Maswik Lodge Reviews and Photos (Grand Canyon, Arizona)

Lodging In The Canyon

by dkm1981

Blackburn, England, United Kingdom

June 5, 2012

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Best of IgoUgo We stayed in Maswik Lodge as part of our road trip around America’s canyon area. The lodge is the cheapest of the five or so accommodation options within Grand Canyon National Park. It is located on the popular South Rim resort area and it just a ...Read more We stayed in Maswik Lodge as part of our road trip around America’s canyon area. The lodge is the cheapest of the five or so accommodation options within Grand Canyon National Park. It is located on the popular South Rim resort area and it just a quarter of a mile from the edge of the canyon. We only stayed for one night, but thought it was absolutely perfect for what we wanted even though it was the budget option.

When you get into the park, you pay a $25 entry fee for the car you are in and all the passengers. This is valid for seven days from entry. With the entry ticket, you get a little newspaper type thing that is a perfect guide to the park. It also contains a map which is pretty handy because Maswik Lodge isn’t the easiest thing to find! Even with the map and a few signs, we managed to take a wrong turn somewhere along the way. From the park gates it is only about a ten minute drive to the lodge.

The lodge is spread over a number of buildings. The first one you come to is the reception area, the other buildings are all accommodation blocks. The buildings are all quite pretty and in the interests of being at one with nature, they are all low rise buildings made from wood and painted green. The reception building is the largest because it contains a cafeteria and a couple of shops; one is a gift shop and the other is a mini mart type place. The reception area is lovely and bright and surprisingly modern considering the surroundings. The staff are all lovely and welcoming and very enthusiastic about the park and the lodge. They give you another little map which indicates where the accommodation buildings.

The accommodation buildings are all fairly close together and are each over two floors. We had a room on the second floor. To be honest it doesn’t matter which floor you are on it terms of views because you are completely surrounded by trees and can’t see anything anyway, but the second floors can only be accessed by stairs so they are no good for people who can’t manage stairs.

Our room was very nice. The rooms aren’t particularly luxurious but they are pretty big and perfectly comfortable. They all have two double beds and an en suite bathroom. There is the standard furniture in the room, including a small table and arm chair as well as the hugest TV I’ve ever seen. To be honest I couldn’t see the point of the TV because you have one of the most fantastic natural wonders in the world on your doorstep, but if you can’t abide being away from the goggle box, you’ll be delighted! There is also a little fridge which is quite handy. The bathroom is pretty standard and has everything you need plus a few extras such as complementary soaps and things as well as a hairdryer.

The rooms in general are kind of like what you would expect in a hostel, but a very good hostel. They are pretty basic and not particularly luxurious, but they were exactly what we wanted and, for the amount of time we actually spent in the room it was more than acceptable.

There is plenty of parking around the lodge. There is a huge car park right in front of the reception building and there are little cark parks outside all of the other buildings. Parking is free.

We paid $92, which is about £60, for one night in October. It is actually the same price all year round, but it obviously fills up a lot quicker during the busier summer months. It’s not the cheapest room in the world but the location alone makes it worth every penny. There are actually a lot of cheaper rooms outside of the park gates including many of the budget big name chains, so you can pay less. The convenience of this place though made it totally worth the extra money for us. Like I said before, it is only fifteen minutes from the rim, which is actually an extremely pleasant walk through the wooded areas. It can be a bit more of a challenge on the way back though as there is absolutely the bear minimum of lighting in the area to cut down on light pollution. This though is the absolutely best thing about staying within the park – after dark the sky is just beautiful.

Overall I would absolutely recommend the Maswik Lodge. It is cheap enough, comfortable and in a fantastic location for getting as much as possible out of even the shortest of stays in the canyon.

Website : http://www.grandcanyonlodges.com/grand-canyon-maswik-lodge-412.html
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by Donna Van Buren

Oakdale, California

April 16, 2010

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Our children gave us a pkg train trip to the Grand Canyon with our stay at the Mawik Lodge. We were very pleased with our stay. Everyone was very helpful and friendly. The rooms were spacious and very clean. Our room came with 2 queen beds and a ...Read more

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by vampirefan

Charlotte, North Carolina

April 10, 2010

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Best of IgoUgo After our amazing tour of the Grand Canyon, Pam and I check into our hotel room. We are staying at the Maswick Lodge which is located within the park. It offers a great place to stay while explore this natural wonder. Our room has 2 queen beds and ...Read more

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Convenient Location at Value Price

by MilwVon

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

March 26, 2009

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Best of IgoUgo Maswik Lodge is one of several options for those who wish to stay inside the Grand Canyon National Park. Located approximately a quarter mile from the south rim village area, we thoroughly enjoyed being this close in, and yet not right in the hub ...Read more Maswik Lodge is one of several options for those who wish to stay inside the Grand Canyon National Park. Located approximately a quarter mile from the south rim village area, we thoroughly enjoyed being this close in, and yet not right in the hub of the village activity.

Maswik Lodge (south) is comprised of a cluster of six two-story buildings with approximately 16 rooms each. We were in building two, unit 6616 which was a lower level, parking side room. It was pretty much your standard motel type room with the features you would expect. Our room had two queen beds, a sitting place with a small round table and two chairs and a decent television (although there was no cable - just the main network stations). The bathroom was adequate and stocked with a nice assortment of toiletries.

In the room there was also a small dorm sized refrigerator and a four cup coffee maker complete with all the stuff to get you going in the morning. I was especially impressed with the choice of Bigalow teas.

The Maswik Lodge area also offers guests a central building that is the location for registration. In that building there was a nice gift shop and a cafeteria style restaurant that was open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacking in between.

If you stay here, the lodge is on the GCNP shuttle bus system, the "Village Line" which connects all of the lodging locations, restaurants, the visitors' center and the connecting points to the two bus lines that go to viewing areas of the Grand Canyon only accessible via the shuttle buses. I must say that the bus system is a nice feature that allows visitors to the park to leave their cars and let someone else do the driving, making your visit less cluttered with cars and other motorized vehicles.

I booked our lodging at Maswik months ago via their online system. With a prepaid reservation our room for two was $95 including all taxes. Please be aware, this does not include admission to the park, which is $25 per car. You should also be prepared to pay higher fees "in season" and during holidays.

Other lodging options inside the park include two right on the rim (El Tovar and Bright Angel) and another off-rim lodge (Yavapai). Yavapai Lodge is priced consistent with Maswik Lodge and the two on the rim are significantly more (as you would expect).

The Grand Canyon National Park has contracted to an outside vendor to handle all in-park services including housing. Xanterra is the concessionaire at Grand Canyon and they seem to do a very good job. More information, including making on-line reservations can be found at: http://www.grandcanyonlodges.com/.

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From journal Wonderful Two Days at America's Top National Park

Maswik Lodge

by shammiyap

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

January 11, 2007

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Named for the Hopi kachina who guards the Grand Canyon, Maswik Lodge offers 16 blocks of 2-storey wood and stone buildings known as Maswik North and South.Maswik North rooms are more expensive than the ones in South. They have vaulted ceilings, ...Read more

From journal Ultimate Grand Canyon - Mamamia!

Maswik Lodge

by Hey, Jude

Atlanta, Georgia

September 30, 2000

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The Maswik Lodge provides good basic accommodations in a convenient location. Our room had two queen-sized beds, which was nice for spreading out. The lodge is within easy walking distance of the attractions on the rim, and it is convenient to the ...Read more

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