6 to 7 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
8 people
English
Visit Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse monuments on a small-group tour. Stop along the way to look for wild buffalo and take photos, enjoy a picnic lunch at Sylvan Lake, and visit Custer State Park where you can look out for wildlife like antelope, prairie dogs, and elk. This tour is ideal for visitors wanting to travel at their own pace and learn about some of the nation’s most famous monuments.
We travel through the iconic one-way tunnels and pigtail bridges . . . stopping for photo ops from inside the van.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Here we will spend an hour plus. Your guide will lead you through the monument, explaining the history and pointing out the best places to explore on your own.
Including:
Presidential Trail
Lincoln Borglum Museum
Sculptor’s Studio
Gift Shop
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
The Needles Highway is more than a 14-mile road—it’s a spectacular drive through pine and spruce forests, meadows surrounded by birch and aspen, and rugged granite mountains. The road’s name comes from the needlelike granite formations that seem to pierce the horizon along the highway.
The roadway was carefully planned by former South Dakota Governor Peter Norbeck, who marked the entire course on foot and by horseback. Construction was completed in 1922.
Short stops at Sylvan Lake and for viewing unique rock formation called the Needle’s Eye, so named for the opening created by wind, rain, freezing, and thawing.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Crazy Horse is not only the largest carving in the world it also has over 14,000 pieces of Native American art. You will first view the very important movie . . . it will help you understand what Crazy Horse is all about. Afterwards your guide will lead you through the building, sharing the history and important facts. “Dynamite and Dream”
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included