We spent 3 weeks traveling around America and for us the best day we had was at Rancho Cortez. We experienced some much during our full day there-from riding horse to feeding the long horn cattle. Cowboy Larry and his team were just so helpful and friendly and made sure our experience on a ranch was one to remember. A... More

We had a truly wonderful experience. My family opted for the full-day visit and were not disappointed in our choice. We were welcomed by a very friendly ranch staff and a quiet, casual ranch setting which we got to explore during our stay. Cowboy Larry took our 2 young kids (ages 6 and 10) to the arena to get acquainted... More

We traveled from CT to visit TX and experience Cowboy country. We couldn't have been happier to have found Rancho Cortez and Cowboy Larry. What a wonderful day trip from San Antonio! Cowboy Larry and his crew were exactly what we were looking for in our visit to TX. He told us it would be a highlight of our vacation..better... More

LOVED LOVED LOVED IT!!! Absolutely beautiful, peaceful, friendly and FUN!! We got in on a Saturday evening, and as we drove up first thing we saw was all the "dude's" and "health fitness" people sitting around a beautiful campfire. There was this tall handsome cowboy walking around and roasting his guest marshmallows and telling great stories! Next A.M. got up... More

The whole or half day trips to this ranch are just as exciting as the overnight stays. I spent a half day on the ranch and rode in the beautiful hill country side and we came up close to horse size long horn cattle. They are a site to see if you've not seen a cow with horns 6 feet... More

I'm not an outdoorsy person and I'm certainly not a rider, but spending the day at Rancho Cortez was a blast! Larry is the owner and the man in charge! He trained all of his horses and they respond to his voice commands. This wasn't just a horse ride, he taught us HOW to ride. We also took a hay... More

We had a great trip this weekend. The cub scouts got to go on a horse back ride, practice roping, digging for fossils and a hay ride. They enjoyed the tree house and the food was very good and plentiful. Larry and his staff did a great job of creating a fun environment while also teaching our cub scouts about... More

We took a family vacation to Rancho Cortez and had more fun then anyone could have hoped for. There were 10 of us including 5 kids between the ages of 7-13. The kids had an absolute blast!! They were up at 7am to feed the horses and stayed outside playing, taking trail rides, hay rides, fossil finding, running, roping, and... More

Our family of 8 (2 parents, 3 grandparents, and 3 kids ages 4, 8, & 10) had a FABULOUS time at this dude ranch. We did the half-day trip over the whole day trip (the difference is 1 extra meal & 1 extra trail ride), and we packed in as much as possible. We got there too late to get... More