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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)

Giselle1106

Aug 2013

Let's be clear: the area the tour bus takes you to is unbelievably gorgeous. The Black Hills, Custer State Park, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse. Just remember that once you are on the tour you are stuck. If you don't happen to subscribe to the notion that "we gave the Indians all that land and they just wouldn't keep the peace", or "it's a good thing that all the buffalos were slaughtered because without that food source the Indians finally stayed where they belonged, on the reservation", if you don't like history presented as if we still lived in the year 1890 then you are not going to like the narration. But maybe you do think that Noah's Ark is a good explanation for the geology of the Black Hills. Or you even might enjoy rants against the federal government. In that case listen to 6 hours of rapid-fire, auctioneer-type, non-stop comments by the bus driver. The one star rating is for the over-all experience provided by the company who managed to totally spoil what should have been an unforgettable experience.

len128

Nov 2012

We took this tour with Stagecoach West Tours and it made our short stay in Rapid City complete and perfect! The day started off with a Western style cookout breakfast and ended with a good Chuckwagon style dinner. In between the bus took us to Mount Rushmore, Needles Highway, etc. where we had plenty of time to see it all and shop for souvenirs. The name of the tour is FORT HAYS CHUCKWAGON TOUR. If you are fortunate to have bus driver named Matt I guarantee you will have a day you will remember!

Susiemama

Oct 2012

We had limited time in the Rapid City area and after reading the reviews on Tripadvisor, I made reservations for this tour. We had evening plans so skipped the dinner and show. We had a wonderful day in every way. Lucky enough to have Matt Pates as our driver and guide, we learned countless interesting things about the history of the area and the sites we stopped to visit. Matt is articulate, well-read and hilarious and there was many a laugh throughout the nine hour tour. He's also an excellent driver and navigated the hairpin turns and narrow tunnels with skill. At one point, there is an incredibly narrow tunnel through which to pass and Matt has us in stitches as he made his way to the other side. I know I am not speaking just for my husband and me when I say we all had so much fun! We saw Mount Rushmore, Needles Highway, the Crazy Horse memorial, stopped for a delicious lunch and had several roadside pull-overs to learn about and enjoy the beauty of Custer State Park. There was never a feeling of being rushed. We highly recommend Mount Rushmore Tours to anyone interested in a fun and informative day in the Black Hills of South Dakota.