Tucked into the heart of the USA, the ‘Mount Rushmore State’ offers untouched nature in abundance, vast stretches of fertile prairies and early pioneer towns.

Near the eastern border, Sioux Falls is the largest city in the region, and boasts its namesake waterfall. On the opposite side of the State, Rapid City is the gateway to the Black Hills, with mountains, caves, forests and lakes. Also in South Dakota’s southwest corner is its biggest tourist attraction by far, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, where the 18m- (60ft-) high heads of four US presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln) have been blasted and carved out of the mountain.

In the Black Hills, the Crazy Horse Memorial, a privately funded monument, is the world’s largest mountain sculpture in progress. The upper half of the 22-story-high horse's head is a memorial honoring the North American Indian, standing 171m- (563ft-) high and 195m- (641ft-) long.