Most national parks have a hotel in them, unfortunately. Big Bend is not a hotel place. To experience Big Bend, you have to be an explorer, an adventurer, and that means you sleep on the ground.
However, for those of you looking for a "filtered" desert experience, or for those who just can't sleep in a tent for one reason or other, a 70s retro motor inn pollutes the pristine mountain environment of the Chisos Mountains Basin.
For $78, you'll get a room reminiscent of those Route 66 family-owned hotels. Air conditioned (nice in summer!), heated (great in winter!).
The lodge has garnered lots of criticism for the strain it puts on the ecosystem of the Basin. I tend to agree with the critics. But at least it provides a way for armchair tourists to glimpse Big Bend that would ordinarily never see such grand desert wilderness.
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