Terlingua, Texas
Summary:
Rancho Mula Oso: Spacious and Relaxing Terlingua Vacation Rental Home. Unparalleled Outdoor Space.
• Fantastic Views, Large Porches & Patios
• Relax Outside Comfortable Deck Furniture
• Large Kitchen and Living Room. Two TVs
• Large TVs in Living Room and Master
• Covered Parking, Books, Artifacts & Art
The Space:
EXTRA FEES MAY APPLY. These might not appear in quote and will be added if applicable.
Dog Fee: $150 for one or two dogs. No more than two dogs allowed.
Extra Space Cleaning Fee: $85 per stay if the Bunkhouse is added.
The detached Bunkhouse is required for groups larger than six or optional for any groups wanting extra space.
This spacious home Terlingua vacation rental home near Big Bend National Park has excellent mountain views, lots of room inside and out, and easy access to area attractions.
Outdoor Comfort and Enjoyment:
Since you didn’t travel to the Big Bend to sit inside, let’s talk about the outdoor space first. A large fire ring with relaxing chairs. A front porch that is open to the star-filled skies. At split-level, covered rear porch for grilling, outdoor dining, and relaxed seating. A sky view deck extending from the rear porch with comfortable lounges for enjoying the dark skys. A detached deck about 100’ away from the house with lounges for a bit of distance from the rest of the group.
Hammock patio with several hammocks for watching the skies or catching some ZZZZZs.
Indoor Comfort and Space:
The comfortable three-bedroom home has large living room, full kitchen, and dining room. The master suite has a king bed and private bath with a shower and a garden tub. The second bedroom has a queen bed and the third bedroom has two twins. The guest bathroom has a tub/shower combo.
Bunk House for Extra Space:
The nearby bunk house has a full bed and a twin bunk bed, kitchenette, and bathroom with shower. It can be added for groups of seven to ten or any groups that just want some extra space. The only extra charge will be a small cleaning fee.
The owners have Native American artifacts, an expansive rock collection, and locally inspired art displayed throughout the house.
Views include Christmas Mountains, Hen Egg Mountain, numerous rock formations, and many other hills and mountains.
Water and feed is provided for the abundant wildlife. Sit out on the front or back porches or patios and enjoy the fantastic views while watching birds, quail, mule deer, aoudads, lizards, and lots of other wildlife. Enjoy the sights and smells of the desert plant life such as ocotillo, several varieties of flowering cactus, creosote, agave, sotol, yuccas, wildflowers, and native grasses. Take a walk around the property for a closer look at the desert.
At night, turn off the lights and be amazed by the Big Bend night skies. Cook out on the gas grill while enjoying total solitude and privacy.
Inside the house, enjoy all modern comforts, including central air and heat, full kitchen, two baths, three comfortable bedrooms, cozy dining area, spacious living room, satellite TV in the living room and master bedroom, wireless internet, and a full sized washer and dryer.
Rancho Mula Oso is an ideal vacation property. Hang out in comfort inside or outside. Enjoy the remote property with desert plant, wildlife, and views. You'll never have to leave the property. But, you'll probably want to check out Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, the Rio Grande River, Terlingua Ghost Town, or just enjoy a scenic drive. Do as much or as little as you like. Either way, you will want to come back.
Due to concerns from neighbors and potential liability, we must prohibit discharge of any firearms on the property for any reason.
Guest Access:
The whole house and the acreage is exclusively yours. The bunkhouse will remain vacant unless you have added it to your rental. If you would like to add this space, let us know.
Interaction with Guests:
We manage several properties and live a few miles away. We are available by phone, text, email, or messages through Airbnb. We are typically only on site for cleaning or maintenance issues.
Property is clean and is just as described. Will definitely be coming back.
Better than we expected! The owners are awesome! The house was spotless. The location is excellent. Perfect vacation rental to explore the Big Bend area.
Comfortable and great location. Thanks!
