We are making this part of our day trip out of Las Vegas. We also want to visit the Hoover dam after, so we will be driving ourselves to go at our own leisure. Parking, entrance, and all the fees seem confusing when reading online and I can't find a straight answer. We have to pay for parking, take a shuttle, then a separate entrance fee? We want to skip eagle point/skywalk and go straight to guano point for a quick hike and our own pictures. But some places say you have to get off the bus at eagle, then take another to guano? Also we will have to eat there and some places say meal ticket is required? I'm so confused on if this is a money grab that's not worth the drive (no, we will not drive to the south rim, we're not spending 10+ hours in the car on one of our limited vacation days).

Do you pay for entrance after you have parked or before? I'm not really too bothered about going, been before, but the family want to. Can I just stay in the car and not have to pay?