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Walking short breaks in Scotland

COUNTRY:
Scotland
LOCATION:
Cairngorms, Perthshire, Scottish Highlands
HOLIDAY TYPE:
Introductory to strenuous walking holidays
DEPARTURES:
2012: 5 Apr, 13 Apr, 27 Apr, 4 May, 1 Jun, 10 Jun, 13 Jul
PRICE:
From £199 - £454 (3 days) excluding flights
MORE INFO:
From £199 - £454 (3-7 days) excluding flights. Price depends on course and duration. Please state which trip you are interested in when submitting your enquiry.
VOUCHERS:
Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday
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Walking short breaks in Scotland

Walking short breaks in Scotland

Green travel discount
In direct response to growing Climate Change concerns and reports of Methane (a severe greenhouse gas) being released from Siberia's melting permafrost during the summer, we are offering those who travel up to us by train or bus to Aviemore a £15 discount on the price of their holiday or course. Travel plans must be notified to us by the time balance of payment is due (min 28 days before departure).
Departure guarantee
We are proud to continue to offer our unique departure guarantee*. If your booking is confirmed by us you can be assured that your holiday will run. We can offer this guarantee as we are unique amongst walking holiday operators in Scotland by providing all the parts of your holiday (guiding, accommodation and catering) in-house. * We reserve the right to alter the venue and itinerary of holidays advertised as based away from our lodge.

How this holiday makes a difference

On all our holidays we have a 'leave nothing, take only photographs' policy. Our guides are asked to explain and encourage this policy. We offer transfers between Inverness airport and Aviemore rail station which encourages guests to use public transport when coming on one of our guided walking holidays or courses.

All waste kitchen vegetable matter is composted. We grow as many of our own vegetables and herbs as we possibly can. These are all used in Rebecca's imaginative meals. Trees native to the region are encouraged to grow in the grounds of the lodge.

Although the Highland scenery is stunning, it is one of the less affluent areas of Britain. We are entirely Highland based, both as a company and whilst delivering the holidays. We source as much produce as we can locally and we support a number of local business. We employ only local guides. Their in-depth knowledge of the Highland mountains is invaluable, this greatly increasing flexibility and enhancing the overall experience.

As part of our continuing commitment to environmentally responsible holidays we are currently in the process of installing a wood pellet boiler here at the lodge (our main base for our walking holidays) here in Scotland.

Boat of Garten (our location) has an energetic and vibrant community putting on a good number of lively social events through the year. We encourage our guests to support these by scheduling holidays to coincide with them.

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Walking short breaks in Scotland

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