The paved roads in Big Bend National Park take many visitors to some very interesting places.  But tucked away, often accessible only by rough and rocky trails, are many other fascinating treasures that most travelers never get to see. 

     Join Lajitas Stables and the Big Bend Natural History Association to do what few visitors to the Big Bend National Park have the opportunity to participate in...a ride through history on the back of a gentle horse.  Enjoy the paths less traveled with your trusty mount, local guides and Archaeologist/Ranger Don Corrick. 

     Journey back in time and discover how early settlers, and the Native Americans who preceded them, survived and made their own ways of living in this remote and rugged land.  Mount up near the base of the Chisos Mountains and head west into the horizon following a dry creek bed to a series of rises where you will find a variety of native flora, including the “desert candle” (sotol), agarita and creosote.  Experience the northern-most part of the Chihuahuan Desert in its truest form.  From the highest point on the trail, you get an excellent view of the historical mining town of Terlingua.  Your lunch “reservations” are being held for your arrival at a grouping of abandoned stone corrals where you will be able to see an area rich with traces of ancient Indian camps.  You can still see where their meals were cooked deep in the fire-cracked rocks; and the spring that served as their water supply still flows today.  After lunch, you will ride to a point overlooking Apache Canyon. There the walls are lined with flint that seems as though it was painted with every shade of the perfect Big Bend sunset.  On your return trip, you will once again be greeted by the majestic Chisos Mountains rising toward the afternoon sky...the perfect end to a perfect day. 

     This one day seminar is the only opportunity that visitors have to do guided trail rides inside Big Bend National Park.  So seize this rare opportunity and join us!  It truly is an experience you will never forget. 

Reservations and Cancellation Policies:
Advanced reservations for any trip is strongly recommended, though not always required. A deposit in the amount of 50% of your total trip cost is required to hold your reservation. The deposit becomes non-refundable after 72 hours prior to your scheduled trip time and longer for Specialty and Multi-day trips.  Often your Stables will issue an open ended Credit Voucher for the deposit amount, in hopes that you will come and join us at one of our Stables in the future.