What to do and see in Gatlinburg, Tennessee (TN): The Best Outdoor Activities

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.

CLIMB Works is Gatlinburg's premier family adventure destination. Featuring two world-class zipline tours – our new Mountaintop Zipline tour and our top-rated Treetop Zipline tour. Nestled right across the street from the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, you can explore one of the most beautiful places on earth in two unique and exciting ways.

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.

Adjacent to the Great Smoky National Park, our canopy tour includes 7 ziplines where you sail platform to platform over pristine flora and fauna. Our canopy tour is designed to progress from shorter slower lines to longer, faster, higher lines to keep you comfortable. Experienced and first time participants alike will be thrilled.

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…

Explore the quiet side of the Smokies in Western North Carolina. Take a guided tour with a retired Smoky Mountain Park Ranger and Naturalist. With over 30 years experience in the Park service, he'll help you explore hidden gems, waterfalls, historic sites, quiet walkways and more. Over 100,000 guests have explored the Smokies. A Walk In The Woods has been offering once in a lifetime driving and hiking tours in the Smoky Mountains since 1998. Emphasizing the teaching of natural history, A Walk In The Woods' offers spectacular trips into the Smokies. Our expert guide will take you on a once in a lifetime Smoky Mountain Tour. Your experience may include incredible vistas, gentle cascades, waterfalls, majestic ancient forests, crystal clear mountain streams, old home sites, or hidden trails!

KanAmFun Extreme Off Road Tours! We offer off road side by side tours in the Smoky Mountains of Gatlinburg, Tennessee!

Experience the Smokies like never before! Feel the nature & see the history as you ride through your beautiful surroundings.

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?

We rent UTVs, Polaris Slingshots, and Jeep Wranglers. You can take self guided tours to Cades Cove, Clingmans Dome, The Roaring Forks, Smoky Mountain National Forest, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and even the Dragon's Tail. You can book online, call, or just stop in and see us.