October 2025
“A Journey Of A 1000 Miles
Begins With A Single Step”
Bilbrey Tours is Abilene’s leading resource for tourism opportunities, providing the time to travel, relax, and enjoy the amazing things this country has to offer. Read below to learn about the featured destinations for October 2025.
State Fair of Texas
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Departing Abilene
$145 per person
$25 due upon booking – Final due August 12, 2025
Highlights Include:
- The State Fair of Texas is at historic Fair Park in Dallas, where it has been held since 1886.
- Big Tex, a 55 ft tall cowboy, has been the symbol of the fair since 1952.
- Only state fair in the US to include a full-blown auto show
- The fair is known for its deep-fried foods, including Oreos and Twinkies
Photo courtesy of Visit Dallas
Monarch Celebration
Fredericksburg, TX
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Departing Abilene
$149 per person
Full payment due upon booking
Highlights Include:
- Celebrating the Monarch Butterfly Migration, this unique opportunity allows you to enjoy the magic up close as you tag your own butterfly and watch as they their their first flight.
- Wildseed Farms
- Free time for browsing and shopping in charming downtown
- Visit the Vereins Kirche, a replica of the 19th-century German church in the nearby Marktplatz
- Enjoy the festivities of Oktoberfest in the German community of Fredericksburg
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
includes Santa Fe and Durango
October 6- 12, 2025
(7 days – 6 nights)
Departing Abilene, Big Spring and San Angelo
$2425 per person (2 people per room)
$3205 per person (1 person per room)
$25 due upon booking – Final due August 5, 2025
Travel Protection Insurance
available for purchase
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Highlights Include:
- Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
- Mass Ascension
- Balloon Glow
- Old Town Albuquerque
- Albuquerque City Tour
- Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
- Santa Fe Plaza
- Loretto Chapel
- Santa Fe City Tour
- San Francisco de Asis Mission
- Durango and Silverton Train
- Mesa Verde National Park
- 4-Corners Monument
- Meals: 5 continental breakfasts, 1 breakfast, 5 lunches or dinners
Autumn at the Arboretum
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Departing Abilene
$189 per person
Full payment due upon booking
- Dallas Arboretum is a favorite Fall tradition. The fall festival is a spectacular show of color with 4,500 Chrysanthemums, along with 150,000 fall blooming plants.
- Internationally acclaimed Pumpkin Village features more than 100,000 pumpkins, squash, and gourds
- Name “One of the World’s 15 Most Breathtaking Gardens” by Architectural Digest
- Lunch included at the DeGolyer House
The Plains of Africa
Kenya Wildlife Safari
October 16- 29, 2025
(14 days – 13 nights)
Departing Abilene
$9605 per person (2 people per room)
$10805 per person (1 person per room)
$750 due upon booking – Final due March 6, 2025
Medicare does not pay outside the United States
Tour is operated by Collette Vacations
NOTE: Passport Required
Travel Protection Insurance
available for purchase
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Highlights Include:
- Roundtrip transportation to DFW
- Roundtrip air from DFW
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Shaba National Reserve
- Samburu National Reserve
- A Traditional Sundowner Experience
- Lake Nakuru
- Masai Mara National Reserve
- Karen Blixen Home (author of Out of Africa)
- Amboseli National Park
- 13 Games drives
- 2 nights in a tented camp (with all the modern amenities)
- Africa’s “Big 5” (lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, buffalo)
- Meals: 12 breakfasts, 11 lunches & 10 dinners
Ozark Mountain Fall Foliage
October 20 – 24, 2025
(5 days – 4 nights)
Departing Abilene
$1375 per person (2 people per room)
$1650 per person (1 person per room)
$25 due upon booking – Final due September 3, 2025
Travel Protection Insurance
available for purchase
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Highlights Include:
- 2 nights accommodations at Ozark Folk Center, located in Ozark Mountains in Mountain View AR
- Ozark Craft Village; dedicated to preserving and presenting Ozark cultural heritage through crafts and music
- 2 Music Shows
- Historic Downtown Square – Mountain View, AR
- Ozark Mountains
- JFK Memorial Lookout
- Lunch at Red Apple Inn – Heber Springs
- Philbrook Museum of Art – Tulsa, OK
- Meals: 2 breakfasts, 2 continental breakfasts, 4 lunches or dinners