Ride a gentle horse through the forests of Cades Cove and discover how serene the Smoky Mountains can be. This beautiful valley is home to wildlife, historic sites, and Cades Cove Riding Stables, a National Park Service-approved vendor. Here’s why you should try horseback riding on your next visit to the Smokies.
1. Easy to Add to Your Vacation
Reserving a horseback riding slot is fast and simple on the stables’ website. You’ll get plenty of choices because trail rides depart continuously, all day long.
2. Family-Friendly, Guided Riding
Everyone aged six and up can ride! No experience necessary. The stables’ guides match each rider with an appropriate horse that knows these trails well. Guides lead groups of no more than nine riders, so you’re never lost in a crowd. You’ll get an orientation before your horse takes its first step, so you’re confident you know what to expect.
3. The Perfect Way to See Wildlife
Cades Cove is famous for abundant, active wildlife. So many mountain creatures live, forage, and raise their young in this lush valley! You’re likely to spy black bears, wild turkeys, white-tailed deer, coyotes, woodpeckers and more. Your vantage point, high up on horseback, gives you a terrific view of animals on the ground and in the trees around you.
4. Experience Cades Cove The Way Settlers Did
When you ride through the valley, you’re seeing it the way the first European settlers saw it–from horseback. Your horse will carry you faithfully through forests, over creeks, and past historic settlements dating back to the 1800s. This is history the way it should be–up close and personal, experienced as if you were there.
5. Make Memories to Last a Lifetime
A ride through sun-dappled woods creates a restful break from bustling attractions in town. Get out of the car and see places you’ll never see if you stick to the roads. Your family will talk about this trail ride for years to come. Take plenty of photos when you say goodbye to your sweet steeds, so you can remember them forever.
Pick a Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge cabin rental so you’re close to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. You might just want to ride again and again! Book your Smokies cabin online with us right now.
