Badlands National Park Tours & Trips

A Native American guide takes you along Badlands Loop Road through unique rock formations, sharing personal stories about heritage and culture along the way. You'll see Mount Rushmore, the still-being-carved Crazy Horse Memorial, and Wall Drug, a 1936 general store with a classic soda fountain that's become a legendary stop. An off-road Jeep safari through Custer State Park lets you search for buffalo and bighorn sheep in their natural habitat, with 6 nights at the Hyatt Place in Rapid City and 6 breakfasts plus 3 dinners included.

Pedal 44 miles through Badlands National Park where ancient rhinos and saber-toothed cats once roamed the same haunting buttes and pinnacles you'll see today. Stay at Red Rock River Resort, ranked among South Dakota's 5 best spa hotels, then check out the active Mammoth Hot Springs dig site with the world's largest mammoth remains and Wind Cave's rare boxwork formations.

A Native American chronicler shares Lakota and Sioux stories at the welcome dinner, then you'll see the bright colors and rock formations along Badlands Loop Road with a stop at the visitor center. Check out Wall Drug, a famous store unchanged since 1936, then visit Oglala Lakota Living History Village for firsthand tribal accounts. See Mount Rushmore during the day and again at the special nighttime lighting ceremony on this 7-day comfort tour with 6 nights at Hyatt Place in Rapid City.

You'll walk the trails through the 243,000-acre Badlands National Park with its sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles, then stop for lunch at the iconic Wall Drug. The trails wind through the mixed-grass prairie landscape. Later, browse native arts and crafts at Prairie Edge Trading Company in Rapid City. Stay 5 nights at K-Bar-S Lodge in Keystone, with ages 8+ welcome and peak bookings in July.

The tour takes you into Badlands National Park where you'll see layered rock formations and fossils dating back millions of years. You'll drive the Badlands Loop Road with stops at scenic overlooks like Pinnacles and Yellow Mounds, and there's time to walk some of the shorter trails. Lodging is in comfortable hotels close to the park, and you might spot bighorn sheep or bison during your visit.