The Lost Sea Adventure explores the Craighead Caverns, home to America's largest underground lake. Take the 1.2 km (0.75 mi) guided walk to see the impressive formations. Your guide will tell you about the caverns' varied history, including a period as a Cherokee meeting place, as well as a gunpowder-materials mining site for Confederate soldiers. The tour ends with a glass-bottom boat trip on the massive Lost Sea. Back above ground, explore Old Sweetwater Village, an artificial town full of old-Tennessee charm with food and souvenir stores. If you'd like to see more, take a self-guided walk along the 0.5-km (0.33 mi) forested nature trail. PutThe Lost Sea Adventure into our Sweetwater trip itinerary maker website and find out what's close by, where to stay, and where to head next.
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The Lost Sea Adventure reviews
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The cave is much larger than I thought (and I just came from Mammoth cave) AND it features the largest underground body of water in north America! Our tour guide (Brenda?) was cool and funny. We saw.... more
The cave is much larger than I thought (and I just came from Mammoth cave) AND it features the largest underground body of water in north America! Our tour guide (Brenda?) was cool and funny. We saw.... more »
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This trip was 10 out of 10 a must do!!! I didn’t even know about it until googling something to do with caves in the East TN area and out of 7 choices this one just stood out. Our guide JD was great..... more
This trip was 10 out of 10 a must do!!! I didn’t even know about it until googling something to do with caves in the East TN area and out of 7 choices this one just stood out. Our guide JD was great..... more »
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I went on 7/4/2021 and it was one of the coolest experiences of my entire life. I cannot recommend it enough!! Took about an hour and a half. It is a guided tour but you can definitely spread out and go at your own pace. The tour guide Brianne was perfect, she answered every single question I had and she made the tour fun. The boat ride was a magical experience. I will absolutely be going back!
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Outstanding tourist trap. Worth the admission. We did two big tourist things that day and my 9 yr old said this was the best. The boat ride part is the capstone of the tour. Cool cavern tour, but the Sea is the best part for sure. The walking path is fairly wide, defined, and it is easy to follow the tour guide. But sections can be steep. Just a caution to those who may have trouble on a hike.
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