Great Salt Lake Tour: Explore America's Dead Sea
4.2
173 Ratings
Salt Lake City

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
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…

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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
4.2
(173 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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Chiukit_t
Sep 25, 2024
Disappointed tour - The Viator driver picked me to the City tour by mistake, but Viator refused to compensate for their mistake!
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