Custer’s Last Stand Tours
Be a part of history
Because the grounds of Custer’s Last Stand are one of the primary draws of visitors to Montana, the area around the site has become a tourist hub. One of the most popular tours is the Western Romance Company’s “Re-enactment-Boothill Trip,” which includes accommodation, meals and various events.
What does this kind of tour include?
For $225 per person, the Western Romance Company’s re-enactment includes the following:
- Overnight lodging for each day booked
- Bus expenses to re-enactment area
- Tickets for re-enactment
- Native activities at nearby Crow Agency and Hardin
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner for each day booked
- Covered wagon train ride
In addition to the $225 package, there are more expansive bookings are available, including:
- Three-day booking, $564
- Four-day booking, $797
What’s on the itinerary?
After an early meeting and breakfast served along the banks of the Little Bighorn, the party will embark on a wagon train ride along the famous waterway. Lunch is served upstream in BBQ fashion, not far from the re-enactment grounds.
Those with tickets - and you won’t want to miss out - can then take in the re-enactment of Custer’s failed attempt to attack the nearby Native camp. Afterward, visitors can take time to wander the Hardin Museum or kick back in front of a relaxing chuck wagon campfire. Lectures on the battle and the period surrounding it will keep participants entertained.
A steak dinner is then served, followed by night festivities including an Indian Powwow.
Some tours, like the Western Romance Company’s, feature alternative evening events, such as a Mad Hatter’s Ball.
For those who sign up for two-, three-, or four-day bookings, there are other events included. These include some of the following:
- Cowboy concerts, featuring western music, yodeling and auctions belted out by real gunslingers
- Native games and entertainment
- Indian rodeo
- Horseback riding
- Cowboy activities
- Three provided meals each day
Because the fourth day includes horseback riding, a train ride around the battlefield and a special cowboy concert goodbye performance, it can be purchased (or reserved) separately for $246 per person.
