Wild Winds Buffalo Preserve

We go by the preserve regularly and finally made the stop. We are so glad we did. What a wonderful experience we had. I was truly honored to be in the presence of these amazing animals. During our tour, we had an eye opening experience. I had no idea that the bison was such an instrumental role in our nation’s history. This trip has inspired me to learn more about Native Americans and the history of the U.S.
Our tour guide, who was part Cherokee, was so knowledgeable, friendly and passionate.
There is also a nice gift shop. I was also told that you can have events in one of their nice buildings.

I saw their sign on the Interstate and decided to check it out. So glad I did! Its a five minute drive to the Preserve from I69. The managers are a lovely young couple who are excited to share the history and daily operations with you. The tour is only ten dollars and they take you right out into the herd. This is a must do. I was able to do the tour and peruse the gift store in under an hour. For others with more time they have have a B&B and camping.

We just finished up our third annual «Buffalo Weekend». It’s the third year that my friends and I have loaded up vehicles full of encased meats and booze and tossed our sleeping bags in the back of our cars to go stay in tipis here.
Yes, you read that right. Tipis. This year, 20 of us made the trek and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. There’s been a recent shift in management and the new folks in charge seem to have their act together, managing to strike that perfect balance between being hospitable hosts and leaving us the heck alone to enjoy ourselves.
Firewood is provided, tipis are put up, and all we have to do is move ourselves on in. We dragged some picnic tables over, hung a hammock, strung up a slackline, got our assorted musical instruments out, and cozied up for a long weekend.
The grounds are gorgeous, the people are great, and the buffalo are a delight. You can see stars and hear owls here– it feels good to get out of the city and kick back for a lazy weekend in the middle of nowhere.
We’ll be back next year for certain.

I had a similar experience to the other reviewer. We took the tour in the back of the pick up into the field with the bison. Those suckers are huge! A few come up close and the others are around going about their business. Everyone is very nice and you learn some good facts. Definitely worth $ 10 and an hour of your time. I like stops like this that are just enough and don’t over step on your time.
You can also stay here or eat here but we didn’t. A nice stop passing through town.

This is a really interesting private tourist attraction. We rented a lakehouse nearby and brought our two little boys to check it out.
The highlight attraction is riding out to the middle of the herd in the back of a pick up truck. The guide we had (who may have been named Jim) must come from central casting for buffalo preserves — cowboy hat, western shirt, fingers like bratwurst. The whole tour start to finish was maybe 20 – 30 minutes, but the boys loved it. They really do a good job of talking about the animals and explaining that they’re wild animals — thus no petting or getting off the truck.
There’s a really nice gift shop, and you can order lunch from the café and eat it on the grounds. I thought it was kind of funny that they serve buffalo, but it was really tasty. You can buy some for taking home in the gift shop. The grounds are really well kept and fun to walk around.
They do other activities here — I guess you can camp or do a retreat of some kind. We didn’t do that, but it was a good couple of hours and my two year old spent the next three days talking about «buhalo»
One negative — the bathrooms are little rough. Just saying.