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Unique Home Where The Buffalo Roam! Perfect for Families, Reunions. Hunters.

Riverside holiday home with kitchen and balcony

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Nestled in the heart of South Dakota, this unique 4500 sq ft home offers a country lodge feel with tongue and groove logs and a keyhole design. Relax by the fire pit on the lower deck or challenge your group to a game of pool. With easy access to interstate, drive-thru driveway for RVs, designated area for hunting dogs only, you'll find endless opportunities for entertainment.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Entire home

5 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 16418 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Kitchen
  • Parking available
  • Pet-friendly
  • Barbecue grill

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About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Unique Home Where The Buffalo Roam! Perfect for Families, Reunions. Hunters.

A One-of-a-Kind Home in Sioux Falls – Feels like a Private Spacious Lodge Retreat! Sleeps 16 in beds. 5 bedrooms.

Step into a truly unique stay! This 4,000 sq. ft. architectural gem has been featured in home magazines for its rare tongue-and-groove log construction and distinctive keyhole design. You get the views of rolling hills and buffalo roaming! With the warm charm of a country lodge and modern comforts throughout, it’s the perfect retreat for groups of all kinds.

Relax by the fire pit, gather on the expansive lower yard, or enjoy the cozy lodge feel after a day of exploring. Despite its private, tucked-away setting, you’re only 5 minutes from downtown Sioux Falls, SF Regional Airport and Walmart, with quick interstate I-90 access for hunting & fishing. This rental is great for entertaining, reunions, large groups or families and hunting groups.

* Two large parking spaces for boats or trailers

* Drive-thru driveway for RV and parking

* Easy access to interstate to restaurants, and shopping

* Sleeps 16 in beds. 5 bedrooms, 1 den

* One port-a crib and high chair, stroller

* Gas Fire pit

* Pool Table & Ping Pong Table

* BBQ Grill

* Designated area for hunting dogs only

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the house: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Car recommended
  • Onsite parking options include a garage

Kitchen

  • Blender
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Hob
  • Ice maker
  • Kitchenette
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Paper towels
  • Refrigerator
  • Spices
  • Toaster

Bedrooms

  • 5 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Sofa bed

Bathroom

  • 3 bathrooms
  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Living room
  • Separate dining area

Entertainment

  • Books
  • Games
  • Smart TV with cable/satellite channels

Outdoor areas

  • Balcony
  • Barbecue grill
  • Firepit
  • Outdoor furniture

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • Pet friendly
  • Up to 23 kg per pet

Suitability/Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Hardwood flooring in public areas
  • In-room accessibility
  • No lift (single-level property)
  • Visual alarms in hallways
  • Smoke-free property
  • Note from host: Do not burn or use fireplace.

Services and conveniences

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • In a rural location
  • Near a hospital
  • Near a zoo
  • On a river

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Water park
  • Fishing nearby
  • Golfing nearby
  • Hunting nearby
  • Ice skating nearby
  • Sledding nearby
  • Snowmobiling nearby
  • Wildlife walks nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • First aid kit
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Deadbolt lock

General

  • At least 80% lighting from LEDs
  • Bed sheets changed on request
  • Towels (changed on request)
  • Unit size: 4,500 square feet

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Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 26

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Rules

Please do not move furniture, or unplug any cords from the tv. Removing cords for video games is not permitted.
Property does have buffalo. These are beautiful animals but you need to respect their distance. Do not approach them or the fence. Keep dogs away.
Electric candles are on timers. No burning real candles.

Pets

Pets are allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
2 total (up to 23 kg per pet)
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property on the number on the booking confirmation
Note from host: Pet fee - $100 per pet

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Note from host: There is a staircase to lower level

Events

Events allowed: family gatherings, birthday parties, weddings
Please ask property manager

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Do not burn or use fireplace.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Parties and events (including family gatherings, birthday parties and weddings) are allowed on site. Maximum attendees: 50
Note from host: Please ask property manager
Long-term renters welcome
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation

We should mention

A car is recommended for transport to and from this property

Property is also known as

Vrbo Property

About the area

Map
Buffalo Ridge, SD

What's nearby

  • 1880 Cowboy Town - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Denny Sanford Premier Center - 15 min drive - 20.6 km
  • Falls Park - 16 min drive - 22.7 km
  • Empire Mall - 17 min drive - 25.3 km
  • Sanford USD Medical Center - 18 min drive - 24.4 km

