Fun for all ages
Your must see Fun Route 66 Tour begins from Williams AZ known as the gateway to the Grand Canyon and just one of many Route 66 towns bypassed by Interstate 40.
Imagine living in a town where business stopped almost overnight when the newly developed I-40 was completed and opened. The impact was tremendous. How did they survive?
The Disney Movie Cars tells the story. We will visit the real true life parts of Route 66 that inspired the making of this movie and of course meet Tow Mater for a photo.
Visit and take a tour of Grand Canyon Caverns: the largest of only 3 dry caverns in North America. Learn how it was discovered and maybe get a few photos with a dinosaur and prehistoric sloth. This is a must do but optional for those leery.
Learn about the Natives still living at the bottom of Grand Canyon accessible off Route 66. Learn about who and how the Make-A-Wish foundation was formed. And learn how these little towns survived this tragedy. Visit the historic Snow Cap for ice cream with time to see and shop for specialty 66 souvenirs.
See three generations of Route 66 along the way. The original Route 66 road, the second generation roadway that we are drive on today, and lastly the I-40 stretch that was built over much of the second generation.
And as a bonus you will hear only on this tour! the story of Grand Canyon’s aviation history and why the FAA was formed because of it.
Click the audio snippets to listen to samples of our tour commentary!
Williams, AZ
Your Rt 66 Fun Tour begins from Williams AZ. Williams is known as the gateway to the Grand Canyon and just one of many Rt 66 towns bypassed by Interstate 40. Williams has survived this bypass from tourism with people needing to exit I-40 there on their way to Grand Canyon.
Ash Fork
A few minutes down the road is Ash Fork. Ask Fork has also survived the bypass not from tourism but because they are sitting on the countries largest supply of Flagstone. 75% or more of the countries Flagstone has come from Ash Fork.
Seligman
Still further down the road is Seligman. A small, unincorporated town situated in the beautiful Upland Mountains of Northern Arizona, Seligman is known as the birthplace of the Historic Route 66. It was founded in 1886 at the junction of the railroad from Prescott to Santa Fe’s mainline.
What you might not know, is that the fictional town of the Disney movie Cars, Radiator Springs, is based in part on Seligman, a historic town that was the inspiration for scenes in the Disney movie Cars.
The movie’s story is also based on the recollections of Angel Delgadillo, a barber from Seligman and his brother Juan Delgadillo from the historic Snow Cap, all of which you will learn about on tour. Seligman was also named the “Birthplace of Historic Route 66” in 1987.
Thanks to the preservation efforts of Angel Delgadillo, the main founder of the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona, Arizona can claim the longest stretch of the original Route 66 in the United States
How about a visit to the historic Snow Cap!
Delgadillo’s Snow Cap Drive-In is a historic eatery and roadside attraction located along former Route 66 in Seligman, Arizona USA. The drive-in was built in 1953 by local resident Juan Delgadillo (1916–2004). Delgadillo was working on an extremely limited budget, so he built the restaurant mostly from scrap lumber obtained from the nearby Santa Fe Railway yard.
To bring attention to the restaurant, Delgadillo sliced the roof off of a 1936 Chevrolet hardtop, adorned the automobile with paint, horns and various automotive emblems and even an artificial Christmas tree in the rear of the car.
Still a bit further down 66!
Visit the Largest Dry Caverns in the U.S., located 21 stories underground!
The Grand Canyon Caverns were created over 65 million years ago, formed within the limestone that was once the bottom of an ancient inland sea that divided North America.
But who, when, and how were these caverns discovered ? We will tell you all about that too!
The 45 minute tour begins with an elevator ride that takes you 200 feet underground. Much of the air you will be breathing comes from Grand Canyon through underground tunnels. Handrails, paved walkways, stairs, and inclines make the 3/4 mile long tour suitable for all ages.
Along the way, we'll introduce you to Havasupai
The Havasupai are a Native American tribe that have lived in the Grand Canyon for over 1000 years. They are the only tribe that still lives deep within the canyon, and they consider themselves the canyon’s guardians. The name “Havasupai” means “people of the blue-green water,” which refers to the color of Havasu Falls and the surrounding pools and waterfalls.
Before leaving we will show you three generations of Route 66.
Our whole tour takes place on Route 66! We will see the original Route 66 road, the second generation roadway that we can drive on today, and lastly the I-40 stretch that was built over much of the second generation.