To really get to know a destination, it helps if you can get out and walk around. Las Vegas Walking Tours takes guests on walking tours of Downtown Las Vegas, which is where the city really got its start when it was a railroad stop. Two tours are offered: “Fremont Street Past to Present,” which takes place during the day, and “Fremont After Dark–The Glitter Gulch.” During the two-hour tours, guests will get interesting and fun facts as they stroll around the area, walking by sights like the Fremont Street Experience and Container Park. On the daytime tour, an add-on will take you to Gold & Silver Pawn, where the reality series “Pawn Stars” is filmed. Walking distance for the tours is about a mile.

If you’re interested in exploring the Southwest, Las Vegas is an excellent place to use as a basecamp and MaxTour has you covered for guided explorations to some of the region’s most photogenic spots. The company’s tours can take you close to the city but also provide one, two, and three-day tours to the beautiful Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend and Lake Powell as well as the Grand Canyon. They offer a half-day tour to Seven Magic Mountains and Hoover Dam; a full day tour covers both those attractions plus Grand Canyon West. Guests who want to see the exquisite Antelope Canyon can choose from a one or two-day tour. If you’d like to see more of the striking landscape of the Southwest, especially the often-photographed Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend, MaxTours can take you there.

The scenic Red Rock Canyon is the perfect place for a horseback ride, and Cowboy Trail Rides is ready to help you saddle up and ride. Three rides into the canyon are offered. The Canyon Rim is a two-hour ride that leaves early in the morning; Red Springs Ride take guests hour and half into the desert with a view of the Spring Mountains and departs in the late morning; and the Sunset Trail Ride and Western BBQ is an hour and 45 minutes that gives guests a great view of the canyon from horseback, as well as a tasty barbecue at the end. For the Canyon Rim and Sunset Rides, transportation is offered via shuttle to the departure point, which is just outside of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

The desert around Las Vegas is filled with mines, ghost towns and ATV trails–and Awesome Adventures brings all three of those things together. Their tours take guests to Eldorado Canyon and the tiny settlement/ghost town of Nelson, Nevada, where they can ride ATVs or Razors through rugged terrain to the Techatticup Gold Mine. Tours of the mine take 45 to 60 minutes and give visitors a look inside the mine, which operated from approximately 1858 until 1945. Guests can expect the entire experience to take six to seven hours. No experience with ATVs is required. Awesome Adventures will pick you up from your hotel and transport you to Eldorado Canyon, about a 45 minute drive.

Las Vegas is well-known for its sizeable array of award-winning restaurants, many with celebrity chefs at the helm. For most visitors who are trying to figure out where to eat, it’s often a classic case of too many restaurants, too little time. Lip Smacking Foodie Tours seeks to solve that problem with walking tours that take guests to a selection of three or more restaurants, where tasting menus and VIP service await them – including zero wait times for seating. Tours encompass the most notable restaurants in Las Vegas, like Bardot Brasserie, Estiatorio Milos or Mastro’s Ocean Club–although the actual restaurants are a surprise for each tour. Tours cover eateries on the Strip and Downtown Las Vegas, with new tours and restaurants consistently coming online.

The railroad tracks around Boulder City, which is just outside of Las Vegas, have a history that goes back to the building of Hoover Dam (then Boulder Dam). Rail Explorers takes guests along those tracks with specially designed rail road cars, called bikes, that people can pedal. The vehicles have a long history that goes back to the 1850s, when they were used for maintenance, but today they offer people the an unusual way to go sightseeing. Several tours are offered, all beginning from the Nevada State Railroad Museum and ending at Railroad Pass, a distance of about four miles. Tours include the Morning Ramble, Twilight Ramble, the Neon Lights Tour (the bikes are lit up on this one), and the Sunset Railbike Ride. Riders are transported back to the start on one of the Railroad Museum’s historic trains.

If you’d like to see experience the wind in your hair and the road up close but don’t want to rent a motorcycle or a Vespa, Scoot City Tours has the perfect vehicle for you. Their adorable two-person, three-wheeled scooters don’t involve straddling anything, but you’ll still get plenty of up-close-and-personal time with the road. Tours are made up of several of the little cars traveling together with tour guides and take guests to Red Rock Canyon. The tour takes you along Red Rock’s scenic loop road with stops along the way, so you’ll even get a chance to do a little hiking. Pickup is offered from several Strip hotels and from the Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas. Total tour time is about 4.5 to 5 hours, including pick up and drop off.

Big Bus Tours operate in several cities throughout the world, offering guests the chance to get off and back on the bus during a tour. The buses have open tops, which provide excellent views of the Strip, especially at night. Big Bus Tours have routes that cover the Strip, Downtown Las Vegas and even the Grand Canyon. The two major routes in Las Vegas are split between the day and night tours. Guides are on onboard to offer commentary and answer questions, and pre-recorded narration is also offered. Once you’re on the bus, you can hop off at any of the stops to do some exploring and then re-board a bus when it comes along. They offer an app to help with navigation and in finding the nearest pick-up spot.

The distinctive pink jeeps of this well-known tour company will carry you into the rugged desert around Las Vegas to places you can’t see on your own. This company got its start in Sedona, Arizona, home to amazing red rocks and New Age vortexes. In Las Vegas, the company takes guests into Red Rock Canyon on a signature tour that will take you up and over the cliffs on the Rocky Gap Road. Pink Jeep Las Vegas also offers tours to the Valley of Fire, Death Valley and the Grand Canyon. You can also take one of their tours to Hoover Dam, or along the streets of Las Vegas. They know it’s easier to see the sights when someone else is driving, and their custom-made vehicles are designed just for tours.

Papillion has been taking people on tours since 1965, which sets it apart from the average Las Vegas tour company and tells you they must be doing something right. Some of the most popular tours takes visitors to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon, where helicopters can actually land on the canyon floor. Nighttime tours of the Las Vegas Strip are another favorite, offering guests an unforgettable view of the Strip at night with all its lights. For true adventurers, Papillon also provides tours that include rafting, ATV riding or a stroll on the Grand Canyon Skywalk, which is the glass-bottomed observation area that juts out over the Grand Canyon’s West Rim.