The Best Whitewater Rafting
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Instant confirmation
- Mobile ticket
Highlights
Raft the Upper Pigeon River in Tennessee on this exciting 2-hour guided trip through the beautiful Smoky Mountains. A perfect trip for groups, families, and couples with no experience or wanting to add to their white water rafting stories! Expect to get soaking wet and have lots of fun! Our guides pride themselves on our safety training and record as well as their ability to entertain you with our stories and humor while navigating you through class III and class IV rapids. Experience what rafting is about with the most popular white water river on the east coast, with the Great Smoky Mountains as our backdrop. YOU NEED TO BE HERE A HALF HOUR BEFORE YOUR TRIP TO CHECK IN AND ALLOW AN HOUR COMING FROM THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN AREA
Inclusions
What's included
- Transportation to launch area from our outpost
- Helmet
- Paddle
- Guide
- Personal floatation device
- Raft
What's not
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
Itinerary
We Can’t Wait For Your Adventure You're about to feel the rush of white water rafting in the Smoky Mountains! We might be even more excited than you are, because the one thing we love more than rafting is helping other people enjoy it. Famously Friendly We’re the team that treats you like family. Ride with the friendliest folks on the river. The Best Day For Your Dollar You want an amazing afternoon at a good price, so we work hard to be the highest-value adventure in the Smokies. Nobody's Been At It Longer Our 30+ years of experience means you get top expertise in safety, equipment maintenance, and the Pigeon River itself.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.9
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Ratings come from 458 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Fun and Fantastic Rafting adventure!
Absolutely a WOW experience! Reservations online were quick, easy, clear. Staff were organized, professional, extremely friendly, very knowledgeable. Katelyn was a spectacular guide, warm and friendly, and made it a point to learn all of our names. The staff worked well together and made us feel safe. They used humor and fun strategies to prepare/educate us for the rafting experience. The rafting was a true adventure with several intense rapids that were incredibly fun and challenging. We were able to get in the water at the end to float for a bit before landing on shore. One of my best and most favorite rafting experiences! Pigeon River was fun and fantastic!
5Great fun
Fantastic time and a great experience, our guide B ( for the Best) was knowledgeable and funny, she made sure we all understood the rules and took great care of us. We highly recommend this adventure.
5Best Whitewater Rafting around.
The best white water rafting in town. I always come here and I have never been disappointed. This is adventure you will never forget
5Memories
Our trip started off in the raft but with the water levels very low. Our guide Zak made a decision based on safety to end the trip. He was very honest and went the extra mile to make sure we had fun at the restaurant near by. Thank-you for hanging out with us, sharing your stories & allowing us to meet your dog “Pickles”. Thank-you Zak!
5Exciting white water rafting
What an exciting tour! We arrived early as requested, checked in, and hung out until they assigned us our guide, Fortner, aka Fortnite! He was simply the best guide by far! He was funny, entertaining, and shared some interesting facts about the area. He kept us laughing and got us through the trip safely. We rode a bus to the launch area and helped carry the raft to the water. Fortnite decided who sat where and off we went. Went through many great rapids and definitely got soaked often! We had a blast! The water felt great with the sun shining in August! We got to jump out in the water and swim down the cool river. It was such a fun adventure! And I already shared it with the owner! Thanks and can’t wait to do it again!!
5DO IT!!!
SO GREAT! This was my first time white water rafting and the class III and IV rapids had me pretty scared at first. The guides seriously make this trip. We had Matt, super knowledgeable, sense of humor, confidence that was calming. Would highly highly recommend!
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Allow an hour coming from Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 100 travellers
- Operated by
- Outdoor Adventures, Inc.
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Dress code: MUST WEAR SHOES SECURE ON YOUR FEET
- NO BARE FEET OR FLIP FLOPS ALLOWED
How it compares in Hartford
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 7 experiences we list in Hartford.
- By number of reviews it ranks 3 of 7.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Hartford
Hartford is a small community on the Pigeon River in Cocke County, Tennessee, near the north-eastern edge of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Hartford is a small rural community in the Tennessee foothills of the Appalachians. The Pigeon River runs through it after leaving a steep gorge in the mountains, and it is a river known for its rapids. Farms and wooded ridges fill the valleys, with a few roads and churches.
