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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)

jvwjtx

Aug 2019

great place to see history, the moument was awesome,the prices of food and drinks were not so good...thats the reason for 4 stars.

Carol S

Aug 2019

‘Twin Tourists” gave an extensive review that I agree with completely, except I thought the pancakes were very good also. This is supposed to be ‘country’. I grew up on a small farm in central Texas, and the pancakes we had were not I-Hop in those days. Our bus driver Rory was full of interesting facts and ‘g’ rated jokes, to make the whole experience a great day. He told us stories and facts and took us places that we would never have found on our own. Also, if you don’t have a National Parks pass, and have to pay for the entrances to all the places we went, it was really a bargain, in my opinion.

TwinTourists

Aug 2019

We really enjoyed this all day tour. We started out with their all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at 7:30 a.m. We only had two big pancakes and sausage and coffee. You could also get biscuits and gravy or biscuits and honey. You can have more if you wish. They were ok - not like IHOP - but decent. There was a great piano player playing Western and Americana songs to serenade us while we ate breakfast. We then loaded onto the bus and had an all day tour of the Black Hills. Our driver, Sheriff Ken, was very informative and entertaining. We starting out at the magnificent Mount Rushmore and spent an hour there before driving over the Peter Norbeck National Scenic Byway into Custer State Park to see some stunning views and vistas. We passed some beautiful scenery. We then made our way to the State Game Lodge, which was the presidential summer White House for former president Calvin Coolidge, for lunch, which is not included with the tour. You could either have table service for lunch or a buffet meal. We then proceeded to drive through Custer State Park onto Needles Highway to see some unusual and beautiful rock formations. Continuing on to beautiful Sylvan Lake just to stretch our legs before stopping at Crazy Horse Memorial. We spent about an hour there. Unfortunately, throughout the whole bus tour we never saw any buffalo or other animals. By 5:30, we returned back to the Fort Hays Old West Town. We had a chance to look around the Dances with Wolves Film Set before heading over for the Chuckwagon Buffet Supper and Music show. There is assigned seating at the long, long tables and benches. There is a very orderly way in which the diners go up to get their food. Dinner is served cowboy style in tin plates. As we stood in line, because of a thunder shower, the electricity went out. Luckily, the lights went back on a few minutes later. The choice for dinner was: sliced beef or baked chicken, a baked potato, baked beans, biscuits and honey, chunky applesauce, spice cake and lemonade or coffee and tea. Everything was very good. After dinner, the show started. There was a great band playing all kinds of Cowboy and Country Western songs. It was great fun and they were terrific. The show ends with a flag lowering from the ceiling while the band played “G-d Bless the USA” and “America the Beautiful”. I would highly recommend the Ft. Hays all day tour and dinner show. It was so much fun and we had a great time.