Explore Gatlinburg’s supernatural side when you take a journey into the past with the Ghost and Haunt Tour of Gatlinburg. As part of your two-hour tour experience, you will learn interesting stories of famous pioneers, settlers, loggers and more who came to the area to find success, only to experience misery, heartbreak and even death.
As the largest and most popular Ghost Tour in Gatlinburg, this tour is considered the best in Gatlinburg. In addition, this tour has been honored to receive the Certificate of Excellence on TripAdvisor for five years running and was placed into the Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame and is currently the only ghost tour in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and even in neighboring Sevierville, to earn this distinction.
You can opt for a private tour or enjoy the tour as a group. You can make a reservation online or contact them by phone. In addition to being an award-winning experience, the Gatlinburg Ghost and Haunt Tour is also noteworthy for having its own ghost-hunting equipment. Very few ghost tours have this type of technology and using it as part of the tour only elevates the experience for tour participants.
Whether you are a skeptic or a true believer in the paranormal, everyone will find themselves drawn into these places and stories where actual sightings and events have taken place. Participants should keep an open mind for a much better chance at experiencing the paranormal and going home with an amazing story to tell.
The regular tour experience has a duration of two hours. However, the Ghost and Haunt Tour has also added an additional, extended, investigative tour with more stories, more locations, and more ghost hunting equipment and more for even more interesting investigations. This new tour is nearly twice as long as the two-hour tour, spanning over three hours. During this experience, you will get the chance to do your own investigations with innovative equipment.
Featured ghost profiles as part of the Ghost and Haunt Tour of Gatlinburg include the first Post Master, Richard Reagan. He was the person who changed the name to Gatlinburg from White Oak Flats. Another profile you will learn about on your tour is The Witch of Gatlinburg. This infamous witch has been seen walking on the back wall of the local cemetery for over 200 years.
Lydia is another character you will meet and might even have the chance to see for yourself. She was a beautiful, sweet young lady who killed herself. Learn the reasons behind her tragic end and how you, too, can keep yourself from going down this destructive path by learning from her experience.
Learn these heartbreaking and interesting stories as you explore Gatlinburg with your personal tour guide, who are experts in the supernatural. Reviewers claim that the guides are key to making the ghost tour come alive and list them by name in many of the raving reviews. Bring an open mind and a daring heart to get the most out of your ghost tour experience.
This walking tour of Gatlinburg is far from a typical tourist tour. As part of your experience, you will learn a variety of historical facts and local legends about the area as well as visit some actual locations in which a number of colorful characters frequented, and events allegedly took place. All of this, with an interesting twist on the macabre.
Insider Tips:
-Get $2 off an adult ticket when you book your ghost tour online. Use the code “ghost2off” to claim this deal.
-Tip your tour guide. While they are given a wage, much like servers in restaurants, tour guides depend on your generosity in the form of tips for much of their income.
-Consider purchasing the Ghost & Haunt Tour t-shirt to commemorate your experience. This glow-in-the-dark shirt will show the world you survived your ghost tour.