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Nickajack Bat Cave Kayak Tour with Chattanooga Guided Adventures

Nickajack Bat Cave Kayak Tour with Chattanooga Guided Adventures

Overview

This trip runs on Eastern Time.
You will get an amazing 3 mile tour just outside Chattanooga, Tennessee at Nickajack Lake and will learn about gray bats, osprey, cliff swallows, blue heron, and other wildlife. Your guide will discuss how they are all interconnected, what is being done to protect these wild animals, and what impact you can do to help the incredible endangered gray bat. We throw in a little history of the Tennessee River and how it became what it looks like today. With a grand finale of watching 100,00 gray bats leave the cave at sunset.

This trip runs on Eastern Time.

City: Chattanooga

Fri 25 Apr

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Starting at $75.99

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Fri 25 Apr

Starting at $75.99

Make a reservation

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What's Included

This trip runs on EASTERN TIME. All equipment provided.

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (240)

Joann_S

Sep 2024

It is basically kayaking in a pond and then waiting for the bats to fly by. The guide was taking photos but they never sent them to us. After a few messages we did get a link but none of the photos were if us. Felt like a rip off.

Response from Host

Sep 2024

Hi Joanna, The Nickajack Bat Cave Kayak Tour actually happens on Nickajack Lake which is a part of the Tennessee River. It is home to a maternity colony of the endangered gray bats. You had two guides who led you on an interpretative tour, teaching you about endangered bats, the life cycles, and protections the now receive. Your guides also taught about the history of the area prior to the dams and we saw another endangered species like the bald eagle on this trip. Our guides do take free photos of our guests during the trip. These are not advertised at all in the description of the trip, nor do well sell them to you, so it shocks me that you feel you were ripped off as these photos are free for you. Having booked through a third party it makes it more challenging to get these photos to you at the end of our trips which we did get them to you after receiving your email. We ask our guests every night if they would like to pose for a set photo. I was on this trip and know that we did do so after viewing Nickajack Dam. We also did take candid photos along the way during this trip and every guest on the trip was in at least one photo as I just went and looking before responding to your review. We strive to go above and beyond what we advertise for our trips and believe we did it here. Thank you for taking your time to leave a review.

Page C

Sep 2024

Perfect little kayak trip out on the water. Educational and interesting. I would recommend to anyone. Watching the sunset and looking at bats was just what I wanted

288lesleyr

Sep 2024

Margaret was friendly and a great guide. She took us around the lake prior to the bats coming out and had a lot of knowledge of the area to share. She also positioned in the perfect spots for sunset pictures and bat videos.