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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Self-Guided Driving Tour
Recommended: Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together!
Explore Great Smoky Mountains National Park and discover why it’s the most visited National Park in the country! Tour these famous mountains while learning about Cherokee history and legends, Appalachian life, and much more. There’s no better way to see Clingman’s Dome, Cades Cove, or Rainbow Falls. Plus, enjoy a free bonus tour of Roaring Forks Motor Trail!
After booking, check your email to download the separate Audio Tour Guide App by Action, enter your unique password, and access your tour. These steps require good internet/Wi-Fi access. From there, follow the audio instructions and the route.
Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.
This isn't an entrance ticket. Check opening hours before your visit.
Great Smoky Mountains & Cades Cove Self-Guided Driving Tours
Purchase only one tour per vehicle, not per person. Everyone listens together!
Get the full Smoky Mountain experience with this ultimate bundle tour! Explore these picturesque mountains, uncover the rich history of the Cherokee and early settlers, and find out why this is the most-visited national park in the entire country. You’ll discover beautiful overlooks, hiking trails, and waterfalls on one tour, then dive into the pioneer and Civil War history of Cades Cove with the next! If you don’t want to miss a thing, this is the deal for you.
After booking, check your email to download the separate Audio Tour Guide App by Action, enter your unique password, and access your tour. These steps require good internet/Wi-Fi access. From there, follow the audio instructions and the route.
Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.
This isn't an entrance ticket. Check opening hours before your visit.
Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour in Great Smoky Mountains
Don't miss a thing as GuideAlong's Great Smoky Mountains Audio Driving Tour takes you on an incredible journey through the most visited US national park.
Along the way you'll be guided to all of the park's famous highlights as well as lessor known gems including the lowest drivable pass, historic Cades Cove buildings and the park's highest point.
Download discover more on your Smokies road trip with fascinating behind-the-scenes stories, local tips and directions that plays automatically along the drive.
With GyPSy Guide you have the freedom to explore offline at your own pace so you can spend more time at places that interest you, bypass any that don’t.
✅ Stories, tips and directions play automatically based on your location
✅ Travel at your own pace
✅ Tours work offline using GPS, no cell service or WiFi needed
✅ Suggested itineraries & tips for half, full or multi day use
✅ Buy once, use forever! No expiry, includes free updates
✅ Like having a tour guide along for the drive
Smoky Mountains Roaring Fork Guided Sightseeing Tour by Jeep
Mother Nature is at her best in the Smoky Mountains with bubbling streams, scenic mountain vistas and stunning scenery. Walk along a short nature path to view a waterfall.
You’ll see it all and learn about the local history and wildlife and be able to feel the serenity that this scenic part of the country provides.
Thundering Streams and Falls of the Smokies Guided Hiking Tour
With 3100 miles of streams in the Smokies, there are thousands of beautiful stretches of white water. Adventure awaits as you explore the magic of pristine cascades and waterfalls on a little-known trail. We'll warm up on a more popular trail, pausing to enjoy smaller cascades before turning onto a less traveled section of the Park. In the winter, we'll enjoy beautiful glimpses of the surrounding mountains, during the spring we'll pause to enjoy our famous wildflower display, summer brings refreshing swimming holes, and in autumn the beauty of changing leaves. This hike is considered moderately adventurous as we gain elevation, climb over downed trees and get our feet wet. **Please note: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will require parking tags for any vehicle stopping longer than 15 minutes.
Great Smoky Mtn, Dolly home, Gatlinburg Arts & Crafts Spring Tour
Embark on a journey through Dolly’s Sevier County, with stops at a covered bridge, an AUTHENTIC antique shop, and a live demonstration of handmade brooms by a 3rd-generation craftsman and have lunch at PREACHER’S BAR-B-QUE, a true local favorite.
This is the ONLY tour that goes to the actual cabin on Locust Ridge Rd. where Dolly Parton was born—a rare glimpse into her humble beginnings. You’ll also visit her schools and the church where she first sang, all nestled in the mountain hollers that inspired her music.
