King Ranch Visitor Center, 2205 TX-141 W, Kingsville, TX 78363, United States
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King Ranch Visitor Center - Featured Reviews (93)
Ranch Hand Breakfast is an annual weekend event for the ranch and city in a festival mode. The breakfast is chuck wagon fare as billed and served out doors at the ranch. It is a very well attended event when it is not raining. We had more than a 90 minute que to achieve event free parking. It was worth the wait. Breakfast was served 7 ro 11 am. Plan for an early arrival. They do stop serving at 11 am.
The calf roping occurs earlier in the morning. We missed it. The car show and street fair in downtown Kingsville was good.
The excessive volume of the event stage was likely an OSHA violation. The noise of the car speakers at the adjacent car show exacerbated the need for hearing protection and regulation to safe levels at this event.
There is ranch rodeo on Sunday of the Ranch Saturday Breakfast. We hope to do that next year. We may arrive by RV on Friday of the event weekend next year for the entire festival.
This is the largest ranch in the US so we wanted to visit it. Ranch tours are offered so we booked online $20/adult, discounts for seniors, military, children. The tour starts at the visitor center where you can watch a video, then get on a small bus. Our tour guide, Janelle was awesome, told us interesting stories about Capt. King and family and the quarter horses, longhorns and San Gertrudis cattle which we drove by. We saw many wild animals, deer, roadrunners, havelina, caracara, turkeys. The only stop was a visit to the weaver’s cottage that had a cattle brand exhibit, loom, spinning wheel, all the other buildings: bunkhouse, barn, mansion we drove by making it a bit difficult to get photos. What makes this tour worth it is the tour guide. Don’t expect a working ranch tour but the history is interesting. Lasted 2hrs.
A comfortable tour of the King Ranch on a mini coach style bus. It was an excellent ranching and southern Texas history lesson as well.
We were on one of the naturalist tours at the ranch on a June morning, the naturalists were great! They pointed out a number of birds, alligators, rabbits, and a coyote. Since it was a hot day, even in the mornings, the animals were already seeking shady spots, so other times of the year may provide a greater number of animal sightings.
As someone mentioned in another review, if you're on a tour bus and not sitting on the left side or front seats, you won't see most of the pointed out birds or the alligators (the ponds and stream is on the left.) You won't see the Roadrunners in front of the bus at all. You probably will see the St. Gertrudis cattle and a few birds, though, and the incredible views across all the acreage of the ranch.
You aren't allowed to visit the King home but will be able to see a few peacocks, perhaps as you drive by. You can go to the gift shop, of course, and pick up a nice tee.
If you can go to the Cowboy BBQ - the food is fantastic, sooo good (tenderist brisket and tasty potato salad). It was catered by AAA Barbeque (I heard they'll be opening up their own restaurant, so check them out!) .
Great tour guide but worst tour ever. Difficult to take pictures from inside a crowded bus. We were not allowed outside the bus because of the possibility of being bitten by a rattlesnake. The view of the main house was anti-climactic. The bus drove by what looked like the back of the house, which meant that people on the opposite side of the bus couldn’t even take a quick picture of it. No stops to see inside a barn or bunkhouse. Primarily just stops to look at cattle of different breeds and a few horses in fields. Definitely not worth the money.
And don’t get me started about the visitor center. No photography allowed. The one person at the front stopped my wife and told her no photos. It’s the only interaction we had with the staff there. Interesting museum but to charge an entrance fee and not allow personal photos is ridiculous.
I absolutely loved the ranch! I would come back again and do the other tours also. I wish I had been able to see a real cowboy, but I was told it's was Saturday. Guess cowboys get the weekend off. Who knew. Lol. Beautiful cattle and horses, and graasy fields and buildings. The tour guide was full of interesting stories.
This place is amazing. This is the gold standard in ranching history. Hundreds of thousands of acres of cattle and equine stars. I have a mare from their bloodline (Peppy San Rio from Peppy San Badger) and it was nice to see her heritage. The ladies in the visitor center were very nice and friendly. Highly recommend taking the tour!
Janelle was our tour guide and delivered an excellent narration. I'm thankful to have had her. My tour was an hour later than ticketed because I did not hear my name called for the tour and she obviously didn't do a had count before leaving the Center. I had been at the Ranchhands breakfast earlier in the morning and really enjoyed it.
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This little place never fails. They call you by name and serve you like family. Breakfast, lunch or a snack will always be fresh here. If itâs not made like you like it they will remake it. The owners are very personable and sincere. *They have the
So sad the last few reviews were so anonymous. The management was recently replaced by the owners and it appears they are trying to disparage the new staff who they never met. I have lived here for two years and the new staff is a breath of fresh a
We were supposed to have a beach day, but our rental car broke. So we walked to Los Hermanos Flores Park to the splash pad so the kids could have a bit of fun.
What a great park! The kids enjoyed the splash pad emensely.
Stopped in spending the night for the Rattlesnake Roundup in Freer. Decided to see what Nuckyâs was all about.
Very cool place with live music and food. The waitresses were on point all on duty came around to your table like clockwork! Be sure to
This restaurant has some of the most flavorful fajita plates in town. Hands down best cheese enchiladas. Every time I try a different menu item, I'm never disappointed. I've had several friends say they weren't aware it was an actual restaurant, jus
Valley Girls have visited Kingsville several times first time to the store. Staff is down to earth friendly and helpful, and if needed they will model or assist you in buying the correct size
Very beautiful park with so many places to take beautiful pictures had a nice time canât wait to revisit when I get the chance want to take my bike out there and ride itâs just so peaceful
We were a large family after a funeral. Miguel took care of our table, the pork chop plate was juicy and well served. Staff was truly overwhelmed but they managed and they did a phenomenal job with the amount of family that showed up. Way over 50fami
Had everything I needed. I just wish they would go back to the regular. Check outs I don't like having to remember if I scanned the item or not then bagging it and then loading it. I like it when they do the work and not me. Maybe that way the