Copper Mine Tour: Explore World's Largest Man-Made Hole

Explore the world’s largest copper mine from Salt Lake City. Discover rich history, stunning scenery, and massive machinery on this guided tour.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine - See the largest manmade hole on earth and richest copper mine in history
What's Included
  • Driver/guide
  • Entrance & Admission Fees
What's Not Included
  • Gratuity (15-20% customary): Like waiters, our guides rely on tips to make a living
Additional Information

Explore the world’s largest man-made hole! This open-pit copper mine, carved out of the Rocky Mountains over the past 110 years, reaches a depth of 1 mile and spans 3 miles in width. It’s the most lucrative mine in history, yielding copper, gold, and silver.
Enjoy the stunning mountain views as you watch the world’s biggest trucks and shovels extract…

Location
Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown
West South Temple Street
Tour bus parks curbside on the street in front of Radisson Downtown Hotel 10-15 minutes before tour to begin boarding. Wait outside main lobby doors at this time. PARKING available across the street (address of lot entrance: 40 John Stockton Drive). Arrive an additional 10 minutes early if parking
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Mary_m
Jul 21, 2025
It was a wonderful... - It was a wonderful experience to see the open mine in person. Our guide was excellent and provided facts about how the mine has evolved and how it works. Great experience!
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Daneil
Jul 3, 2024
AHmazing Copper Mine tour and more! - Ann was so personable, friendly and knowledgeable about the history of SLC and the Copper Mine! Wonderful tour and so much better to learn about what we are seeing enroute to/from the mine than driving on our own and learning nothing! Great tour!
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Malindapaez
Jun 3, 2024
Bingham Copper Mine tour - Our guide knew a lot of interesting facts about the mine. It was amazing to see the mine from up high. I really enjoyed this tour and highly recommend it if you’re in Salt Lake City.
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Z7490fkjohnb
Sep 2, 2023
HIGH RECOMMEND THIS TOUR !!! - Great tour guide very knowledgeable and interacted with the group all during the tour, excellent tour with beautiful breath taking scenery.
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H2htravel
Aug 15, 2023
great copper mine tour - who knew this would be such a fantastic experience. our guide Ann was great and had extensive knowledge of history
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John_m
Sep 14, 2025
Tour canceled because of mine "incident". Not the tour companies fault. - The tour company was very communicative with us, trying to get enough people in the group to have a tour. They did get a bus load ready to travel to the mine, but as we boarded, the mine called and canceled because they had an "incident" at the mine and didn't accept tours that day. So, there is no tour, but the company tried hard.
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Sherie
Aug 8, 2023
Sad - Our trip was canceled because of inclement weather. But the good thing was we were refunded. We were really looking forward to seeing the copper mine.
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Leeann_w
Oct 4, 2023
our trip was cancelled... - our trip was cancelled due to weather. However we were not aware of that until the driver pulled up to the gate and there was a sign that said "closed". It is unfortunate that the mine can't communicate to the travel company that they were closing. It wasted everyone's time. Our tour guide/driver was a delight and she was fabulous. I would more than likely try and go again if in that area again but was disappointed it was cancelled and the mine didn't give notice.
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Werok
Aug 19, 2023
Not worth the money - We found out that you can just drive to the copper mine and take the shuttle for $6.00 per person. The information provided during the ride there was predominantly available on site in the form of signs. Save yourself a hundred plus dollars per person and drive there. The mine itself is very cool but I would not recommend the guided tour at all!!!
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Katarzyna_k
Jun 11, 2024
Scandal - Scandalous. Tour operator changed pickup time with no informing us about this. It was impossible to call to tour operator, the while day …
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