Whether you're capturing the peaceful landscapes of Dolly’s backroads or the charm of the Gatlinburg Arts & Crafts Community, this tour offers a rich and rewarding experience that’s both personal and picturesque.
No Dolly tour is complete without a stop in downtown Sevierville, and a treat at Red’s Ice Cream Fountain, one of Dolly’s favorite high school hangouts. Indulge in their homemade ice cream, brimming with nostalgic flavor—a sweet finale and a picture-perfect memory!
Unbelievable Magic Show – Starring Steven Best
Now celebrating 10 years performing in the beautiful Smoky Mountains. Unbelievable Magic is the #1 family friendly magic show in Pigeon Forge and is great for all ages! Come see this amazing show and check out our on-site magic shop as well.
Small-Group Jeep Tour of Smoky Mountains Foothills Parkway
With your knowledgeable guide in control, you are free to zero in on the view ahead! Lower regions Parkway, often described as "the prettiest drive in America," brings breathtaking scenes of the Smoky Mountains' most elevated points! This is one jeep tour you don’t want to miss!
Mountaintop Zipline 2-Hours Activity
What’s included in the Mountaintop zipline tour?
11 Unique Adventures
6 SIDE-BY-SIDE ZIPLINE RUNS
Zip higher and ride longer than ever before on our six dual lines that allow you to enjoy the experience right next to friends or family. Our platforms stand high above the treetops to offer panoramic mountain views you won’t find anywhere else.
4 SKY BRIDGES AND FUN ENDING
Along the 2 hour tour you’ll traverse high above the ground on four aerial bridges and end your adventure by rappelling from the final platform. But don’t worry, we send you down at a steady controlled speed!
ATV RIDE TO THE TOP
Start the tour off with an ATV ride (6 passenger) up the mountainside where you’ll gain 400 vertical feet over a half mile.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Self-Guided Audio Tour
Welcome to Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tour! Come journey with us as we travel through stunning mountain scenery and explore the historical homes of days gone by.
The Great Smoky Mountains are the most visited national park in the country, often receiving over 14 million visitors every year! We've broken it down with the top things to do, including 14 stops in and around the park!
What you'll get:
Expert Narration: Learn about the park's heritage, ecology, and wildlife.
User-Friendly App: Access the tour easily on your smartphone.
Capture the Moment: Discover ideal photo spots for stunning panoramas and wildlife shots.
Immerse yourself in the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains with our audio tour. Book now and embark on a journey you'll cherish for years to come!
The remaining hours in the tour details are allotted for the travel time.
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Great Smoky Mountains NP Driving Tour smartphone autoplay APP/GPS
"On this GPS location aware driving tour, you™ll be guided through the Smokes and learn the
story of the people that lived here, their history, the Cherokee, the settlers, and nature.
As you approach each point of interest you™ll hear about the stops and get tips
on what to see and do.
This is a hands-free experience. Simply press play and
put your phone down. As you drive the app knows where you are and plays
the stories as you drive.
The tour never expires, take it anytime, as many times
as you like.
This tour starts at the Cherokee Welcome Center."
White Water Rafting Experience on the Upper Pigeon River
The Pigeon River gorge cuts east to west across the Smoky Mountains from North Carolina and into Tennessee. As one of the most popular rafting trips in America, the Upper Section of the Pigeon River offers guests with the best introduction to whitewater anywhere.
Smoky Mountains Newfound Gap Jeep Tour
This jeep tour will combine stunning views and a fun 3-hour experience. Starting in Pigeon Forge, you will head up one-mile above sea level to Newfound Gap. Your knowledgeable guide will point out the Appalachian Trail and the Rockefeller Memorial which has great historic significance.
Then hang on for an exhilarating, seat clenching ride at the back half of this tour. Your guide has been expertly prepared to give you an encounter completely different than others in the Great Smoky Mountains!
