Mt. Rushmore, BlackHills, and Badlands by Lenzner

Day 1

Arrive in Rapid City, meet your Tour Director check into your hotel for a 6 night stay. Enjoy a welcome dinner with your traveling companions.

Day 2

Mount Rushmore - Crazy Horse Memorial
This morning visit Mt. Rushmore featuring awesome sculptures of Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln. Each face is 60 feet high and is carved into the rugged granite mountainside with intricate perfection. Continue onto Crazy Horse Memorial, still in progress. View the giant mountainside sculpture of the famous Indian Chief astride his pony. The afternoon visit Custer State Park famous as a wildlife preserve featuring a herd a 1,500 free roaming buffalo. Experience a thrilling jeep safari in search of some of the herd. Enjoy dinner at the famouse State Game Lodge, built in 1920 and listed on the national register of historic places with past guests including Presidents Coolidge and Eisenhower.

Day 3

Devil's Tower - Deadwood
Today we journey west into Wyoming to visit Devil's Tower National Monument to view the 867 foot monolith. Return east into South Dakota to visit historic Deadwood. Meet you local guide and explore the 1976 rough and tumble gold camp & gambling town where Wild West legends were made like Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Seth Bullock. The entire city is a national historic landmark and features an incredibly preserved Main Street. Later drive through beautiful Spearfish Canyon, a scenic drive in the Black Hills.

Day 4

The Mammoth Site - The Journey Museum
This morning travel to the Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, the musuem has the greatest concentration of mammoth remains in the world. As of 2016, the remains of 61 mammoths including 58 North American Columbiam and 3 woolly mammoths have been recovered. Mammoth bones were found in 1974, and a museum and building enclosing the site were established. Next visit one of Rapid City's newest attractions, the city owned $12 million The Journey Musuem which traces the geology of the Black Hills and tells the story of people who inhabited these lands. The Journey features four museums including the Sioux Indian Museum. Enjoy the remainder of the day at your own pace.

Day 5

Badlands National Park - Fort Hays
Today visit and drive through Badlands National Park, located between the White and Cheyenne Rivers. The area contains spectacular examples of weathing, erosian, fantastic ridges, cliffs and canyons of variegated color. Later explore the unusual and well known Wall Drug Store, famous for its "Free Ice Water". This afternoon visit Fort Hyes Danes with Wolves Moview Set to see somoe of the original buildings used in the Oscar winning film. Later at the same location enjoy a fun filled Chuckwagon Supper & Cowboy Show.

Day 6

1880 Train - Mt. Rushmore at Night
This morning enjoy a short drive to Hill City to explore Main Street and board the 1880 Train for a rail journey through history & scenery. The 1880 Train is an authentic narrow gauge railroad dating back to the Black Hills Gold Rush. Tonight's special Farewell Dinner is at the K-Bar S Lodge nestled in the beautiful Black Hills just ourtside Keystone. Following dinner experience Mt. Rushmore at Night to see this American trasure illumited in a whole new light.

Day 7

Rapid City - Flight home
Today depart from Rapid City filled with wonderful memories of your Black Hills, Badlands and Mt. Rushmore tour.

B=Breakfast, D=Dinner