This tour was worth the price paid; about $15. You have to climb about 20 steps to start this tour…read moreso be prepared. Our guide was great and gave very descriptive events of the times and the working ways of the ladies of the night! I liked learning how the industry started in Deadwood and the many other contributions the ladies provided to the community as a whole. I highly recommend visiting.

Worth visiting for the history and great visuals of where they stayed and what was in their rooms…read more There are a good amount of steps up to the main part when you enter. The fee for entry was minimal. It was neat seeing the curtains being moved from down below on Main Street, and being able to move them around once you are up inside. I felt it gave a good history of the profession and gave facts on the closing of the brothel. It felt eerie thinking about the horrors of trafficking and how that has become prevalent in modern times.

Love this tour! Blake was very informative and we learned a lot about the history of Deadwood…read more Since Blake is from Deadwood I feel we learned alot. I would do this tour again. I also felt I could ask any question from Blake and he would have an answer.

Super casual yet very informative. Combined humor with real life experience and historical facts…read more Susan -narrator a native of Deadwood was amazing and Russ -driver did a great job as well. I'd definitely recommend the tour. Yes

As advertised on the Deadwood Site this 'attraction' offers a glimpse ofthe Chinese tunnels and…read moreopium dens. Actually has remnants of the original boardwalk and almost 40 feet of original storefront. The real Flavor of this place though is the tour itself! I had an idea it was going to be CHEESY when the guy running the place would NOT even look me in the face when I asked about tour times and prices! It was only $5 a head(plus tax, kids free) but after going on the self-guided, tape recorded, way hokey tour that wound you around the basement of the saloon above, I could understand why the guy looked guilty about taking my money! If you really want to see the things advertised in the pamphlet you will, but be prepared for a good laugh otherwise. Go with your sense of humor! OH, I forgot! you get to pick a free rock in the middle of the tour!

This is the biggest SCAM in deadwood. I would have been proud of the displays from my 4th grade…read moredaughter for a school project, but to charge money and sell this as a historical destination is absurd. It is embarrassing to the Chinese culture that this place exists as a legit stop that is marketed in Deadwood. If the founders of this establishment genuinely cared about the history of Chinese workers in Deadwood, they would have spent much more time and resources putting together a display and piece of history worth visiting. I love Deadwood, but left embarrassed to have visited this SCAM.

Jan Vantassel is the best. I took all my Globus/ Cosmos tours to his tour…read more His personality and comentary make visiting Deadwood and the Black Hills survive and stay alive with the sensationalism and folklore that only Jan can.perform.

Very educational and entertaining. It's fun for the whole family. The bus doesn't look like much,…read morebut it is part of the experience

We would have to give two ratings for this tour, one for our tour guide Mike and one for the air…read moreconditioning on the bus. Our tour guide Mike was excellent and gave us a wonderful history and tour of Deadwood. We give him a 5. He is a very friendly, humorous, and knowledgeable tour guide. One of the reasons we selected Alkali Ike Tours was because they had the only air conditioned bus out of all the Deadwood tour groups in town. Unfortunately, we were in Deadwood on a very very hot day. It was 94 degrees and the air conditioning on his bus could not keep up with the heat. Because we couldn't open the windows, it made for a very hot uncomfortable ride during the tour. Thus, I give this tour a 4. I highly recommend Mike and this tour and I am sure the air conditioning will be repaired in the future.

This is the tour to take. Mike is the tour guide and owner of the business, and he made it the best…read moreexperience possible. He knows Deadwood history inside and out. Nice bus which takes you on a tour of the whole town plus goes inside Mt. Moriah cemetery. We came from Arkansas and did a ton of touristy things on our road trip and this was by far the biggest bang for your buck of anything to do in the Black Hills. I can't say enough about how great Mike made the experience. I'd take his tour again when we return one day just to catch up with someone who made me feel like an old friend.

I went on this tour while I was visiting Deadwood in SD. and I was so glad I did! Jeannine the…read moreowner personally takes you, she is so full of knowledge being that she has been the historian for Deadwood for 27 years and is the author of a book. it was like living in the history. We went through centennial valley, Dead wood, and lead through the Cemetery where Wild Bill Hicock, and Clamity Jane themselves are buried. And other amazing historical sights. Next time I go with my family I will definitely take them to her.

From the owner: I am a historian with 25 years experience in the Black Hills and an author of several publications…read more Deadwood is my home base. My tours are private and built around you

We were excited about this experience. The tour guide was an adequate storyteller but not…read moreparticularly engaging. The most disappointing part was that this guy walked way too fast! We've been on other walking tours and had no trouble keeping up the way we did this time. We were not the only participants who had this issue.

This tour is phenomenal! Kim has years of personal experience from working in archeological sites…read morein Deadwood. It is evident that a through amount of research was completed to provide historical context to each haunting. She does an excellent job of painting the picture, providing evidence (including pictures), and also providing first account examples. I have been on several ghost tours around the country and this is too notch. If you love history and learning more about lawless times, this is a tour for you. While Deadwood is one big tourist trap I recommend stopping just for this tour to get a good sense of the town followed by a bite to eat. We ate at Stampmill and stayed in the town next door, Lead. If nothing else - do this tour!

What a great flight with our pilot "Loval". We did the Monument Tour and was thrilled with the…read moresites. Everyone there was totally professional and nice. My husband and I highly recommend this company.

Very smooth ride. Our Pilots name was Lovel. She was very knowledgeable about the whole region and…read moreknew a lot of history. We thoroughly enjoyed the 30 min tour of Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse. Would recommend Lovel and Black Hill Helicopters to our friends and family!

Our first stop in Deadwood was the welcome Center and if you're headed here this is a great place…read moreto start. It's located in what looks like an old railroad building and has a huge parking lot for the area. They have historical information and interactive displays available inside with lots of information on the town and things to do. I appreciated that I was able to get the information that I needed via the kiosk and didn't have to speak to anyone in the center. There was plenty of parking and the bathrooms were very clean. After you get the information you're looking for inside, you can step outside and there's a pleasant path/trail system by the creek nearby. I stood there for a little while. Just enjoying the sounds of nature and looking through the information from the center before we headed out to explore Deadwood. Overall, this is a very nice and welcoming information center where you can get lots of ideas for things that you want to do before you head out onto main street as it can get a little overwhelming. I definitely recommend stopping here first on your visit, especially if you appreciate being able to explore things at your own pace before the bustle of this busy town fully hits.

Large parking lot outside and the inside has a water refill station and clean bathrooms. There's…read morelots of information that's also interactive and fun to visit

Wes was our tour guide and was great! He's local and we were hard pressed to come up with a…read morequestion he couldn't answer. Tour does make for a long day- pick up around 7am and dropped off around 6pm. Got to Mt Rushmore early before crowds got to large. No way we we have driven Needles highway ourselves so was worth it for that alone. Wes has truly scoped out the best spots that people may miss. In all saw Mt Rushmore, Needles Highway, Crazy Horse and had lunch here, Custer state park and saw Bison and prairie dogs, Bison Center, Sylvan lake and so much of the Black Hills. Highly recommend.

Bonnie McMillan was our tour guide. Not Gus lol! What a wonderful fun day my husband Joe and I had…read more I really loved all the extra history we got about Wild Bill Hikok in our way back to Deadwood. Bonnie is a pure ray of sunshine. I was still talking about her this morning. Truly a trip I will always treasure. So many beautiful animals and scenery. Thank you for showing us beautiful South Dakota Bonnie. Much love to you! XOXO -Joe and Julie Jenks June 15th Tour