3 Day Smoky Mountains Hiking Experience

Guide

Your tour will be led by a trained, experienced professional with a solid guiding background, years of personal wilderness and hiking experience, medical certifications, and a passion for leading people into breathtaking landscapes.

Meals

Dinners at local restaurants are selected for their local color and great food. Breakfasts and picnic lunches prepared by your guide, and trail snacks. This tour features a combination of restaurant meals and meals prepared by your guide. We provide breakfasts and lunches for the trip. We supplement all of our meals with spices, herbs, oils, cheeses, butter, sugar, fruits, and vegetables for optimal taste and energy. In addition, we provide you with an assortment of trail mixes, snacks, and dried fruits to eat at your own discretion. We regularly accommodate vegan, vegetarian, kosher, and non-gluten diets and will make adjustments for food allergies. These and other special dietary requests may require an additional fee.

Others

Arrival and departure transfers to/from Asheville Use of Deuter or Osprey backpacks Use of Leki or Black Diamond trekking poles Emergency equipment including a company-issued first-aid kit and satellite phone You will receive a Lifetime Hiking Membership entitling you, your spouse, and your kids to a lifetime discount of 10% off any Wildland Trekking hiking trip after your first one!

Transport

We will provide transfers to/from the trailhead to/from your accommodation in Asheville in a private vehicle.

Accommodation

2 nights in twin-share rooms at the Dancing Bears Cabins This unique and inviting Appalachian lodge and cabins offer relaxation and natural beauty with wonderful accommodations and 38 forested acres on the peaceful side of the Smokies! Please be aware that all accommodations are subject to change until 4-6 weeks before the departure date. Final accommodation details will be provided to you with your finalised travel documents.

Hygieneprotocol

Since the beginning, our commitment has been to provide life-enriching hiking experiences with safety always at the forefront. In this spirit, when we reopened after the 2020 shutdown, we implemented new transportation logistics, behavior guidelines, sanitization practices, and booking terms that preserved the core nature of the Wildland experience while increasing safety and reducing risk. Between June 2020 and May 2021, we accommodated nearly 6,000 guests without a single verified or suspected case of COVID-19 transmission on a Wildland trip. Due to the success of the guidelines and the ever-evolving situation with COVID-19, we will continue with necessary protocols as long as necessary to protect our guests and staff to the greatest extent possible. We invite you to contact us for our full list of our new hygiene protocols.

Optional

Optional experiences are not available on this tour

Insurance

This tour does not include travel insurance. Please make sure you are adequately covered. You can arrange travel insurance with your preferred provider, or our Travel Experts can recommend a provider for you.

Others

Clothes, raingear, and footwear - please contact our Travel Experts for a packing list Sunscreen, toiletries, and personal items Water bottles and a headlamp or flashlight Alcoholic beverages Tipping (industry recommendation is 10-20% of trip cost) Pre and post-tour accommodation - available on request Mandatory 5% National Park Fee (added at time of booking and passed through directly to the National Park Service)

Flights

As we have travelers from all over the world, flights before and after the tour are not included in the tour price and you need to arrange these separately by yourself once your tour is guaranteed. As we specialize in organizing the best tours around the world for you, we are unable to advise on flight prices or book flights on your behalf. We recommend that you do not book your flights until your place on the tour has been confirmed.