I would recommend this property but if you're not an experienced motorcycle rider the .2 miles of gravel road might be a little too uncomfortable for some
This was my second time to stay at Rancho Mula Osa near Big Bend National Park. The place is spacious enough for 6 people and clean. The best parts are the outdoor spaces including the large back deck and hammocks for seeing the stars and the proximity to the park. I will consider it again when I am in Big Bend!
Hey guys! --we much enjoyed our stay at Rancho Mula Oso. I (Bob) especially liked the eclectic art and artifact display around the house. We also were pleased with wandering the grounds in the spring desert flower garden as the desert opened its blooms for us. Bob climbed the hill behind the house, even though unsure whose property it was. Overall, our experience was very fine indeed. Please see the following suggestions as improvements, not criticisms. (1) Even though we did not really need the “bunkhouse” since 2 of our group could not make the trip, the absence of directions to find the key was disconcerting. (2) We were a bit lucky to happen onto the correct 2 of 4 remotes to generate TV visuals from your video receiver. Some instruction hard copy on which remote to use and how to use would be helpful. (3) More generally, simple hard copy instructions on how to use appliances would help. For example, only after trial-and-error did we find the proper procedures for the stove top - it might be dangerous if others use improper procedures; another example is the land-line telephone which we did not even try to set up. (4) Garbage protocol -- we can only hope we did the correct thing by loading up the inside garbage containers. (5) Your alert on avoiding others' property does not work since we could not discern where Rancho Mula Oso's property began and ended. Even your entry to the driveway was not obvious, including one guide who has lived most of his lif
We had a wonderful stay at this property. It was clean, large, well furnished, well stocked kitchen, comfortable beds and awesome outside areas. The purpose of our trip was to visit Big Bend National Park and this home provided a great location for that. We loved coming home after a long day of hiking and relaxing at this nice property. We would stay here again for sure!
We had a wonderful visit to Terlingua. The house was perfect for our group of 8. My husband and I really enjoyed the trailer! The outdoor space is fantastic. The property is really beautiful. We were so sad when we had to leave.
Great location close to Big Bend NP. The house met our needs perfectly, especially appreciated the well stocked kitchen. Communication with the property manager about directions, what to expect, what to bring was very helpful.
We loved this place! Surrounded by gorgeous desert and hills right behind the house to hike on. We saw a large group of javelina there, and several bunnies. The 7 hammocks out back are absolutely genius for stargazing. Great outdoor furniture and space to eat and relax. Great fire pit with firewood provided. Trade off of only being 10 min from Terlingua is we could hear some road noise. Plenty of space, but there is a next door house in plain view (in case you’re looking for complete isolation). Beds were comfortable. House is simple but clean and well stocked. Would definitely highly recommend.
This is our second stay at Rancho Mula Oso, and it did not disappoint. We enjoyed the outdoor deck for visiting and the hammocks and viewing decks were perfect for amazing views of the Milky Way. Janet and Daryl were great hosts and all the processes from reservation through checkout were a breeze.
Our group of 3 had a great stay at this house. Plenty of space with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Great outdoor space for stargazing. The property is only 5 minutes from Terlingua with some good restaurants and 10 min from the beginning of Big Bend. It’s about 45 min to Chisos Basin which was an easy and pretty drive. Communication with the property manager was excellent and we had no issues during our stay. The tap water at the home is not potable. This was not an issue for us at all because they provide plenty of bottled water for drinking, cooking, etc but I could see how some might find that more troubling. I would definitely recommend this property!
Communication with the host was very good in timeliness and content. We could not have asked for a better location close to Big Bend and Terlingua. The backyard with multiple decks, hammocks and seating areas was great to enjoy sunrises and sunsets as well as star gazing. We used the gas grill and the kitchen to cook multiple meals for 6 and had what we needed to do so. The air conditioner was outstanding and more than kept up with the August heat. The only real negative was the smell of the well water used to bathe. Otherwise a great experience!
Great location with a fantastic patio and back yard. Everyone had a hammock to gaze at the stars.
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