Guides, shops and venues
Guide services, gear shops and venues in the Southeast, A to Z. Listed from their public websites; they don't pay to be here and are never mixed into the communities.
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- A Walk in the Woodsguide service · Day hikes · Gatlinburg, TN
Gatlinburg naturalist guide service leading half- and full-day hikes and backpacking trips in the Smokies since 1998.
- 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.
- Bluegrass Climbing Schoolguide service · Sport · Slade, KY
Red River Gorge climbing guide service offering beginner days, courses and private guiding.
- Cape Fear River Adventuresguide service · Tubing · Lillington
Outfitter on the Cape Fear River in Lillington renting kayaks, canoes, paddleboards and tubes, with shuttles and intro kayak classes.
- Carolina Bound Adventuresguide service · Waterfalls · Bryson City, NC
Bryson City company offering guided waterfall hikes, beginner mountain bike rides and kayak tours.
- Carolina Outdoor Adventuresguide service · Kayaking · Columbia, SC
Guide service running kayak trips in Congaree National Park and sunset paddles on Lake Murray.
- Coastal Expeditionsguide service · Kayaking · Charleston, SC
Charleston outfitter running guided kayak and SUP ecotours, boat trips and rentals.
- Cole Watkins Toursguide service · Kayaking · Augusta, GA
Augusta guide offering escorted kayak tours on the Augusta Canal and nearby waterways.
- ECOmersionguide service · Kayaking · St. Petersburg, FL
Guided kayak and paddleboard tours and rentals in Weedon Island Preserve, led by ACA-certified guides.
- Epic Paddle Adventuresguide service · Kayaking · Orlando, FL
Orlando clear-kayak and paddleboard tours and rentals.
- Farmdog Surfguide service · Beginners welcome · Nags Head, NC
Nags Head surf school offering beginner surf lessons, camps and board rentals.
- Get Up and Go Kayakingguide service · Kayaking · Orlando, FL
Guided clear-kayak tours on Central Florida springs and rivers.
- 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.
- HikeTheSmokys.comguide service · Waterfalls · Gatlinburg, TN
Sevierville guide service leading waterfall day hikes and history walks in the Smokies.
- Jocassee Lake Toursguide service · Kayaking · Salem, SC
Naturalist-guided boat, kayak and waterfall tours on Lake Jocassee.
- Just Get Outdoorsguide service · Day hikes · Maryville, TN
Naturalist guide service leading interpretive hikes and outings in the Smokies area.
- Kitty Hawk Kitesguide service · Kayaking · Nags Head, NC
Outer Banks outfitter with kayak tours, surf and kite lessons and seasonal events, including in Nags Head.
- 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.
- Mahanaim Adventuresguide service · Kayaking · Wilmington, NC
Guided kayak tours on the creeks and rivers around Wilmington.
- Nantahala Outdoor Centerguide service · Whitewater · Bryson City
Rafting outfitter, paddling school and outdoor store on the Nantahala River.
- Nantahala Outdoor Center Ocoee Riverguide service · Whitewater · Benton
Rafting outfitter on the Ocoee River near Benton running guided Middle Ocoee whitewater trips from March through October.
- Nature Adventures Outfittersguide service · Kayaking · Charleston, SC
Guided kayak and hiking ecotours in the Charleston area.
- Outer Banks Kayak Toursguide service · Kayaking · Nags Head, NC
Guided kayak tours on the Outer Banks sounds and marshes.
- Outside Hilton Headguide service · Kayaking · Hilton Head, SC
Hilton Head outfitter running kayak, boat and bike tours.
- Paddleboard Orlandoguide service · Stand-up paddleboard · Orlando, FL
Paddleboard lessons and guided tours on the Wekiva River from Wekiva Island.
- Red River Climbing Guidesguide service · Sport · Slade, KY
Guided rock climbing outings and instruction in the Red River Gorge.
- 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.
- Toccoa River Outfittersguide service · Fly fishing · Blue Ridge, GA
Blue Ridge fly shop offering guided float and wade trips and fly fishing and fly tying classes.
- True Adventure Sportsguide service · Sport · Fort Payne, AL
Lookout Mountain outfitter with guided climbing, kayaking and hiking trips and classes.
- 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.