Highlands and Islands Discoveries
Though Scotland is a small country, the rich diversity of landscapes and natural beauty requires time to explore and discover each region or island. Here's a grand mix of locations to savour - to spend time walking, exploring and discovering, seeing and sensing all that combines to form the rhythm of nature and the cultural heritage of the Scots.
New holidays for 2009 include Scotland's Sea Kingdom and the Isle of Rum Explorer.
- Highland New Year
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Located in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, our base near Callander is perfect for daily choice of walks in this fantastically varies landscape; easy glens, forests and loch sides to rolling hills and high mountain tops. Evening diversions include a C~N~Do Ceilidh!
- Scotland's Sea Kingdom
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Sample the excellent variety of walking whilst exploring Colonsay, Oronsay, Islay, Jura and Gigha. Rich archaelogy, fascinating flora and fauna await you.
- Rum Explorer
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Visit one of Britain's remotest nature reserves with its very own Cuillins. Exhilerating walking coupled with fascinating wildlife and the opportunity of spying eagles, Manx shearwaters, wild goats, otters amongst others
- Road to the Isles
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Great selection of wilderness treks between Rannoch and the Isle of Skye give an insight into the cattle droving days of old. Awesome landscapes, wildlife galore.
- Cape Wrath and the North West Highlands
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Between Ullapool, the attractive fishing and Ferry port, and Cape Wrath, the most north-westerly point of the mainland, lies a unique corner of Scotland. The scenery here is like nothing you have ever seen before!
- Outer Hebrides
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Starting with Lewis and ending with Eriskay, we explore the islands and experience a fascinating way of life. Starting by staying in a traditional thatched cottage sets the scene to enjoy beahes to die for, wide Hebridean skies, tweed making and Gaelic, history at every turn, a sense of space and time for reflection.
- Mull, Iona & Ulva
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Wildlife opportunities abound within the hugely diverse land and seascapes of Mull, Iona and Ulva. You'll be as amazed by what you see as if it was 'Spring Watch'. From quiet coasts and glens, to moors and hill tops, we'll find a range of great walking, wildlife and wilderness.
- Orkney Isles
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Relaxed walking, clear air, a friendly ambience and a culture that is different, leave you refreshed and exhilirated. There are chances within the walking days to visit many of the archaeological sites for which the Orkneys are famous!
- Shetland Isles
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A terrific mixture of dramatic scenery but with plenty of quiet corners, thousands of sea birds but the time to watch just one, seals, otters and whales and every chance of seeing them.
- Self Guided Extensions
Extend your holiday in Scotland for a few extra days planning your own explorations. We'll arrange the accommodation, neccessary transport and provide you with a dossier of tantalising information.
