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Saddle up for an adventure to America’s Old Wild West – the Black Hills of South Dakota. Rugged hills covered with pine forests, grasslands with herds of pronghorn and buffalo, desert canyons with dramatic rock formations, cowboy songs and Native American legends – this is the romance of the Old West that still lives on. A special feature will be a four night stay at the historic Custer State Park Game Lodge. 

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

  • Mount Rushmore

  • The Black Hills

  • Badlands National Park

  • Spearfish Canyon

  • Deadwood’s 1890s Main Street

  • Custer State Park Game Lodge

  • Wall Drug

  • Buffalo Jeep Safari

  • Crazy Horse Memorial

  • Sylvan Lake

  • Bluebell Canyon

  • Chuckwagon Dinner & Entertainment

  • The Mammoth Site

  • Wind Cave National Park

Day 1

Welcome to Rapid City, South Dakota! Arrive at the Holiday Inn, Rapid City for a 2-night stay. Dinner.

Day 2

Breakfast. Travel to Wall, SD, to visit Wall Drug Store, the world’s largest drug store opened in 1931 with free time for lunch & shopping. Visit the Ben Reifel Visitor Center at Badlands National Park. Scenic drive through the Badlands National Park where wind & water erosion have carved an eerie world of deep gorges, saw-edged spires and grassy topped buttes — creating a fabulous painted landscape. Dinner.

Day 3

Breakfast. Travel scenic Byway 14A to Spearfish Canyon where some scenes of the movie Dances With Wolves were filmed. Arrive in Deadwood SD with time for lunch and shopping. Enjoy an historic tour of Deadwood. Hear about the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, Custer’s expedition to the Black Hills, Jack McCall, Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Potato Creek Johnny. After a photo stop at Sylvan Lake, travel to Custer State Park. Arrive at the Custer State Park Game Lodge for a 4-night stay. This historic lodge served as a summer White House for Presidents Coolidge & Eisenhower. Dinner at the lodge.

Day 4

Breakfast. Buffalo Jeep Ride into the back country of Custer State Park to observe bison in their natural habitat. Keep your eyes open for bighorn sheep, mountain goats, antelope, deer, elk and turkey. Visit the Crazy Horse Memorial. Dinner at the lodge. Visit Mount Rushmore at night.

Day 5

Breakfast. Explore The Mammoth Site, a museum and paleontological site near Hot Springs, South Dakota. Visit Wind Cave National Park. Dinner.

Day 6

Breakfast. Visit Mount Rushmore. Old fashioned hayride to Mountain Meadow Blue Bell Canyon for Chuckwagon Dinner & musical entertainment.

Day 7

Breakfast. Tour ends.

DATES

2025 DEPARTURES

  • September 5 - 11

2026 Departures

  • September 4 - 10

PRICES

  • $3598 Double Occupancy per Person

  • $4398 Single Occupancy per Person

Prices & itinerary based on 2026 departure.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN TOUR PACKAGE?

  • 6 Nights Deluxe Hotel Accommodations

  • 12 Meals: 6 Breakfasts & 6 Dinners

  • Deluxe Motorcoach Transportation

  • All Attractions, Tours, Admissions

  • Luggage Handling Throughout Tour

  • All Tips & Taxes

  • Premier Local Guides

  • American Classic Tour Director

    *Travel Insurance may be added to your Tour Package at the time of your reservation.

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ACTIVITY LEVEL:

Expect up to 45 minutes of required walking or standing at a time on some tour days. This tour may involve navigating flights of stairs and uneven surfaces such as cobblestones, gravel trails, or rough pavement. On average this tour features required walking totaling approximately 1-2 miles per day.

TOUR PACING:

This tour features full days with frequent visits to attractions, along with designated periods of free time. Multi-night hotel stays provide for a more moderately paced itinerary. Due to longer tour length, this itinerary involves more extensive travel.

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