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Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Cades Cove Self-Driving Bundle Tours

By Paradise Travel
4.5 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is $17 per traveler*
per traveler*
*Get a lower price by selecting multiple travelers
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

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.

Within 30 min, we'll send you two things: a unique password and the app. Download the app onto your phone and enter the password. Then download the tour inside. When you arrive, go to the designated starting location to start the tour. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience.

No expiration — The tour comes with lifetime validity!

This isn't an entrance ticket. Check pandemic rules and opening hours before your visit.

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06:00 AM, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Cades Cove Self-Driving Bundle Tours in English
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h5h
  • Opening hours: Sun 6:00am-11:30pm
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
$16.99 x 1 Traveler$16.99
Total
Price is $16.99
* Select 4 traveler tickets to get our lowest price of $4.25 per traveler

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedOffline use: No cell signal or wifi required. Offline GPS Map & route. Stop-to-stop direction.
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate tour in your/rental car: No group. Take breaks for photos/ snacks/hikes. Go at your own pace
  • What's includedWhat's includedDon’t miss a thing: Full itinerary, travel tips, professionally narrated hidden stories, video, text
  • What's includedWhat's includedFlexible schedule: Use any day, any time. Travel over multiple days or on next trip. Never expires.
  • What's includedWhat's includedGood value: Buy just one per car. Don’t pay for each person. Save money compared to a bus tour.
  • What's includedWhat's includedApp on your phone: A link to download the Action Guide app. Password for your tours. Preview at home
  • What's includedWhat's includedEasy to use: Stories play automatically by GPS. Hands-free. Get HELP all day: Call, Chat or Email.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransportation, parking fee, food/drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedNational Park/attraction Passes, entry tickets, or reservation

Know before you book

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • How it works: Once you book a tour, you’ll get a text/email with instructions. Download the app (while in good wifi/signal) and use your unique password to access your tours. To begin touring, go to the Starting Point and launch the app. The audio starts automatically. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience. Please note that no one will meet you at the starting point.
  • Good value(Driving): Purchase only one tour for the entire vehicle instead of taking the bus and paying for each person. You will see a significant saving. Connect your phone to car speakers by a wire or bluetooth. Enjoy the tour by listening together as you drive.
  • Flexible Schedule: Once the app/tour is on your phone, you can use it any day and at any time. You can use it over multiple days. And, also use it on your next trip here. This tour never expires.
  • Preview the tour: You can use it before the trip at home (highly recommended), use it during the trip, and use it after you come back.
  • Don't miss a thing: You will get everything with the app - a complete itinerary, travel tips, professionally narrated audio stories, story script, images, videos, deep dives, hidden gems, exciting locations, recommendations for hikes, adventure, activities, treks, and stop-by-stop direction.
  • Private tour: You can use it in your car or rental car. No worries about groups or crowds. Start the tour app on your phone. And it will direct you step by step. You can stop for as many breaks as you like. Take a break for Instagram photos, and take a break for lunch/snacks. Go on a hike. The tour will wait for you and start when you start again. You can even do the tour over multiple days. Go at your own pace.
  • Easy to use: The stories play themselves as soon as the GPS is activated. It requires no use of your hands at all. You can get HELP by calling, chatting, or emailing any time of the day.
  • Offline: There is no need for a cell signal or Wi-Fi while touring. App’s GPS map works offline.
  • Expiration/go again: The tour will last for the rest of your life on your phone. It is available for use on any day of your next trip.
  • Use pictures for a photo book: Create a photo book using clean (no crowd) app images of each spot to make a memorable trip. All the photos and the correct sequence is ready in the app for you to use.
  • Social media: Share clean (no crowd) images with friends/family.
  • This 72+mile-long tour covers the essentials of Great Smoky and Cades Cove Bundle in 2-4 hours.

Activity itinerary

Oconaluftee Visitor Center
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Your drive through the beautiful, majestic Smoky Mountains begins at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center. Get ready to explore the Smokies and discover why this is the most visited National Park in the country!

Mingus Mill
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

As you drive, you'll have the option to take a detour to the Mingus Mill, an 1886 grist mill which, believe it or not, is still fully functional! If you're here on weekends, you can even see the mill operators grind corn just like they did back in the 1800s.

Quiet Walkways
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Your first major stop is the Beech Flats Quiet Walkway, a perfect spot for anyone who wants to soak up the natural beauty of the mountains without having to hike an arduous trail.

Rockefeller Memorial
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Up next is the Rockefeller Memorial, where you'll learn more about Rockefeller's importance to the park! This memorial was dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt himself.

