Twin Elm Guest Ranch and the Hill Country Equestrian lodge specialize in youth riding and training. The Hill Country Equestrian Lodge offers an interactive educational riding training. It features riding camps for kids as well as many other outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, tubing and spa services. This is a great camp for those looking to improve their riding skills. Located not from Hill Country Equestrian, the Twin Elm Guest Ranch features riding trails, swimming and a more relaxing environment. Both are oriented toward families and youth.
Twin Elm Guest RanchTwin Elm Guest Ranch
810 FM 470
Bandera, TX 78003
Ranch: 830-796-3628
888-567-3049
twinelmranch.net
Hill Country Equestrian Lodge
1580 Hay Holler Road
Bandera, TX 78003-420
830-796-7950
hillcountryequestlodge.com
The Hart & Hind Ranch offers guests healthy meals and long hikes to help vacationers get in shape. They don't like it when you call it a spa but there are massages and other spalike activities to help heal heart and body. The ranch does allow people to bring their own wine, but the emphasis at the ranch is to get in better shape.
Hart & Hind
Buffalo Creek Road
Rio Frio, TX 78879
866-868-1264
830-232-5025
hartandhind.com
Working ranches, such as Dixie Dude Ranch, have Texas Long horn steer, pigs and cashmere goats. They offer the opportunity to get out and experience the west like cowboys of yesteryear. Groups leave on overnight stays via horseback to ride out into the hills on a camping expedition. It includes setting up camp and dinner by an open fire on the range.
Dixie Dude Ranch
833 Dixie Dude Ranch Road
Bandera, TX 78003
830-796-4481
Some ranches specialize in hunting activities. The Joshua Creek Ranch, for example, offers wing shooting. Partridge, chukar and pheasant abound on this 1,200 acre ranch. The ranch is also stocked with 10-inch-plus rainbow trout. And after a day of hunting and fishing, guests can practice their shooting on a 10-station sporting clay range.
Joshua Creek Ranch
132 Cravey Road
Boerne, TX 78016
830-537-5090
