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    Son's Blue River Camp

    3.8 (80 reviews)
    Open 10:30 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Been here a few times and a lot has improved. They've removed the big fallen trees in the water...and the cabin and glamping is super fun! Additionally, they've made the bring your own tent area much smaller, and provided Bell tents in the places where you used to bring your own so you don't have to deal with the hard mud. You can just go and pay to go in one of their tents that have air-conditioning and beds And they sleep up to five people. They also allow up to 15 people in the 2 story cabanas for a fee. 8 people are free. There seems to be a lot of improvements happening all the time this place is really fun. It looks like they have bands sometimes on the weekends and it's just a really cool place that the kids will love.

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    Trenna H.

    Visited for a friends birthday. We all had a good time, the cabana was great for our large group. I do wish the water was higher but we're in a drought so what can you expect. This is our second time coming to a Son's property and we had a good time. The highlight of the experience though was the snow one truck that came through. Parents and children alike were excited to get a treat to cool down with in this hot weather.

    Samantha F.

    Man on man, where do I want to start... The actual weekend there with friends was awesome! 5 Stars! The tiki huts you can rent by the water are awesome. The river itself is wonderful. The whole camp & weekend was truly amazing. The few employees we actually encountered were very kind too. But... There were no functional restrooms & only a couple functioning showers (that had so many spiders). We had 1 PortaPotty that we shared & by we I mean all of the people camping plus the people renting for the day. It was terrible. We were there for three days and two nights, and had several children with us. It was so bad. The restroom experience was so awful that I almost rated my entire experience as a one. We reserved in advance, and they knew we were coming yet, but no-one took the time to prepare restrooms for our group of 23. We stayed in the Bell Tents which are not Glamping, they are pretty rough around the edges. We like to rough it when camping so it wasn't a problem for us. But our friends who are not used to rough camping did struggle. Highly recommend only Bell Tents 14 - 16. They are the only ones not under the string lights, and they also have trees above them providing shade. All of the other bell tents are exposed to the sun all day, and then at night are under the string lights that do not turn off. If you rent bell tents 1 - 14, bring a sleep mask. I wish I could say I knew for a fact we would come back, but the restroom situation was so awful. I would need some kind of guarantee from them that that was corrected before I would go back, especially with kids.

    Reiley H.

    When I reserved a "luxury clamping cabin" I was not expecting a thin tent. I could hear people walking outside of our tent all night so I hardly slept. I tried to turn the TV on so I wouldn't hear people talking outside all night but guess what? The TV didn't work!! I tried to play some white noise on my phone but guess what? The wifi didn't work!! There was no bathroom or shower in our tent so we had to walk to the dirty communal bathrooms that smelled pretty bad. We tried to float the river but it was pretty dried up so we ended up walking with our tubes at least half of the time. Our bottoms and legs got torn up from rocks since it was shallow & we were scraping along the bottom when we tried to float. The cabanas aren't right on the river like the original son's island which is disappointing. The river was pretty crowded. Honestly the cabana rental felt like a waste of money since we didn't have our own little area like the cabanas at the original son's island. The "glamping cabin" didn't have plates or silverware so we ended up eating our steaks and potatoes off of a piece of cardboard. Overall I was unimpressed and when I told an employee about the wifi and TV not working, he didn't seem to care.

    Cinco C.

    Amazing place! Amazing staff! Made for an all around fantastic weekend. I found this place last minute for my buddy's 40th birthday after our original plans fell through. We lucked out! The property, layout, and amenities are fantastic, but what made our experience was the staff. Colton made us feel like we were flying first class. We had brought our own kayaks but weren't too familiar with the river. Colton had a great knowledge of the area and helped us plan a A+ day-trip. Even though shuttles weren't running that day (we went in October / off-season), he personally helped us with drop-off and pick-up. When we needed and extra kayak, he loaned us one on the honor system, allowing us to repay when the shop opened upon Saturday. He also had some epic stories of his adventures on the Devil's, San Marcos, and Rio Grande when he dropped firewood off around the camp later that night. Thanks, Colton, for all your help and making it an awesome weekend, that almost didn't pan out at all. I look forward to revisiting Son's Blue River Camp, especially during summer/prime season. A great spot!

    Isabel B.

    As a guest I loved it. I enjoyed myself so much, my family and I will be coming back to enjoy a stay'cation. They have it all. They have tents with beds and air conditioner, cabanas with a second story, canopies with chairs, and umbrellas with chairs. They have BBQ pits and tables. You need only to take yourself and food. I do wish they had restrooms instead of port a potty. The area is clean and staff are super friendly. I have nothing but great memories of my visit. Definitely coming back soon.

    Jen A.

