Badlands Premium Van Tour - Public
Our professional guides provide you a memorable tour to the one of a kind Badlands National Park. You learn the history of the Badlands, the local Native Americans and western homesteaders.
We tour in a standard Ford Transit full-size van with comfortable seats, huge windows cold AC . . . making many stops for restrooms andphoto ops. We tour the Ben Riefel Museum. We also visit Wall Drug Store and a tour of the Minuteman Missile Center - Delta 6 Silo (Not Open Mon/Tues).
New - Tour now includes a picnic lunch (Subs/Stuff)
And we also offer this tour in our wheelchair accessible Mercedes Sprinter Van . . . single wheelchair and 5 executive leather seats. Large side and front windows for great viewing. The handicap lift allows everyone to share in the roadsides stops and boardwalk trails.
Options
Badlands - Public Tour
Pickup included
What's included in Badlands Premium Van Tour - Public
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Delta-09 Missile Silo
From 1963 until the early 1990s, the missile silo at Delta-09 contained a fully operational Minuteman Missile, bearing a 1.2 megaton nuclear warhead. The Delta-09 missile silo was one of 150 spread across western South Dakota. In total there were 1,000 Minuteman missiles deployed from the 1960's into the early 1990's. Visitors can now tour the site daily. The launch facility consists of a silo 12 feet in diameter and 80 feet deep made of reinforced concrete with a steel-plate liner. The door to the silo has been welded and fitted with a glass roof, and an unarmed missile placed inside. For safety reasons, tours are not conducted underground. In addition to the missile and silo, visitors will see support structures such as antennas and motion sensors.
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
Short stop at location of 1950'-60's Nuclear Missile Site. Small museum provides exhibits of the 'Duck and Cover' days. During the Cold War, a vast arsenal of nuclear missiles were placed in the Great Plains. Hidden in plain sight, for thirty years 1,000 missiles were kept on constant alert; hundreds remain today. The Minuteman Missile remains an iconic weapon in the American nuclear arsenal. It holds the power to destroy civilization, but is meant as a nuclear deterrent to maintain peace and prevent war. *No Tours on Sundays, Mondays & Tuesdays (Closed)
Badlands National Park
Badlands Loop Road (SD 240) is a spectacular way to see the North Unit of Badlands National Park. This two-lane paved road is wide and safe and does include viewing wildlife along the Loop Road. We drive carefully, stopping to use overlooks and pull-outs. There are over a dozen spectacular overlooks and trailheads, we stop at the best ones to explore and take photos.
Inclusions
- Local guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Picnic lunch - subs and fixings (you may bring your own lunch & beverage).
- Bottled water
- National Park fees
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Snacks
- Gratuities
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.
Meeting / End Points
- Near lobby front door.
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended • If you will not be arriving at your destination within the specified reconfirmation period, please reconfirm with the local service provider prior to travel, or upon arrival at your destination. Please note that departure times and locations may vary slightly. Minimum drinking age is 21 years
