National Geographic Visitor Center Reviews

Clean facilities and a great place to start your day.

Park here and take the shuttle into the park so everybody can enjoy it

If anybody hasn't seen the Grand Canyon you're missing out!

Very picturesque and well defined trails around. Docking one star because the entry point to this forces you to take shuttles and even tells you the parking is full even though there are multiple parking slots open.

Be sure to carry more than enough water/caps/sunblock when hiking through the trails. Temperatures reached 95-100 even around 11 AM in June.

So relaxing. Stayed 2 nights in Bright Angel lodge. Thanks to the great folks behind the desk. We were steps from the rim and spent time at night stargazing. Saw comet neowise and the milky way. Do this you won't regret it.

Visitor center closed due to virus, but materials available outside the door with friendly and informative helpers. Museum had many covered exhibits and limited supplies. The view is still fabulous!

This place is cool, an the Grand canyon is awesome!

Great stop before you head into the GC, the imax is worth it and Air condition.

Had the scientific material one would expect from National Geographic but a lot of soft goods. A bit of a tourist trap. Super busy, I couldn't wait to get out of there. Easy to find, just look for the pink jeeps.

Dear Employees! Please be seriously in your work.

If they already change work hours they have to edit it in GOOGLE MAPS. A lot of people trust in Google maps and doesn't check your work hours in your online site. I hope they will understand why 4

Nice place to see the Grand Canyon on the Imax movie screen.

It is a kind of small mall where you can buy souvenirs, some clothes and you could go to a function of a giant screen cinema and some special effect where you can see part of the history of the Grand Canyon explorers and impressive images of This wonder of nature. At the exit of the function you can eat at the various food stores

A lot of souvenirs and the staff was very helpful and informative!

The IMAX show was amazing, definitely worth the time and $$.

Excellent Imax movie of the canyon. Snack bar and gift shop

Interesting, but highway robbery on most prices. Place is organized and neat and combo museum/gift shop. Pretty good overall.

There were arrangements made to social distance and I highly recommend the IMAX video presentation. It added to our enjoyment of our visit.

Nice theater and gift shop. The IMAX movie had some sound issues but was interesting for an old movie. Gift shop had much better prices than inside the park

This place is a scam. If I were a subscriber of the National Geographic I'd cancel my subscription. The imax is terrible and they project an old documentary that is not informational at all. All the rest is just commercial stuff. Not related to the national geographic at all.

Not only just to Grand Canyon Visitor Center but the Grand Canyon was awesome we went on a helicopter ride was about 300 us but well worth it lots of different hiking trails we only took a couple of short ones and one was to the tower don't miss the tower

A true wonder of the world. A great educational place.

Rude bus driver. Had a chip on his shoulder for hispanics

When the Grand Canyon is really full, this is a good place to buy your tickets and catch the shuttle up to the park. There are food, bathrooms, and other supplies here, too.

It's not much of an experience unless you pay for the movie they show.

Cool place, biggest hole in the world, Grand Canyon. Love it.

The scenery is simply majestic. Very little people due to the pendamic which is a little sliver lining. Would definitely return in the future!

Absolutely amazing. I'm biased though as I love Nat Geo. But the staff were very helpful, have us a lot of help without purchasing anything or even seeming like they expected a purchase. Definitely worth a stop.

Movie was exciting and very well done. Nice store with great stuff.

Great place. Let me park my tractor trailer there to go see the grand canyon

I stopped here because of the Pizza Hut Express. Didn't do any of the other stuff like the imax theater or the gift shop or any of the exhibits. Food was good I suppose albeit a little expensive. I was simply more interested in the Actual Grand Canyon and the remaining 1,000 of the motorcycle trip.

Lots of really interesting displays and information. Not to mention a wonderful view!

The IMAX movie about the history of Grand canyon was very good and informative. Don't miss it if you're here.

Interesting the Imax screen and with very good options the gift shop

Great place. Best place to start your Grand Canyon experience

Great food that is fresh and you leave feeling satisfied.

Food is terrible and very much overpriced, lines are ridiculously long, servers are extremely rude. Very crowded place.

Even though it's called Grand Canyon Visitors Center, it's really just a glorified gift shop and a Jeep tour sales place. It was very misleading.

Some good info, but not the visitors center where you can get your national park passport stamped. It's more of a gift/souvenir shop.

Cute little shop for Grand Canyon goods and souvenirs. We stopped there to catch the shuttle to the Grand Canyon. We were able to get our passes there and park for free. So much more convenient then driving to the park ourselves. We didn't see the Imax movie as webran out of time bit with coupons it would have been between $50-$60 for 5 people (3 adults, 2 kids) so I can't say whether it was worth it or not. Give shop is pricey for daily items. For example, a travel sizebof sunscreen was $6. Also had a pizza hut witha good family deal.

Fantastic IMAX film on the grand canyon. It was a great way to finish off a well spent day at the canyon.

Nice place right outside of park. It has Pizza Hut express. Not top of the line but work considering where it is. Pink Jeep tours are there and you can buy passes from there. It actually works better if you are planning to take shuttle to park.

What a prelude to entering Grand Canyon National Park. The IMAX movie is amazing.

This is a great spot to stop for souvenirs, and history on the Grand Canyon. The I-max presentation was informative, and entertaining. Well worth watching, either before or after seeing the canyon itself.

Great place to buy senior passes for National Parks.

We stopped by to use the restroom while we headed to the Grand canyon and then wanted to check out the gift shop while we were in there. There were a lot of items offered there, I felt most of them were way over priced in comparison to other places that had souvenirs. The staff wasn't overly friendly.

It s a typical National Parks Visitor Center, with clean restrooms, chock full of useful information, and a good place to restock and plan.

Imax theater is wheelchair accessible, but by accessible they mean the edge of the third aisle. We had to get a refund bc the view was so terabad.

On the bright side, staff at the visitor center is very friendly, and the manager is knowledgeable about photography.

Great views, unfortunately allot of the park was closed due to Covid & brush fires.

It has a lot of trinkets. It was a clean and a nice place to pick up souvenirs