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Nature Tours
Over 25 years of Nature Tours!
Come experience King Ranch’s guided wildlife and bird-watching tours.
King Ranch has a long history of wildlife management. As early as 1947, famed conservationist Aldo Leopold called King Ranch “one of the best jobs of wildlife restoration on the continent.” Today, the ranch is a vital part of an incredibly diverse landscape in South Texas dubbed “The Last Great Habitat.”
Besides rich populations of game species such as northern bobwhite quail, white-tailed deer, and wild turkey, King Ranch is also home to an incredible number of birds, mammals, reptiles, birds and insects. We have been honored as an Internationally Important Bird Area: 372 species of birds have been recorded here, including the largest known population of ferruginous pygmy-owls in the United States. In 2004, a species of damselfly never before seen in the U.S., the cream-tipped swamp-damsel, was discovered on the ranch.
Whether you’re interested in beautiful or unusual birds, big deer, or the wonders of nature, King Ranch is the place to visit. Book your tour online at the button below. You can also speak with a King Ranch Visitor Center representative to learn more by calling either (361) 592-8055 or emailing visit@king-ranch.com. Please note that the prices below don’t include sales tax of 6.75%.
Our Nature Tours
Wildlife Half-Day Tour (3.5 hours)
Enjoy a tour through some of the premier wildlife habitat in the country. Along with the famed quality of antlered white-tailed deer in its pastures, King Ranch is home to a diverse range of animal species including javelina, bobcat, wild turkey, American alligator, and a host of other mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Offered: October – March, Wednesday – Saturdays.
Not Offered: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.
Book your tour online at the button below. You can also speak with a King Ranch Visitor Center representative to learn more by calling either (361) 592-8055 or emailing visit@king-ranch.com.
Reservations & binoculars recommended. Children under age 10 not recommended.
Birding Half-Day (4 hours)
King Ranch is a showcase for the incredible diversity of wintering and tropical resident birds in South Texas. We will visit habitats from wetlands and grasslands to brush country to look for birds such as least grebe, white-tailed hawk, crested caracara, vermilion flycatcher, great kiskadee, green jay, olive sparrow, and more.
This tour does not visit the division of the ranch where the ferruginous pygmy-owls occur.
Offered: November – March, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Not Offered: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.
Book your tour online at the button below. You can also speak with a King Ranch Visitor Center representative to learn more by calling either (361) 592-8055 or emailing visit@king-ranch.com.
Reservations required. Children under age 12 not recommended.
Norias Birding Full-Day (9 hours)
This tour visits the Norias Division, the southernmost part of King Ranch. This area provides a great birding experience, with some of the rarest breeding birds in the U.S. such as the ferruginous pygmy-owl and tropical parula, and habitat for migrating songbirds. Other species we’ll look for include white-tailed hawk, northern-beardless tyrannulet, vermilion flycatcher, Botteri’s sparrow, and Audubon’s oriole. Lunch and drinks provided.
Book your tour online at the button below. You can also speak with a King Ranch Visitor Center representative to learn more by calling either (361) 592-8055 or emailing visit@king-ranch.com.
Reservations required. Children under age 12 not recommended.