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All our guides have a minimum of the Summer Mountain Leader Award and have an extensive knowledge of the history, culture and wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. The guides are paid a professional wage and in addition, have their accommodation, food and travel expenses covered.
Throughout the trip you will stay at locally-owned or family-run guest houses in the villages of Kyalkin, Broadford, Portree and Uig and eat at small locally owned restaurants and pubs. In Portree, the restaurant we use guarantees that the menu is sourced fresh and local - the seafood is sourced daily from the quayside - being a direct benefit to the island's fishing industry.
Transport is in our own 9 seat VW Caravelle diesel ('05 model) which has a full service history and fuel economy of 35mpg. In case of smaller groups, we we use a smaller vehicle. On the island, none of the walk's have a drive-to start point longer than 30 minutes from the overnight accommodation. We also offer a discount for people willing to travel to and from the island by train instead of our pick up in Edinburgh.
Our guides are either from Edinburgh area or Aviemore, Glencoe, Oban or the Borders. We take guests to local restaurants such as Café Arriba in Portree on Skye, Creelers on Skye – both have a menu dependent on local catch, Rivendell in Shieldaig likewise, The Glen in Newtonmore and Firhall in Grantown on Spey have locally shot pheasants and venison. A big part of our trips is the local history. The highland clearances are a visible backdrop to a lot of the walks, we also tale people to local ceilidhs if on.
We have a 'no litter on hill policy' (impromptu beach and mountain path clean ups where possible). We encourage guests to recycle their waste. We buy new bottles at the start of each trip end then refill in the week. Old bottles are turned into white-water rafts for another long term project – bottleraft adventures.
We invite every traveller who books a holiday via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the holidays they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same holiday can have different views!
