What You Need to Know About Park it Forward Do you have to pay to park in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? Yes. Due to a nearly 60% increase in park visitation since 2011, on March 1, 2023 the National Park Service began collecting parking fees. Those who want...
A river's purpose is to flow ever downward until it meets the sea, nourishing life along its banks and in its shallow depths, as it journeys onward. A river can be defined by nature, or by the people who walk its edge, wade its waters, play in its natural pools, or...
The Nantahala Gorge, in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina, is abundant in wildlife. The Gorge is mostly wilderness much of which is national forest: The Nantahala National Forest in Bryson City NC is made up of 531,148 acres. This wooded area...
Carolina Outfitters loves to be outdoors doing everything from white water rafting on the Nantahala River and Ocoee River to hiking the Appalachian Trail and many others in the Nantahala National Forest and the Cherokee National Forest. Today we would like to...
Teddy Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States who served from 1901-1909. He was an avid outdoorsman who traveled extensively through the wilderness. His love of nature is evident in everything he wrote, namely Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The...
Photo Courtesy Swain County TDA / Chamber of Commerce What is magical, jolly, bright, frosty, and sparkly? Christmas, of course. And there’s no better place to spend Christmas than in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina. The towns are old-fashioned,...
Image Source: Margaret Marr One of the most popular watersheds of the Western North Carolina area is Deep Creek. This little gem in the Great Smoky Mountains is easily accessible from Bryson City, NC (about 20 minutes from Carolina Outfitters, a crowd-pleasing white...
Carolina Outfitters
715 U.S. Hwy 19
Topton, NC 28781
Reservations: 828-488-6345
E-mail: raft@carolinaoutfitters.com