Wilderness Ridge

Wilderness Ridge Resort in Duke Missouri really got it right for me and my 2 besties today!! We decided last minute to do a float trip before the summer ends and we called Wilderness Ridge Resort and one other company to see if they could accommodate us for 3 kayaks on a Sunday mind you., and we were calling on the Thursday before the day we all had a day we could get together to do a float trip. One of us lives in Cook Station, one in licking, and one in St. Louis. So it’s hard for us to find a day all three of us can do something together. Wilderness Ridge Resort was the only company to promptly call us back and reserved us 3 kayaks for the day we wanted and the lady that called us back was so nice and informative about what the cost would be and about how long the float trip would take

I have an annual float and have called this resort a couple of times over the last few months gathering details. Spoke with Nancy everytime and this lady is super amazing. She was so very accommodating to try to give us a wonderful experience. Unfortunately do to river conditions and situations with our group, we were not able to visit. However, simply because of Nancy I am determined to hopefully meet her on my next trip. Wonderful experience and I have not even been there yet!

The owner Nancy was extremely helpful and accommodating. We kayaked on Saturday of Labor Day weekend and were pleased that the river wasn't overrun with too many other humans despite it being a holiday weekend. It's a lovely stretch of river with a lot of bird, butterfly, and turtle spottings. The Big Piney is cold and clear, nice to take a quick dip in if you don't mind cold water. The shower house near the cabins have a good shower (temperature control and water pressure).

Nancy is absolutely wonderful to talk to. Super friendly! We camped in RV's for 2 nights and self shuttled to do a 15 mile float. We stayed on the Ridge in the RV full electric spots (she was a bit higher than other places, but didn't require a minimum night stay). The spots are very spacious and extremely shaded, tons of trees, however, very difficult to navigate around of the trees. I'm glad we didn't meet another truck pulling a trailer as the road is only wide enough for 1 vehicle. We weren't really sure where to park, or how to park.. There is a number at the road, but the electric box isn't marked, we made it work and enjoyed our stay. Maybe 3 sites all weekend, so very peaceful. Dump station, was difficult to find, but once Nancy told us where to look, we found it. The way

Amazing place to stay! My friends and I stayed in the old log cabin and we had a great time. The owners take very good care of the cabins. The only down side is there is no bathroom in the cabin. But that's like a lot of places. We will definitely be going back!