Newfound Gap Road
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

From there, your drive continues to Newfound Gap, a stunning mountain pass with huge historical significance. Hear the story of how trappers, farmers, and merchants used to cross the Smokies, and how this gap changed all of that.

Alum Cave Trail
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Next you'll pass the Alum Cave Trail, which takes hikers to the remains of an old salt mine packed with fascinating history.

Morton Overlook
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

After that, you'll reach Morton Overlook, hugely popular for its unbelievable sunsets.

Carlos Campbell Overlook
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

The next overlook on your route is Carlos Campbell Overlook, which serves up panoramic views of towering mountains and lush forests.

Chimney Tops Trail
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Your route takes you next to Chimney Tops Overlook, where you'll hear all about wildfires in the Smokies and how they cause lasting damage to mountains like this one.

Clingmans Dome
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Next up is the most accessible trail in the park: Sugarlands Valley Trail! This scenic trail can be accessed by wheelchair or stroller, and offers a great way to venture into the wilderness.

Sugarlands Visitors Center
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

The tour leads next to the Sugarlands Visitor Center, a perfect rest stop and the site of a few trailheads.

Cataract Falls
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Your drive continues to Cataract Falls, a beautiful, secluded set of waterfalls tucked beneath a shaded canopy of beech trees.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Gatlinburg
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Our next stop is perfect for anyone amused by kitschy oddities. This funky museum displays everything from shrunken human heads to rare animal skeletons. We'll get the inside scoop on how it started as a simple one-panel comic strip and grew into a national phenomenon.

Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Continue following the road to the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail. This driving trail invites you to slow down and enjoy the forest and historic buildings of the area. It also features three of the park's most famous waterfalls!

Rainbow Falls Trail
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Our route takes us next to the Rainbow Falls Trail, which leads to the park's most popular waterfall. Standing at 80 feet, Rainbow Falls is the tallest waterfall in the Smokies, but that's not all! When the sun hits it right, it glimmers like a rainbow--hence the name.

Grotto Falls Trail
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Keep driving until you reach the Grotto Falls trail. While it's not quite as grand as Rainbow Falls, this secluded, less crowded waterfall is absolutely worth a visit. On your way, hear about a rare salamander you can only find right here!

Baskins Creek Falls
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Our drive takes us next to the Baskin Creek Falls, a sparkling waterfall where we'll hear about the amusing, and slightly misguided history behind the name of these falls.

Ephraim Bales Cabin
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Up next, we'll pass the Ephraim Bales Cabin, a portal back in time to the 19th century. We'll hear all about the family that lived here, and why there's a big hole in the middle of their cabin!

Alfred Reagan Tub Mill
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

The road brings us next to the Reagen Cabin, which displays a perfect example of old-timey technology in the form of the so-called "tub mill." Hear all about what that is and why it was useful here.

Ely's Mill
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Next, our drive takes us to Ely's Mill, a historic mill on the outskirts of Gatlinburg which gives us another window into the lives of the early Appalachian settlers. Here, we'll learn about Andrew Ely, the bigshot lawyer who upended his entire life after his wife died, abandoned his law practice, and moved to Gatlinburg to start over and live a simpler life.

Gatlinburg
  • 10m

Finally, you'll arrive in the picturesque mountian town of Gatlinburg, where your tour will conclude.

Cades Cove Methodist Church
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Past that is the Methodist Church, which cost only $115 to build when it was constructed in 1902!

Cades Cove Missionary Baptist Church
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Then there's the Missionary Baptist Church, which split off from the Primitive Baptist Church during the early days of Cades Cove due to ideological divides.

Elijah Oliver Cabin
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Continuing on, you'll come to the Elijah Oliver Place, accessible via a half-mile trail. This secluded homestead once belonged to an abolitionist who found himself in grave danger when the Civil War broke out.

Abrams Falls Trail
  • 10m

Up next is the Abrams Falls Trail, which takes hikers to a powerful waterfall hidden deep in the wilderness.

Cades Cove Historical Grist Mill
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

After that, you'll see the John Cable Grist Mill. This mill dates back to 1870 and you can still see it in operation today!

Tipton Road
  • 10m

Next on your route is Tipton Place, which was once home to a war hero of the American Revolution.

Carter Shields Cabin
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included

Finally, you'll come next to the Carter Shields Cabin, a staunchly abolitionist home that lost much during the Civil War.

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Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESRipley's Believe It or Not! Gatlinburg
    • 800 Parkway
    • 37738-3247, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE1151 Parkway
    • 1151 Parkway
    • 37738, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEGreat Smoky Mountains National Park Library
    • 107 Sugarlands Visitor Center Loop Road
    • 37738, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEOconaluftee Visitor Center
    • 1194 Newfound Gap Rd
    • 28719, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States

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