Is it possible to cover "Village route" & "Kaibab trail route" in 2.5 hrs with a shuttle bus in Grand Canyon?

Don't waste your valuable time on the Village Loop at all The S.Kaibab Loop may not be a bad idea Here's another idea Take a cab out to Pima Point on W.Rim Drive then walk the 5.1 miles along the Rim Trail to the warmth and comfort of Hermits Rest and then either hitchhike or take a cab back to your tour group You can shorten that distance by a mile if you get dropped off at the Abyss parking area Stay warm ,hydrated and fed You will need to scroll down to the bottom of this in order to find the Rim Trail mileage breakdowns http://www.grand.canyon.national-park.com/hike.htm

My advice would be to take one of the tours and use the remaining time to walk around the hotels and museums, etc. Buy/bring a light snack (or lunch) and walk along the Rim Trail and enjoy the scenery. Find a spot, park your butt and have that snack and just enjoy the views and the sounds. The more you try to cram in that small window of time, the less you will actually really see. It is possible to get on both buses on the routes you mentioned and "see" the routes in the time allotted (according to the park the trips are 60 and 30 mins respectively) but once you exit the bus and look around you can kiss the time good bye. You'll want to linger and photograph and look and listen. Hiring a cab is out of the question. And what most people do is probably what you want to do, cram everything into a tiny window of time. That's why more than a handful of people who visit the Grand Canyon find it to be a "big hole in the ground". Go and see a little less but see it much better! Have a great trip!