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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

Tue 24 Dec

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Starting at $135.38

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Tue 24 Dec

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)

TravelBug984032

Sep 2014

We cannot say enough GOOD, about our tour yesterday with Mount Rushmore Tours. We went on the 9-hour tour -- picked up at out hotel in Rapid City about 8:00 am and taken out to Fort Hays, the film set for Dances With Wolves. We got to check out the little "town", make a tin pan, watch a rope maker and a knife maker. We were fed a pancake breakfast and then boarded the bus with our driver and commentator Matt, to our first stop at Mount Rushmore. We spent about an hour there, then it was a drive over Iron Mountain road on our way to Custer State Park and lunch at the State Game Lodge -- the summer residence and temporary office of two past presidents. Lunch is not included in the price of the tour, but what a fantastic meal !! They had a wonderful buffet that featured bison meat and a lot of other very tasty food. After lunch we toured on to view the Cathedral Spires, the Needles Highway, Sylvan Lake and at the end of the day, Crazy Horse. Wow-- some of the tunnels were REALLY tight to squeeze that big bus through, but Matt did it -- we had quite the audience watching us, and they were all sure that we were stuck in that last tunnel, but Matt way playing it for all it was worth -- he had us all laughing hard. It was such a hoot !! The pigtail bridges were pretty cool too. We were back at Fort Hays by 6:00, in time for a supper of BBQ roast beef or chicken and a show with some fine country music and some laughs. This is by far the best tour we have ever taken, and Matt was very conscientious, accommodating, knowledgeable and entertaining. We were given plenty of opportunities to stop and look around and for shopping in the gift shops. We even got to feed some chipmunks right from our hand - really cool. We saw wildlife, some awesome scenery, and everything -- from the history, to the geology, to interesting stories was very well explained. We highly recommend this tour package. We had thought about driving it ourselves, but we would have never seen as much we did on the tour, nor would we have learned so much about the area. It was a very good deal as well -- our tour was $99 for the entire day (excluding lunch). Had we gone by ourselves, it would have cost us $50 for parking fees and fees into Custer State Park alone. Be sure to take it in if you're in the Rapid City area -- you won't regret it.

chitown73

Sep 2014

We almost didn't take the tour because we usually like to decide where and how long we will visit sites. Thankfully we decided to take the 9 hour Mount Rushmore Tour which included the Black Hills, Custer State Park, Crazy Horse, Mount Rushmore and Sylvan Lake (for lunch). Our tour guide/driver, Dan, was awesome! We drove thru tunnels, hair pin curves, over pig tail bridges and some real white knuckle roads. There is no way I could have enjoyed this doing the driving myself. In addition, the tour knows the best routes and the information Dan gave us during the drive was really great. The lunch stop was at a restaurant with really good food. We had plenty of time to explore each site and did not feel rushed at all. This is the way to go if you are a first time visiter in the Black Hills area. Very well done!

Wlhvjh

Sep 2014

This trip has been on my "bucket list" for years. My husband & I had so much fun. We not only saw Mt Rushmore, the beauty of the Black Hills, Custer's NationL Park, & Crazy Horse Memorial, but we had an excellent driver. Dan was courteous, knowledgeable, & very entertaining. The passengers on the full bus were also fun to be with. We had a great time at Hill City & the Chuck wagon Dinner Theatre. The breakfast & dinner were good & the band kept us clapping our hands & stomping our feet. I highly recommend this tour.