Here, the same mountains where the Cherokees have maintained their traditions for generations surround you. People who proudly preserve a culture far older than the new nation that surrounds them, welcome you. Come Experience Cherokee like never before.
Day 1
Arrive & Check-into your assigned Cherokee hotel before dinner in a local restaurant and the outdoor drama – “Unto These Hills” –you will get a feeling which millions before you have felt as the lights dim and you are transported back to the beginning of time, through the pageantry of one of the longest running outdoor dramas in the U.S. It is the same reaction visitors have had since the first showing of "Unto These Hills" nearly six million tickets ago. (D)
Day 2
Breakfast will be in your hotel this morning before visiting the Museum of the Cherokee Indian - Located on tribal land in the Great Smoky Mountains, and tells the story of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, whose ancestors lived in these mountains for more than ten thousand years. Lunch will be on your own today before being taken back two centuries before your birth, and the old Cherokee ways are alive all around you at the Oconaulftee Indian Village where the year is 1750. This evening you’ll enjoy a Traditional Indian Dinner with storytelling, music and dancing. (B, D)
Day 3
Breakfast will be in your hotel this morning before checking out and departing for home. (B)