Enjoy Waterfall Tours With Smoky Mountain Vacation Packages

There are lots of things to do in the Great Smoky Mountains. Smoky Mountain vacation packages can include everything from Jetboat Rides to Tours of the Biltmore Estate and learning to whitewater kayak.

Sometimes, however, visitors get an urge to do do some exploring on their own. With that in mind, we encourage folks to head out from their Smoky Mountain vacation rentals to take a drive up through the Cullasaja River Gorge on the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway (US Hwy 64).

The road up the gorge is stunning, but not for the faint of heart. Narrow and very winding, there are few opportunities to pull over and drivers must pay close attention to the road and the traffic around them to negotiate the drive safely. The sights along the way, however, make the stress of the road worthwhile.

The first water fall to appear is the stunning Cullasaja Falls. Sadly, there is really no place to safely pull over and look at it, so it must simply be witnessed as passing beauty.

Luckily, the next waterfall, Dry Falls, has a large parking area complete with restroom facilities. There is a boardwalk overlook where visitors can look down on the huge waterfall, and a trail that leads down to the waterfall. And not only to the waterfall, but behind it! Dry Falls is so named because visitors can walk behind the falling curtain of the Cullasaja River and stay - mostly - dry! The noise and the view from behind are spectacular, and the experience is one that will not soon be forgotten.

Just up the road from Dry Falls is Bridal Veil Falls, which cascades right at the side of the road and which actually has a paved access road leading behind it. In another intrepid explorer is not already parked there, visitors can drive right through part of the waterfall.

This road trip is the perfect addition to relaxing Carolina mountain vacations.