Sharing Nature with Children
Overview
Inclusions
- Snacks
- Professional guide
- All Fees and Taxes
- Entry/Admission - Cosby Picnic Area
What to expect
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Stop At: Cosby Picnic Area, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
Spend an afternoon reconnecting with Mother Nature through fun games designed to awake enthusiasm, focus attention and create conditions conducive to deeper insights. We will get our hands dirty playing in the earth, exploring creeks while looking for salamanders, tasting nature's foods and soaking up the fresh air and sounds of the woods. This course is the cure for Nature Deficit Disorder. Be aware, part of the fun is getting muddy and wet!
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. The sprawling landscape encompasses lush forests and an abundance of wildflowers that bloom year-round.
Duration: 2 hours
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour requires a 2 person minimum to operate. If you are traveling solo, you may join into an existing tour or pay the 2 person rate.
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 11 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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I wasn’t sure what to expect when I signed up for the Exploring Nature with Children hike. I was pleasantly surprised that the tour was fun, informative, and not at all cheesy. Our guide, Debbie, somehow managed to entertain our 11 year old, 7 year old, and 2 year old and kept us parents engaged ...
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I signed up for the Exploring Nature with Children hike. I was pleasantly surprised that the tour was fun, informative, and not at all cheesy. Our guide, Debbie, somehow managed to entertain our 11 year old, 7 year old, and 2 year old and kept us parents engaged too. I would definitely recommend this tour to families visiting the area!A fantastic experience for all six of us aged 77 to 9 years old. Deb was an awesome guide. She obviously enjoyed the experience of sharing her knowledge and being in the woods! The two kids were intrigued with her stories and games and asked a lot of questions. We all learned things we didn...
A fantastic experience for all six of us aged 77 to 9 years old. Deb was an awesome guide. She obviously enjoyed the experience of sharing her knowledge and being in the woods! The two kids were intrigued with her stories and games and asked a lot of questions. We all learned things we didn't know. Every turn found us in lush surroundings, creeks, trees, mushrooms, exotic plants...and even spotting a couple deer!! An easy mile hike that lasted for a couple hours...so much fun!So happy we booked with a Walk in the Woods, we had a wonderful time! Our tour guide, Dylan, was extremely knowledgable, informative, had a great interaction with both kids and adults, was very patient (we faced unusual heavy traffic on our way to the meeting point and were extremely late), and b...
So happy we booked with a Walk in the Woods, we had a wonderful time! Our tour guide, Dylan, was extremely knowledgable, informative, had a great interaction with both kids and adults, was very patient (we faced unusual heavy traffic on our way to the meeting point and were extremely late), and brought us to a trail we would have never been able to find on our own. The kids got to eat plants and leafs, and still talk about the trees they learned about! This was by far my favourite activity from our Fall Break week in the Smokey Mountains and I thank Dylan and the Walk in the Woods group for that. We will definitely be back, and request Dylan as our guide!We did a "children's hike" with A walk in the woods. It was initially sold out and I had given up hope that I didn't book far enough in advance (apparently October is peak season at Smoky Mountains) but it is helpful to email the company and they put me on a "wait list" then I got off the waitlis...
We did a "children's hike" with A walk in the woods. It was initially sold out and I had given up hope that I didn't book far enough in advance (apparently October is peak season at Smoky Mountains) but it is helpful to email the company and they put me on a "wait list" then I got off the waitlist. When I showed up we were the only family on the tour and it was essentially a private tour with a retired park ranger. Miss Debbie was great and incredibly knowledgeable about the trees and wild life. My son (6yrs old) was incredibly engaged during the tour and it was for sure the highlight of our visit to the area.The walk was fantastic! We learned a lot of interesting info. Our kids ages 10-14 were all entertained. They usually start wining and asking to go back after a 15minute hike, but with Debbie as our guide, they didn't ask to go back at all. Games were a fun way to break up the walking. Highly ...
The walk was fantastic! We learned a lot of interesting info. Our kids ages 10-14 were all entertained. They usually start wining and asking to go back after a 15minute hike, but with Debbie as our guide, they didn't ask to go back at all. Games were a fun way to break up the walking. Highly recommend this tour with kids of any age.It was great to have a guide for our Smoky Mountain hike. Debbie was engaging and knowledgeable, and made it fun for my 7yr old.
It was great to have a guide for our Smoky Mountain hike. Debbie was engaging and knowledgeable, and made it fun for my 7yr old.