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Spotlight on South Dakota featuring Mount Rushmore & The Badlands

7 days
Start and end in Rapid City
4.6
5,771 traveler reviews
Spotlight on South Dakota featuring Mount Rushmore & The Badlands - Collette
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Tour Operator:
Collette
Max group size:
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Age range:
5 to 99
Operated in:
English
Tour id:
268385
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Highlights

  • Dine with a Native American storyteller
  • Explore Mount Rushmore by day and night
  • Tour the Badlands and visit Wall Drug
  • Experience Deadwood with a local guide
  • Go on a Buffalo Safari in Custer Park

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Rapid City, South Dakota - Tour Begins
  2. Day 2 Rapid City - Mt. Rushmore - Rapid City
  3. Day 3 Rapid City - Badlands - Wall - Rapid City
  4. Day 4 Rapid City - Deadwood - Rapid City
  5. Day 5 Rapid City - Custer - Crazy Horse - Rapid City
  6. Day 6 Rapid City - Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming - Rapid City
  7. Day 7 Rapid City - Tour Ends
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Where You'll Stay

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Operated by

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Number of tours

279

Age Range

5 to 99 years old

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Response rate

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  • Spotlight on South Dakota featuring Mount Rushmore & The Badlands reviewer 1
    · May 29th, 2024
    Excellent.prganization, very ptofessional and courteous.
    Collette commented on this review
    Thank you for submitting your feedback regarding your South Dakota featuring Rushmore & The Badlands tour. We are happy you enjoyed the tour. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Traveler Relations Team via email at... Show more
    Trip date: May 2024
  • JG
    · May 25th, 2024
    A tour is a nice way to see a lot of things in a short time. But it’s the tour guide that makes it a great tour. Amber Peterson was great. She was pleasant, kept us on schedule, and was a pleasure to be around. She gave us historical information, showed videos, and told us about the flora and fauna of the area. She really did her homework. She was the tour guide that made it a great tour. We hope to see her on a future tour. Amber gets an A+.
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    Collette commented on this review
    Thank you for submitting your feedback regarding your Spotlight on South Dakota's program. We are happy you enjoyed the services provided by your Collette tour manager. We hope to have the opportunity in welcoming you again on a future Collette tour!... Show more
    Trip date: May 2024
  • MO
    · May 24th, 2024
    Our tour manager Haydee was a real gem! Everything was well organized. Our coach was brand new and our driver was excellent. All our places we visited were spectacular and Haydee made it a point to make each stop a special visit.
    Collette commented on this review
    Thank you for submitting your feedback regarding your Spectacular Scandinavia program. We are happy you enjoyed the services provided by your Collette tour manager and driver. We hope to have the opportunity in welcoming you again on a future Collette... Show more
    Trip date: May 2024
  • MB
    · October 14th, 2023
    Could not have asked for a better time. Our Tour Guide Katie and Driver Joe were phenomenal . All aspects of our comfort were taken into account. The attention to detail is evident and appreciated
    Trip date: October 2023
  • Spotlight on South Dakota featuring Mount Rushmore & The Badlands reviewer 5
    · May 23rd, 2023
    This was an amazing experience. I love traveling with Collette. Our tour manager was incredible, funny and very knowledgeable on the area. Accommodations were top notch and better than I had expected. Can wait to go on my next adventure!
    Trip date: May 2023
  • Spotlight on South Dakota featuring Mount Rushmore & The Badlands reviewer 6
    · July 21st, 2022
    Great tour with Rushmore, Crazy Horse and Deadwood being favourites. Summer temps but not too hot. Stayed at one hotel and undertook daily trips. Leisurely with easy walks.
    Trip date: June 2022
  • LH
    · October 16th, 2021
    As a whole, tour was good. But with quite a bit of luck, we barely escaped being a disastrous one. When we were taken for the buffalo ???? watch, open air jeeps were found to be lacking in keeping the occupants safe. Most of the jeeps lacked protective measures ( like plastic sheets which were supposed to be brought down in case of blizzard were inoperable. Drivers of the jeep knew that before hand we believe. We were told that when we asked the driver to stop in the middle of the blizzard and bring down the protection plastic sheets ) it was a total miserable ???? experience.
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    Trip date: October 2021
  • Spotlight on South Dakota featuring Mount Rushmore & The Badlands reviewer 8
    · October 6th, 2021
    The tour itself was wonderful and our driver was the sweetest young woman. We all felt safe when we were with her! The tour manager Barbara was the worst kind of despicable human being I have ever met. She screamed at us and the driver and made us feel very uncomfortable. I will never waste my money on this company again
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    Trip date: October 2021
  • GK
    · July 7th, 2021
    Spotlight on South Dakota by Collette tours was a fantastic trip, 5 excellent day trips and entertaining dinner shows.
    Trip date: May 2021
  • JM
    · July 2nd, 2021
    The Tour Director, Program content, Bus Driver, Timing and Hotel were excellent The food was very good and the connecting tour contractors. There seem to be a disconnect on sending some kind of black valise and name cards as I didn't and others didn't receive them. As you know the plastic laminated name cards are very helpful in 6 days of remembering the people's name on the bus
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    Trip date: June 2021

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Spotlight on South Dakota featuring Mount Rushmore & The Badlands
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