Walnut Hollow Ranch Private Walking Tour: Inside a Working Cattle Ranch Near Hayesville, NC

The first thing you notice at Walnut Hollow is the red of the main barn—bright against the green of fenced pastures—and the sound of hooves arranging themselves into a slow, deliberate rhythm. A guide meets you at the barn, keys in hand, and the concrete drive leads the group down a gentle slope where pasture lines and stone drains sketch the logic of stewardship. The herd is often just at the ridge, a scatter of dark shapes against the sky; the cattle watch you with the calm curiosity of animals that know people mean food, not trouble.