There are also, of course, plenty of opportunities throughout South Dakota for groups looking to add a daytime outing to the meeting agenda, including the following tours.
Sioux Falls Food Tours, which is less than a year old, is getting rave reviews for its lively guided tours.
Owner Jenna Aukerman decided to build a business to highlight the increasingly popular Sioux Falls culinary scene, including a tour featuring popular downtown eateries and one exploring the city’s brewery scene.
Upcoming tour options include a wine, cheese and chocolate tour, as well as a morning stroll during which groups will stop by cafes and bakeries to start the day.
A must for groups that would like to stretch their legs in Rapid City is the City of Presidents tour, a free self-guided tour in downtown Rapid City.
Located on nearly every street corner, there are life-size bronze statues representing each past president of the U.S. Those can be integrated within clues for a scavenger hunt that’s available from Visit Rapid City.
Located just 30 minutes from Rapid City is the 71,000-acre Custer State Park, where scenic landscapes and wildlife ranging from bighorn sheep and cougars to coyotes and “begging” burros await groups during a guided tour.
Open-air Jeeps will take groups off-roading where herds of elk and deer thrive, as well as to lesser-known scenic spots. And since the park is also home to one of the nation’s largest free-roaming buffalo herds, groups may just encounter a “Buffalo Jam” during the tour.
In Deadwood, groups will want to experience the city’s Gold Rush roots via the Miner’s Morning Experiential Tour, which takes place in the Broken Boot Gold Mine.
When attendees step inside they step back in time and learn how difficult it was to make a fortune as a miner. This fact-filled, entertaining tour concludes with an opportunity to actually pan for gold.
While convening in Aberdeen, groups can visit the Dacotah Prairie Museum. On self-guided tours participants can see an exhibit of mounted animals from North America, Africa, the Arctic and India, as well as exhibits featuring stories of the area’s historic prairie life, works of local artists and more.
