Badlands National Park: Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

Unearth the long-buried past in Badlands National Park with this self-guided driving audio tour. Explore the alien landscape and learn about fossils, history, and more!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hay Butte Overlook - The overlook faces the Badlands and prairie meadows. It’s a wonderful place to see bison, pronghorn, and the park’s diverse scenery. From the Badlands Loop Road, a popular park route, the overlook is a short hike.
    Note: This 41+ mile-long tour covers the essentials of Badlands in 2-3 hours.
  • Badlands Wilderness Overlook -…
What's Included
  • Easy-to-use app: download Action’s Tour Guide App onto your phone
  • Great value: Purchase per car, not per person. More affordable than bus or guided tours!
  • Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey!
  • Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews!
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What's Not Included
  • Attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservations
Additional Information

Unearth the long-buried past in Badlands National Park, a place like no other! This strange, alien landscape of rocky peaks hides tens of millions of years of history. Learn all about it as you explore with this self-guided driving tour, which takes you along the Badlands Wall and shows you the best overlooks, hiking trails, and more. Along the way,…

Location
1101 Glenn St
Glenn Street
After booking the tour, search your email for the phrase "Set up your self-guided tour now." Follow these instructions NOW to finish setting up the tour while you have Wi-Fi/data. Do NOT wait until you are onsite.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(46 Ratings)
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Khris_c
Aug 20, 2024
West National Park tours - This audio tour helped us appreciate the Badlands beyond just the magnificent views. We enjoyed it so much, we downloaded the tour for our visit to Yellowstone.
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Ronrw8769ci
Aug 16, 2024
This was my first audio tour and it was excellent - I was extremely happy with the view. It was narrated clearly. The narration was very good information. There was some options with my tour about a bonus feature. The GPS prompts were right on target. Tour took me about three to three and a half hours. Even when I went off the path for my own interests, it took up where I rejoined. And I was able to listen to a spot that I missed. I was so impressed with the tour that I bought the entire package of 160+ tours.
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Keith
Jul 15, 2024
Badlands SD Driving Tour - Excellent narration with pertinent information throughout the tour. Could not imagine visiting this NP without it!!
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Rayew2014
Jul 14, 2024
Great audio guide! - Awesome way to tour the Badlands! Well worth the money. Gave some cool history and information that we didn’t know prior to our trip. It made our visit to the area better for sure.
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F2791sidoloresm
Jul 14, 2024
At your fingertips - Nothing beats getting a summary of what is before you at each major stop in the loop. We got a great intro to Badlands. Thanks!
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Culture18818853794
Jul 12, 2024
Great commentary for driving tour! - The tour provided good information and it was easy to use. It added great color commentary to our experience. We were able to use it at our own pace. And it was helpful for deciding which landmarks to stop at and which hikes to do. Highly recommend it!
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Woodmutt
Jul 9, 2024
Entertaining and Informative - Very well done. Entertaining and informative. Just enough to add color to the experience. A little corny at times, but that added to the charm.
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Allison
Jul 8, 2024
Easy and Useful - The tour provided good info and was easy to use. Worked great and was especially helpful in helping us decide which hikes to do.
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Jo_p
Aug 19, 2024
South Dakota Badlands - The audio cut out too often and was difficult to reconnect. Also, I think it would be important, when arriving at the Ben Reifel Visitor Center in the Badlands, to explain who Ben was. He was Lakota and grew up on the Rosebud Reservation. He was the first Plains Indian to serve in the US Congress. He was also a graduate of Harvard University. He was an impressive Native American and his background is highly worth noting in your audio tour.
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Nancy_r
Jul 9, 2024
Self tour - We got to the location to Star and put in to go and it took us in circles so we weren't real happy with that. We ended up doing it on our own.
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From $17 (Per Vehicle)
up to 4 guests
1 Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).