At Visit Bend, we believe each trail, cafe table, mountain vista, and lakeside patch of grass should be a welcoming place for everyone.
Our team cares deeply about this place we live, play, raise families, and call home. We’re passionate about caring for the wild places, this community, and sharing them with people from all walks of life.
We honor all voices and experiences, regardless of where your travels take you. No matter who you are or where you’ve roamed, we welcome you.
When you travel to Bend, we invite you to bring your very best self. At our community’s core is a warm and welcoming spirit, and each of us plays a vital role in keeping that spirit alive.
While tourism is part of a healthy economy, it’s the people who matter to us. That mom-and-pop restaurant you love will flourish with support from visitors and locals alike. Bend-based tour operators aren’t just businesses to us—they’re our friends and neighbors who thrive and can feed their families thanks to guests’ curiosity and currency.
Whether you’re staying with us one night or a lifetime, we thank you for being part of our community.
We are committed to ensuring every person feels valued and accepted, whether you’re a first-time visitor or a lifelong resident of Bend.
At Visit Bend, we believe in welcoming all visitors regardless of age, race, creed, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, or professional standing.
Whatever your journey looks like, no matter how you got here, your experience matters. We welcome you to Bend with open arms.
While Bend is breathtakingly beautiful, there’s history that isn’t so pretty. The indigenous tribes of this region fished, hunted, and recreated on these lands for generations before any of us donned skis or dropped a kayak in the Deschutes.
That history is not lost on us, and we recognize we’re inhabiting and recreating on the traditional lands of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Wascoes, and Paiutes. We are working to acknowledge their experiences and their relationship to this land.
Bend’s outdoor and recreational resources provide endless possibilities for outdoor adventure and it is our collective responsibility to protect these treasures and ensure sustainable and lasting opportunities for all.
The Bend Sustainability Fund reinvests tax revenue generated by visitors into the places and spaces that are important to our community.
Interested in helping to protect and preserve Bend’s wild places? When you’re ready to take your next trip to bend, boost your commitment to the next level by following our Bend-specific Leave No Trace principles.
Camp Yoshi builds curated outdoor experiences for those craving space – outside the algorithm, beyond the noise. They take folks off-grid to reset through fire-cooked meals, cinematic views, and real connection. This isn’t camping for the sake of roughing it – it’s a reintroduction to rest.
Central Oregon LandWatch has been working to create well-planned cities and protect wild, open spaces across Central Oregon since 1984. LandWatch is at the forefront of defending our region’s waterways, wildlife, farms, and forests and promoting vibrant and sustainable cities and towns.
The Deschutes Trails Coalition is a community coalition of more than 30 organizations and agencies working to sustain and improve Central Oregon’s invaluable trail systems through grants, collaboration, and passion.
Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project is all about bringing people together to care for the forests we share in Central Oregon. From scientists and foresters to neighbors, recreationists, and land managers, the Collaborative unites many different voices around a common goal: keeping our forests healthy, resilient, and safe.
Discover Your Forest is dedicated to connecting people with the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Crooked River National Grassland. They enrich the visitor experience, build community support, and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards.
Using the power of science, education, and stewardship, Leave No Trace (LNT) is on a mission to ensure a sustainable future for the outdoors and the planet. LNT is built upon the belief that small actions can make a big difference when it comes to taking care of our wild places, and is a universal philosophy that can be part of any outdoor experience.
Visit Bend has partnered with LNT to create seven Central-Oregon-specific principles of Leave No Trace.
Oregon Adaptive Sports (OAS) creates access to over 2,000 high quality outdoor experiences each year to more than 400 unique individuals.
OAS envisions a day when every person with a disability has access to the benefits of outdoor recreation.
Camp Yoshi builds curated outdoor experiences for those craving space – outside the algorithm, beyond the noise. They take folks off-grid to reset through fire-cooked meals, cinematic views, and real connection. This isn’t camping for the sake of roughing it – it’s a reintroduction to rest.
Central Oregon LandWatch has been working to create well-planned cities and protect wild, open spaces across Central Oregon since 1984. LandWatch is at the forefront of defending our region’s waterways, wildlife, farms, and forests and promoting vibrant and sustainable cities and towns.
The Deschutes Trails Coalition is a community coalition of more than 30 organizations and agencies working to sustain and improve Central Oregon’s invaluable trail systems through grants, collaboration, and passion.
Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project is all about bringing people together to care for the forests we share in Central Oregon. From scientists and foresters to neighbors, recreationists, and land managers, the Collaborative unites many different voices around a common goal: keeping our forests healthy, resilient, and safe.
Discover Your Forest is dedicated to connecting people with the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Crooked River National Grassland. They enrich the visitor experience, build community support, and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards.
Using the power of science, education, and stewardship, Leave No Trace (LNT) is on a mission to ensure a sustainable future for the outdoors and the planet. LNT is built upon the belief that small actions can make a big difference when it comes to taking care of our wild places, and is a universal philosophy that can be part of any outdoor experience.
Visit Bend has partnered with LNT to create seven Central-Oregon-specific principles of Leave No Trace.
Oregon Adaptive Sports (OAS) creates access to over 2,000 high quality outdoor experiences each year to more than 400 unique individuals.
OAS envisions a day when every person with a disability has access to the benefits of outdoor recreation.