Rustic Sky Horse Camp — Hotel in Alexandria

The Rustic Sky Horse Camp is at Melder, Louisiana, about 25 miles southwest of Alexandria. It adjoins the Kisatchie National Forest, which has about 88 miles of horseback riding trails as well as roads, cross-country riding and multi-use trails. Visitors sometimes see wild horses and/or wild turkeys while trail riding. Guests can usually expect one or more volunteer Trail Bosses to be available, if desired. Trails are friendly and will accommodate most riders. Most of them ride their horses barefoot. If a ride is planned with a Trail Boss, he can manage the ride based upon the riders; whether it's fast, slow, hills, etc., as well as the length of the ride.

There are 38 campsites. 9 of them have 50 Amp hookups, 29 have 30 Amp, and 17 have sewerage. They also have 6 heated and cooled cabins, 3 of which can sleep 6 people, 1 sleeps 4, 1 sleeps 3, and 1 sleeps 2. Linens, bedding and towels are provided. The Outdoor Cooking Pavilion seats 96 and has 2 Kitchens, 3 smokers and 3 grills. There are Potluck dinners every Saturday night at 6:30 PM and afterward, there's music, karaoke and dancing in their "Ole Time Saloon". For guests not into music, there's the community fire-pit or individual fire-pits are available through the office. The "Trading Post" (office) has toothpaste, mouthwash, saline, charcoal, shaving cream, etc., etc., etc.

There are 62 covered stalls, 11 pens, 2 round pens, 3 turnouts and 2 wash-bays. More stalls are coming. Water is available to all stalls. Shavings are not required nor needed but, if preferred, guests may bring their own or purchase them through the office. Hay, shavings and ice are delivered to the campsites upon request and added...

We found this camp on Google Maps, looking for places to stay on short notice. Rustic Sky went out of their way to get us in last minute and made us feel at home and a part of a family the moment we arrived. We've been here for a couple months now. We've not yet found a camp that is as freindly as this one. The owners, regulars and weekenders are wonderful. We enjoy the pot luck dinners, the weekly music and dancing, the regular campfires and all the activities that happen each and every week. They have fantastic guides to take you out into the forest trails. They'll work a route to accomodate whatever you need or are looking for for your rides. Walk up to the two big campfires that happen every weekend and sometimes during the week and someone is sure to offer you a chair and some friendly conversation. During our stay we needed to travel away for a family funeral. Everyone went out of their way to help us out and make sure we had nothing to worry about while we left our RV for several days. When I say everyone, I mean the owners, the camp workers and the regulars who all made sure we could focus on our family members during such a time. We've made some new friends here and we've already booked a site for next winter's escape from...

This is a great place to spend the weekend with the entire family. Sky and the rest of his staff are amazing people, they do everything they can to make your stay enjoyable and as easy as possible. You'll meet great people and make life long friends out here. They have facilities on site you can rent to stay the night or hookups for water, power, sewer for your camper or living quarters trailers. Primitive area if you want to stay in a tent with I believe a recently added shower for those campers to use. Stalls and turnouts for your horses, guided trail rides every Sunday for sure as that's the one we go one; with a great guide, pool , and outdoor kitchen. Potluck community dinner on saturdays,, music and dancing in the saloon (byob) 8-11. This place really is something to see and a place to enjoy. We've been coming for almost 2 years and have no intentions of the stopping anytime soon if we...