Explore the rocky past of “The Gateway to the Smokies" in the town of Gatlinburg which dazzles visitors with a Skylift, gold panning, and log cabin pancakes. Beneath the family-friendly facade, this former frontier town is steeped in violence, greed, and heartbreak. Meet your guide at the Gatlinburg Space Needle, where a horrific accident claimed a young man’s life in 1991. From there, see seven other historic, haunted locations, including the bone-chilling White Oak Flats Cemetery. Scan the cemetery for the infamous Gatlinburg Witch; uncover the terrifying power of the Cliff Branch River, and find out why no one wants to book Room 11 at the Gatlinburg Inn. Along the way, you’ll delve into the tragic history of westward expansion, slavery, and the Civil War. Book the extended tour to visit four additional stops. If you think you know Gatlinburg, you haven’t heard the spirits’ side of the story. Step into the shadows. They’re waiting.

Embark on a fun and educational adventure into the Smoky Mountains for guided liquor tastings. Sip on some moonshine, the drink that captures the deep-rooted culture, tradition, and history of Tennessee. Additionally, learn about other locally-crafted drinks, such as wine and whiskey. Travel 30 miles outside of Knoxville to the picturesque town of Pigeon Forge. Visit 2 popular wineries and 2 distilleries. Regardless of your experience level, you'll surely learn something new at each guided visit. Experience East Tennessee's sweet, red, and white wines with unique tastings. Sample 4 wines at your first stop and up to 10 wines and spirits at the second. Watch the production and bottling process. Lastly, discover the true magic of moonshine and try up to 8 samples with all kinds of flavors.

Take your taste buds on a Tennessee adventure with this winery tour from Sevierville. Discover mountain views of Pigeon Forge on your way to 3 unique wineries, each specializing in their own flavors. Sample a range of flavors with a guided wine tasting session with staff at each winery.  Head to the centrally-located meeting point in Sevierville visit the Apple Barn Winery for a tasting before boarding a comfortable and climate controlled coach. Have plenty of space for you and the wine purchases that you are sure to make with the 10% discount included in your tour.  Relax on the drive between wineries with stunning views of the surrounding countryside and rolling vineyards. Explore apple-based wine to more traditional grape wines. Staff at each location will guide your palate through a journey of flavor and craftsmanship.  Visit the Mountain Valley Winery for an exquisite tasting experience and stop at Hillside Winery for some high-quality flavors. Return to your starting point in Sevierville at the end of your tour. Take home a Rocky top wine trail glass as a souvenir. 

Explore the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and discover why it’s the most visited National Park in the country. Buckle up and prepare for a deep dive into the most famous stretch of the Appalachians. Enjoy a flexible route that allows you to take all the time you need to admire the timeless wonders of the mountains. Start by downloading the Action Tour Guide app that will function as your personal guide, audio tour, and map all in one. Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together! Drive through the scenic mountains and hear all about parts of Cherokee history, like the ancient Cherokee monarchy and the revolutionaries who fought against it. Get detailed accounts of Cherokee ancestral legends, from the great buzzard who shaped the Smoky Mountains from clay to the witch whose droplets of blood bloom into stalks of corn. Experience animated videos allowing you to visualize what you cannot see, such as snapshots from different centuries or interior rooms. Be pointed towards some of the most awe-inspiring sights in the park. Gaze at the majestic Rainbow Falls, the breath-taking 360-degree views atop Clingmans Dome, and hear about the deep-rooted history of the Elys Mill. Learn about the complex flora and fauna which call the mountains home. Get to know the creatures of Cades Cove and learn how wildfires form an integral part of the vast and interconnected ecosystem. As you drive, audio stories will automatically pop up and start playing, allowing you to keep your attention on the natural beauty of the Smoky Mountains.

Explore the Great Smoky Mountains at your own pace with a self-guided and self-driving tour. Hike to Alum Cave, enjoy a panoramic view from Charles Overlook, and discover Cades Coves from the comfort of your own car. Start by downloading the Action Tour Guide app that will function as your personal guide, audio tour, and map all in one. Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together! Drive to the Oconaluftee Visitor Center to start your journey. After exploring the Visitor Center, head past the Mingus Mill, a remnant of a once-thriving town. As you drive to Beech Flats Quiet Walkway, hear accounts of the Cherokee people who once lived here. Learn about their legends and their struggle to hold onto their land. Once you arrive, enjoy a meditative stroll through nature. Hop back into your car and head to Charles Webb Overlook, which offers a panoramic view of the park. Once you’ve snapped some stunning photos, continue toward Clingman’s Dome, the highest peak in the Smokies, for more unparalleled views of the mountains. Continue to the trail for Alum Cave, one of the most popular hikes in the park. If you wish, take the moderate 4.4-mile roundtrip trail for beautiful panoramas and fascinating rock formations. After your hike, drive to Chimney Tops Overlook, offering more stunning mountain views. Next, enjoy an easy wilderness walk at Balsam Point. As you continue past yet another incredible vista and another secluded walkway, hear little-known park history. Jump back in your car and drive towards Gatlinburg, stopping on the way to check out the pristine Cataract Falls. In Gatlinburg, pass the famous Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Drive past Ogle Place, an old-timey homestead dating back to the 1800s, before arriving at Rainbow Falls. Continue your drive past several more waterfalls and the historic cabins of Ephraim Bales and Reagan Tub, offering a fascinating glimpse into the past. Finally, finish your Great Smoky National Park tour with a visit to the old Ely’s Mill, which is still in operation today. Start the second part of your combination tour, discovering Cades Coves, just west of Gatlinburg. From there, continue west toward the scenic loop. The first landmark on your route is John Oliver Place, once home to some of the first homesteaders to make a living here. After that, pass 3 churches dating back to the 1800s and uncover the devastating impact of the Civil War on this community. Drive to Elijah Oliver Place, a beautifully-preserved homestead offering an authentic look at early pioneer life. If you wish to stretch your legs, hike to Abrams Falls, a secluded, powerful waterfall. Next, drive to Tipton Place. Finally, reach the Carter Shields Cabin, another idyllic homestead from a bygone era. Finish your tour at the start of the loop as you hear about the last family to call the cove home.

