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Mount Rushmore and Black Hills Tour with Two Meals and a Music Variety Show

Mount Rushmore and Black Hills Tour with Two Meals and a Music Variety Show

Overview

Mount Rushmore Tours is the longest operating local family owned and operated tour company in the Black Hills. Started in 1973 and still under the same owner, we are widely regarded as the local experts in the bus tours for Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills.

City: Rapid City

Wed 23 Oct

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Starting at $135.38

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Wed 23 Oct

Starting at $135.38

Make a reservation

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What's Included

This Tour package includes the Chuckwagon Supper and Show that evening.

Air-conditioned vehicle

Restroom on board

Includes the All You Can Eat cowboy breakfast in the morning.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

What To Expect

Fort Hays Old West Town and Dinner Show

The tour package starts at Fort Hays Chuckwagon where you get your all you can eat cowboy breakfast. Nothing better than home made cowboy pancakes, biscuits and gravy, sausage links with a hot cup of coffee to get the day started.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

The bus departs at 9am and heads for Mount Rushmore! You will have a little over an hour to look around at your own convenience and enjoy the sites and beauty that you came to South Dakota for. We stop here first because Mount Rushmore is at it's best in the morning sun. Gutzon Borglum carved this mountain facing east towards the morning sun and intended it to be viewed this way.

Iron Mountain Road

After leaving Mount Rushmore we will travel along the Iron Mountain Road. A beautiful 17 mile road of breath taking scenery featuring 3 one lane tunnels that perfectly frame Mount Rushmore.

Custer State Park Resort

We stop for lunch inside Custer State Park at the Game Lodge and previous summer White House for president Calvin Coolidge. Try the Buffalo Stew, it's the best you will ever find!

Needles Highway

After lunch we depart for the Needles Hwy. This 14 mile scenic drive is sure to leave you breathless and awe struck at amazing beauty of the Black Hills. Sit back and enjoy the ride and watch the crowd gather around when we drive the bus through the Needles Eye Tunnel. With only inches to spare on each side of the bus you can relish in the fact that you are not the one driving.

Sylvan Lake

Take a rest stop and coffee break at the beautiful Sylvan Lake. This is among the crown jewels of Custer State Park and the beauty within it.

Crazy Horse Memorial

We spend about an hour at Crazy Horse Memorial. You are on your own to spend this time enjoying this piece of history in the making. Upon completion it will be the largest mountain carving in the world! Truly a piece of awe inspiring history being worked on every day.

Fort Hays Old West Town and Dinner Show

The tour package ends back at Fort Hays to include the Chuckwagon Supper and Live Music Show. This chuckwagon meal is sure to leave you with a full belly. The show is a Branson style variety show to include music for all ages to enjoy. Rate the best family entertainment in the Black Hills.

Show 5 more stops

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (431)

5happycamper3

Nov 2019

Well. The bus trip was so good , thanks to an excellent driver/ guide, I would repeat the trip. Mount Rushmore I’d highly over rated. Crazy horse was an education. Like the museum was well set out and one could spend at least 2 hours there. It was however an eye opener on how this family is exploiting the project. I am a little surprised the native Americans are not boycotting the project. One should go just to realize this. Food: breakfast horrible ( could not cut the pancake with a knife!!). The supper was sloppy and tasteless. The lunch at the lodge was a money gouge. The evening entertainment was very very good I would recommend this tour other than the food

Response from Host

Dec 2019

Dear Reviewer, We are so happy to hear that you had an excellent driver for your tour. I'm starting to believe that can make all the difference when you're visiting SO many unforgettable places in one day. I'm so sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy the food and have passed on this information to the kitchen management. Reviews like yours are so fundamental to making Fort Hays Chuckwagon the best it can be and we sincerely appreciate the constructive criticism. Thank you for being so kind as to recommend our tour (and the evening show--which, for me personally--is just a one-of-a-kind, dance the night away, kind of experience) despite the distaste for the food. It's awesome that you'd be willing to overlook that and give us a recommendation regardless. Thank you again for your helpful advice and I sincerely hope we'll have the opportunity to host you again someday in the future. With warmest regards and well wishes from ALL of us here at Fort Hays Chuckwagon & Stage Coast West!

Roxann B

Oct 2019

The Buffalo Roundup,in October, in the park in South Dakota's Black Hills, is a black long furred frenzy wonderous live event to take in with all your senses. This year over 20,000 people came and watched as real cowboys hearded the buffalo or "tentonka" as the Santee Sioux American Indians would call them. The Momas, babies, young wild teenagers and small bulls are all gathered. As they group the animals together with horses, a few 4 wheelers and a few pickups. The tetonka run over the hill, into a large green valley, over a creek, over a green meadow and finally into a fenced pen to get their yearly physical exam by veterans, vaccinated for diseases and some are separated to control the size of the herd in the park. It is a beautiful sight to see the huge family of tetonka run free in the park as they were meant to run on God's green earth. Only real cowboys/girls with expertly trained horses compete for the privilege to do this honor. And the entire time this is all happening the real bulls of the park are left to graze as they are definitely not in the mood to be roused and herded as they are in rut. It is their job to be the bulls of the park and no one argues with their stomping hooves, large horns, massively strong thunder or loud snorts of frustration and repeated warnings of "GET LOST". The Rangers of the park gather the bulls with only the best and only when they are in the right mood. They are all highly respected animals in the park as they have helped the herd survive all the long cold winters with bitter winds over centuries. They shield the entire family of tetonka. Absolutely a beautiful family!

Response from Host

Dec 2019

Dear Roxann, What a beautiful review! Your description of the Buffalo Roundup was SPOT on and we appreciate you sharing this information with other reviewers who might be considering visiting the Black Hills themselves in the upcoming future. It is absolutely an unbelievable sight to behold and your words captured it perfectly. Thank you so much for the stellar review and warmest regards from all of us here at Fort Hays Chuckwagon & Stage Coast West!

ghblonde

Oct 2019

Our tour left from Fort Hayes and we took the tour ONLY, no meals included. Rory was our guide and we had a great time. He was informative and funny and to have someone else drive these roads gave us the opportunity to enjoy the sites. Lunch was at the State Game Lodge (self pay) and the food was very good. The bus is older, but it does fit thru the "needle", just barely...:) so can see why they still use these older buses. It is well worth letting someone else take the wheel so you can site see thru this beautiful park.

Response from Host

Dec 2019

Thanks for the review! Rory does a great job out there on the tour. I hope you had a wonderful time here in the Black Hills.