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Fisherman's Dream ON THE RIVER!!!!!

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Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Highlights

  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Walk to Tuckasegee River
2 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 4

Popular amenities

  • Onsite parking available
  • Dog-friendly
  • Kitchen
  • Laundry room
  • Air-conditioning
  • Deck or patio

Explore the area

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Bryson City, NC
  • Place, Tuckasegee River
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Island Park
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Place, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
    ‪4 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 4)

Masterbedroom

1 Queen Bed

Open loft

1 Double Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen

About this property

Fisherman's Dream ON THE RIVER!!!!!

Great news the campground is under new ownership with new amenities. A hot tub, fire pit and playground have been added for guests to enjoy. There are also new bathrooms and a laundromat. New for us, there is no cleaning fee, so the price is what you see.
We are on the Tuckasegee River a mile from downtown. We would be considered a tiny home or park model cabin. Guests have said it is big enough for your family of 4 to not feel cramped. Located in the Great Smoky Mountains, we are close to hiking, rafting, tubing, and kayaking. You'll feel right at home if you enjoy any of these activities, or just want to relax and enjoy the river view. Fishing from the deck is definitely a plus. Our quaint little town has been voted one of the top 10 small towns to visit with local breweries and The Great Smoky Mtn Railroad.

The space
Convenient river access near by makes it your Fisherman's Dream.. A maximum of 4 guests is our policy. NO MORE!

The bedroom has a queen size bed and plenty of storage. The other sleeping space is an open loft with headroom only, great for kids or young teens. It has a full size bed mattress and is accessible by ladder only. The LR has a pull out sofa in case you can't climb the ladder to the loft. :) Linens are provided free of charge for your stay. We just ask that remove them before leaving. After all if you had to bring your own , you would remove them. Thank you in advance we appreciate your understanding.

A galley kitchen is well stocked with all the pots and pans, dishes, glasses and utensils you will need to prepare and enjoy your meals. you need to bring your spices, oil etc, as well as your paper products, including garbage bags,and dish soap. There is enough to get you started. The coffee pot is a combination pot/pod. Coffee filters are provided for the regular full size coffee pot.

The bathroom has a tub/shower combo.Towels are provided free of charge for you stay. One set per person. That consists of 1 bath towel, 1 hand towel, 1 washcloth. If you don't use a towel more than once, you need to bring your own. Thank you for understanding.

Kids love feeding the ducks & geese with food provided in the feed box on the covered deck. Fishing from the deck is an added bonus

GUEST ACCESS

You have access to the entire Cabin. It is located in the Bear Hunter Campground, although you're not really there for the campground, but it does have amenities now, since it under new ownership.
No grill at the cabin, however you may bring your own.

OTHER THINGS TO NOTE

*We are pet friendly (dogs only) with prior approval. A $50 non refundable fee per pet is due on arrival in cash. Pets must be crated when you are out.
The pet fee is for allowing pets to visit. It is to compensate for all the extra cleaning that is takes. It is not a damage fee. If your pet does damage because it has not been crated or watched, you will be requested to pay for the damage.

*Please be honest if you break something. If something is missing or damaged I will turn it in to AIRBNB/VRBO and request payment for it.
Please care for our place and things like you care for your own or better. We try hard to provide for our guests and appreciate your understanding.

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House Rules

Check in after 3:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs less than 9 kg per pet (limit 2 pets total)
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Smoking

Smoking allowed: in designated areas

Important information

You need to know

Property # 2548108vb
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room

About the area

Bryson City

Located in Bryson City, this cabin is in the mountains and on the waterfront. Nantahala Brewing Company and Cooper Creek Trout Farm & Pond are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those looking for area attractions can visit Great Smoky Mountains Railroad and Smokey Mountain Trains Museum. Cherokee Botanical Garden and Nature Trail and Santa's Land Family Theme Park and Zoo are also worth visiting. Fishing offers a great chance to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking/biking trails nearby.
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Bryson City, NC

What's nearby

  • Tuckasegee River - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Island Park - 2 min drive - 2.1 km
  • Great Smoky Mountains Railroad - 4 min drive - 4.1 km
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 8 min drive - 9.1 km
  • Harrahs Cherokee Casino - 16 min drive - 22.3 km

Getting around

  • Alcoa - Knoxville Airport (TYS) - 136 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Bryson City Brewing - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Arby's - ‬3 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Fisherman's Dream ON THE RIVER!!!!! pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 9 kg per pet. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much is parking at Fisherman's Dream ON THE RIVER!!!!!?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Fisherman's Dream ON THE RIVER!!!!!?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Fisherman's Dream ON THE RIVER!!!!!?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Fisherman's Dream ON THE RIVER!!!!! located?

