Custer Bison Safari Jeep Tour Experience

Black Hills Open-Top-Tours is the only tour company offering Jeep Bison Safari Tours to "all" of Custer State Park. Not a ​short buffalo only tour ​like the others... our Safari Tours are 6 hours long to all major park attractions.
This tour goes to Mt. Coolidge Lookout (6,020 ft), Iron Mountain Road (pigtail bridges/one-way tunnels), Needles Highway (Eye of Needle Tunnel), Sylvan Lake (short walk), Stockade Lakes (picnic) & Custer State Park Wildlife Loop (bison, burros and much more).

Tour includes: fees, bottled water, snacks. You may bring your own food and beverage.

Our modified Jeeps are comfortable and safe Safari vehicles. They seat from minimum of 2 guests to a maximum of 14 (for Group Tours). They offer great elevated views and photo ops without needing to exit the Jeep. They offer rear heat for cool mornings & cool water misters for summer.

And like all of our tours, they offer South Dakota's famous Sunshine & Fresh Air . . . 'Nature's Original Sanitizer'.

Meeting Point

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, 505 N 5th St, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA

Holiday Inn Downtown - Convention Center Parking Lot

519 1st St

519 1st St, Keystone, SD 57751, USA

Keystone Senior Center

What's included:

• Driver/guide
• Fees

What to expect:

Duration: 6 hours

Iron Mountain Road

Custer, South Dakota

On our way to Custer Park we drive along Iron Mtn Road. This is an iconic road that many visitors miss. We drive through unique one way granite tunnels, over the famous pigtail bridges and are afforded excellent views of Mt Rushmore and the Black Hills.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Custer State Park

13329 US Highway 16A, , Custer, 57730-8351, South Dakota

Stops at State Game Lodge (Summer White House of President Coolidge). Then drive open-top along Wildlife Loop and view 15,000 head of buffalo (we stop next to them, you stand and look down at these huge beasts) + deer, antelope and other wildlife.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Custer State Park Visitor Center

US Hwy 16A and Wildlife Loop Road, Custer, South Dakota

We make stop at the new Bison Center (information about the bison/buffalo and history of the Park).

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Mount Coolidge

South Dakota

Fantastic views from Forest Service Lookout Tower.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Stockade Lake

Custer, South Dakota

We stop here for a tranquil picnic lunch at midday. This is the largest lake in the region and provides a quiet peaceful setting.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Sylvan Lake

Custer, 57730, South Dakota

Short break at this amazing alpine lake.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

South Dakota 87

57730, South Dakota

Slow drive through this famous mountain trail. Amazing granite formations and breathtaking open-top mountain views.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included