Camping and Glamping

Camp Atagahi - The Healing Place

The Rest and Relaxation You Need

Need time out from your hectic daily lives, but don’t know where to start? Want to create special family memories away from social media? Are you looking for a unique environment for your corporate retreat, school, church or scout group? A camping and glamping trip to Camp Atagahi might just be the answer! Once here, you can immerse yourself in the calming embrace of nature as you experience forest bathing at its finest. Our Eco camp, Camp Atagahi, will help you to reset and relax! In addition, relinquish your burdens and enjoy a few days free of technology, outside noise and responsibilities.

Surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Our sojourn takes place surrounded by Great Smoky Mountains National Park land on our private, off grid, 90 acre wooded retreat. Here, you will find camping and glamping in style with roomy tents complete with rugs, lamps, tables and cozy air mattresses. During your time at Camp Atagahi enjoy gourmet camp meals, tailored to your group. All of which are cooked on site in our commercial Eco kitchen. You’ll be drinking and bathing in refreshing, pure mountain spring water and exploring off the beaten path hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Your group can also opt to add in kayaking, rafting and/or ziplining on and above the beautiful Nantahala river! If interested, enjoy team building exercises, games or, maybe, most importantly, just relax in a hammock near a clear mountain stream. We can customize a trip based on your needs as a group.

Pricing for custom camping and glamping trips is based on a 4 person minimum. Prices vary based on the number in your party and the number of nights stayed. Availability is limited and advanced booking is highly recommended. Accommodations include large tents, comfy air mattresses, camp kitchen and host, dining deck and a bath house. Group size is limited to 20 guests.

Click here for our prescheduled trip: Adult Summer Camp | Smoky Mountain Escape

Take a tour of our Eco Camp, Camp Atagahi!

The Legend of Atagahi, The Healing Place:

The hidden lake of Atagâ’hï is a special place. One that the Cherokee people believe lies in the wild lands of the Great Smoky Mountains. Its location is known to the animals who seek it out for healing when they are sick or wounded.

If by chance some wanderer in the wild ventures close to it, he, or she, may hear the sound of the wings. Wings of the multitude of wild ducks and birds that inhabit the hidden place and fly in the skies above the waters. Should that wanderer then follow that sound they will not find a lake. But may find a dry flat plain of mud. No birds, animals, plants or any living thing, or even its beautiful waters will be seen by the wanderer.

The waters are home to many kinds of wild fowl, fish and reptiles. In the skies above, birds of all kinds fly overhead or swim upon its surface. Animal tracks of all kinds led down to the waters edge. It is known that animals such as bears know how to find Atagâ’hï. They bathe in the waters which heal their wounds and cure their sickness. Atagâ’hï is a sacred place for all creatures. This is why the lake is kept from the view of most humans especially hunters.

Looking for something a bit less fancy or easier on your wallet? Please check out our Day Hikes page, or feel free to reach out to us with any questions you may have. We will be happy to look into options that can accommodate most budgets.

Eco Camp Cancellation Policy:

The entire price of a camping and glamping trip is charged on the day you book. $100 per person of this amount is a non-refundable deposit. Consequently, due to the planning involved in camping trips, we require a 90 day cancellation. A refund will be provided for cancellations up to 90 days prior to arrival, less the $100 deposit. Cancellations between 90 and 46 days of your trip will be refunded half of the full trip charge. No refunds for cancellations with less than a 45 day notice, however, we will extend a 25% discount on a future trip to be taken within a one year period.

If the guide cancels your trip due to hazardous weather conditions prior to starting the trip, you will be refunded the full trip price excluding the deposit. Additionally, if the guide or a member of another group on the trip ends the trip early, you will be refunded a prorated portion of the cost. Also, if we begin the trip and you or anyone in your group decides to end the trip early for any reason, there will be no refund.

There are NO EXCEPTIONS to our cancellation policy. We are not responsible for medical or family emergencies. AWITW encourages you to research travel insurance services to best meet your needs if you must cancel or interrupt your trip due to unforeseen circumstances. Trip Assure offers insurance for our overnight trips. They provide plans with benefits to protect the cost of your travel arrangements; your belongings; and most importantly, you, in case your trip gets disrupted. Please see the following link for more information click here.