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This experience offers the Blue Ghost Firefly Tour with a smaller, more intimate group, a pre-set “glamping” campsite with cozy bedding, cooked meals served in the nearby B&B, and a special Fireflies seminar. We offer this experience for only 5 nights, during peak season!

This experience offers the Firefly Tour with a smaller, more intimate group, accommodations in a charming Bed & Breakfast, cooked meals, and a special Fireflies seminar. We offer this experience for only 5 nights, during peak season!

As the sun sets and the shadows grow long, our haunted trail beckons the brave to step into a world where characters from local lore come to life in the dark woods around you! Join us on a spine-tingling adventure through the moonlit Appalachian woodlands for a hike like no other!

Join evolutionary biologist Jenny Gruhn, PhD, owner of Asheville Hiking Tours, for a deep dive into the 100-million-year-old history of Appalachia. Discover the development of communities, and identify their characteristics.

Guided by Bill Sanderson. We will seek common species but also an array of migrants and passersby in higher elevation ecosystems. Reservation required.

Guided by Bill Sanderson. In early May, the “migration floodgates are opening!” Expect warblers, thrushes, orioles, tanagers and other “long distance” species which are staying in the mountains to breed, or passing through.

Guided by Mike Hill, PhD and Seth Buddy. At this time in the spring migration, we will have the chance to view an array of higher elevation species.

Guided by Scott Dean. From low to high elevation, we will have a wealth of wildflowers to view as we climb the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Guided by Scott Dean. Join us for a real treat as we discover late-spring wildflowers across the high peaks of Roan Highlands. Reservation required.

Guided by Scott Dean. We will visit the scenic heath balds and birch forests of the Craggy Gardens area to discover spring wildflowers. Reservation required.

Guided by Professional Geologist Anton DuMars. Learn how to read geological maps as an expert points out phenomena along the Parkway!

Guided by naturalist Shannon Krenek. Join us for an accessible trail as we explore under the canopy, just north of Asheville, for wildflowers and history.

Join us for a nighttime hike with guaranteed viewings of Blue Ghost Fireflies. This is a once in a lifetime experience that guests describe as “magical and unforgettable.” We offer only 6 Firefly Tours in 2024, so don’t wait to book your ticket!

Discover the “elk rut” with sounds of bugling across the valley floor.