Take an audio tour guide to explore America’s most-visited National Park. Enjoy the many historic log buildings, wide range of wildlife in diverse ecosystems, extensive hiking trails, and stunning viewpoints from scenic drives and mountain peaks. Benefit from a fully flexible tour which you can take at your own speed. Follow the suggested itineraries, or divide the commentary and create your own half, full or multi- day sightseeing trips. Marvel at the 17,000 species of abundant wildlife from tiny fireflies to colorful and giant salamanders. Witness over 240 species of birds, including woodpeckers, owls and warblers, elk, deer, foxes, bobcats black bears. Explore Cades Cove with its collection of historic homesteads, preserved buildings like Cable Grist Mill and churches. Pause in this scenic valley which is also one of the best and most reliable areas to see wildlife. Witness blue fog rising from the valleys at Newfound Gap and discover the reason why the range is called the Smoky Mountains. Continue on climbing the spur road to Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in Tennessee before taking a trip to the flying saucer-style viewing platform. Traverse the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail. Discover a landscape of lush hardwood forest, numerous waterfalls including Rainbow Falls and the Place of a Thousand Drips, as well as historic cabins like Noah “Bud” Ogle’s, grist mills, and other preserved buildings. Learn all about key highlights of the region including: Alum Cave Cable Mill Cades Cove Chimney Tops Clingmans Dome Gatlinburg Grotto Falls John Oliver Place Laurel Falls Mingus Mill Morton Tunnel Newfound Gap Oconaluftee Farm Museum The Sinks Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail Sugarlands

Join a helicopter tour and fly alongside the French Broad River, across Douglas Dam and along the western shore picturesque Douglas Lake. As the flight turns southwest, see the Great Smoky Mountains in the distance, but it doesn’t end there. The tour continues southward and over the Sevierville and Dollywood areas. As you climb in altitude, you’ll follow the terrain up to the crest of Cove Mountain at the national park boundary line where you’ll be met with unbeatable views of the Wears Valley area. Continuing along the edge of Wears Valley, travel northbound between Pigeon Forge and the rolling foothills of the Smoky Mountains as you return to the heliport.

Climb aboard a helicopter and admire Gatlinburg from a new vantage point. Enjoy a bird’s-eye view of downtown Sevierville, the Pigeon Forge Parkway, and downtown Gatlinburg on your way towards one of Tennessee’s highest mountains, Mount LeConte. As you fly over the towns of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, your pilot will provide you with information about iconic landmarks and things to do such as Dollywood, Gatlinburg Sky Bridge, Gatlinburg Space Needle, Anakeesta, and Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. You'll be able to capture fantastic photos throughout to help you remember this unique experience.

Solve puzzles and test your intuition at a live escape room adventure in Concord. Choose between five immersive escape rooms and work as a team to complete your mission. Decide on a challenge to tackle with your team. You may find yourself in the depths of the sea or as a falsely accused prisoner determined to break out of jail. Learn the rules of your adventure with the help of a game guide once you arrive. Work together with your team to find clues and solve puzzles within a series of elaborately designed rooms. Choose your escape adventure: Prison Break: Your team will be split into two different prison cells and must work together to get out of a 1950s-style prison. A successful escape will include a sneaky trip to the warden’s office. An unsuccessful escape will land you in prison forever. The Depths: The brilliant researcher, Dr. Humphreys, has gone missing and there have been rumors of mysterious experiments since his disappearance. It’s up to you to find the underwater lab, decipher Humphreys’ research, and discover what he’s been hiding. Special Ops: Mysterious Market: Your routine browsing of a spice market leads to an unexpected discovery… Now you’re left to combat an international crisis that threatens the state of the world as we know it. How deep does this conspiracy go? The Heist: A priceless Monet painting has recently gone missing from the Barclay Museum of Historical Art. We have reason to believe it’s been nabbed by the museum’s curator, Vincent Hahn. Your mission — slip through the museum undetected, break into Hahn’s office, recover the painting, and high-tail it out of there before he returns! Gold Rush: Since Clyde Hamilton, your long lost relative, has passed, the prospector left behind quite a pretty penny in gold. As his surviving next of kin, he’s offered you a chance to claim the gold fortune as an inheritance for yourself…if you can find it!

Looking for a family friendly activity? We can help you explore the city with our fun photo scavenger hunt. Using your smartphone, you'll be given a scavenger hunt list of items to find in the form of riddles and challenges to complete on our scavenger hunt app. You'll go look for the item described in the riddle, complete the accompanied challenge, and send in a photo to get points. Your points will show up on the app's leaderboard so you can see how you're doing compared to teams all across the country! Operation City Quest can be played in any city, no matter how big or small! Don't worry, you won't be alone. You'll have a remote host that will be communicating with you during your game via a chat feature on the app if you need help or have a question. They can also give you hints and additional *mystery* challenges! The goal of this interactive scavenger hunt is to find all the items, earn your way to the top of the leaderboard, and more importantly, to have fun with family and friends! Our games usually take about 2 hours and most teams walk around 2 miles during their scavenger hunt.