Balihouse (No Electricity)

Tree House (No Electricity)

Hobbithut (No Electricity)

This is a 10x12 shelter beside the river. It has a raised floor with three bamboo walls; the fourth size opening onto a 10 x 20 deck overlooking the river. It has two single beds that can be put together to make a king size bed. Rate: $35 per night per person, bring your own bedding.

Our new treehouse is a comfortable 12 x 12 three sided structure with the fourth side opening to a deck overlooking the cascading river 30 feet below. It features a full size antique bed with a trundle bed beneath. With three stained glassed windows, two comfortable wicker chairs and a rocker on the deck overlooking the river, it is the epitome of rustic elegance and the ultimate getaway place. Rate: $35 per night per person, bring your own bedding.

This is simply a double bed with a roof on it. It has three walls and a screen which can be lowered on the fourth side. It sits on a small hill with a good view of the whole property. Rate: $35 per night per person, bring your own bedding.

Garden Suite (Electricity)

MerlinWood (No Electricity)

Gnome Lodge (Electricity)

This features a rustic king size canopied bed on the south facing porch, overlooking the Japanese Garden, with an adjacent sitting area. A cozy corner with electricity. Rate: $35 per night per person, bring your own bedding.

This is an extension off the main porch of the Lodge. The lower level is enclosed on three sides with the fourth side overlooking the Japanese Garden. It has a king size bed and a single bed, electricity and a nice sitting area overlooking the garden. The small loft, which is reached by a ladder, has a double bed (on the floor) and also electricity. Rate: $35 per night per person, bring your own bedding.

ZenTao (no electricity)

Oconaluftee (no electricity)

Frodo's (no electricity)

Our latest addition, the Zen Tao is a two story 8 x 10 shelter set in a bamboo grove overlooking our flower garden. With a tropical South Pacific ambience it is easy to mistake the sound of our cascading mountain river for the sound of the ocean surf. Each level features a single bed, chair and a magnificent view.

The name, in Cherokee, means “beside the waters” - a most appropriate name for this rustic shelter built just a few feet above the creek. It features a sleeping platform enclosed on three sides, with a single bed and a small deck extending out over the water. Isolated and rustic, you can't get any closer to the creek than this.

Frodo would feel very much at home in our new underground stone cottage built beside the river. Stone walls, slate floor, sod roof, large stone fireplace, gothic stained glass window - you get the picture. Stepping into Frodo's is like stepping back in time - about 700 years. No electricity, no running water, a portable potty for night use, and it's small. But there is enough room for a double bed, a couple of rockers in front of the fireplace, a small table and chair and large shutters which open up to an utterly magical view of the cascading river. It has everything but the round door which Frodo might prefer.

Banana Patch (no electricity)

A little bit of the South Pacific in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the way one guest described our newest accommodation. With steep tropical roofs and sitting on stilts, the five full size beds are named after the Pacific islands of Bora Bora, Morea, Kauai, Rarotonga & Samoa. Set in a simi-circle and separated by banana trees, each bed is curtained with burlap made from coffee sacks from around the world which provide both privacy and an exotic ambience. With the nearby sound of the mountain creek it's easy to imagine the ocean surf on a tropical island.