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Smoky Mountain Guides

805 Parkway, Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738 USA

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Independent
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No Wifi

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“high quality adventure services”

Smoky Mountain Guides is dedicated to providing exceptional programming. From 3hour auto-tours, guided hikes and backpacking trips in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Multi-day retreat programming for large corporate groups seeking to benefit from the attention to detail, quality service and group development/team building, we handle it all. SMG offers destination events to all their corporate clients as well. Our team will travel to your venue as we are always budget minded for all of our clients.

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Reviewed by
Johanna Flato

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October 16, 2014

Rated 4.0

Smoky Mountain Guide Clayton LaPrees is awesome--I was scribbling down everything he said on the tour. His commentary adds a whole new level to what could have been just a typical drive up Newfound Gap. Instead, I got to experience the stories of the "Mountains and Moonshine" auto tour and learn about how moonshining came to be such a livelihood in the Smokies. Not only that though...I learned about a vicious beetle eating so many of the trees up in the mountains...learned about abandoned towns hidden in the park...hikes that no one knows how to find...secret waterfalls...and Cherokee history and lore.

I absolutely recommend this. It transformed my experience in the Smokies. However, were I to go again (which I would love to do!), I would probably opt for a day hike or an overnight, because I got a bit stir crazy in the car. Clayton knows the hikes and less-travelled paths that get you away from all the crowds :)

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