Grand Canyon Visitors Center

With significant offerings in visitor education and services, plus a brand new spectacular IMAX® presentation of the “Grand Canyon: Rivers of Time”, the Grand Canyon Visitor Center IMAX provides the premier orientation and information spot for tourists seeking a vivid and memorable Grand Canyon experience. The Grand Canyon IMAX® Theatre now features IMAX® with Laser technology – a next generation laser projection system and 12-channel sound system exclusive to IMAX® theatres.

Those entering the Visitor Center will find views, stories and secrets of the Grand Canyon that only , the world’s most respected resource for natural history, can provide. The Visitor Center includes convenient services such as Grand Canyon National Park Pass sales, information and tour reservations, free Canyon maps, store, photo galleries and satellite images, Arizona Office of Tourism, Explorer’s Café featuring Pizza Hut Express, and more.

At the heart of the Center is the 500-seat 6-story giant screen IMAX Theater, home to Grand Canyon: Rivers of Time.  Take a journey through time at one of the world’s greatest natural wonders. History, science, and mythology come alive through epic aerial IMAX photography complemented by spectacular, mesmerizing, super-high resolution time-lapse photography. The geological formation of the Canyon is showcased using stunning CGI animation, while the fascinating story of early civilizations, and their mysterious disappearance, is brought to life on the giant screen.