We had a brief stop at the Hoover Dam when we took the Grand Canyon tour the last time we were in Vegas. This time we decided to drive there on our own -- and we were glad we did. My hubby and I left the Encore Hotel around 10:00 AM and got to the Hoover Dam about 45 minutes... more

The work of engineering is amazing. It is so big and they are building a new bridge/road above it, I was impressed. You dont need to pay the tour, just park at the Arizona side for free and walk around, that is all you need. If you go further on the road towards Nevada you can stop and see the... more

They are building a new highway bridge to allow traffic to bypass the dam. The support arch for the road has been built and they are now working on the actual roadway. Roads approaching either side are almost complete. It is awesome to see the engineering work in progress and the HUGE pulleys and the workers so high in the... more

You will enjoy your trip to Hoover Dam much more if you rent a kayak or boat at the bottom of the dam and travel down the Colorado River - there really isn't much to see at the top of the dam. You would probably only spend 20 minutes walking around and that would be it. There are a ton... more

We took the full Hoover Dam Tour. We were with the Power Plant Tour to start. Then we broke off for the rest of our tour. My husband and I were the only ones on that part of the tour. We had 2 tour guides (Jeff was giving the tour & Chris was in training). You could tell that Jeff... more

First of all, they were fixing the road so we had to wait in traffic for a very long time. However, on arriving, parking was easy so we went straight to the tour. It was okay, nothing special. more

We visited Las Vegas and drove out to see the Hoover Dam, was well worth it! You can drive right along it, or park your car ($7 parking) and walk right up to view.... They have full tours as well, it's a must see! more

Hoover Dam is most certainly worth a stop! Here's some advice taken from other reviewers that we used: Arrive early! We arrived from LV around 9:30am and had no problem at all with traffic. We drove completely over the dam and parked on the Arizona side for free. We didn't take any of the tours, because we didn't want the... more

We did the power plant tour ($11), as the employee at the register didn't give the impression that the entire tour ($30) was worth the extra money. (They do give a military discount) This was pretty interesting, I am not sure young kids would enjoy this. This is an adult tour and would only probably be interesting to adults. Overall,... more