Customize a private King Ranch tour around your interests
4 hours
Private tour, King Ranch host/guide
Explore King Ranch on a customized private tour designed around what you want to learn and see. Your host guides you for up to 4 hours, with options like cattle and horse operations, farming, or feedlot and feed mill operations.
The Main House is not available for touring. Photography and video are not allowed inside structures, and commercial use of images is prohibited without written consent.
Full refund if you cancel more than 72 hours before the tour. No refunds for no-shows or cancellations within 72 hours. If King Ranch cancels for any reason, you receive a refund of any advance payments made to King Ranch.
Arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled start time to meet your guide.
Meet in the King Ranch Visitor Center parking lot if your tour starts outside store hours.
Yes, you can take photos and record video for personal use, but not inside structures. Commercial use of any images or video is prohibited without express written consent from King Ranch, Inc.
King Ranch Visitor Center, 2205 West Highway 141, Kingsville, Texas
The guides here are a genuine highlight. Knowledgeable, personable, and clearly passionate about the ranch's history, names like Doug, Janelle, and Gabe come up repeatedly in glowing terms. The 90-minute bus tour covers a surprising amount of ground, with chances to spot broodmares, foals, Santa Gertrudis cattle, longhorns, and local wildlife along the way. History enthusiasts in particular seem to get a lot out of it. A couple of things worth knowing before you go: you stay on the bus throughout, so getting photos can be tricky. The visitor center is on the smaller side, though it does have a solid gift shop selection. Buying tickets online in advance is recommended. Most visitors leave genuinely impressed, and several mentioned wanting to return for one of the specialty tours.
This is a really cool place to visit and do a history tour. Of course, some people may just see it as pastures and cows. But the southwestern landscape is beautiful.
Crash H
June 27, 2026
This is a really cool place to visit and do a history tour. Of course, some people may just see it as pastures and cows. But the southwestern landscape is beautiful.
Crash H
June 27, 2026
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