South Dakota holidays

South Dakota is known for the faces of Mount Rushmore. But, there’s more to the state than this geologically sized monument to American presidents. Delve into the culture of the indigenous people who still occupy this land with a visit to the Crazy Horse Monument and the Sioux Indian Museum in Rapid City. The Gold Rush city of Deadwood re-creates the Old West, while two national parks preserve the state’s ecosystems.

Our specialists have scoured this state and can create an itinerary built around your interests. They can suggest the best vantage points to capture the full grandeur of Teddy Roosevelt’s bushy moustache, rendered in stone, and share recommendations for good hiking trails through the sharp-edge hills of Badlands National Park.

You can look for elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep and mountain goats on a driving tour of Custer State Park. Go hunting for fossils amid the striped spires of the Badlands. Explore Deadwood’s streets with a guide who’ll help tease apart the legends from the realities in one of the Wild West’s most notorious towns. Or, admire herds of bison as they roam across the prairies that helped inspire Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie series.