Getting around

  • Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) - 13 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Credo's Pub - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Subway - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Caribou Coffee - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Jimmy John's - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬8 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Unique Home Where The Buffalo Roam! Perfect for Families, Reunions. Hunters. pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows pets (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 23 kg per pet. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much is parking at Unique Home Where The Buffalo Roam! Perfect for Families, Reunions. Hunters.?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Unique Home Where The Buffalo Roam! Perfect for Families, Reunions. Hunters.?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Unique Home Where The Buffalo Roam! Perfect for Families, Reunions. Hunters.?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Unique Home Where The Buffalo Roam! Perfect for Families, Reunions. Hunters. located?

This family-friendly Sioux Falls holiday home is located on a river, 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from 1880 Cowboy Town, and within 9 mi (15 km) of Wild Water West and Sanford Pentagon. Catfish Bay Water Ski Park and Sioux Empire Fairgrounds are also within 12 miles (20 km).

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Reviews

Unique Home Where The Buffalo Roam! Perfect for Families, Reunions. Hunters. Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

9.0

Cleanliness

9.2

Location

6.0

Eco-friendliness

6.0

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 29 out of 48 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 48 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 48 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 48 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 48 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

April N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Christmas Perfection!!

We stayed for our family Christmas. It was just what we needed. Everything you need for a group!! Really easy check in and check out. Perfection!
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Gem house

Our family of (5) adults enjoyed our stay at this spaceous cabin style home. The photos don't do the lower level justice. Close to town and plenty of options for dining. We will definitely stay here again next time in the area. Many thanks - great home.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Joseph S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Bday stay

Nice place. Roomy and relaxing.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Carol H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Sioux Falls Family trip

It was a beautiful older home. Would like to know the history of the home! We had everything we needed and the host was quick to answer our questions.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Connie H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Christmas

We had a wonderful time getting together and celebrating our family Christmas! Lots of memories to cherish!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Mike D.

Liked: Cleanliness, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Check-in, communication

Equipment/Water/Laundry Nightmare

Too much cost for this rental. I would recommend looking for another place to stay. The hot water heater had trouble catching up. Water softener was recharging with no salt in the brine tank. Garbage disposal was not working causing back up in the sink with sludge left over from previous renters, the situation was addressed, but it took nearly two days. We ended up washing dishes by hand and using paper plates; we did laundry chores from the housekeeping staff that the previous runners paid for, housekeeping fees that we paid fees towards, yet we ended up doing their laundry chores. We couldn't figure out why they were so few towels in the bathrooms.There were mimimal towels and wash/shower supplies through the bathrooms, and we found the dryer stuffed full of dry towels and the washing machine sitting there for over a day with wet towels, washcloths and hand towels. Upon reporting to the property manager they chose to believe the housekeeping staff other than all of my family who witnessed this.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Janna W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
Disliked: Location

Nice, spacious, well-equipped home

We loved many things about this home: lots of seating for eating together or lounging around, comfortable beds, well-equipped and large kitchen, the pool table and very comfy couches in the basement, plenty of bedding and extra blankets, and the proximity to Sioux Falls, nearby Walmart and Aldi as well as Wild Water West was very handy. The property manager was very friendly, helpful and responsive to questions and needs The views from the living room and dining room were very pretty: trees and grassy fields and bison up in the pastures. A couple things that were downsides in my opinion were the traffic noise due to the house’s location right off a busy highway on the one side and the interstate running not too far on the other side of it. We like to go for walks, but this isn’t the kind of road one can much enjoy a walk on. The other thing was that the upstairs and basement were on the same climate control so if the upstairs were cooled to the desired temperature it was VERY cold downstairs. I had brought a small space heater to use as a fan and was thankful I had it to use in the downstairs bathroom. We had to stagger our showers as the hot water did tend to run out after a few showers. Cell phone service was a little weak and there were issues with the wifi but the property manager was very good about doing the best she could considering it was a holiday weekend to get the problem fixed. We would recommend this home and our family enjoyed our stay very much.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

JOHN

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, communication
Lots of room inside and plenty of parking space. Well arranged for a large group visiting and dining. Very noisy outside with almost constant traffic on Hwy 38. Could use some repairs and cleanup on the outside.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Judy E.