    I had no idea about this hidden gem. I absolutely loved this place. This place has tents, two story cabanas, and cabins. It even offers are "glamping" experience. We rented a cabana from 7-11pm and the first level of the cabana has benches, tables, a grill area and a hammock. The top level had more seating and a wrap around table sort of like a bar area. Our cabana was right on the river and although there were other cabanas around us it still felt pretty secluded especially during COVID. There was a stage area close by as well for performances to be held although there wasn't any when we were there. The downside to this is that you can only use Porta Potties and I wish they would have had other restrooms as the potties were so disgusting especially at night. We will definitely be returning to actually do some camping next time.

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    Danielle L.

    If you're going to camp and don't mind the heat, you'll love it! We stayed in a glamper and here are the pros and cons from our 3 day visit. pros- very clean, new facilities, family friendly, quiet time from 11pm - 7am, warm showers, electricity, easy access to the water and plenty of grills. The hammocks were great! Cons- basically no WiFi but if you don't need it, it's not a big deal, AC unit inside tent was either broken or not efficient enough for the tent, adding fans did help but still very warm. The younger staff seemed very lack of urgency and dismissive to guest. Overall, the place is good and not far off from being great! Their website needs updating and information about pets, location of the GOOD showers and restrooms and a little bit of sense of urgency from the staff, especially when the AC abt working.

    Our tent set up!
    Stormy F.

    LOVED this place! We rented the already set up tent that included two queen size cots with foam mattresses, two fans, a picnic table, and a grille. Hammocks are first come first serve and there I one for every two tents. They also offer glamping!!!!!!! The staff was extremely nice and helpful! Love the atmosphere! We will definitely be back to try out glamping!

    Tent near check-in and cabanas
    Ivy D.

    My family wanted to do something different for the weekend and stumbled upon this online. We booked the two-story cabana for a Sat and did the glamping overnight. In looking at the pictures on their website, I was super stoked! But what you don't see on their website is the crazy amount of silk/web worms all over the cabanas and hanging in the net above your heads inside the tents. They look like caterpillars and can be alarming if you didn't know they were harmless. It was disturbing having a couple fall on my face while standing right below the cabanas. BUT, one of the employees did tell me me that they are addressing the issue at the end of the month before it gets out of hand. In my experience, the two story cabana wasn't necessary for our family of six. We only went up there once for pictures and pretty much stayed downstairs the remainder of the time. Like the previous Yelper said, it's only four barstools upstairs. I think if we had a bigger group, maybe we would have utilized or enjoyed the cabana more. But for us, I think one of the shaded picnic tables by the river would have sufficed. We brought our own lawn chairs to sit on the water instead of renting and that was perfect! I would HIGHLY recommend bringing your own along with water shoes. Holy crap the little rocks were hard to walk on!! Water shoes is a must as flip flops will easily slip off your feet and float down the river. If you cannot swim, I would say wear a life vest (I don't know if the camp provides any). The water this past weekend had semi-strong currents and can easily sweep you away. They have tubes to rent for $15 (expensive!), but I feel like it's pointless to go down a river where transportation isn't provided beyond a certain point. You can take the tube and walk up the river bank to float down to the end of the camp ground over and over again if you want to spend the energy. But I've seen the kids do it and they had fun. For the "glamping", I can understand why they called it glamping since there are mattresses on a spring along with two small industrial fans. But that's the extent of it. Pillows, blanket or bedsheets are not provided as stated on their website. They do have lighting in the tents and you can plug in your devices to the sides of the fan. Being a city girl and not use to camping, I did not enjoy my night there. The ceiling of the tents have netting to keep bugs from falling onto your face. But the sight of them crawling around gave me the heebie jeebies. I know this is out of their control, but just wanted to put this out there in case anyone wanted to know. Because the tents sit out there all day and night, the number of bugs on the net accumulate. And of course a couple bugs here and there do get inside the tent. That's without being said. The tents are also first come first serve. So as you drive up to check-in, you'll be handed a clip-on badge for each tent rental for you to clip on your tent to let others know it's taken. Unfortunately, we didn't know you can choose your tent before the tent check-in time. Otherwise, we would have gotten there a lot earlier. So our options were far back or right in front of the check-in. We chose closest to the check-in, which was also closest to the cabanas where we heard people at all times of the night. So I'd recommend choosing one away from check-in. There currently are only two outdoor showers that tends to have a line by the end of the day. The lights in the shower are a joke. I have raised the issue of only having two showers and not being big enough and they said they are actually installing two more showers for a total of four showers that will take up the size of a cabana. Bathrooms are limited to porta potties with nowhere to wash your hands. However, they do provide hand sanitizers. No flashlights are needed for your stay, there are sufficient lighting around the camp grounds. And there is always at least one staff onsite overnight in case you need anything. Overall, I'd come back to enjoy the day in the water, but not to stay overnight. The employees were super nice and helpful. As long as you pack everything you need, you'll have a good time out in the water.

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    LOVE it here-- I visited during the week and my experience was nothing but a relaxed atmosphere. The staff here is awesome and bilingual

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    We rented cabana #6 and enjoyed it and did the glamping in the air conditioned tents #3 and #4.

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