America's Greatest Treasures with Rapid City Start

Go west for adventure on this affordable vacation through South Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah. Follow in the footsteps of frontier legends such as Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok, and Buffalo Bill Cody while exploring some of the American West's most celebrated landscapes and historic landmarks. Travel through South Dakota’s Black Hills to visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial, where the granite faces of four U.S. presidents are carved into the mountainside. Also visit Crazy Horse Memorial, an ongoing mountain carving honoring the Lakota leader, and learn more about Native American history and culture at the Indian Museum of North America. Continue to Cody, Wyoming, the frontier town founded by Buffalo Bill in 1896, before exploring Yellowstone National Park, the world's first national park. Watch Old Faithful erupt, see colorful geothermal features, and keep an eye out for bison, elk, moose, bears, and other wildlife. Travel through Grand Teton National Park, where jagged mountain peaks rise above glacier-fed lakes, and spend time in the western town of Jackson, with the opportunity to join an optional scenic float trip on the Snake River. From historic frontier towns and legendary landmarks to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, this affordable vacation showcases the history, wildlife, and unforgettable landscapes of the American West.