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By WalknTours

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Free cancellation available
Price is $12 per traveler* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travelers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • The Badlands Loop Road offers a unique journey through one of North America's most dramatic landscapes. This self-guided driving tour spans 31 miles of jagged ridges and rich history, narrated seamlessly via GPS. Key highlights include ancient fossil beds, sacred Lakota lands, and stunning overlooks like Panorama Point and Big Badlands Overlook. With no set schedule, you can explore at your own pace and discover hidden stories along the way.

    • 31-mile scenic drive with GPS-triggered narration
    • Explore the rich history of the Badlands and Lakota culture
    • Stop at iconic viewpoints and wildlife spotting areas
    • Flexible timing—spend 1 to 3 hours based on your stops

Activity location

  • Giant Prairie Dog Statue
    • 57567, Philip, South Dakota, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Wall Drug Store
    • 510 Main Street
    • 57790, Wall, South Dakota, United States

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Self Guided Badlands National Park Loop Road Audio Driving Tour in English

  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • Opening hours: Mon 12:00am-11:30pm
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
$11.99 x 1 Traveler$11.99
Total
Price is $11.99

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    GPS - Tour plays as you drive automatically so you know what's coming up and the story behind it
  • Inclusions
    Self Guided driving tour of the Badlands National Park Loop Road
  • Inclusions
    Go at your own pace, anytime, the tour never expires
  • Inclusions
    learn more. see more. Do more. Spend less time researching and reading.
  • Exclusions
    No human guide this is all on our driving tour app
  • Exclusions
    No Park Admission you need to pay at the park

Know before you book

    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Giant Prairie Dog Statue

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
A fun roadside photo stop featuring a giant concrete prairie dog and classic South Dakota roadside charm.

Wall Drug

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Start your Badlands adventure at one of America’s most famous roadside attractions. Known for free ice water, five-cent coffee, Western shops, souvenirs, restaurants, and quirky photo ops, Wall Drug has welcomed travelers since 1931.

Hay Butte Overlook

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
A quiet wilderness viewpoint overlooking remote Badlands terrain where bison, bighorn sheep, and prairie dogs roam through open grasslands and rugged formations.

Badlands Wilderness Overlook

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Look out across more than 64,000 acres of roadless backcountry once used as refuge by Lakota people and later as a military training area.

Roberts Prairie Dog Town

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Watch hundreds of black-tailed prairie dogs pop in and out of their burrows, chirp warnings, and interact in one of the park’s most entertaining wildlife stops.

Ancient Hunters Overlook

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Discover evidence of thousands of years of human history, including ancient hunting sites where people processed bison and other animals long before the park existed.

Yellow Mounds Overlook

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
See bright yellow and gold hills formed from ancient fossilized soil. These colorful layers reveal millions of years of climate change, erosion, and geological history.

Prairie Wind Overlook

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Step onto the boardwalk and experience one of the largest remaining stretches of native mixed-grass prairie in North America.

Bigfoot Pass Overlook

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Named for Chief Spotted Elk, also known as Big Foot, this overlook connects visitors to the tragic journey that led to Wounded Knee.

Toadstool Rock

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
See a mushroom-shaped rock formation created by differential erosion, where harder caprock protects softer mudstone below.

Big Badlands Overlook

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
One of the park’s most iconic views, featuring jagged formations, colorful layers, and postcard-perfect sunrise scenery.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
End your tour with a powerful look at Cold War history, nuclear missile technology, and the people who operated hidden launch sites beneath the prairie.

Location

Activity location

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    Giant Prairie Dog Statue
    • 57567, Philip, South Dakota, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Wall Drug Store
    • 510 Main Street
    • 57790, Wall, South Dakota, United States

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