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Cross Bull Ranch/CBR

Hosted by Lisa · Topanga, California
5 sites · RV, Tent, Lodging · 16 acres
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166 reviews
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DEAR HIPCAMPER, "Welcome" To Cross Bull Ranch/CBR Where You Can Unplug & "Disconnect" from Technology & Devices because...WE HAVE A GREAT Connection With Nature HERE ON THE RANCH In 1926 "A Farmer" Named McDougal Came to CA from Santa Fe, NM in Search of A Better Life for He & His Family. Originally 40 Acres The Farm Provided ALL Produce, Dairy, Poultry & Beef to The Topanga Community via The "General Store" Until The End of WW2 IN 1945 when The American Public were Sold Post Military Chemicals as pesticides & fertilizers. It was Then That "Corporations" began Buying Up Fertile FarmLand, Clear Cutting, Mono-Cropping. Creating Corporate "Grocery Store" Chains DESTROYING "The Family Farm." My Son's Father & I Rescued This Land in 1998. It was Derelict. We were Handed A 1' HIGH FILE FULL OF Building Department "Violations" The Oaks were ALL Dying from Lack Of Fresh Air/Oxygen & Sunshine. We Removed (8) 5 TON DUMPSTERS/40 TONS OF GARBAGE INCLUDING: Cars, Car Parts/Tires, Toilets, Jacuzzi Tubs, Dishware, Newspapers, Utensils++. We Picked Up EVERY Chard of Glass from Broken Beer Bottles, EVERY Bottle Cap, EVERY Cigarette Butt. Which ARE NOT BIODEGRADABLE. It was A "Travesty." And... "A Labor Of Love." We IMMEDIATELY "Invested" $5000.00 Clearing & Cleaning, "Healing" The Oaks. With Ropes NOT Spikes. We Bought A Brush Cutter & Cut Down Weeds TALLER THAN ME. At 1st you Couldn't EVEN See The Topography Of The Land. We Renovated an Existing Trailer Adjacent to The Farm House. The "Treehouse Trailer" as We Affectionately Call It Was Ou Home for 7 Years While I Resolved A 1' High File Of Building Violations, Woke at 5:30AM EVERY MORNING To Direct/General Contract A Crew Of Talented Artisans from San Miguel Allende, Mexico NONE Of Which Spoke English (Soy Boriqua) & Who'd NEVER Built or Renovated A House Before. In 2009 after Separation, Divorce & Financial Devastation in '09/'10I was diagnosed with breast cancer. This "Dis-Ease" Ended Up Being "A Gift". It Lead me On "The Red Road" To Getting Baptized in The Native American Church in The Lakota Way, Taking "Refuge" in Tibetan Buddhism, Hosting Shaman & Healers from ALL OVER The World in Plant Medicine Ceremonies, Practicing Permaculture & Preparedness, Creating My Own Line Of "Cross Bull Ranch" Non-GMO Organic Food,Becoming A Certified Somatic Healing (Trauma Release) Practitioner &Ordained [xxxxxxxx] November of 2019 I had been Hosting Retreats, Workshops, Weddings++ In "Our Home." Until... covid. Similar to "My Prayer" 10 Yeas Ago Asking "God" To Send Healers Who Needed Land to Support Their Work In Exchange/Barter For me To Receive The Healing I Needed. Again "I Prayed" HARD & Divine InspirationCame To me Similar to "Food Being Medicine," that Pachamama, "Mother Earth" is The MOST Potent Healer. I Decided to "Open Up The Land" To Offer To "Others" to Leave Society & Devices Behind. Ground Themselves. FULLY IMMERSING Themselves, Family & Friends in Nature "Maskless." In Order To Breathe Fresh Air. Filling Their Lungs With Life Sustaining Oxygen & Bathe Themselves in Sunshine which Is A PowerFULL Disinfectant, Recharge "Their Souls" & Stimulating Their Third Eye/"Pineal Gland."Helping Others To Re-Boot & BOOST Their Immune [xxxxxxxx] is Of The UTMOST IMPORTANCE "Right Now." I Am Lisa Cianci and... I AM Looking Forward To Seeing YOU Here On The Ranch! Until Then... Take CareStay Safe & Well!

