Top Waco Outdoor Activities

Saddle up for a true Western experience on this sunset horseback ride down a trail leading you to a warm campfire. This outdoor adventure in Waco gets you beautiful views of Central Texas during your trail ride. Once you reach the scenic overlook, enjoy some s’mores and cowboy-themed games by the campfire and take some time to soak in the scenery.

To soak up the beauty of Central Texas, nothing compares to a laid-back river cruise, with a guide to show you the sights. With this Waco pontoon boat tour on the Brazos River, let your guide lead the way as you see top sights around the city, and scenic landscapes all around. Along the way, hear about the Brazos from your guide, and learn what role this river has played in Waco's history.

Families and even couples can sometimes have a hard time finding activities everyone can enjoy. This Waco Horseback Riding Experience on a Texas Ranch is something everyone will love. You’ll ride horseback through the ranchlands with some authentic cowboys, while taking in beautiful views of the farmlands, the surrounding area, and the Brazos River.

Operation City Quest of Waco lets your team discover the city in a fun and different way. Our app will instruct you to find a variety of items throughout the city in any order you'd like, and do funny challenges, for points! See your points stack up to others during the game on the app's ranking feature. All scavenger hunts come with a remote guide to help you via chat. Come compete with us in Waco.

Attention home improvement fans: this tour is for you. With a local guide, explore some of the neighborhoods, houses, shops, landmarks, and structures featured on the HGTV show “Fixer Upper” with Chip and Joanna Gaines. A stop at Clint's shop is included and sometimes you even get to go inside a Chip-and-Joanna-designed home from the show.

Waco has some great sights from TV shows, but if you don't know the area well you could miss out on finding some of them. This Waco Sites and TV Highlights Tour takes you to areas filmed on shows like Fixer Upper, Wood Work, and others. Plus, you'll also see areas like East Waco and Cameron Park, and pop into neighborhoods worth seeing up close.

Whether you’re visiting Waco for the first time or are returning to see the latest installations at Magnolia Market, let Hueco pedicab tours show you the city in an alternative way. Trade cramped cars and crowded public transportation for an open-air pedicab, pedaled by a local guide. You’ll sit back and scope out Waco street by street, stopping at places like historical landmarks, restaurants, and the riverfront so you can see Waco’s diverse landscape.

Our very unique, immersive adventures are the only ones of their kind. We, unlike other companies, provide your very own remote, interactive, live host to assist and encourage you along through your phone. We are an Austin, TX-based global custom event design company offering scavenger hunts and other events in 300+ cities in North America and beyond. Our specially hand-crafted adventures are equal parts tour, creative challenge, detective hunt, and social experiment! Guests get to discover in an alternate reality our favorite hidden gems off the beaten trail and creatively interpret fun art, history, and culture clues - for points! They get to enjoy fame and glory while appearing on our website’s international leaderboard, no matter what their score. They get to essentially race other teams in other cities, even if they don’t have competitors who have signed up in their city that day. Get ready to discover unusual oddities, laugh out loud, and make the experience your own!

The Waco Wacky Walks scavenger hunt is a royal-themed experience that will use an app to give you a list of items around the city to find and challenges to complete. Along the way, compete in royal tournaments to determine the King/Queen throughout the game. Gain points for your team by taking photos of the items you find and challenges you complete. The goal is to hold on to the King/Queen title the longest and gain as many points as you can. Play for as long as you want anywhere in the city you'd like. A remote host will be following along virtually and chatting with you if you need anything. Come reign in Waco today!

Walk around Waco while trying to survive the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Scavengers! On an app, you'll be given a list of items to find (in any order you choose) to help you survive a zombie apocalypse. You'll get points for finding these items, as well as completing some zombie themed challenges. Figure out the best game plan to get the most points in order to survive. A remote host will chat with you during the game if you have any questions. Prove you can survive the zombie apocalypse in Waco for bragging rights with all your friends!

Freefall over the Texas Alps on this tandem skydiving experience with an accredited instructor. Marvel at spectacular views as you descend with a parachute. Experience the rush and excitement of skydiving over Texas Alps with our experienced and professional crew.

Relax on the Water! Be refreshed on our peaceful and informative river cruise experience on the Brazos. Enjoy this luxurious outing as your Captain & Guide entertain you and share intriguing stories of this life-giving river that's played such a huge part in Waco's history! We limit seating on our premium pontoon boat to only 12 guests at a time to ensure a comfortable and intimate atmosphere as we show you some of the best hidden gems Waco has to offer.