- Monday – Saturday
- 2.5 hours
Our most popular tour for 40 years! Join us on a comprehensive 20-mile adventure around Salt Lake City, including several stops at top attractions.
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Sightseeing Bus Tour of Great Salt Lake!
Hear the myths and mysteries of Great Salt Lake from a local expert on this two-hour sightseeing bus tour full of entertaining stories and fascinating facts! On this 50-mile adventure, you get to discover the saltiest lake in the western hemisphere, America’s Dead Sea.
Float like a cork; Great Salt Lake is so salty that you simply cannot sink in it! Learn the science behind the lake that is up to ten times as salty as the ocean. Travel to a historic beach resort and enjoy romantic tales from a century ago. Missing this tour when you’re in Salt Lake City is like having popcorn without salt!
Tour Highlights:
- Great Salt Lake State Marina
- Saltair Resort — once known as “the Coney Island of the West”
- Catch live sea monkeys in fascinating colors
- Wetlands habitat — one of the world’s greatest migratory bird refuges
- Swim in the lake or feel the water — as it dries, it tingles the skin.
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- Migratory Bird Wetlands
- Inland Sea Shorebird Reserve: Several million migratory birds of over 250 species visit Great Salt Lake each year.
- Wildlife: Antelope roam the open plains.
- Historic Beach Resort
- Saltair: Hear tales of a historic beach resort built by the Mormon Church to be a family-friendly attraction amidst the rowdy pleasure resorts of the early 1900s. Once known as the “Coney Island of the West,” it’s now in its third iteration.
- Great Salt Lake State Park
- Utah State Marina: home of the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, “the world’s saltiest sailors!”
- Visitor Center: science and history exhibits, gift shop
- Silver Sands Beach: walk the shores of soft, pearl-like sand. Photo opportunities abound!
- Observation Deck: scenic overlook of the Great Salt Lake, its islands, and the surrounding Rocky Mountains, making for spectacular photos
- Catch a live sea monkey! The only creature that can survive in this lake, once sold to children through comic books.
- Migratory Bird Wetlands