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Tent-only sites

2 sites
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"Catalpas" Tent/Tree Camping

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(56)
Tent site · Sleeps 5
"Welcome" To The "Catalpas Campsite." This Campsite is Among The Catalpa Trees. The Catalpas are THE ONLY NON-Indigenous Plants/Trees HERE on Cross Bull Ranch. There's The Opportunity for (2) Hammock/Tree Tents here. Being from The East Coast/Manhattan I Asked A Dear Friend Who's Lived in Topanga Canyon His ENTIRE Life & Who Works for The Santa Monica Mountains Resource Society To Survey & "Tag" ALL Indigenous Plants & Their Medicinal Uses HERE On The Ranch when we 1st moved here 25 years ago. The View from "The Catalpa Campsite" is Bank Of Creek & Meadow, Tipi & Stage Campsite as well as Picnic Area & Santa Monica Mountains on one side & the other is "Robin," Our Rooster's Coup as well as The Trail Head to The Newly Cleared, Cleaned & Groomed Hiking Trails to CBR's "Upper Lands." It is CBR's CLOSEST Campsite to "The Trail Head" to Scenic Hike Of CBR's "Upper Lands." The Campsite is Shaded by These (3) 100+ Years Young Catalpa Trees and... DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM Our Newly Created "Shared Community Picnic Area" w/3 6'-0" Tables, 6 Benches, 2 Side Tables & 3 Commercial Propane Heat Lamps. PLEASE KNOW The Picnic Space as well as Our Newly Cleared, Cut & Groomed Hiking Trails are ALL "Shared" With Other Hipcampers Who Maybe Camping Out at 3 Other Campsites, CBR Eco-Village Residents and/or Airbnb Guests "IF" applicable. Looking Forward To Seeing You HERE On The Ranch!
Hike-in access only
No campfires
Toilet
Potable water
No pets
No showers
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"Moon Lodge" Tent/Tree Camping

95%
(47)
Tent site · Sleeps 5
Cross Bull Ranch's "Moon Lodge Site" Is A VERY "Special Site." CURRENTLY Our MOST "Remote Site." In 2012 The Site Was Blessed by "Grandma Rose" A Lakota Grandmother Who Recently Passed. R.I.P. "Grandma Rose." In 2012 it earned it's name by Serving as The Site Of "Corn Woman" A Tipi from The Playa At Burning Man belonging to The "Red Lightning Tribe." "Corn Woman" Served as "A Moon Lodge" 24/7 365 where over the course of two years Women Could Call & Arrange to Get-A-Way To Unplug, Dis-Connect & Come "Bleed" During Their Moon/Menstruation. The View from The "Moon Lodge Campsite" is Topanga Creek & Mountainside with Large Rock Formations, Seasonal Waterfall/Gully & Cave Nearby. The Moon Lodge Campsite is Close To The "Trail Head" to Scenic Hike Of CBR's "Upper Lands." Pitch Your Tent in The Shade Of Beautiful 200 Year Old++ Live Oak The "Moon Lodge Campsite" Is DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM Our Newly Created "Shared Community Picnic Area" w/3 6'-0" Tables, 6 Benches, 2 Sideboards & 3 Commercial Propane Heat Lamps. PLEASE KNOW The Picnic Space as well as Our Newly Cleared, Cut & Groomed Hiking Trails are ALL "Shared" With Other Hipcampers Who Maybe Camping Out at 3 Other Campsites, CBR Eco-Village Residents and/or Airbnb Guests "IF" applicable. Looking Forward To Seeing You HERE On The Ranch!
Short walk to site
No campfires
Toilet
Potable water
No pets
No showers

