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The Grand Canyon National Park is one of those places in the World that no matter how long you spend there, it will not be long enough. Hiking in Grand Canyon National Park allows for following winding, excruciatingly hard trails, taking mule rides, or following the easier trails that wind along the edges of the North and South Rims. You can hike down the approximately one mile drop from the top of the Canyon to the floor of the Canyon, which can be an exhausting and trying experience for even the experienced elevation hikers.

If you are not physically capable of the hike, it is advisable that you do no attempt it, since, for a day hike, you will be hiking over 10,000 feet of gruelling mountainous terrain, unless of course you take a donkey ride, or stick to the Rim Trails. On the way down the trails that lead to the Canyon's floor, you will encounter different types of flora, fauna and wildlife at different levels, and marvel in the different layers of rock, and the magnificent colours and overall mesmerizing beauty of the different ecosystems.

There are two areas that will lead, by trail, to the bottom of the Grand Canyon; the North and South Rims. At the South Rim, the distance to the bottom is roughly one-half of the distance of the North Rim. If you are hiking the South Rim, allow for at least two days of hiking up and down, and allow three days for hiking up and down the North Rim. There are with easy trails circumventing the edges of each, with paved trails, bicycle access and leashed pets being allowed. more than twice the number of trails at the North Rim than the South Rim, trails on each Rim, and each has their own level of difficulty, from hard to extremely hard!

The fee for entering the National Park , in 2008, is $25 per vehicle, or $12 per person if you arrive on motorcycle, bicycle, or on foot. This fee goes toward paying the attendants and guides, as well as preservation projects and trail and amenity improvements. For reservations to gain access to a guide for hiking, you should apply four months in advance of the date you wish to attend the Park. If you plan on doing some backcountry camping, horseback riding, or hiking for longer than a day (even one overnight hike will need this extra permit), there are extra fees. The rate of $10 per permit, plus $5 per person in the group will be charged over and above the Grand Canyon National Park entrance fee for anything longer than a day hike.

For the hiking trails themselves, there are many different

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