Adventure Itineraries

Day 2: Start the Adventure

Romantic Getaway

Catch the sunrise from your mountain-top cabin, then get ready to start the day. Fill the morning with an easy hike through some of Arkansas’s most beautiful trails. Enter into your own personal fairytale on a hike to the Hideout Hollow waterfall, and continue the romance by letting our deli staff pack you a hearty lunch to take to a picnic on the river.

Vacation with the Kiddos

Start the morning by delighting the (7+) youngsters with a morning zipline tour, and be sure to take pictures of their grins as soon as you’re back on the ground! Once you’re done zipping through the treetops, switch it up and get your feet wet by doing a little wade fishing in the river.

After refueling at the BOC Store & Deli, beat the heat in a Buffalo River swimming hole before taking the family on a kid-friendly hike on the Lost Valley trailhead – or over to Twin Falls for a gorgeous waterfall hike. Weather not right for swimming? Across the street from our store is the Elk Education Center, which offers a free, hands-on wildlife exhibit.

For Adventure Seekers

Wake up early and start with an adrenaline rush – hike Big Bluff and its narrow Goat Trail, a 6-mile round trip climb on the tallest sheer bluff face found between the Rocky and Appalachian mountains.

Kick it up a notch with a zipline tour through the canopies of the upper Buffalo River or a mountain-biking adventure on the BOC Ponca Downhill MTB Trail. Finish the day strong and catch a beautiful Buffalo River sunset from the Steel Creek Overlook, a 3-mile round trip hike high above the Steel Creek Access.

Day 3: Float the Buffalo

Romantic Getaway

Visiting us in spring or early summer? Get an up-close view of the gorgeous Buffalo National River on an all-day float trip. Show off your paddling skills in a day of leisurely fun on and in the water. Make sure to take lots of pictures! The scenic backdrop of the upper Buffalo will make the perfect background for your next couple’s pic.

Vacation with the Kiddos

Visiting us in spring or early summer? Delight the entire family with a float trip on the upper Buffalo National River. A natural treasure every kid should experience, the Buffalo offers Arkansas’s finest canoeing scenery. Book your trip, and start a new summer tradition that your kids will cherish throughout their lives.

For Adventure Seekers

Visiting us in spring or early summer? Float down the Buffalo in a canoe or kayak and take in the scenic icons of the river – the impressive Big Bluff and the majestic waterfall of Hemmed-In Hollow. If you have more than one day, up the adventure by taking a multi-day float trip on the Buffalo.

Have More Time at BOC?

Romantic Getaway

• Take a morning hike to Buffalo River Overlook
  
• Enjoy a picnic lunch at Steel Creek campground
  
• Wander on an evening stroll to historic Beaver Jim Villines homestead in Ponca
  
• All-Day Option: Shopping + dining excursion to Eureka Springs, AR or Branson MO
  

Vacation with the Kiddos

• Take a 2-hour morning trail ride with nearby Rimrock Cove Ranch (ages 6+)
  
• Drive to the Low Gap Café for the best fried catfish and cheeseburgers around
  
• Go wade-fishing with the kids at the Steel Creek Campground or Ponca Low Water Bridge
  

For Adventure Seekers

• Start fresh with a morning hike of the beautiful Smith Creek Trail
  
• Enjoy lunch on the porch at BOC
  
• Continue the adventure with an afternoon hike to towering Sweden Creek Falls
  
• All-Day Option: Hike to magnificent Hemmed-In Hollow