Top Tennessee Outdoor Activities - page 5

This experience is unique for its unmatched flexibility and strong emphasis on group interaction. It’s not bound to a fixed schedule or route, allowing groups to start, strategize, and explore at their own pace. The core difference is the immersive, lighthearted zombie theme that dictates the tasks—you're scavenging for supplies and completing silly challenges to prove your survival mettle. It’s perfect for team-building or family fun because it's priced per team (up to 10 people), includes the guidance of a remote, chat-based host, and culminates in the unique bragging rights of checking your national rank on the app's leaderboard.

Go on three different quests as you learn all about Chattanooga in a fun, competitive, and adventurous way. Explore Chattanooga your own way, without having to follow a guide or stick with a group tour. Solve riddles, undertake challenges, and submit photo evidence as you work your way up the leaderboard and complete your scavenger hunt.

Swap traditional sightseeing bus tours for a more fun, fast-paced, and interactive way of discovering Chattanooga. Choose a start time to suit your schedule, and set off with your group, while completing challenges along the way. The experience puts your problem-solving and teamwork skills to the test as you solve clues and find out about the city’s culture, art, history, and favorite local spots along the way.

Learn from a professional dancer and instructor in a private setting. Great area to take your new dance moves out at the local honky tonks in the area. Nashville is known as Music City and it’s difficult not to tap your toes to the city’s nonstop live music shows. Learn how to dance like a local during this dance lesson. Your instructor will teach you the moves for two step and country swing dancing, the styles used at local honky tonk dance venues. Practice the basics to use in town and continue taking lessons via Zoom if desired.

Fly high above the Great Smoky Mountains on this helicopter tour over the Tennessee countryside. See a broad 24 mile range of undeveloped mountains, including Bluff Mountain and Sugar Loaf Mountain, and learn about the environment through narration from your pilot as you weave through the sky.

The Smoky Mountains are known for their beautiful nature, but the history and culture of the area also run deep. Learn more about the region than you’d be able to independently on a tour led by a guide who was born and raised in the area. Stops along the way include Gatlinburg, the Rockefeller Memorial, and Townsend for a lunch break (at your own expense).

Fly high above the Tennessee countryside on this helicopter tour over the French Broad River, Douglas Lake, and the Great Smoky Mountains. Extra elevation gains guarantee broader views of the surrounding landscape with a focus on Douglas Lake and the Douglas Dam, while the included headsets make it easy to communicate with your pilot and hear about the sights as you weave through the sky.

Explore the Great Smoky Mountains with a small-group guided van tour that includes hotel pickup. Set out on a sightseeing and nature-themed trip featuring a stroll along the Appalachian Trail. Skip the hassle of driving and learn about the history and wildlife of the Smokies while enjoying mountain views and several photo stops.

Rather than exploring an unfamiliar environemnt on your own, explore Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a small-group hike that takes you deep into the forest and along a pristine mountain river. You'll also see two waterfalls and learn all about the flora and fauna from your naturalist guide.

Unleash your confidence and groove to a new rhythm in Nashville with this beginner-friendly pole dance class at Country Fusion. Over one energetic hour, you’ll learn foundational techniques—floor work, spins, and basic pole vocabulary—from a professional instructor in a supportive, small-group setting (max 6). No experience is necessary; equipment and sanitation are provided. Great for solo travelers, groups, or anyone curious to try something bold and fun in Music City.

Embark on a thrilling 2-hour urban adventure with the Outdoor Escape Room in Downtown Nashville. This interactive experience combines elements of a scavenger hunt, escape room, and city tour, guiding you through Nashville's vibrant streets to solve puzzles and uncover hidden clues. Perfect for friends, families, or team-building groups, this activity offers a unique way to explore Music City while challenging your problem-solving skills.

This escape room is a great pick for friends, co-workers, or families looking for a group activity to suit all weather conditions. Picture the scene—you find an abandoned house that's believed to have a hidden vaccine to cure a zombie disease in a post-apocalyptic world. Your mission is to save the world from a global pandemic and time is running out. Together with your friends, complete clues, and solve problems to try and escape the room in just one hour.

