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Guided Tours

Can't-Miss Tours to See the Best of Chattanooga

Catch an award-winning Chattanooga Ghost Tour and learn about the city’s haunted past. Venture deep underground at night to discover natural wonders hidden within Lookout Mountain on a Ruby Falls Lantern Tour. Enjoy a peaceful paddle down the Nickajack and visit flighty friends with a Chattanooga Guided Adventures Bat Cave Tour. To pack more into your day, scoot around town with a Chattanooga Rydables tour or hit the trails like a local and go on a private guided hike with Experience Chattanooga.  

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere and Tours to Make Your Taste Buds Happy

Learn how the libations flow, take a glimpse into our history, and taste a smooth flight at the first legal whiskey distillery in Tennessee since prohibition, Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery, or Gate 11 Distillery, where they distill inside a train car. Savor the flavors of Chattanooga with a CHATT TASTE Food Tour or get a little exercise in with a Bike and Brew Tour. 

Riding Solo Tours

Not into schedules and prefer to go your own way? Tour the city at your own pace with these self-guided tours we have created just for you. 

Legends, Locals & Tracks Through Time

From blues queens to battlefield heroes, vintage guitars to vintage trains—our past is anything but dusty.

Celebrate Chattanooga’s African American culture and the “Empress of the Blues” herself, Bessie Smith, at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center. Find out how ordinary people accomplished the extraordinary at the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center. Explore a rare collection of vintage guitars and experience American and local musical history at the Songbirds Guitar Museum. Visit the only Towing Industry museum, the International Towing and Recovery Museum, and see the oldest known wrecker in the world. 

Hop aboard the Tennessee Valley Railroad’s restored vintage trains to take a trip into history. Visit more of Chattanooga’s most historical sites and add more to your history buff itinerary by exploring Chattanooga’s Black History and Native American History.  

Add Some Furry, Feathery, and Fin-tastic Fun

Chattanooga’s animal attractions are anything but ordinary—come meet the wildest locals in town.

Dive into worlds of wonder at the Tennessee Aquarium with feisty otters, toothy sharks, and playful penguins. Swing over to the Chattanooga Zoo to get nose to nose with red pandas, feed giraffes, and take a ride on the ZOO CHOO train. Head over to Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center's Native Animal Exhibit to see sandhill cranes, an American Bald Eagle, and the critically endangered red wolf. Witness the Rock City Raptors in all their glory at Rock City's seasonal birds of prey show. Crawl to the Burrowing Critter Cave and learn about the fantastic creatures living below Earth's surface at the Creative Discovery Museum. Get even more wild and book a behind-the-scenes tour to get even closer to some of our most exotic friends. 

Art in the Wild

Galleries, murals, sculpture fields—Chattanooga’s art scene isn’t just something you see, it’s something you feel.

Connect with American art at the Hunter Museum of American Art and explore all of Chattanooga's museums. Find unique 10-foot sculptures throughout the Sculpture Fields at Montague Park, interactive art pieces at Main Terrain Art Park, and numerous masterpieces along the Tennessee Riverwalk. Visit the River Gallery, Shuptrine's Gallery, and all of our unique art galleries to see what you can add to your own collection. Stroll through the city's artsy alleyways to experience immersive art and find eye-popping murals all over town. Check out all of Chattanooga's public art, or catch a show at one of Chattanooga's live performance theaters to sprinkle more culture into your DIY art tour.