🌵 Big Bend · 4 days
Big Bend from Frisco
The Chisos Basin from Frisco. 4-day Big Bend trip for 2 people: Big Bend park entrance, Panther Junction visitor center, Window View Trail. Stay at Chisos Mountains Lodge. About $683 per person, estimated, checked Oct 27, 2026.
Open in TopVacayBookRemix this tripVote with your groupPrintable guideBig Bend guide
Prices are estimates. Prices last checked 2026-10-27. Checked recently Recomputed from the price lines stored on each trip. No live hotel, ticket, or airfare feed is connected. Booking happens on partner sites. TopVacay does not charge a card.
Costs
Estimate · prices last checked 2026-10-27.
Where you stay
- Chisos Mountains LodgeDays 1–3 · 3 nights$555Book on chisosmountainslodge.comWe may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. How we make money
Getting there
- American 1433American DFW → MAF, nonstop. Lands in Midland. Midland is a drive from the park. From Frisco the plan is the drive, not the flight. Estimated one-way fare — not a live quote.$380Book on American AirlinesWe may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. How we make money
- Delta 1611Delta MAF → DFW, nonstop. Flies home from Midland. Midland is a drive from the park. From Frisco the plan is the drive, not the flight. Estimated one-way fare — not a live quote.$400Book on DeltaWe may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. How we make money
Day by day
Day 1 2026-12-27
About nine hours from Frisco to the park. The Midland flight is only if you are not driving. Sleep in the basin, not in a trailhead lot.
- MorningBig Bend park entranceA per-person slice of a vehicle pass. The park sells it per vehicle, and cash is not a plan — check the current fee station.$30Book on nps.govWe may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. How we make money
- AfternoonPanther Junction visitor centerFree. Ask what is open. Cell service in the basin is not a plan.Free
- OvernightChisos Mountains LodgeThe lodge in the basin. One standard room. From Frisco the drive is about nine hours to the park.$185Book on chisosmountainslodge.comWe may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. How we make money
We may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. How we make money
Day 2 2026-12-28
Window View Trail from the lodge, paved and short. This is not the pour-off scramble.
- MorningWindow View TrailA short paved walk from the lodge. It is the view, not a descent through the Window pour-off.Free
- OvernightChisos Mountains LodgeThe lodge in the basin. One standard room. From Frisco the drive is about nine hours to the park.$185Book on chisosmountainslodge.comWe may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. How we make money
We may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. How we make money
Day 3 2026-12-29
Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive and the labeled stops. Skip a canyon walk if the river is up.
- MorningRoss Maxwell Scenic DriveA driving day with stops at the labeled overlooks. This plan does not include Santa Elena Canyon if the river is high.Free
- OvernightChisos Mountains LodgeThe lodge in the basin. One standard room. From Frisco the drive is about nine hours to the park.$185Book on chisosmountainslodge.comWe may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. How we make money
We may earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you. How we make money
Day 4 2026-12-30
Drive back toward Frisco. Summer heat in the desert is the reason this trip starts early and carries water.
- Free day.