Situated on the waterfront, this cabin is steps from Nantahala National Forest and 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. Tuckasegee River and The Storytelling Center of the Southern Appalachians are also within 2 miles (3 km).

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 25 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 25 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 25 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 25 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 25 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

8.6/10

Location

8.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Robert W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The cabin was set nicely, very clean, and backed up to the river. Will stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 27 Oct 2025
It was a pleasure meeting you and Bella. We do hope to see you again. I hope she did well;)
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Susan G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Tammy was a great host and made the kids feel special by leaving a gift under the tree.The cabin was clean and nice !We had a great stay!
View from cabin of Polar exspress
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Glynda T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Everything was great Rooms was very clean
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Donna O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Cute and clean! Perfect for our fishing trip!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Dawn H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Very clean and cute. Perfect place for what we needed.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 29 Sept 2025
Thank you, Dawn, We do love to hear that. We do hope to see you again in the future. Thanks for taking such great care of our place.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

John M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had a short but nice 2 night stay in the early fall. We slept comfortably and enjoyed waking up with the river right beside us. The cabin is nicely decorated and well stocked to cook if you prefer. You can fish right off the deck.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Ryan M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing stay

Tammy was amazing. Great location. Extremely clean.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 8 July 2025
Ryan thanks for kind words. We hope you will come see us again.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Charolette S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxation

Great hospitality!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Kayla H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Best on the river cabin

Loved waking up to the ducks and fishing while drinking coffee, very relaxing, 10 out of 10!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Kelly P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing on the River

Great owner! Beautifully decorated, pet friendly; cozy, cabin-style mini home! There's a great covered deck overlooking the river. Cabin is stocked will with all you need to cook with. The bed sleeps well. A/C works great. Awesome location on the river and very close to town. Definitely a must stay again kind of rental.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 6 July 2025
Thank you Kelly you are always welcome anytime you’re in the area!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Birthday and Anniversary Getaway

The best place to stay in the area. People are nice, the view and scenery are amazing. Cabin 4 is love! Close to everything. Thank you Bryson City Till next time! God bless! - Mike and Kristine
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 20 May 2025
Thank you both we hope to see you soon
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

DEBBIE J.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Paradise

Love the location. Close to everything. Loved Coming out on the deck and feeding the ducks every day.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 18 Sept 2024
It was great to have you and I really enjoyed talking about my hometown! You’re always welcome to come back anytime you’re in our area.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Dan T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
Fine
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Matthew N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Matthew Nicholson

It was amazing will def go again!
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 7 Sept 2024
We look forward to seeing you again
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Natalia D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cute and Great location

Property owner, Tammy, was amazing and easy to communicate with. Little cabin was cute, clean and in a great location. The covered porch was amazing and feeding the ducks a huge perk. We were not there much and didn't cook there but it was comfortable and met all of our needs. There are other cabins close to this one but there was no noise or anything. You really felt like you were there by yourself. We will be staying again soon.
Feeding ducks of the balcony
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 8 July 2025
Natalia it was so nice to meet you and your family. We are happy you enjoyed your stay and we look forward to you returning.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Brenda E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Short get away

The cabin was beautiful. We thought we were booking a cabin with easy direct fishing access and that wasn't the case. Also I don't remember reading that we were in a campground. Everything was quiet at night though. The host was very nice and helpful with questions about the area.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 10 July 2025
Brenda it was a pleasure meeting a fellow Buckeye. I'm sorry you didn't realize it was in the campground, it clearly states that in the first few sentences of the description. Not sure why you felt you couldn't fish right from the deck.We do appreciate the king words though and will keep Ryan in our prayers. Best of luck in your new home as well.
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Andrea W.

