Cades Cove Riding Stables

This was my first time ever riding. Staff is great with beautiful gentle horses. A peaceful hour ride through the forrest of Cades Cove. This is a must do!

This was the best place I’ve ever gone horseback riding!!! The staff is super friendly and knowledgeable. Our guide was great and made sure the whole time we were all comfortable. We quickly learned how to steer the horses, manual only. No automatic drive.
The trail itself is so nice because it’s through the Cades Cove woods. There is not much uphill or downhill which can be uncomfortable for inexperienced riders. We were able to see deer, bears, and various wild flowers. We have been to other stables in the area and they have not measured up. They are more touristy and less about the experience. One way you can tell is that they don’t offer a picture to buy for X amount. The horses are all very well taken care of and trained. The staff knows their horses very well and were able to match us with the right horse. The stables were clean and we were happy with our entire experience here! Can’t beat $ 30 per person, per hour. Loved it!!! Highly recommended.

My first horse riding experience. was awesome… :-) We were a group of 5 and then there was a one more lady so total 6.
The trail is good through the forest and even across a creek which was a little deep, enough to splash water on my shoes and make it wet. There were some ups and downs in the trail. The horses were well trained and you just need to handle them a little bit when they stop in between. They pretty much followed the horse in front. The guide was good and gave us proper instructions. My horse’s name was Genie. I was riding at the end of the group of 6 so had my own time handling the horse and moving it from side to side in between… Never was in a position of falling off the horse. We even crossed a road and the vehicles had to wait for us to cross as we had the right of way… You can take photos while your riding, if possible or either at the beginning or at the end ask the guides to take your pictures… its 30 $ for an hour and you can also get a helmet to rent for free for the ride. All of us enjoyed the ride and would do it again… They also offered hay rides. and had some huge horses for those.

This stable is IN Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Great experience! CLEAN, HEALTHY horses & FRIENDLY, KNOWLEDGABLE Guide. No Comparison to the awful place on Hwy 73.