Big Bend National Park Lodging

I cannot think of a more beautiful place to stay than in one of the Big Bend National Park Hotels in Texas. I admit all national parks have their charm, but none are equal to Big Bend. The park has over 800,000 acres of open land to explore. We love to take advantage of the Big Bend bike rides but our favorite activity is to float on the Rio Grande. When you are on the river looking up at the awesome canyons, it is an inspiring site.

After being out in the wild, it seems that some pampering is required. That is why I always look first to the National Park Reservations website when searching for Big Bend National Park Lodging. The website never disappoints. The lodges have both a traditional look and are luxurious at the same time. When you are at some of the more thematic Big Bend National Park Lodging properties offered by National Park Reservations you will feel like you are back in the cowboy western times, but at the same time enjoy modern luxuries that will have you feeling like a prince or sheik.

When you book your lodging at one of the Big Bend National Park Hotels such as Lajitas Resort or the Gage Hotel, you can rest assured that you will receive the kind of luxury and hospitality that will make your stay as wonderful as possible.

Now just because I say that you'll feel like a prince or sheik does not mean that the prices are out of this world. You can spend as little or as much as you care to. That is where the National Park Reservations website comes in handy. It is easy to choose what you want when you can see up to date photographs of the area and the rooms at your leisure. You can certainly enjoy champagne tastes on a beer budget and enjoy a wonderful time in Texas at one of NPR's beautiful Big Bend National Park lodging options.

Before my family and I go we make sure to check out all of the Big Bend National Park hotels represented here at NPR first, in order to see what is new. It is super important to know the latest news of the area. The National Park Reservations website is great for doing just that.

Just thinking about it makes me want to call for reservations right now!

Big Bend National Park is a great destination park for a wide variety of outdoor activities from horseback riding, hiking, mountain biking to 4x4 tours and river rafting. Big Bend National Park is a frontier all its own with low light pollution, a high diversity of migratory birds and rugged mountains amidst flat stretches as far as the eye can see. Gaze into Mexico from the looming Chisos Mountains or jump in your high clearance vehicle for some rock crawling through the desert back roads.

Big Bend National Park is a hot spot for equestrian adventures. Trail rides are a relaxed yet exciting way to see the amazing sites of this diverse and geologically rich park. Schedule your ride for an hour, two hours or for all day. Your trail ride can coincide with sunrise or sunset for an even more incredible sight. A popular tour choice is to combine the sunset ride with dinner or the sunrise ride with breakfast in the field. Guests get a taste of Big Bend National Park's wild west atmosphere when they combine a cowboy cookout with a trail ride on a majestic horse.

The roads in Big Bend National Park frequently wash out and some are only appropriate for high clearance vehicles. This is when the fun begins; either driving your own high clearance vehicle, rent one from one of the many off-road outfitters in the area, or take a back road tour with a guided service. Revel in the adrenaline and excitement of traversing these sketchy roads from the comfort of your all terrain vehicle. Mountain biking or ATVs are other great uses of these extreme back roads that connect the far reaches of Big Bend National Park to each other. Tour guides can lead you by ATV, mountain bike or by all terrain vehicle. Still many other back roads of Big Bend National Park are improved and suitable for lower clearance vehicles, but check your park maps before you venture out in a lower clearance vehicle.

For Big Bend National Park visitors who want to really experience the wild west, then try out skeet shooting and cowboy action shoot outs. After you and your partner learn how to shoot a handful of different weapons, you can have a shoot out to see who is the fastest gun in the west. Horsemanship lessons, clinics, cattle drives and cow cutting are all authentic skills the visitor to Big Bend National Park can learn and experience. This is truly a unique opportunity like nothing you will find on your other national park vacations.

Some guests to Big Bend National Park desire resort-style services such as golf, spa and slower paced vehicle and birding tours. The luxury of slowing down is also catered to in Big Bend National Park. There are spa facilities with an extensive menu of lavish services and treatments. For golfers, there are two golf courses near Big Bend National Park, one of which is an 18 hole championship course along the Rio Grande.

Birding enthusiasts will be in heaven in Big Bend National Park. The park is in a unique geographic zone where the farthest reaches of bird migrations overlap to include birds from Alaska to South America and beyond. Easy going vehicle tours as well as self-guided driving tours are great opportunities to bring your binoculars and bird books and explore some of the bird habitat areas of Big Bend National Park.

One awe inspiring highlight of Big Bend National Park is the fantastic Rio Grande canyons and riparian areas teeming with wildlife and birds. A great idea for a day trip is to book a float down the mighty Rio Grande. Canoes, rafts and kayaks are all available but during different times of the year, some are recommended higher than others for getting the most out of your Rio Grande adventure. A Rio Grande float is a great way to get up close and personal with the Mexican side of the river and learn about the early history of the Big Bend National Park area.

Big Bend National Park is a little known outdoor paradise. There are scores of things to do and tours to take. The scenes are beautiful, unique and offer the visitor a full panorama of diverse ecosystems from the high Chisos Mountains, the arid expansive deserts and the abrupt Rio Grande canyons and riparian areas. Your Big Bend National Park vacation will be an experience that last a lifetime.