ExtremeNC.com is now offering Family Style River Rafting Trips!  If the white-knuckle pace of white water rafting is not quite your speed...and you're looking for the enjoyment of the river and the surrounding mountains...without the threatening rumble of white water...then you will love our River Rafting and Funyak trips. We also offer a wonderful cave trip as part of our Family Fun. We have included a little bit of information about each of our guided trips below and invite you to contact us by email or phone to reserve your excursion today! Watauga River Rafting (Guided Rafts and Funyaks) This is the perfect back-to-nature adventure for the whole family.  Children and grandparents alike will enjoy the Watauga's briskly flowing water, breathtaking scenery and wildlife sightings around every bend.  The river's rapids are small enough to instill confidence in first time rafters, yet challenging enough to provide the adrenaline rush that makes rafting such an unparalleled outdoor experience.  Our experienced guides will get you halfway down the river before beaching for a swim and a snack.  After a break, you'll return to the river to continue your rafting experience, enjoying all the peace and beauty of the Watauga from the unique vantage point of the river itself. Adults - $49 / Children $39 French Broad River Rafting (Guided Rafts and Funyaks) The French Broad is an ever-changing gem of a river, offering different rafting experiences depending on the season.  Whether the spring melt has just arrived, bringing with it high tides, fast flowing waves and the intense ride of a lifetime, or you have signed on for the lazy drift down calm, shallow waters during the summer months, you will be awed be the spectacular beauty on our French Broad excursions. This is a very popular rafting trip...so we suggest contacting us as early as possible. Adults - $79.95 Worley's Cave Trip Explore the treasures found only beneath the earth's surface in Tennessee's Worley's Cave.  Carved from nature's hand in limestone that dates back 250 to 350 million years, this cavernous wonder features large and small chambers, hidden crawlways, spectacular formations, and a sparkling stream. Our trained guide will lead you through your explorations while teaching the skills required to safely investigate the magic of subterranean secrets.  You will emerge from your caving experience with the knowledge of how caves are created, why preservation of these natural wonders are an important part of maintaining nature's delicate balance, and family memories that will last a lifetime! DESCRIPTION: (Worley's Cave is also known as Morril's Cave.) It has more than 37,000 feet of mapped passages on two levels. Morril's Cave is known for its voluminous size with rooms more than 75 feet wide and 250 feet long with high ceilings that often exceeds 100 feet. It is noted for its beautiful formations within its eight to ten miles of passages. The lower level of the cave contains a perennial creek complete with various fishes, white crayfish, and salamanders. An unearthed prehistoric stonewall some six feet high, built of rocks of various sizes, is evidence that the cave was likely inhabited by aboriginal people. It is unknown when the first settler entered Morril's Cave, although it has been written that settlers surely would have encountered the cave by the beginning of the 1800's. Nothing is known of the cave until it became the property of Elias S. Worley. Locally, the cavern is often still referred to as Worley Cave. A large amount of saltpeter was mined from the cave early in the Civil War. A mill was operated in the early 1900's where the stream exits at the lower entrance of the cave. It was said that the stream's volume was "sufficient, even in severest drought, to turn the undershot wheel of a large mill." A local resident John Morril, led many explorations of the cavern "near the turn of the century." Much confusion has arisen over the years about the proper spelling of the name. It has been called Morrell, Morrill, Morrils, Morrels, Mirrells, Worley's and even Worlie's Cave. The issue was resolved in 1980 by the U.S. Board on Geographical Names when it approved the name Morrell Cave. The Natural Areas Preservation Act, however has not been amended to change it from Morril's Cave since it was designated in 1973. Adults - $49.95

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