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We made our trip to the South Rim of the Great Canyon a one-day trip from our Sedona Pines resort. It's about 2.5 hours to get there and it is pretty simple -- use any online map like Yahoo! Maps to get detailed directions. When you get close, the entrance to the park is clearly marked. At the gate, you will get a newspaper with a park map, incl. shuttle information and other information about everything in the park. Use any parking area; the shuttle will take you anywhere. There are three color-coded shuttle routes -- one covering east, one west, and one in the middle. Shuttles go so frequently that you don't have to worry about missing on
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When a tour book says it is windy here, believe it. During our visit, the wind was very annoying. As you might expect, Grand Canyon is a big hole. The view is impressive but since you must have seen many pictures, it may not be so breathtaking. As the newspaper explained, the air is polluted a lot and since the canyon is so large, you are looking very far and therefore through a lot of polluted air. The views are not so clear then and a photographer may be disappointed unless you happen to be there on one of the clear days -- a 5% chance.
If you are not going to take a hike all the way down and up, one day is enough for this destination, but I would not recommend less. Even if you don't go all the way down, go at least a little bit, as it provides better perspective.
If you need to choose among hiking around Sedona, visiting Monument Valley, or visiting Grand Canyon, pick one of the first two.
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