Reviews

Karen Nay

We just spent three weeks at Rancho Oso and fell in love with this resort. Not only is it located in a beautiful area on 300 acres its quiet and peaceful and my campsite was perfect. The camp was clean, the bathrooms were spotless, great landscaping free of trash and taken care of by the attentive staff. Speaking of staff, shout out to Karen and Christian who made our stay pleasant, they went above and beyond, both were friendly and showed heart. I was sad to leave. Of all the Thousand Trails campgrounds I've stayed this was the best! We will be back.

Sandy Ago

This place is way out in the middle of nowhere. Very spotty cell coverage with your Wi-Fi. Cabins are quaint, but it's hard to get The attention of the workers because their short staffed. I wouldn't stay here again. They were flooded out a couple years ago and maybe this is just a hiccup in services. However the road leading up to the facility is narrow and a car or a truck on the other side of the road would leave maybe 6 in between y'all to pass each other. I don't know how people with RVs get up here

TruckerGitty

There is no horseback riding. The horses are only to look at. Pool and hot tub are down for repairs. Lots of foxtail in the grasses. Thank goodness there are things to do outside the campground. Wifi and your phone probably won't be working good either. Aggravating when we expected, so much fun here!

Sierra

We had an amazing experience at Rancho Oso for our wedding. Liz and Cris are awesome, they helped get everything set up and taken down!!

Carrie Thompson

This place is Breath taking. Close to Cachuma Lake. The beach is 30 minutes away. Gorgeous mountain views. Quiet. There is a path to a creek that you can swim in. This place was closed for 3 years 3 months because the 2023 flood took out the well. Plenty of horse pastures. Plenty to do. They have pickle Ball, pools are not open up quite yet but soon. You will enjoy it here

Critical Insights

This park is really beautiful, with a pool, jacuzzi, and large playground area, however, the administration failed to show competence in an extreme way. Additionally, their "wi-fi" was on a low-range antenna at the club-house, not reaching even the closest RVs during my stay, and there is virtually 0 cell signal there. I was able to use a cell signal booster to receive a tolerable cell signal, however, and of course, Starlink will likely work most of the time, though it is situated in a valley with a bridge passing over nearby. The major issue I ran into was because I had auto-billing set up, and had them just auto-renewing my contract with them continually so that I could stay there indefinitely. While this worked most of the time, at one point they lost my billing info somehow, and then, when I had guests who used their credit card to pay the gate fee, they charged my $700 rent to my guests credit card. Needless to say, my friends, who did not have $700 to spare until the credit card would refund it, freaked out, and the park was not helpful when we contacted them about the error. That being bad enough, several months later, the manager failed to set my lot to auto-renew, as it had the previous 6 months, and then contacted me on a Friday telling me I had something like 3 days to remove all of my possessions from the park.. I was out of town at the time, and if you've ever expanded a pop-out camper to live in indefinitely, you would know that it takes a good bit of preparation to be ready to relocate again. I ended up leaving that park in an undue rush, with the manager indicating they couldn't resolve their error for me because they had booked the spot out to someone else. It's hard not to give this location 1 star for these reasons, but it was quite beautiful and peaceful.. though the management operated as though their operation is part of the filming of "trailer park boys".

artem gorbunov

I was really looking forward to staying at this beautiful place, but unfortunately, my plans were disrupted. I had booked it for July 4th, but a month prior, I received a cancellation notice due to renovations. What's disappointing is that I was allowed to make the booking in the first place, despite the planned closure. As a result, my family and I will now have to spend our long weekend at home, which is really frustrating

B and C

Nice big quiet beautiful Thousand Trails campground. About 1/2 hour from Solvang and Santa Barbara. Laundry facilities are outside and require quarters. Staff are not helpful in helping you obtain quarters. No change machine on site. Horrible cell and WiFi. Nice scenery and setting. Lots of barnyard animals. Friendly staff. Be Aware: (Men at Work 🎶 reference…)If you’re 6’ 4” and full of muscle, like me, you can’t ride the horses 😢. There’s a weight limit.

Faith Thomas

Beautiful scenery and the unique opportunity to go horse back riding on a trail with a guide! Make sure to make reservations for your ride at least the day before. Laura and Alexis at the barn and stables were very friendly and knowledgeable. The horses were well taken care of and very well trained. I've never heard of campgrounds offering activities like horse back riding, so this campground really stands out. In the barn you can also go see other animals like goats, pigs, and bunnies if you're not keen on riding horses. Either way, I totally recommend the horse back riding experience and staying here! We had an amazing time and would love to visit again in the future ✨

Joanna Herron

Incredible Forest surround Oso with many many trails and wildlife to explore... Incredible mountain views. Oso itself embraces the old traditional western lifestyle which is fun to learn about. Unfortunately the culture feels a bit outdated though. There aren't the best environmental policies or stewardship practices here. A lot of older folk... Not exactly the highest vibration/conscious community in my experience. Amenities make it feel very luxurious compared to most basic campgrounds but the price for me was feeling overwhelmingly out of place. I don't entirely regret becoming a member of thousand trails, but on many levels wish it didn't feel so capitalist, trying to get more money out of people. Still a ok place overall.....

Tasha (Tasha)

It is very peaceful here. A beautiful environment. Great general manger, nice staff. Beautiful horses.

Gayle Andersen

No cell or wifi! Didn't know completely cut off out there

Hebert Shuhua

I contacted this base in September and wanted to rent here for 1-6 months. You can give me a flexible location, but told me to wait for the boss to reply. The boss told me that I didn’t know the location of the site, so I waited. After waiting for 60 days, everyone said if it’s too much. Could the boss just tell me that there is no place so I can choose another base?

Margo Devlin

I really enjoyed my 4 days in the Western Cabin...it was clean and tidy, and conducive to curling up with a good book in the evenings! The horses were well looked after by guide, Torrey, who was so friendly and pleasant. The barn was "spit spot." I would recommend this place to anyone looking for a retreat in mountains.

Diana Cannizzo

It was kind of a first come first serve when it came to RV spots which was nice. Staff at the front gate immediately tried selling us a membership before we even pulled in. It was very very hot. Make your horse riding reservations before you even get there. It books up very fast. The pool. Where do I start. No one monitors the pool. Ever. The rules are very clear at the pool. Common sense rules. Every day there was dogs, glass bottles, alcohol and food. I even heard about a near drowning of a 2 year old during the 4th of July weekend due to the mom being too under the influence to properly take care of her child. The pool was crowded and kids running. I was just waiting for someone to slip and fall. I spoke with the store employee and she said there wasn't enough staff to monitor the pool and if I saw a problem to go to the start of the park and call a ranger. She stated that the other thousand trails have someone watching the pool, but they don't have the staff. Even after talking to the store employee and making my concerns known on the first day we were there, I never once saw a ranger and we were there for 4 days. The worst. My husband took my 9 year old daughter to the bathroom. Waited outside and while she was in there a couple,a man and a young woman came out of the bathroom together. Maybe he was just changing or maybe something worse, I can't take that chance with my daughter. The bathroom next to us was not kept up either. 2 out of the 4 days it was not cleaned. It showed and was obvious. I can definitely say I'm glad we did not sign up for a membership and we will never go back to this site.