It was OK. The senior citizen rate was $10 per person, so not a bad deal. The tour lasted about…read more30 minutes. Our guide took us along the underground walkway which had once been a gold mine. He was pretty knowledgeable and told us quite a bit about mines and how this one in particular operated back in the day. Nothing to write home about, but it's a good way to send some time and learn a little more about what life was like way back when in Deadwood.

Omg this tour was awesome!! Shea was so informative and we learned so many things and saw so many…read morethings. It was awesome seeing the different elements and the treacherous conditions the early minors had. This is a must see when in town.

This tour was worth the price paid; about $15. You have to climb about 20 steps to start this tour…read moreso be prepared. Our guide was great and gave very descriptive events of the times and the working ways of the ladies of the night! I liked learning how the industry started in Deadwood and the many other contributions the ladies provided to the community as a whole. I highly recommend visiting.

Worth visiting for the history and great visuals of where they stayed and what was in their rooms…read more There are a good amount of steps up to the main part when you enter. The fee for entry was minimal. It was neat seeing the curtains being moved from down below on Main Street, and being able to move them around once you are up inside. I felt it gave a good history of the profession and gave facts on the closing of the brothel. It felt eerie thinking about the horrors of trafficking and how that has become prevalent in modern times.

Marty was an excellent guide for my husband during our recent trip to SD. He went out of his way to…read moretour the local honey holes & share a bit about the region. Marty's fees are extremely affordable & he provided what was needed for the walking guided experience. Thank you!

I am a beginner fly fisher - Marty, the owner, was an excellent guide and trainer. Prices are very…read morereasonable and he carried everything I needed to begin my new hobby. What a beautiful way to explore the back country of the Black Hills!

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!

Longest and Last homestead gold mine in Lead, South Dakota (near Deadwood)…read more Everyone should check this gigantic hole out for themselves. The history is interesting, except for the fact that wealthy entrepreneurs exploited the common folks during the 1929 depression and bought their gold claims/homestead for less than market value. The museum was informative and had incredible exhibits but lacked a feature movie to chronically narrate its evolution.

This was not in my itinerary to go here. It was recommended by our friends who are residence of…read moreDeadwood. For sure make a quick stop here in Lead if you're on your way to Deadwood. Pretty cool to learn and see the mine from above ground. It was active until 1998. There are tours available.

As advertised on the Deadwood Site this 'attraction' offers a glimpse ofthe Chinese tunnels and…read moreopium dens. Actually has remnants of the original boardwalk and almost 40 feet of original storefront. The real Flavor of this place though is the tour itself! I had an idea it was going to be CHEESY when the guy running the place would NOT even look me in the face when I asked about tour times and prices! It was only $5 a head(plus tax, kids free) but after going on the self-guided, tape recorded, way hokey tour that wound you around the basement of the saloon above, I could understand why the guy looked guilty about taking my money! If you really want to see the things advertised in the pamphlet you will, but be prepared for a good laugh otherwise. Go with your sense of humor! OH, I forgot! you get to pick a free rock in the middle of the tour!

This is the biggest SCAM in deadwood. I would have been proud of the displays from my 4th grade…read moredaughter for a school project, but to charge money and sell this as a historical destination is absurd. It is embarrassing to the Chinese culture that this place exists as a legit stop that is marketed in Deadwood. If the founders of this establishment genuinely cared about the history of Chinese workers in Deadwood, they would have spent much more time and resources putting together a display and piece of history worth visiting. I love Deadwood, but left embarrassed to have visited this SCAM.

We were excited about this experience. The tour guide was an adequate storyteller but not…read moreparticularly engaging. The most disappointing part was that this guy walked way too fast! We've been on other walking tours and had no trouble keeping up the way we did this time. We were not the only participants who had this issue.

This tour is phenomenal! Kim has years of personal experience from working in archeological sites…read morein Deadwood. It is evident that a through amount of research was completed to provide historical context to each haunting. She does an excellent job of painting the picture, providing evidence (including pictures), and also providing first account examples. I have been on several ghost tours around the country and this is too notch. If you love history and learning more about lawless times, this is a tour for you. While Deadwood is one big tourist trap I recommend stopping just for this tour to get a good sense of the town followed by a bite to eat. We ate at Stampmill and stayed in the town next door, Lead. If nothing else - do this tour!

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.

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.

Very educational and entertaining. It's fun for the whole family. The bus doesn't look like much,…read morebut it is part of the experience

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