In this Chattanooga escape room, you find clues, decode messages, and work together with your team to find a vaccine for a terrible infection that’s killing off the human race. This apocalypse-themed game is full of realistic details that let you get lost in the game and escape reality as you race against the clock to win.

Experience the gaming fun of an escape room in Chattanooga with this admission ticket. Sign up for this group session to try your hand at puzzles and race to beat the other team. Learn teamwork skills and strengthen bonds during this Locker Room Lockdown: Mascot Rescue experience. Plan something fun and unique for kids during your visit to Chattanooga with this escape room admission ticket. This tour is a shared experience, meaning multiple groups can book into the same escape room.

Solve problems, conquer challenges, and work together with your teammates to get out of an inheritance-themed escape room in Chattanooga. As you solve a mystery by finding clues and decoding messages, your guide creates a realistic experience that’s sure to thrill Chattanooga area locals and visitors alike.

Discover Nashville in a completely unique way: by bike taxi! This private tour is perfect for first-time visitors and locals alike, gliding you through bustling Broadway, legendary Printer’s Alley, and mural-filled side streets. Relax while a local guide uncovers the city’s music history, culture, and best-kept secrets—no planning needed, just sit back and take in the sights. Personalized routes, flexible pickup options, and an open-air view of Music City make this a must-do for anyone seeking authentic stories and vibrant energy.

HENOSIS was the first mushroom farm serving Nashville and the Middle Tennessee area, and we are proud to share our regenerative farming practices with our tour participants - showing the process of growing mushrooms from making substrate to composting that substrate once it has served its purpose. At our farm, we have a full-circle mushroom production process that serves local Farmer's Markets and dozens of the finest restaurants in Nashville, all housed in a small and highly efficient space. We will include lots of time for questions, as well as hands-on opportunities to keep people of all learning styles and age ranges engaged and interested.

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. *Download the Shaka Guide app to access your purchased tours.*

See Wears Valley from above on a scenic helicopter tour from Sevierville. Your pilot takes you over this gorgeous section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the most popular nature destinations in Tennessee. Look for landmarks such as Cove Mountain, Waldens Creek, and the Bluff Mountain foothills, and hear in-flight commentary from your pilot via 2-way headsets. The helicopter covers about 36 miles (58km) of terrain on a flight that lasts about 18 minutes.

Hop in the back of a classic Ford Bronco and get a tour of Nashville in this custom open-air vehicle. This fun tour showcases Music City in a fun and engaging way with a guide who will show you local architecture, murals, and more as you cruise down main streets and back alleys.

You don’t have to travel to the West Coast to see your favorite celebrities up close. The Hollywood Wax Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, is the largest Hollywood wax museum in the United States, housing replicas of stars. Come spend the day (or even just a few hours) taking selfies with the wax versions of big stars, pop culture icons, and Pigeon Forge’s famous 40,000-pound Great Ape. Plus, learn little-known facts about the celebrities as you wander the museum at your own pace.

Experience Tennessee’s backcountry on a thrilling ride via a side–by–side (SXS) vehicle. This half–day tour is a great way to explore the rugged terrain of Williamsport in a unique way. Traverse dirt roads and shallow creeks, pass ghost towns and historic stores, and see caves and waterfalls throughout your journey.

Get ready for a full day of hiking and explore Great Smoky Mountains National Park with a naturalist guide on this small-group excursion from Gatlinburg. Follow your guide along rugged terrain as you make your way to a towering waterfall deep in the old-growth forest. Along the way, admire the giant trees, moss-covered boulders, and the West Prong Little Pigeon River.

The Tennessee River’s Chickamauga Dam is a marvel of engineering, holding back floodwaters while producing hydroelectric power. Experience this impressive structure up close by kayaking through the dam’s lock on this remarkable guided tour. Over the course of around three hours, you’ll paddle into the lock, watch the gates close, and slowly sink down some 50 feet before paddling back out into the river.