RV/tent sites

2 sites
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"Stage" Tent/Tree/Vehicle Camping

95%
(46)
RV/tent site · Sleeps 5 · Vehicles under 24 ft
Creekside. The "Stage Campsite" View is The Mountainside, Chicken Coup & Main House. It is Shaded by Beautiful 100 Year Old++ Live Oak and... DIRECTLY ADJACENT To Two Tiered Handmade Indian Red Sandstone Stage Shaped in The "Yin Yang Symbol" where "Ruby Stewart," Rod Stewart's Daughter as well as "Lukas Nelson," Willie Nelson's Son Amongst MANY OTHER'S Have Performed at CBR Hootenanny's, Concerts & Weddings. Until The 200' Tree Fell During The Last 100 Year Rain!?! The Lower Tier Of "The Stage" NOW Serves As Patio Space To The "Stage Campsite"... There is Cafe' Table w/4 Chairs DIRECTLY Adjacent to it as well as A Newly Created "Shared Community Picnic Area" w/3 6'-0" Tables, 6 Benches & 3 Commercial Propane Heat Lamps. PLEASE KNOW The Picnic Space as well as Our Newly Cleared, Cut & Groomed Hiking Trails are ALL "Shared" With Other Hipcampers Who May Be Camping Out at 3 Other Campsites, CBR Eco-Village Residents and/or Airbnb Guests "IF" applicable. Looking Forward To Seeing You HERE On The Ranch!
No campfires
Toilet
Potable water
No pets
No electrical hookup
No water hookup
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"Tipi" Tent/Tree/Vehicle Camp

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(38)
RV/tent site · Sleeps 5 · Vehicles under 24 ft
The "Tipi Campsite" earned it's name by Serving as The Site Of The Lakota Fireplace for Tipi as well as Moonlodge Ceremonies Here On Cross Bull/CBR from [xxxxxxxx]. The View from The "Tipi Campsite" is The Creekside & Mountainside. It is The Campsite CLOSEST to The Main House's Shared "Mudroom"/Restroom as well as "Trail Head" to Scenic Hike Of CBR's "Upper Lands." It is Shaded by Beautiful 100 Year Old++ Live Oak and... DIRECTLY ADJACENT To The Newly Created "Shared Community Picnic Area" w/3 6'-0" Tables, 6 Benches, 2 Side Tables & 3 Commercial Propane Heat Lamps. PLEASE KNOW The Picnic Space as well as Our Newly Cleared, Cut & Groomed Hiking Trails are ALL "Shared" With Other Hipcampers Who Maybe Camping Out at 3 Other Campsites, CBR Eco-Village Residents and/or Airbnb Guests "IF" applicable. Looking Forward To Seeing You HERE On The Ranch!
No campfires
Toilet
Potable water
No pets
No electrical hookup
No water hookup

Lodging

1 site
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ANNOUNCING CBR "Glamping Site!"

100%
(9)
Bell tent · Sleeps 4 · 3 beds · 1 toilet
Escape to our private 16-acre ranch nestled between A Sacred Ancient Oak Grove & Topanga State Creek. Our cozy glamping site welcomes 2 to 4 guests. Unwind in our luxurious 23' diameter bell tent featuring a queen-size bed, with 2 extra twin beds available on request. Adjacent to the tent entrance, a pop-up shelter awaits for your dining pleasure. And don't miss our inviting firepit area, complete with 4 comfy Adirondack chairs—perfect for stargazing under the moonlight. Explore nearby hiking trails, relax on beautiful beaches, and savor the flavors of local cuisine, all within a 2 minute walk and/or 15-minute drive of your destination. Looking forward to seeing you here on The Ranch!
No campfires
Toilet
Potable water
No pets
No showers
Picnic table

Reviews

97%· 196 reviews

  • Brian S.

    Tent camped at "Catalpas" Tent/Tree Camping, Oct 2026.

