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The Black Canyon of the Colorado River is an often overlooked part of Lake Mead National Recreation Area below Hoover Dam. It's a gorgeous, serene waterway that visitors of any age can enjoy by motorized raft.

Black Canyon River Adventures offers a day trip through the Black Canyon. The day begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends about 3:00 p.m. with about three hours on the water, including stops along the way.

Black Canyon/Willow Beach River Adventures will provide round trip transportation from various Las Vegas hotels if needed or visitors can choose to meet at the check-in desk located in the Hacienda Hotel & Casino on Highway 93 just outside of historic Boulder City. Rafters will then be transported on tour buses to the launch area.

The rafts enter the water at the base of Hoover Dam where the canyon walls rise nearly 2,000 feet from the river's edge and ends at Willow Beach Marina on Lake Mojave, Arizona, where visitors board a tour bus for the trip back over the dam.

Right now, from the base of the dam you'll be able to get a great view of the construction of the new by-pass, an engineering marvel.

Source: examiner