Great Mountain Retreats

Great Retreats in the Blue Ridge Smoky Mountains

	White Water Rafting, Zipline Canopy Tours, High Angled Adventures, Climbing Wall, Horseback Riding, Paintball, Disc Golf, Mountain Biking, Fly Fishing, Bass Fishing. Ride the white water waves of the Ocoee, Chattooga, Nantahala, Pigeon, Cheoah rivers. Zipline through the mountains, over the lake, in the trees, and over the river in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. Want to Fish… Trout Treks, Wade Trips, Bass Fishing, Pan Fishing, Fly Fishing Instruction, Trophy Trout Waters, and Drift Boat Trips. Ziplines not enough… High angled adventures, climbing walls and a giant swing.
	Experience the best most affordable Youth Retreat Center in the Southeast! Catch the surge and ride the rapids on the exciting Ocoee River in Tennessee or North Carolina's Nantahala River for an experience you won't forget. Challenge your skills on the high ropes just for the thrill. Sit tall in the saddle for a leisure ride through the beautiful scenery of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Camp out or stay in bunk style log cabins. We will help you create a custom retreat for you or your group. Activities include white water rafting, horseback riding, paintball, high and low ropes, mountain biking and a disc golf course.
	This studio retreat, teaching workshop facility and the site of a local Art Museum is all on a single campus. Andrews provides the perfect setting to create an ‘Arts Destination ’ The project evolved quickly and now encompass 3 acres that includes the residents art studio and private home, a teaching studio, and the residency guest house. Bring your paints and easels as this property is ready for you to enjoy its outside workspaces. If you are a group looking for the perfect artists retreat let us know of your interests and we will be happy to design a retreat perfect for you. If you are an artist... bring your students.
	The Classic Family Vacation - Rent a beautiful home in the Western North Carolina Mountains and enjoy all that this cottage has to offer. Raft the Nantahala River by day and sit around the campfire by night. An Adventure Vacation at it's best. Stay in a rustic bunk style cabin, raft the Ocoee River, fly high in the sky on the Giant Swing, saddle up for a horseback ride, and so much more. Stay in a large executive style home in the Smoky Mountains - rest a pontoon boat and spend the afternoon picking berries at the local u-pick or go the high adventure route with the Cheoah River and a Zipline Tour. Bunk up at an 11 acre campground with a brand new watermark with a white sandy beach while the parents lounge in the sun or shade - you're choice. Dreaming of a luxurious vacation in the North Carolina mountains? Less than ten minutes from Andrews, North Carolina, you’ll find this Retreat, luxury home and four cabins nestled in a private cove on 26 acres sleeping up to 40 guests.
	Work and Play in the Mountains. Take a break from the big city and bring your employees to the mountains. Below you will find 3 great options for any budget. No group too big or small. From Luxurious to Rustic the mountains off a way to get your team working together again. An Adventure Retreat - Ready for an adventurous retreat with your coworkers, then this is it. This outdoor experience will have you coming back for more. This full service facility will get your group working as a team. Bunk style lodging, team building activities, full service kitchen and much more. The Luxurious Retreat is a beautiful home and four cabins nestled in a private cove on 26 acres that can sleep up to 44 guests. The executive style retreat sleeps up to 18 and offers a wonderful relaxing getaway for you to train your staff, after a long day enjoy a catered dinner, a game of pool and a dip in the hot tub.

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