Great Salt Lake Tour: Explore America's Dead Sea

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Embark on a fully-narrated, guided tour to America’s Dead Sea, the Great Salt Lake. Explore its mysteries, science, and entertaining stories on an air-conditioned minibus. Don’t miss this top-rated sightseeing tour!

Duration: 2 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Great Salt Lake - The saltiest lake in the western hemisphere, Great Salt Lake is visited and seen from multiple points and stops on the tour. Travel time from Salt Lake City is 1 hour roundtrip, and 1 hour is spent at various stops at Great Salt Lake

What's Included

In-vehicle air conditioning
State Park Entrance Fees
Professional Tour Guide

Additional Information

Embark on a journey to ‘America’s Dead Sea’ with the oldest tour operator in Salt Lake City!
This comprehensive 50-mile journey takes you around the saltiest lake in the west, under the guidance of a professional tour guide, as part of a fully narrated expedition to the Great Salt Lake State Park. The comfortable air-conditioned minibus is equipped with…

Location

Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown

West South Temple Street

Tour bus parks curbside on the street in front of Radisson Downtown Hotel 10-15 minutes before tour to begin boarding. Wait outside main lobby doors at this time. PARKING available across the street (address of lot entrance: 40 John Stockton Drive). Arrive an additional 10 minutes early if parking

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Trailblazer282516

Jun 21, 2025

Fun and interesting! - The “captain” of our lake tour was very friendly, informative and enthusiastic. She slowed the van or even pulled over so that she could point out different animals or birds along the way. We were only in SLC for a day before our red eye back to the east coast and did not have a car. This was the perfect tour to see the lake.

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Martha

Jun 8, 2025

THE Great Salt Lake! Do it! - Ann was wonderful! She was incredibly knowledgeable about the Great Salt Lake and loves sharing this area with visitors! My main goal of this adventure was to allow our grandchildren to experience floating in high-salt- content water - Ann knew right where to go, and we all had such a fun time! Along the way, we stopped to spot some wild antelope — then a brief tour of the visitor’s center — then into the water we went! The visitor’s center has some outdoor showers to rinse off the salt water (thank you!) Bring your own towel. And be aware the lake is kinda smelly — but we got past that quickly for the fun of bobbing like a Weeble 😊 Ann also shared fascinating insights about the copper mining industry that we passed along the way. Even if you don’t swim, I recommend this tour it’s the one-of-a-kind Great Salt Lake, and you’ll learn so much!

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Fineness

Jun 7, 2025

One Great Lake Tour! - We had a choice of two pontoons and we took the orange Cincinnati Bengals pontoon. Our guide Captain Duncan was great. Humerous, personable and knowledgeable about the Great Salt Lake. We enjoyed the tour immensely.

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Zimeng_w

Apr 21, 2025

Valerie is a great... - Valerie is a great guide:) She introduces us about the wildlife in the salt lake area. I absolutely love how energetic she is. Absolutely wonderful experience, taken some best shots there too.

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Thomasmr7008as

Oct 10, 2024

An enjoyable ride. It's excellent. - This was a very family friendly tour that was both informative and entertaining. I have to admit I was skeptical about the price, but in the end felt fully satisfied. This was fun, enjoyable, and engaging. It's probably the best was to be introduced to SLC. BRAVO.

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Kareninclaims

Sep 11, 2024

Great overview of SLC - We really enjoyed the city sights bus tours. The guide was very knowledgeable and it was evident how much she enjoyed her job! The only suggestion i would make is to be able to spend more time at Pioneer Village and Temple Square. We thoroughly enjoyed the organ recital but there wasn’t enough time left to tour the grounds.

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U5086madenisep

Sep 30, 2024

Unique Adventure - Great adventure with a wonderful guide who shared lots of history of the area. Highly recommend a trip to the Great Salt Lake. It is a unique and interesting experience.

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Sally_s

Apr 7, 2025

It was a beautiful day to... - It was a beautiful day to visit the Great Salt Lake. Met some really nice people on the same tour. I enjoyed seeing the lake and I learned a lot. But, the tour guide mocked my speech and my colloquialisms and I found it embarrassing.

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Mary

May 31, 2025

Don’t planning going in water like the pictures show! - The tour guide was great and knowledgeable. Unfortunately the lake is not easily accessible at this point. The advertisement shows people swimming - not the case. Entry was filled with bugs and flies and even after going about 100 yards in still swimming through bugs. Chose this over a boat ride - was a mistake.

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