Things to do in Gatlinburg, Tennessee (TN): The Best Hiking & Camping Tours

Celebrating 23 years touring Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Locally owned & operated since 1998. Recipient of the REI Top Guide Award 2012 & 2017, and the Travel Channel Top choice award. Since 1998, we have taken over 150,000 people into the Smokies on a variety of excursions from easy walks for families and novices, driving tours, private couple's tours, challenging adventures, to backpacking 101 or nights on the famous AT and more. We are the only guide service in the region where all of our guides are professionally trained naturalists, historians, storytellers and educators. As seen on Samantha Brown's Travel Channel Program, National Geographic Globe Trekkers, NBC Nightly News, Turner International, Backpacker Magazine, Endless Vacation, USA Today, AAA magazine Home and Away, National Geographic Adventurer, Outside Magazine, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Shape Magazine, Women's Health, Southern Living, the Chicago Tribune, Indianapolis Star, CNN and more.

Smoky Mountain Guides provides high quality small group adventure tours. We accomplish this by providing interpretive and local guides, that lead Mercedes van tours, hikes, walks, family adventures, backpacking trips and a variety of unique specialty tours. All of our trips and tours are aimed at accomplishing our clients objectives, whether that be: attaining historical insights, seeing panoramic vistas, understanding the natural vegetation or learning a new skill. SMG corporate services division, serves the corporate sector with one of a kind services. This ranges from all-inclusive retreat programming and negotiations, to transportation logistics and even providing high quality team development programming utilizing adventure and experiential learning techniques.

The American Wild Trekking Company exists to provide transformative and enriching wilderness experiences to those seeking solace from the demands of urban existence. Our trips recenter and reinvigorate through adventure. In the words of John Muir, “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity…

I have been hosting tours in TN for years. I have traveled the world and fell in love with East TN 12 years ago. Then I moved here and never looked back. Since then I've been showcasing this amazing area to family, friends, and travelers. I have a masters in hospitality and I love to share my experiences, stories, and secret places with new friends. https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/407552?

Great Smoky Mountain Eco Tours Welcome’s you to East Tennessee and its many Attractions, Natural and Historical Wonders! We are proud to offer CUA Permitted Guided Transportation Services, Interpretive Tours, Scenic Drives and Attraction Transportation that can bring you and your family and friends into the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and surrounding East Tennessee, Historical Dandridge, Lakeside of the Smokies and Local Attractions, via Guided Transportation and Tour Services!

With so many amazing places to visit in the Great Smoky Mountains its hard to pick what to do. With Tennessee Mountain Tours each of our tours are tailored to be fun, educational, entertaining, and UNIQUE. With our tours you are guided by an expert. Someone who was born and raised in the area. A local guide who knows the history, heritage, and all the best places to visit. You will learn things you never knew and see places you didn't think to visit. Do more than just see the mountains, experience them like never before. We offer a tour for every type of person. History, adventure, ghosts, hiking, and learning. We do everything from teach you how to fish to telling you spooky stories of murder and death in the small town of Gatlinburg. Our tours are one of a kind and we even offer a guarantee. Come see us to learn more.