Scottish Highlands wildlife holiday
Typically you will be sharing your experiences with between 4-20 like minded travellers (depending on the trip, operator and how many others are booked on the trip) and you'll have a group leader with you. Whether you are travelling alone or with friends its good value, and a great way to meet new people! While itineraries are pre-planned there is some flexibility and you'll have plenty of privacy. This trip will appeal to travellers of all ages who enjoy meeting new people as well as seeing new places.
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
Everything we do is aimed at making a positive impact on the people who stay with us and on the people, places and communities that we introduce them to.
We believe passionately in protecting our local environment as do all the people who are connected with us. We encourage you to carbon offset your journeys to us, as we do with our travel when you are with us; using a charity which plants native trees in Britain. We cut down on our emissions by starting many of our walks locally, from the lodge.
During your week with us we will give you advice on minimising your impact on the environment around you. The remote location of the lodge means it is essential to cut down on waste and we reuse all that we can as it is a 16 mile round trip to put the bins out! We compost all our paper, cardboard and food waste. We try to avoid buying packaged foods whenever possible and, when not, we recycle all the aluminium, tin cans, plastic bottles and etc. that we can.
On visiting local beaches we always make sure we do a stint of beach cleaning; picking up rope, fishing line, plastics and any other waste. Rosie even weaves old ropes into baskets.
We are very aware of the unspoilt natural beauty of the area and endeavour to help keep it that way by direct action and raising awareness. We encourage clients to adopt the responsible tourist’s mantra of; “leave only foot prints, take only photographs”.
Community
We are committed to using local services wherever possible. Rhidorroch lodge is owned by Maddy and Neil Scobie a local farming family, who farm sheep and cattle and whose meat we use at the lodge. In fact virtually all the food we serve is locally sourced, from fish to vegetables.
All the experts involved with us on the naturally wild week live locally, some of them were born in area others have moved up, but all of them have a passion for protecting and promoting the place they live in.
We generate employment and revenue for local people and businesses including organic farmers, market stall holders, fishermen, mountain guides, environmentalists, craftsmen, taxi drivers, cafes, restaurants and shops.
The idea of our naturally wild week is for you to learn about and enjoy this area, so we arrange local experts to give talks on the wildlife, geology and history of our region, highlighting their work and specific problems they face. We support local charities including the RSBP and the Highland Animal Hospital.
Ross-shire is a sparsely populated area dominated by massive tract of mountainous wilderness. Our business helps to support and expand a regional network of like-minded individuals. We help to encourage cohesion and skill-sharing amongst craft practitioners and our other specialists.
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