Top 10 Texas Guest Ranches: Mayan Dude Ranch

There’s a cowboy in all of us! High in Texas’ Hill Country, you can become part of the Western tradition at the Mayan Dude Ranch, producer of seven world champion rodeo cowboys!

Stay in rustic yet chic one-to three-bedroom western rock cottages, or luxurious lodge rooms with glorious views of Bandera and Hill Country. Start your day with a cool glass of orange juice and cowboy coffee brought to your room. The Cowboy Breakfast is the largest and best served on the trail. Then head off on a morning trail ride. The ranch’s cowboys will guide you through the hills or down to the Medina River. Trail rides are offered twice daily – once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Swim in the Texas-sized swimming pool – lunch is served here as well. Tube or fish along the Medina River. Tennis, basketball and volleyball courts are all found on-site. And at night, enjoy tons of brisket, ribs and tenderloin at the Riverside Gazebo’s BBQ as cowboy bands serenade you during your meal.

Bandera is cowboy-land and there’s no better place to hang with cowboys than at the Mayan Dude Ranch.

Things to Know

Address

350 Mayan Ranch Road, Bandera, TX 78003

Population

Bandera’s population is 1,216.

Fun facts

Bandera is the Spanish word for flag.