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Mount Rushmore Tours: Local Experts Since 1973
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Rapid City
Embark on a family-owned adventure with Mount Rushmore Tours, the experts in bus tours of Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills. Discover the beauty and history of this iconic landmark.
Embark on a family-owned adventure with Mount Rushmore Tours, the experts in bus tours of Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills. Discover the beauty and history of this iconic landmark.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Fort Hays Old West Town and Dinner Show - Arrive at Fort Hays Headquarters between 7:30-7:45 am to collect your paper tickets for breakfast, bus assignment, and reserved seats for the Chuckwagon Supper and Show. Enjoy an all-you-can-eat cowboy breakfast featuring homemade pancakes, biscuits and gravy, sausage links, and a hot cup of coffee to…
- Fort Hays Old West Town and Dinner Show - Arrive at Fort Hays Headquarters between 7:30-7:45 am to collect your paper tickets for breakfast, bus assignment, and reserved seats for the Chuckwagon Supper and Show. Enjoy an all-you-can-eat cowboy breakfast featuring homemade pancakes, biscuits and gravy, sausage links, and a hot cup of coffee to kickstart your day.
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial - The bus departs at 9 am, heading to Mount Rushmore! Spend over an hour exploring at your leisure and soaking in the sights and beauty of South Dakota. We visit here first as Mount Rushmore is most stunning in the morning sun. Gutzon Borglum designed this monument to face east, capturing the morning light.
- Iron Mountain Road - After Mount Rushmore, travel along Iron Mountain Road, a stunning 17-mile route with breathtaking views and three one-lane tunnels that perfectly frame Mount Rushmore.
- Custer State Park Resort - Enjoy lunch at the Game Lodge within Custer State Park, once the summer White House for President Calvin Coolidge. Don’t miss the Buffalo Stew, it’s the best you’ll ever taste!
- Needles Highway - Post-lunch, head to Needles Highway. This 14-mile scenic drive will leave you breathless with the Black Hills’ incredible beauty. Relax and enjoy as the bus navigates the Needles Eye Tunnel, with only inches to spare on each side.
- Sylvan Lake - Take a break at the stunning Sylvan Lake, one of the crown jewels of Custer State Park, and enjoy its natural beauty.
- Crazy Horse Memorial - Spend about an hour at the Crazy Horse Memorial, exploring this historical work in progress. Once completed, it will be the largest mountain carving in the world, a truly inspiring piece of history.
- Fort Hays Old West Town and Dinner Show - The tour concludes back at Fort Hays with the Chuckwagon Supper and Live Music Show. This meal will leave you satisfied, and the Branson-style variety show offers music for all ages, rated as the best family entertainment in the Black Hills.
What's Included
- Entrance fees
- Public transportation (bus, subway, cable car, etc.)
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- On-board restrooms
- Breakfast
- Dinner
- Entrance fees
- Public transportation (bus, subway, cable car, etc.)
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- On-board restrooms
- Breakfast
- Dinner
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Driver / Guide Gratuity
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
- Lunch
- Driver / Guide Gratuity
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
Additional Information
Embark on an unforgettable journey through the stunning landscapes and historic sites of Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills. This comprehensive tour provides an engaging experience, blending expert-led sightseeing with delectable meals and a lively variety music show. Explore the beauty, history, and excitement that Mount Rushmore and its nearby…
Embark on an unforgettable journey through the stunning landscapes and historic sites of Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills. This comprehensive tour provides an engaging experience, blending expert-led sightseeing with delectable meals and a lively variety music show. Explore the beauty, history, and excitement that Mount Rushmore and its nearby attractions present.
Mount Rushmore Tours is the longest-running local family-owned and operated tour company in the Black Hills. Established in 1973 and since 2023 under second-generation ownership, we are renowned as the local specialists in bus tours for Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills.
Location
Fort Hays Chuckwagon Supper & Show
Fort Hayes Drive
The tour starts at Fort Hays Chuckwagon with checkin from 7:45-8:00am. Checkin is 45 mins before the bus departure to give you enough time to explore Fort Hays. It is conveniently located on Hwy 16 just south of Rapid City on the road to Mount Rushmore. (Just 12 minutes from downtown Rapid City)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Onair726909
Sep 18, 2026
Mount Rushmore - Breakfast was just okay. But it gives you the real experience
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Cindy_p
Sep 18, 2026
Overall great experience - This was one of the top tours we took on our vacation. The driver shared tons of information about the environment of the woods including details of past fires and the attempts to create a healthy forest. Also great details about each of the stops, Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Sylvan lake, as well as where to go to get the best pictures. Unfortunately we did not encounter much wildlife, even in Custer State Park. We made some wonderful new friends and did enjoy the experience.
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Cynthia_h
Sep 16, 2026
Tour guide was very... - Tour guide was very knowledgeable and delivered interesting facts about each landmark that was included on the tour. It was a tour that included dining, sightseeing, and a wonderful musical show at the end! Very well planned and so much fun!
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Jeffery_r
Sep 16, 2026
Most enjoyable day! - Well worth the money. It touches and delivers to all five senses with joy and laughter. It’s an educational experience that I will never forget. So happy that I had the opportunity, I took it and they delivered. Don’t miss out!
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Barbara_c
Sep 15, 2026
An Educational Laughter-Filled Memory - It’s an amazing experience. More than we could have imagined. Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable…and funny! What a great time to be had!!
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Nancy_w
Sep 12, 2026
Awesome!!!!!! - I was great from the very beginning with the breafast. Throough all the amazing sites and then the dinner theater...Billy our bus driver...I can't say enough good about him. How he remembers all the history etc that he does is beyond me. He's driving ....never was I scared...well...maybe that last tunnell....but then I wasn't...lol lol It's amazing how he get's that bus through the places he does. My granddaughter and her fiance were heading up the day we were leaving. I called and told them to be sure to take this amazing trip and that it's well worth the money. The saying leave the driving to us is true. No way could we have driven and got to enjoy all the grand sites that we did. If anyone asks I will tell them to be sure to take this ....
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Anitakz9941mz
Sep 11, 2026
great tour and guide - Billy was our bus driver and guide. he was fabulous. we covered so many areas in one day. very well planned
the show at the dinner was very entertaining.
the dinner was moderate. 3 out of 5
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Cynthia_g
Sep 11, 2026
This was an excellent... - This was an excellent trip. Tour guide/bus driver, Billy, was informative as well as entertaining. The itinerary was great, saw everything we wanted to see, and enjoyed great meals and an excellent band.
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Gary_m
Sep 17, 2026
Offensive Buss driver. Used the bus braking systems to entertain the passengers. - What breakfast consists of.
And that the bus driver might make the experience less than wonderful.
Offensive comments and actions throughout the day.
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Chipmanman
Sep 15, 2026
Average experience for an average price. - This was an average experience. Breakfast was meh. The bus was clean. We got to see Rushmore, Custer State Park, Crazy Horse, and the Needles Highway. I found the tour guide to be ok, but not amazing. He had a tendency to focus jokes on the non-english speaking female guests and was also a bit sexist. He often asked "the ladies" questions. He had plenty of stories and dad jokes. I felt like one off color comment about the men bringing scalps back from the Crazy Horse Memorial really soured me on him even more. He mentioned being part native american, but I can't imagine any indigenous person making that joke. Additionally, he spent the last few minutes on the bus telling us why we should accept Jesus as our Savior. I'm a proud Christian, but that wasn't the time and place for that. Dinner was just meh (all canned stuff heated up) with great spice cake. The show was average honky tonk band.
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