Rafting Trips

UPPER PIGEON – Whitewater Trip

The Big Pigeon River boasts twelve Class III and three Class IV thrilling whitewater rapids! Accompanied by one of Rafting in the Smokies professional river guides, you’ll be escorted down five miles of lively white water rafting through Class III & IV rapids such as Too Late, Vegamatic, Razor Blade, After Shave, and Lost Guide.

The scenery surrounding the Pigeon River is just as breathtaking as the rapids. Skirted by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cherokee National Forest, Martha Sundquist State Forest and the Appalachian Trail, the Pigeon has carved its rocky riverbed through some of the most dramatic country in East Tennessee.

No Experience Necessary!  Minimum age: 8 years old or 70 lbs. One and half hour trip of spectacular whitewater! Length of rafting trip – 5 miles.  Guide in every raft.  $44.00 per person plus tax.
The Pigeon River is dam-controlled with scheduled water releases from Memorial Day through Labor Day on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday.  Reservations required to ensure that you and your party secure the date and time of your choice.

Although surrounded by spectacular mountain wilderness, Rafting in the Smokies‘ Pigeon River Outpost is the most accessible outpost in East Tennessee!  Just take Exit #447 to Hartford, off I-40 near the Tennessee/North Carolina border and you’re there! It’s that easy! Located only 45 minutes from Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, and Knoxville, TN and Asheville, NC.  Make this river rafting trip your next whitewater adventure!