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cabin was small

The cabin water wasn’t working when we checked in. There’s a store right down the rd an I wouldn’t get out cause it was trashy, the river was nasty.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 17 July 2025
The campground had a broken valve and the issue was repaired within a very short time about an hour. Not sure what the gas station had to do with the campground and the cabin. The river is a beautiful place and we’re sore you felt the way you did.
Verified review

8/10 Good

CAROL G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in
Disliked: Location

Comfortable and clean

Unfortunately I became sick while there , we had to leave a day early. I was unable to climb the stairs to the loft so I slept on the sofa.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 2 Nov 2022
I’m so sorry you were sick. you had said you weren't really feeling good before you came. I'm sorry it became too much for you to have a good time. We would love to have you back, maybe next time choose one our rentals that doesn't have the lofts. As it says they are best for kids and young adults.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Donna D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pretty cabin/deck in RV campground

Cabin was clever, clean and very cute. It was not the kind of campground we expected (no woods, greenspace, etc.) and the cabin was one of several close together. That said, folks were very friendly, the deck was right on the river with tremendous amount of birds, people fishing. Saw herons, eagles and families of geese. Stayed on the deck much of the time we were at the cabin. Noticed many of the campgrounds in the area were this sort. Host was very accommodating.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Jesse T.

Liked: Communication
Disliked: Check-in, location, listing accuracy
First of all, I have never left a bad review and I’ve stayed at numerous places in the mountains so this is my first. Beware! Cabin is in an Rv park. Sugar ants throughout the cabin. Checking in, I had to get with the neighbor then 20min later he had to get with his wife to get the code. The digital lock works about half the time. The window unit AC WILL NOT cool down the cabin. It’s basically a sweat lodge in the summer. Broken glass in the Rv park from weekend stayers. Cut my furry friends paw (nothing major) but bad enough for him to limp the rest of the trip. Not enough water pressure to shower and do dishes at the same time, it’s one or the other. Large burner on the stovetop does not work. The permanent Neighbors are about the most unpleasant people I’ve seen. If this cabin was free, I still wouldn’t stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 30 Aug 2025
Jesse, I am shocked at all of this. I apologize for a terrible experience however not once did you reach out to me about anything or I would’ve tried to do something to make it better. First, it is in my description that We are located in the campground. You met with the Campground host. I’m sorry if she wasn’t there at the moment and you had to talk to her husband. I’m sorry no one was complained about ants but thank you for bringing it to my attention. It will definitely be sprayed. As for water pressure I’m not sure what was going on. The AC typically does just fine and if you look back through my reviews, I don’t think anyone has complained about it.We thank you for bringing all of your concerns to our attention. I will address them immediately.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Keenan F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Tes
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Kyra G.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice little cabin

Little pricey
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Tony P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fishing weekend

My son and I came to Bryson to do some trout fishing. This cabin and location worked perfectly for our purposes. Everything was clean and ready for our arrival. The view from the deck of the river was great.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Cher C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing spot!

This spot has it all! Bryson is a quiet little town with great food and friendly people! The views from the cabin are beautiful! Listening to the river and getting to see the train go by is a daily treat. We were here for 5 days and got to hike the Appalachian trail, see waterfalls, fish the Tuck, and relax. We went to Tennessee, and South Carolina too. This is a centrally located spot with lots to do or all the comforts to just relax.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Christopher E.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

About the host

Hosted by Tammy Iadonisi 828-736-1215

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I have been hosting for over 17 years. We started with with The Cottage which is now a full time rental. It's been a great experience and we have made lifetime friends through our rentals. We have 5 rentals 3 have now become long term for less work, (we have retired.) We sold 1 cabin and Fisherman's Dream is our only vacation rental left. We still have 1 cabin for sale if you're interested:) We have loved hosting!

Why they chose this property

We chose the Cabins on the river because of the beautiful scenery from the deck and porch. We thought we could capitalize on the beauty to supplement our income. We were fast approaching retirement. We've had them now for about 8 years and enjoyed every minute of it. We recently sold one of them and are trying to sell another. However, Fisherman's Dream will remain in our family and be enjoyed by generations to come as well as guests old and new.

What makes this property unique

We have owned three of the cabins in the Bear Hunter Campground and been the longest running owners. We pride ourselves on our cleanliness, hospitality and hard work. We stay in the cabins ourselves frequently to see if we need to address anything. When someone comments on something we really take it serious. Although we will never be able to make everyone happy. Not everyone likes a soft/hard bed, so we can't always change that, but if we could we'd try. We'd love the chance to host you and make your vacation everything you want it to be.

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