Stewardship
KEEP LAND WILDKEEP WILDNESS ALIVE
You are not a customer here.
You are a steward for a few nights. Leave Better. Leave No Trace.
FRILAND exists to ensure keeping land wild is a practical, durable, and economically viable choice, and that people can explore those places without diminishing what makes them wild.
Longhorn Safari is Destination 01, a starting place near Terlingua and Big Bend. It is one place to begin, not the whole company. Low impact stays help fund care. We ask you to explore without diminishing what makes this place wild, and to leave it better than you found it.
Turn down the noise. Bring your rig. Find your desert. Then leave it better.
Stewards, not customers
Booking a stay is how you experience this land. It is also how you help keep it private, quiet, and cared for.
Stay revenue funds site care. Guests who treat this like a party campground, cut new tracks, or trash the place may be asked to leave under HipCamp host rules.
Where to go
- You are not a camper here.
- Your Retreat Site is home base for your Big Bend adventure. You are encouraged to explore the property with care.
- Stay out of other marked Retreat Sites and Owners Retreat.
- Use designated approaches and roads we send. Do not cut new tracks.
- Neighbor land and park boundaries are not open range. Do not trespass.
What to protect
- Wildlife: observe only. Do not feed. Do not approach.
- Pack in and pack out. No trash pits.
- HipCamp is how you book Longhorn Safari. The listing for your dates is the source of truth.
- Fires only if HipCamp lists them and Brewster County allows them. When in doubt, no fire.
- Quiet solitude. One vehicle. Stay within booked guest count. No parties.
- Leave plants, rocks, artifacts, and cultural material where they are.
Leave No Trace (our version)
- Plan ahead. Desert stay. Download directions and host contact before you lose signal.
- Travel and camp on durable surfaces. Designated approaches and roads. Explore without cutting new tracks.
- Dispose of waste properly. Pack out what you pack in.
- Leave what you find. Plants, rocks, artifacts stay.
- Minimize campfire impacts. Only if listed and legal. When in doubt, no fire.
- Respect wildlife. Observe. Do not feed. Do not approach.
- Be considerate of others. Quiet hours. One vehicle. Guest count. This is not a party site.
How your stay helps
Your booking supports access upkeep and keeping this place private instead of crowded. This is private land held for conservation use and care. Explore without diminishing what makes it wild.
Before you book
HipCamp is how you book Longhorn Safari. The listing for your dates is the source of truth. No on site host. Cell is not reliable.