This tour option allows you to pick where you want to go. You may want to see the Devils Tower or spend a day going through the Caves of the Black Hill or even visit some of the ghost town from the gold rush days.

The Black Hills are unique in that we have five National Parks and Monuments in this area.

They include Wind Cave, Jewel Cave, Mount Rushmore, Devils Tower and the Badlands. Where else could you go and have a mixture like this within a 100 mile radius circle of Rapid City.

This is a “must see” event that occurs every evening from the middle of May through the 1st of October. You’ll hear the history of the four Presidents, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt and why they are immortalized in stone. You’ll se the lights gradually brighten as you listen to the haunting renditions of “God Bless America” and the National Anthem that will bring a tear of pride to your eyes.

$30/person

We can design you a multiple day package that allows you to pick how long you would like to tour the Black Hills and what you would like to see. Below are two examples of tours that where put together for our visitors in 2006.

These are examples of ways you can experience the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. They can be modified in content and/or number of days to fit your specific desires. You get to pick your own hotel and where and what you eat. Or if you prefer, we can give you ideas and any assistance you may need to select the accommodations best suited for you. This system is ideal for going through your personal travel agent for we take care of the days and you take care of the nights.

A minimum of two person are required for the indicated pricing.

FIVE DAYS TOURING THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK HILLS

Day 1 (1 hr – 15 miles)

• We pick you up at your point of arrival and transport you to your hotel of choice. You then have the rest of the day and evening to get settled in and relax after your trip.

Day 2 (9 hrs – 160 miles)

• Start about 8:30 AM and tour the Southern Hills starting at:
  
  
  1. Mount Rushmore the Monument to Freedom. Then on to
  2. Iron Mountain Road and its’ Pig Tail Bridges and tunnels. We then enter:
  3. Custer State Park and stop to feed the wild burros. Continue on to:
  4. Lunch at the Custer State Park Game Lodge, which was used by Presidents Coolidge and Eisenhower as their summer White House. After lunch we enter the:
  5. “Wild Life Loop” where the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope play (God be willing). Continuing on we drive the:
  6. Needles highway stopping at the “Eye of the Needle” and then on to:
  7. Lake Sylvan and the Lodge, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
  8. Then on to Crazy Horse Monument, which will some day be the largest sculpture ever created.
  9. We then return to the Hotel

Day 3 (9 hrs – 190 miles)

• Today we start about 8:30 AM and set our sights on the South Dakota Bad Lands.
  
  
  1. On the way to the Bad Lands we will drive through the South Dakota Air And Space Museum where over 30 aircraft are on display including the B1B Lancer, which is currently flying missions in Iraq.
     
     
  2. Then on to the Bad Lands of South Dakota (the original Bad Lands from history) where you will see the effect of 75,000.000 years on the topography of the area. Then lunch at Cedar Pass Lodge.
  3. Then we will proceed to Wall Drug, which went from a losing pharmacy business in 1936 to $50,000,000 a year today. All because of free ice water.
  4. We then return to the Hotel

Day 4 (9 hrs – 180 miles)

• Pick up about 08:30 and we proceed to historical Deadwood.

1. On the way we will stop at Bear Butt a very spiritual place to the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. We will go into the backcountry and see the historical cemetery where some of our cavalry and their families from the 1800 are buried.
2. Then it’s on to Deadwood where we start at Tatanka a center built by Kevin Costner to pay tribute to the Lakota Indian and the buffalo.
3. We then go into Deadwood where you will tour the town with Alklia Ike and see Mt Maria (Boot Hill) and much more.
4. You will be given some time to stroll around the town and lunch before proceeding to Lead and the open strip mine.
5. We then take a drive through Spearfish Canyon one of the ten most scenic drives in the US. We will stop and Roughlock falls and see the Indian encampment from Dancing with Wolves.
6. Then it’s back to the Hotel.
   

Day 5 (1 hr – 15 miles)

We will meet and have breakfast together at Tallys’, complements of the Knight Rider, before proceeding to your point of departure. After exchanging address and promises to write we will bid you farewell and wish you “as many successful landings as you have takeoffs”.

EIGHT DAYS TOURING THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK HILLS

Day 1 (1 hr – 15 miles)

1. We pick you up at your point of arrival and transport you to your hotel of choice. You then have the rest of the day and evening to get settled in and relax after your trip.
   

Day 2 (6 hrs – 120 miles)

1. You spend the morning on your own, getting acquainted with Rapid City and some of its’ sights for example the “Tour of the Presidents” and the Journey Museum.

