dam by land, sea, water or all three, and don't forget to bring your camera.
  
  

Hoover Dam Tour Company

• The Hoover Dam Tour Company conducts bus, helicopter, plane, van or sport utility vehicle tours of the Hoover Dam. The company will pick you up and return you to your hotel. The Express Bus Tour lasts two hours and includes the dam as well as stop-offs at the Ethel M. Chocolate Factory and the Botanical Gardens. The Deluxe Motor Tour includes two hours at the dam with a walk to the Arizona side. Other bus tours are the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead tour, Hoover Dam Air and Ground tour, Hoover Dam Adventure tour and the That Dam Mine tour. Other tours offered by the Hoover Dam Tour Company include helicopter tours that visit the Hoover Dam along with the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead tour that includes a landing on the Grand Canyon floor.
  
  Hoover Dam Tour Company
  
  4343 N. Rancho Dr.
  
  Suite 230
  
  Las Vegas, Nevada 89130
  
  888-512-0000
  
  hooverdamtourcompany.com
  
  

Gary Line Las Vegas

• Gray Line Las Vegas offers two different tours of Hoover Dam. The Mini Hoover Dam Tour is a half-day tour with two hours at the dam itself. You are picked up in the morning and returned to the hotel by lunchtime. The Lake Mead Cruise & Dam Combo is a full-day tour. The bus takes you to Lake Mead where you board the Desert Princess for a cruise around the lake. After lunch on-board the ship, you take the dam tour. On the way back to your hotel, the bus stops at the Ethel M. Chocolate Factory.
  
  Gray Line Las Vegas
  
  1550 Industrial Rd.
  
  Las Vegas, NV 89102
  
  702-735-4307
  
  graylinelasvegas.com
  
  

Sightseeing Tours Unlimited

• Sightseeing Tours Unlimited offers a half-day combination helicopter tour of Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. You fly by helicopter over Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam, passing and viewing Iceberg Canyon, the Valley of Fire, Shivwits Plateau Wilderness Preserve and the extinct Volcano Fortification Hill as you fly. You have the option of taking an extended flight of the same attractions for an extra fee. The tours depart from both Las Vegas and Boulder City.
  
  Sightseeing Tours Unlimited
  
  7440 Dean Martin Dr., Ste. 200
  
  Las Vegas, NV 89139
  
  800-377-2003
  
  sightseeingtourslv.com