Badlands National Park Tours — Private Guided Sunset, Stargazing & Wildlife Experiences

Badlands Tour Company runs private, guided tours of Badlands National Park departing from Rapid City, South Dakota. Founded in 2018 and guiding from Rapid City since 2022, every tour is exclusive to your group, led by a local expert guide, and includes park admission, hotel pickup, snacks, water, and photos taken for you along the way.

We time every departure around the park’s best hours — golden hour for photography, dusk for wildlife, and full darkness for stargazing in what is now an International Dark Sky Park (certified July 17, 2026 — the first in South Dakota). More than 7,500 stars are visible here on a clear night.

Choose your experience below, or contact us and we’ll match the tour to your trip.

• Want the night sky? The Stargazing Tour is the flagship — sunset first, then 7,500+ stars. Best around the new moon.
• Photographer, or short on time after Mount Rushmore? The Sunset & Golden Hour Tour maximizes the park’s famous light.
• Traveling with kids or wildlife-focused? The Wildlife Tour is the full-day safari-style option — most animal sightings per hour of any tour we run.
• All three are private (your group only), depart from Rapid City with hotel pickup, and run year-round with seasonal timing.

• Local, not a franchise — operated by My XO Adventures, founded in 2018, guiding from Rapid City since 2022, 5.0★ across 600+ Google reviews
• Private tours only — never grouped with strangers
• Guides who know the park — CPR/AED certified, wildlife-biology background on staff
• Everything included — park admission, pickup, snacks, water, chairs, photos
• Dark Sky certified playground — we run the only private stargazing tours built around Badlands’ new International Dark Sky Park status