2. We pick you up at your hotel about 5 pm and go to the Powder House Lodge for a Prime Rib Dinner (or whatever you may desire) complements of the Knight Rider.

3. From there we go to the Black Hills Playhouse where you will see a top Broadway Play (such as Chorus Line, Fiddler on the Roof or maybe Who Afraid of Virginia Wolf) performed by a summer stock company from Minneapolis or Chicago.

4. We then return you to hotel for a good nights sleep for tomorrow is a busy day.

Day 3 (12 hrs – 160 miles)

1. We start at about 10:00 and tour the Southern Hills which will include Iron Mountain Road and its’ Pig Tail Bridges, entry into Custer State Park stopping along the way to feed the wild burros. We continue on to Norbeck Visitors Center and then lunch at the Game Lodge where Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Dwight D. Eisenhower made their summer White House. After lunch we enter the “Wild Life Loop” where the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope play (God be willing). We will stop for a short brake at Blue Bell lodge then climb ( don’t worry we drive by car) to the top of Collidge Fire lookout where you can see five states. Continuing on we drive the Needles highway stopping at the “Eye of the Needle” and then on to Lake Sylvan and the Sylvan Lake Lodge where the designer was assisted by Frank Lloyd Wright. From Lake Sylvan we continue on to the Crazy Horse Memorial which when completed will be the largest sculpture ever created. We will continue on and have a light supper in Keystone at the foot of Mount Rushmore. After supper we will climb the mountain to Mount Rushmore where you will have time to see the attractions of the memorial before you settle in and view the Lighting of the Faces Ceremony and watch our military personnel both past and present lower our Flag for the day.

2. We then return you to your hotel.

Day 4 (9 hrs- 200 miles)

1. We will start about 8:30 and drive to the South Dakota Air and Space Museum where you can take a tour of Ellsworth AFB and go down into a Minute Man Missile Silo. Then on to the Bad Lands of South Dakota (the original Bad Lands talked about in history) where you will see the effect of 75,000,000 years time on the topography of the area. After lunch at the Cedar Pass Lodge, we will proceed to Wall Drug, which went from a losing pharmacy business in 1936 to a present day business with over a $50,000,000 gross per year because of free ice water.

2. After some homemade ice cream, compliments of the Knight Rider, we return to your hotel in Rapid City.

Day 5 ( 9 hrs – 220 miles)

1. We will pick up about 08:30 at your hotel and proceed on to Devils Tower. Along the way we will stop at Bear Butt a very spiritual place to the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. We will go into the backcountry and see the historical cemetery where some of our cavalry and their families from the 1800 are buried. After lunch in Sundance (yes it is where the “Sundance Kid” got his name) we will continue on to Devils Tower (the central location of the plot of the Speilberg move “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”) where we will spend the afternoon.

2. We will then return to your hotel for the evening.

Day 6 (6 hrs – 160 miles)

1. This is a day for you to relax and see the local area. About 3:30 PM we pick you up and we will go to Blue Bell Lodge for a real Chuck Wagon dinner with all the trimmings, compliments of the Knight Rider. You will proceed by covered wagon to the dinner site somewhere in the “Wild Life Loop” where we toured on day 3. There you will be served and entertained by a country and western band and have a generally good old western time.

2. We then return to your hotel.

Day 7 (8 hrs – 150 miles)

1. This is a day in the northern hills. We start at 08:30 when we pick you up at your hotel and proceed to Deadwood. Our first stop is at Tatanka, a center built by Kevin Costner to pay tribute to the Lakota Indian and the buffalo. We then go into Deadwood where you will tour the town with Alklia Ike and see Mt Maria (Boot Hill) and much more. You will be given some time to stroll around the town and then we proceed to Lead and the open pit strip mine. We then take a drive through Spearfish Canyon (one of the ten most scenic drives in the US) stopping at the Latch String Inn for lunch. We will stop at Roughlock falls and go up to the Indian encampment from Dancing with Wolves.
2. We then return to the hotel for the evening.

Day 8 (1 hr – 15 miles)

1. We will meet and have breakfast together at Tallys’, complements of the Knight Rider, before proceeding to your point of departure. After exchanging address and promises to write we will bid you farewell and wish you “as many successful landings as you have takeoffs”.

Contact Us :

To ask questions, make comments or RESERVATION just call 1-605-209-4935. We can pick you up at the air-port, the place you are staying, or anywhere else you may desire.

Knight-Riders' Black Hills Tours
5119 Autumn Place
Rapid City, SD 57702
(605) 209-4935