Smoky Mtn Cades Cove, RR/Logging Museum-Foothills Pky Spring Tour
This tour leaves every Tuesday from Country Tonite Theater. As the tour leaves early in the morning, Cell Phone Photography advice and instruction is on a one-on-one basis as requested by the guest, throughout the tour.
History and photo ops abound in Cades Cove, in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. While driving up to Cades Cove, a rolling Smart Phone Photo workshop is given, and as the van makes many photo stops, your instructor will give one on one assistance to you for excellent photo results. The History and Humor of the area and the folklore associated with it, is brought to life while the tour travels the eleven-mile loop. A stop at The Little River RR and Lumber Museum for more photo ops and history is next. The best photos of the Smokies, are along The Foothills Parkway at several lookouts. Back to Sevierville for a stop at Dolly's favorite hangout, Red's Soda Fountain. A sweet finale to your tour, this stop promises a delightful treat and picture-perfect memories!
3 HR Smoky Mountain, Cherokee, Blue Ridge Parkway, Jeep Adventure
Hey y'all, my name is Bryan. I love the mountains, wilderness, wildlife, culture, and history of the Great Smokey Mountains!
My ancestors, both Cherokee and early Appalachians, have called Western NC. & Eastern TN. home since prior to the Trail of Tears. of 1832–1838.
As a historian and naturalist adventure guide, with a degree in Environmental Sciences, I strive to provide each guest with an amazing SAFARI JEEP, ECO, ELK, WILDERNESS ADVENTURE-coupled with Cherokee and early Appalachian, Smokey Mountain history, legend, and lore. The Smokies are designated as an (UN INTERNATIONAL BIOSPHERE RESERVE & WORLD HERITAGE SITE) with over 50,000 different species of plants and animals.
Come get wild in the Smokies, where once-in-a life time experiences are had and cherished for generations to come with Scenic Tours and Adventures in Maggie Valley, NC.
Ticket pass to the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center (Self-Guided Tour)
No venue in the Smokies provides a better glimpse into the human history and diverse cultures that have inhabited this beautiful region. From the Native American villages of 10,000 years ago to the moonshine culture of the 20th century, the Heritage Center offers a little something for everyone. You can also tour authentic structures of the region which have been relocated to the Heritage Center campus for preservation and interpretation. These structures are fully furnished, just as you would have encountered them in their original locations. Included in the collection are log structures dating to circa 1800 as well as a church, a sawmill, a blacksmith shop, cantilever barns, and even a moonshine still house!
The Smoky Mountain Valley Adventure by Helicopter
A popular tour with visitors wanting to see more of the area's natural beauty. This tour offers views of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Bluff Mountain. As your flight heads toward Bluff Mountain, you'll soar over the Tennessee Valley and be greeted with stunning views of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the distance. The highlight of this trip is getting up close and personal with Bluff Mountain and Sugarloaf Mountain. This tour is about 24 miles with a total flight time of approximately 12 minutes, depending upon wind and weather conditions.
Douglas Lake View Scenic Helicopter Tour
The Lake View Tour is a wonderful way to get your feet wet while experiencing a helicopter flight in the Smokies. Douglas Lake covers more than 28,000 acres across three counties and has over 500 miles of shoreline. This flight will carry you over the French Broad River toward Douglas Dam and up to the edge of Mountain Cove Marina. On clear days there are beautiful panoramic views of the Great Smoky Mountains in the distance.
Lower Pigeon River Rafting Tour
Closest rafting to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Family fun for children as young as 3! This trip is an amazing outdoor experience on the 5.5-mile Lower Pigeon Rafting Trip. Great for young children or those looking for more of a float trip.
Stroll Back in Time Smokies History Streams and Forest Hike
Walk on an old roadbed, alongside a pristine cascading stream. This guided walk in the woods blends the abundant history of the Smokies with the beauty of a riverside trail. As we amble through the woods we’ll explore a spring-house, cabin, old rock walls and see cascading whitewater. This guided tour is a great introduction to the Smokies.