🏜️ Grand Canyon & Sedona · printable plan
Yavapai Lodge on the South Rim
By TopVacay @topvacay. Inspired by TopVacay curator. Prices last checked 2026-10-27. Totals are estimates: $2,165 for 4 travelers.
Recomputed from the price lines stored on each trip. No live hotel, ticket, or airfare feed is connected.
Day by day
Day 1
Phoenix to the South Rim is a long drive. Arrival is Mather Point and dinner, not a trail.
- Morning · Grand Canyon park entrance
- Morning · South Rim walk, Mather Point
- Overnight · Yavapai Lodge
Day 2
Hermit Road on the shuttle. Viewpoints, not a hike below the rim. The inner canyon is a different trip.
- Morning · Hermit Road shuttle
- Afternoon · South Rim walk, Mather Point
- Overnight · Yavapai Lodge
Day 3
A second rim morning, then start toward Flagstaff so the last day is not all driving.
- Morning · South Rim walk, Mather Point
- Overnight · Yavapai Lodge
Day 4
Back toward Phoenix. Sedona is not added onto a rim checkout.
- Open day.
Packing
- Trail shoes and a layerThe walks are outside, and the morning is cooler than the afternoon.
- More water than you thinkThese days are away from a store.
Reserve ahead
- American 1526day 1 once you set dates · Hold the seats before the fare you estimated moves.
- Delta 1640day 4 once you set dates · Hold the seats before the fare you estimated moves.
- Grand Canyon park entranceday 1 once you set dates · Buy the ticket for this day so the morning is not spent in a ticket line.
- Yavapai Lodgeday 1 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Yavapai Lodgeday 2 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Yavapai Lodgeday 3 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.