This was an incredible tour of the Badlands led by Kare Bear, the best tour guide ever! She has a…read morewealth of knowledge, a great personality and kept us going with jokes and fun stories. She asked us where we wanted to go and what we wanted to see and we saw it all, from bears to deer to Prarie dogs to incredible views that allowed us to take great pictures, see movies at Visitor Centers and of course by souvenirs. As a group of 6 each one of us took a boatload of pictures of incredible images of rocks and animals and more. The tour itself was great, but Kare Bear made it a 10-star

Black Hills Above and Beyond is wonderful! You get some of the most incredibly beautiful scenery in…read morethe USA, along with the very best person in the USA--Kare Bear--to keep you entertained the whole time. There isn't a better experience anywhere for travelers!

Love this tour! Blake was very informative and we learned a lot about the history of Deadwood…read more Since Blake is from Deadwood I feel we learned alot. I would do this tour again. I also felt I could ask any question from Blake and he would have an answer.

Super casual yet very informative. Combined humor with real life experience and historical facts…read more Susan -narrator a native of Deadwood was amazing and Russ -driver did a great job as well. I'd definitely recommend the tour. Yes

Great tour of Casper State Park, Crazy Horse Monument and Mt Rushmore with Chris. Chris was very…read moreknowledgeable and responsive to what we wanted to see. Highly recommended!

Our guide John was fabulous and made the day one of the best tours I've ever been on. We only had…read more1 day to see all the sites in and around Rushmore. He was very knowledgeable and really had a passion for his tours. And the tour was just our family so we could personalize it to whatever we wanted to do. We went to Custer state park, crazy horse, Needle highway, iron mountain highway and Mount Rushmore. I can't imagine doing the day without this tour. He shared all the inside info with us too which left us with s slew of knowledge and great photos too! Definitely look into Geofuntours before you book on one of the big bus tours. I am certain you'll be happier with this one! (And it's like the same price too-what a deal)

We arrived and were greeted by Kamran at the front desk who was so incredibly nice and helpful…read more Kamran let us know that the hotel had just been remodeled and that the rooms were very nice and he was right. Our room was so clean and fresh and we were very pleased with everything.

Deb is a so-called go to person with tour bus guest. she is quite rude, unprofessional and…read moreevidently doesn't know the ADA laws. We were to have handicapped accessible room, didn't at 1st had to request it AGAIN when it was on the original reservation. BORING BREAKFAST. same junk everyday. No Raisin Bran. got sick of waffles for 3 days. No originality where's the eggs sausage gravy and biscuits Rooms are ok. outdated terribly. She just ruined my stay from then on out. she needs replaced. Will never stay here again.

Jan Vantassel is the best. I took all my Globus/ Cosmos tours to his tour…read more His personality and comentary make visiting Deadwood and the Black Hills survive and stay alive with the sensationalism and folklore that only Jan can.perform.

Dave was great and very informative! We enjoyed our time and learned more than we thought!read more

Breakfast was good! Bus ride was enjoyable. Music and dinner were great! Headset kept going in…read moreand out so was hard to understand what driver was saying at times. The owner gave a lot of history and shared information when talking with him.

We were looking for something different for dinner when visiting the Black Hills and found this…read moreplace last minute... It was so fun! The dinner was very tasty, hubby had the beef and I had the chicken, along with all the fixings.. this was like a blast of the past and is completely family friendly....after dinner came the entertainment, first the band is great! Wonderfully talented, and very entertaining.. I found myself singing along....

We would have to give two ratings for this tour, one for our tour guide Mike and one for the air…read moreconditioning on the bus. Our tour guide Mike was excellent and gave us a wonderful history and tour of Deadwood. We give him a 5. He is a very friendly, humorous, and knowledgeable tour guide. One of the reasons we selected Alkali Ike Tours was because they had the only air conditioned bus out of all the Deadwood tour groups in town. Unfortunately, we were in Deadwood on a very very hot day. It was 94 degrees and the air conditioning on his bus could not keep up with the heat. Because we couldn't open the windows, it made for a very hot uncomfortable ride during the tour. Thus, I give this tour a 4. I highly recommend Mike and this tour and I am sure the air conditioning will be repaired in the future.

This is the tour to take. Mike is the tour guide and owner of the business, and he made it the best…read moreexperience possible. He knows Deadwood history inside and out. Nice bus which takes you on a tour of the whole town plus goes inside Mt. Moriah cemetery. We came from Arkansas and did a ton of touristy things on our road trip and this was by far the biggest bang for your buck of anything to do in the Black Hills. I can't say enough about how great Mike made the experience. I'd take his tour again when we return one day just to catch up with someone who made me feel like an old friend.