Liked: Check-in, location
Disliked: Listing accuracy
Needs some updating. Grill is not useable, rusted out. No cookie sheets or 9 x13 pans but other than that kitchen was well stocked. Directions said to put dirty linen in hampers in each room but there were no hampers. Great location and well worth the money!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ron R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect place for large family

Wonderful place for us, kids and grandkids all fit under one roof. Since we came from different parts of the country, grandkids got to spend quality time playing in a much more fun setting than any hotel could offer. This place is spacious and well stocked. Highly recommend.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Galen J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good place for family gathering.

There was plenty of room for our four families (13 people) to get together. Space for us to be together but also spread out at times. Four nights - three days.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Erin S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family stay

This property has everything you will need for a comfortable family stay! Plenty of beds to sleep my parents and 2 siblings and families. The kitchen is very well stocked for preparing meals. We thought the location was very convenient to the interstates and enjoyed being just a few minutes outside of the business of Sioux Falls.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

John A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great family place

We celebrated our family Christmas at this home. Great place! Accommodated our large family of 45. Kitchen/pantry well stocked! Served our needs well! We will definitely stay again!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Brenda V.

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun time

It was a fantastic location and plenty of room. Had a hard time with the temperature because the rooms were very hot but the living areas were cool. Overall very nice place to stay
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Paula U.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun property.

Family gathered to watch our nephew play football @ SDU. Well appointed with everything we needed. Loved seeing the buffalo.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marty H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family gathering

Great location.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Kayla M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Family Vacation

We stayed here for a family vacation with 8 adults and 6 children ranging from 7 months - 12 years. We had plenty of space and enjoyed the set up! Only bummer is the busy highway and interstate nearby - it’s not super quiet outside. There is a big yard and a great back yard for a fire and smores.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Casey R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Medical School Graduation Weekend!

A perfect place for a large family group. Saw some buffalo too! Our 2nd time to stay in this rustic home!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Kristin R.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Great Location

We had a group of 13 - six of which went pheasant hunting. We needed a large home and this really met our needs. They had plenty of beds for everyone, enough bathrooms, and it was very well stocked with everything we needed to make meals and they also had seasonings, etc. which was a bonus to not have to pack and bring. It was only a few minutes (15 min. from downtown Sioux Falls) and there was a Walmart store and other conveniences about 3 miles away. The couple of negatives are that this was listed as "pet friendly". It would have been nice to have understood their definition of what that was. Only a couple of days before we were to check in, we learned that pets were not allowed in the house - only in the garage (although we found signs of pets being in the house such as a pet bed). When we arrived, we went into the garage to find two cars parked in there and a very compact area for the dogs to be in in their kennels. It was not heated, so we had to purchase extra blankets, etc. to keep them warm in their kennels. When we inquired, they did tell us where to find a heater in the home which we used, but we had to purchase an extention cord and make our way around the cars to find a plug in. In addition, the home could use a good deep cleaning. When youopen the cupboard doors, there is a lot of dust inside. Also, there were quite a few cobwebs, etc. Overall, it was fine - main disappointment was that the dogs couldn't sleep inside to keep warm.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ron K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation

We had a great time. This is a very unique property. Watching the bison was awesome.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

DON K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

GOLF GETAWAY

We had a great time. The House and Yard were fantastic Would highly recommend renting this property.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Simpson family

We had a fantastic time! The house is very cool
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Betsy D.

Liked: Check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Large home for Christmas

Nice large open space for a family gathering at Christmas. Decorated for the occasion to make it very festive. Kitchen had many supplies to prepare meals. We were here during a very cold time, and some rooms got a little cold, however they had heaters to supplement the rooms that were cold. Could use some updates but overall a comfortable and unique house.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Carol S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good place for family get together?

What a fun place to hangout!! Especially with 3 energetic 2 &3 year olds, lots of room to run around and enjoy playing with their cousins 😊😎🎶🎶
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

William S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Buffallo Ridge

15 family members stayed at the home for a trip to Sioux Falls. The house had a wonderful deck area and yard for the children to play. The house was clean and comfortable and accommodated us with ease! Would stay here again!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022