Guides, shops and venues

Guide services, gear shops and venues in Western Carolinas, A to Z. Listed from their public websites; they don't pay to be here and are never mixed into the communities.

In Western Carolinas · all of the Southeast · all regions · change

• Blue Ridge Hiking Co.guide service · Day hikes · Hot Springs, NC

  Guide service running guided day hikes and backpacking trips, with a bunkhouse in Hot Springs.

• Carolina Bound Adventuresguide service · Waterfalls · Bryson City, NC

  Bryson City company offering guided waterfall hikes, beginner mountain bike rides and kayak tours.

• Cole Watkins Toursguide service · Kayaking · Augusta, GA

  Augusta guide offering escorted kayak tours on the Augusta Canal and nearby waterways.

• High Country Guide Serviceguide service · Fly fishing · Boone

  Boone fly fishing guide service with tie-and-try clinics combining fly tying and a guided trip.

• Jocassee Lake Toursguide service · Kayaking · Salem, SC

  Naturalist-guided boat, kayak and waterfall tours on Lake Jocassee.

• Mac Brown Fly Fishguide service · Fly fishing · Bryson City, NC

  Bryson City fly fishing guide service offering guided trips, instruction and casting workshops since 1987.

• Nantahala Outdoor Centerguide service · Whitewater · Bryson City

  Rafting outfitter, paddling school and outdoor store on the Nantahala River.

• Riverfeet Fly Fishingguide service · Fly fishing · Abingdon, VA

  Abingdon guide service running fly fishing trips, schools and group events in SW Virginia and East Tennessee.

• Rock Dimensionsguide service · Trad · Blowing Rock, NC

  Boone climbing guide service offering half- and full-day guided climbs, climbing camps and caving trips nearby.

• Smoky Mountain Kayak Fishingguide service · Kayaking · Robbinsville, NC

  Graham County guide service offering guided kayak fishing and rentals on Santeetlah and Fontana lakes.

• SWVA Outdoor Adventures (White Blaze Outdoors)guide service · Day hikes · Abingdon, VA

  Abingdon guide service offering educational nature hikes, field trips, fly fishing and hike-bike shuttles.

• Tuck Fly Shopguide service · Fly fishing · Sylva, NC

  Fly shop with a Sylva store offering guided wade and float trips on the Tuckasegee River.

• Ventures Birding Toursguide service · Birding · Asheville

  Asheville-based guided birding tour company leading local outings and trips.