As soon as we called Dave's on a Sunday afternoon we really like this guy because of his sheer…read moreenergy on his voicemail. Dave called us back within a few hours and we were hooked. We thoroughly enjoyed our day out with Duane our guide from Dave's World Tours made us feel like family from the moment we met him. He got to our campsite early and had a plan for the day but we could alter the plan anyway we wanted to, but our goal was to get a complete overview of the highlights of the area so that the rest of our trip we could focus on places we want to go back to and spend more time at. We also brought our bicycles with us and Duane made sure we knew how to catch the Mickelson bike trail, which is previously a railroad route. Since we are at Mount Rushmore & Custer, SD in the off season, we had many opportunities to pull over to walk thru tunnels and get great photo ops without a concern about parking or being a hazard. We highly recommend Dave's World Tours. We also found out they do airport shuttles and bike drop offs/pick ups. Our fee included our admission to all the parks we visited and we were dropped off at the "front door" of each monument. If we wanted to spend more time (usually an hour)or less we just texted Duane and he was there in less than 5 minutes. We cannot say enough good things about our day with Duane with Dave's World Tours!

Dave's World Tours is by far the best tour company I have ever used. Please consider them when…read moremaking plans to visit the area. Dave, the owner called a day prior to my scheduled tour day to make sure I knew exactly what would take place during my tour. Joe, my tour guide who I now consider a friend showed up on time and we hit it off immediately. He told me that it was MY tour and if there was anything I wanted to do along the way, all I had to do was ask. Joe, with a Law Enforcement and Park Ranger background helped make him the perfect tour guide. Being a long time resident he knows the area as well as anybody around. His knowledge of Mt. Rushmore and Custer State Park made the days events come to life. Doing a selfguided tour would have been so much less than what Joe made it. I can't thank him enough for making the day so special for me. When we stopped for lunch several people approached him to say hello. These were his friends. Joe is a mainstay in the community. His pride and enthusiam about the area shines through. If you can't tell by now, I highly recommend Dave's World Tours. You will not regret your time in their caring hands.

Fascinating highlight of Needles HIghway. If you're going through this Custer area, whether to…read morevisit Mt Rushmore, Custer SP, etc, it's an enthralling experience to traverse this fun tunnel (or funnel) once. Just make sure you're driving like a sedan/SUV to clear it, cuz boy it sure is narrow!

Had spent the morning in the southern area of Custer State Park, and the afternoon was going to be…read morethe Needles Highway, followed by Mount Rushmore. It was a little bit drizzly, but the sites were still amazing as we drove the ever winding path. The tunnels were pretty crazy, one in particular being extra narrow! We were in a big SUV, but we were following a big SUV, so I figured if the car in front of us made it, we would! This is a great drive to make if you're in the Rapid City area.

Maybe not worth $12 per person. Hike includes use of map. Trail is pleasant and easy although…read moremarkers are weathered and neglected. Many petrified logs readily visible. Good vistas of surrounding area. Before the hike we were shown a recently produced TV video which starts out with a science-based explanation of petrification. It then spends far more time on an alternative and self-described "better" explanation, ie the cause being the biblical flood of Noah's Ark six thousand years ago. The museum is old and has many interesting rocks, fossils, etc, with science-based descriptions and timelines. Probably a recent addition is a biblical flood based timeline. There is a wide assortment of attractive minerals, etc for sale at quite reasonable prices.

This is a "mom & pop" run business. I went as a walk in…read morevisitor just for the petrified forest. The way the place is structured so that, you visit the gift shop first and pay for the entry. All the products appropriately relate to the rocks. Then you enter a movie room for an 18 minute movie...but I skipped the movie. Next I visited the museum. It is obviously built by a very gifted hobbyist. It would take days to truly examine every rock. It is very well organized and made with the viewer in mind. Then you exit to the head of the trail. The trail begins with a set of steps going down. You are provided with a laminated map that shows where the trail goes in which direction. Due to my physical disabilities, I followed the trail backwards over a wooden bridge. I saw the last piece of large petrified wood, number 25, and traveled in up to number 20. There is a rock shop at the end of the trail. There are a lot of options to buy things but prices are actually reasonable. The owners are very trusting, helpful and upfront about everything.