Three Days in Las Vegas

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Three days is where it's worth leaving the Strip for a few hours. Run the two-day plan first, then use day three to get out into the desert — it's the single biggest thing most short trips skip.

Grand Canyon from above

Day three, morning

Trade the Strip for canyon walls

Pick one: a Grand Canyon helicopter tour that lands on the canyon floor and gets you back by early afternoon, or a Grand Canyon West Rim bus tour if you'd rather do it by ground with a Hoover Dam stop along the way. If you've already done the Grand Canyon on a previous trip, the Zion & Bryce Canyon day tour is the better call — different scenery entirely.

An ATV tour kicking up dust in the Mojave desert

Day three, afternoon

Dust, throttle, and desert air

If you skipped the desert tour and stayed local instead, this is a good slot for ATV or dune buggy runs through the Mojave, or a calmer kayak tour on the Colorado River through Black Canyon. Either way you'll be back in the city by early evening.

A fresh pizza fresh out of the oven

Day three, evening

Easy dinner, early night

After a full day outdoors, keep dinner simple — pizza or Mexican both work — and save the bigger night out for whichever of your first two nights you liked best. Three days in, most people are ready for one lower-key night before flying home.