Alarka Expeditions is a Franklin, North Carolina based guide service owned by Brent and Angela Faye Martin. Brent and Angela have led courses and outings for over twenty years in the southern Appalachian mountains, with expertise in birds, plants, trees, as well as cultural and natural history. We can provide you with a range of outdoor experiences, and can work with you to fit your interests and skill levels. Custom designed hikes, along with basic birding, botany, forests, and Little Tennessee river trips are a few areas of our expertise, and we also offer group courses on winter tree identification, nature journaling, phenology, and cultural/natural history. We are based next to the Nantahala National Forest and we live in the Cowee National Historic District, the largest National Historic District in western North Carolina.