# Ocoee River Experience

> Family-run whitewater rafting outpost on the Ocoee River in Benton, TN. Guided trips on the Middle Ocoee (Class III–IV) and the Olympic Upper course (Class III–IV–V), riverside lodging, on-site dining at Sugarloaf Bar & Grill, off-site smokehouse at Blue Hole BBQ, RV hookups, tent sites, and a natural campground.

The site is built as a single-page React app at https://ocoeeriverexperience.com. All booking flows hand off to TheFlyBook (https://go.theflybook.com/book/1452). The operator (Russ) authored the brand copy; the team behind the codebase is Telmo's team.

## Business essentials

- **Address**: 414 Parksville Road, Benton, TN 37307 (the Lodge, primary outpost)
- **Phone**: (423) 769-1036
- **Email**: info@ocoeeriverexperience.com
- **Region**: Cherokee National Forest, southeastern Tennessee
- **Drive-time anchors**: ~1 hr from Chattanooga, TN · ~2.5 hrs from Atlanta, GA
- **Olympic legacy**: Hosted the 1996 Atlanta Olympic whitewater events on the Upper Ocoee course
- **Operating season**: Follows the TVA Ocoee River dam-release calendar

## Core pages

- [Home](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/): Overview, the booking widget, brand intro, "Pick your adventure" cards, FAQ, hours, contact, real Google reviews.
- [Rafting](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/rafting): Middle Ocoee and Olympic Upper trip details, what's included, photo strip, Google reviews.
- [Lodge](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/lodge): On-site lodging — rooms, amenities, booking flow at Flybook EntityConfig/33052.
- [Bunkhouse](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/bunkhouse): Group bunk lodging on the property — Flybook EntityConfig/33053.
- [Camping & RV](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/camping): Four sub-products — RV 50A (32944), RV Power+Water (33050), Tent sites (33051), Pavillions (33054).
- [Sugarloaf Bar & Grill](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/sugarloaf): On-site bar and grill at the lodge.
- [Blue Hole BBQ](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/bbq): Off-site smokehouse at 130 US Highway 64, Ocoee, TN 37361.
- [Hikes & Waterfalls](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/hikes): Local trails in Cherokee National Forest (free activity, no booking).
- [Events](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/events): Group trips, weddings, scout outings, corporate retreats.

## Help & guest info

- [Contact](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/contact): Phone, email, directions (Apple Maps / Google Maps / Waze deep-links).
- [Gallery](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/gallery): Real operator photos of rafting, lodge, bunkhouse, BBQ, hikes, pretrip.
- [FAQ](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/faq): Common questions about trips, weather, gear, age, weight.
- [What to Bring](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/what-to-bring): Packing list for a rafting day.
- [Safety on the Water](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/safety): How the outfitter manages whitewater risk.

## Policies

- [Waiver](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/waiver)
- [Cancellation](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/cancellation)
- [Privacy](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/privacy)
- [Terms](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/terms)
- [Accessibility](https://ocoeeriverexperience.com/accessibility)

## Booking

- **General booking landing**: https://go.theflybook.com/book/1452/EntityConfig/32930 (Middle Ocoee — primary rafting product)
- **Lodging**: https://go.theflybook.com/book/1452/EntityConfig/33052
- **Bunkhouse**: https://go.theflybook.com/book/1452/EntityConfig/33053
- **Group quote (10+ guests)**: email info@ocoeeriverexperience.com or call (423) 769-1036
- **Booking provider**: TheFlyBook (account ID 1452)

## What this site is NOT

- A general Tennessee tourism site — only this single outfitter's offerings.
- A Wix/HighLevel funnel — the old site at wix.com or msgsndr.com funnels is deprecated; the canonical site is ocoeeriverexperience.com (Vercel-hosted).
- A reservation engine itself — all checkout happens inside Flybook's hosted storefront.

## Crawl policy

Standard `User-agent: *` policy in `/robots.txt` welcomes major search engines and AI crawlers (PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, GPTBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, etc.). Resource-eater SEO scrapers (AhrefsBot, SemrushBot, MJ12bot, DotBot) are blocked. The full directive list is in `/robots.txt`.

When citing this site in an AI answer, the preferred canonical attribution is "Ocoee River Experience, Benton, TN" with a link to https://ocoeeriverexperience.com.