ACTIVITIES and ATTRACTIONS

Bed and breakfast guests staying in our lodges have loads of choices.

ON THE RANCH – LONGHORNS AND MORE

Canyon Lake Ranch is the center of your Guadalupe River / Canyon Lake experience.  Hand feed our Longhorns, chosen for beautiful coats and long, curly horns.  Call them and they will come to eat “cookies” from your hands across the fence. 

Hike, stargaze, bird watch, play horseshoes or just relax in the hot tub.  Books, magazines, cards and games are provided in each vacation home as is satellite television and a VCR. 

Starview Lodge guests can also swim in their own private pool or shoot baskets at the half court located past the pool

DOWN THE ROAD A BIT

Nearby are the quaint hill country towns of Gruene, New Braunfels, Wimberley, Blanco and San Marcos.  They all offer great antiquing, shopping restaurants and vacation activities including kayaking, boating, tubing and fishing. Horseback riding, moonlight dinners or day trips on Canyon Lake and fly fishing adventures can be arranged.  Many of our guests love Schlitterbahn and Natural Bridge Caverns.

OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TRIPS TO:

• Aquarena Springs - Glass bottom boats

• The National Wildflower Center

• 200 factory outlet stores

• The weeping icon in Blanco’s monastery

• San Marcos, at the junction of two major north-south flyways is a nationally known birding Mecca

• Fredericksburg, shopping and sightseeing (Nimitz Museum)

• The Devil’s Backbone

• The Capitol in Austin Texas

• Paddle boating at Landa Park in Gruene

SHOPPING

Shopping is incredible with the Hill Country towns of Wimberley, Gruene and Blanco within a 15 or 20-minute drive from  Canyon Lake Ranch . Antiques, stained glass, original clothing, handmade furniture and original Texas art are only a few of the possibilities. Another popular destination is the outlet malls at both New Braunfels and San Marcos.

EVENTS and PARTIES

Weddings at Canyon Lake Ranch are a tradition. Choose to be married under the 200-year-old family oak, on a scenic Austin stone rock outcropping with a view of the hills or more formally, at the swimming pool fountain. The dance court works equally well for outdoor tables and for the Texas Two-Step.  Bring your own liquor and food, hire a caterer or ask for assistance.  You choose.

REUNIONS, RETREATS, and CONFERENCES

Lodging for family reunions and small corporate retreats are also a natural at the Canyon Lake Ranch Bed and Breakfast Lodges. The two separate lodges sleep a total of 14 guests.  20 guests is about the maximum  for Canyon Lake Ranch.