    Recommends

    We had a wonderful time camping, and waking up to the sounds of the birds at Lisa’s ranch. Even though she wasn’t able to meet us on-site (last minute booking) Lisa made sure we felt so welcome! Definitely go to the Inn!!

  • Jamie L.

    Tent camped at "Catalpas" Tent/Tree Camping, Sept 2026.

    Recommends

    Lisa was wonderful and her property to camp on is just as advertised. My daughter and I had a really special trip there - it was her first proper / outdoors night camping and so I'll never forget it!!!

  • Art T.

    Tent camped at "Catalpas" Tent/Tree Camping with kids, Aug 2026.

    Recommends

    Fantastic stay! Lisa was very warm and hospitable. We ended up at the glamping site but were able to use our own tents. Very well shaded, plenty of privacy and room for 4 of us. Would definitely come back!

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Amenities

  • Portable toilets
  • Potable waterSpigot, Tap, Hose
  • Picnic tables
  • Wifi
  • Trash disposalRecycling bin, Trash bin
  • No fire pits
  • No showers
  • No electricity hookup
  • No water hookup
  • No laundry
  • No cooking equipment
  • No hot tub
  • No playground

Things to know

  • Walk-in access at some sites2WD accessible. Short walk at some sites.
  • No pets allowedPets can't join this trip.
  • No campfiresCampfires aren't permitted here. However, the ban still allows gas firepits, gas BBQs and gas stoves.
  • Check-in processYou'll meet and greet with your host Lisa upon arrival.
  • Cancellation policySuper Strict at some sites; Super Strict (30 Days) at the others. 50% refund up until 1 week before check in time starts.
  • Check-in and check-outCheck-in times vary by site (from 2pm). Check-out times vary by site. Flexible check-in available at some sites. Late check-out available at some sites.
  • Booking windowSame-day bookings welcome, up to 18 months ahead. Stay up to 4 nights depending on the site.

Extras

  • Propane Firepit$35.00 per nightAt select sitesCopper Electrostatically Cafe' Table Style Firepit for 2 - 4. Includes Propane Tank/"Hook Up" & Set Up for Exclusive Use.
  • Shamanic Somatic Healing Session$250.00 per itemAPPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PM ME. Somatic "Healing Touch" Has Benefits such as: Reducing stress, Calming anxiety & depression, Decreasing pain, Strengthening The Immune System, Enhancing Recovery from surgery, Complementary Care for neck and back problems, Deepening Spiritual Connection, Supporting cancer Care, Creating A Sense of Well-Being, Easing acute & chronic conditions. ~ Lisa C. - Cross Bull Ranch
  • Private 1 - 4 Person Healing Circle$175.00 per personMaintaining Abundant Optimum Health in ALL Of Our Bodies: Physical, Mental, Spiritual & Emotional Is of "Utmost Importance” ESPECIALLY These Daze. Here At Cross Bull Ranch We Provide You With A Safe, Secure Container... "A Sanctuary" To "Cradle", Nurture & "Guide You" Through "The Process" Of Setting "Sacred Space" for... "Ceremony." We Help People To Relax, "Surrender" and "Rest" into The Healing Medicine Of "Pachamama"/Mother Nature. We "Hold Space" & "Facilitate" Daytime and/or Nighttime Ceremonies During Which Participants Lear How To Hold Their Own Space, "Sit Up" and... "Work With" Plant Medicine & Herbs In "A Good Way" In Order To Embark on Their Own "Unique Individual Journey" Which Might Include "Visions" & "Altered Emotional States" Leading to "The Purging" Of What NO LONGER "Serves Us." Removing "Blockages" And Allowing "The Space" for... BOTH "Inner & Outer Wellness." Looking Forward To Seeing You HERE On The Ranch! Lisa

Location

Topanga, Los Angeles, California, United StatesTo respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking

Your Host

Lisa C.Joined November 2020100% response rateResponds within 4 hours

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