Local Attractions
- Ace Adventures provides a range of outdoor activities in the Aviemore and Strathspey area. Some of the activities on offer are white water rafting, river bugs and duckies..
- Active Outdoor Pursuits based in Newtonmore Active Outdoor Pursuits provides Watersports activities including - open canoeing, white water rafting, kayaking and sea kayaking. For those who want to be in the water rather than on it, try out gorge walking or canyoning.
- Adventure Scotland based in Aviemore delivers coaching and guiding in Mountainsports, paddlesports and snowsports. Courses and expeditions.
- Alpha Mountaineering offers all aspects of mountaineering in the Scottish hills instruction and guiding in walking, scrambling and climbing, both in summer and winter. Moreover courses are also available for climbing, scrambling, navigation and winter skills.
- Badaguish Centre located in forest at the base of Cairngorm Mountains at the heart of the Cairngorms National Park offers multi-activities including indoor climbing, rock climbing, scrambling, abseiling, mountain biking, mountain walking, archery, canoeing, orienteering.
- Boots n Paddles is an outdoor adventurous activity company based in Beauly in the Scottish Highlands. Their outdoor activities include open canoeing, archery, climbing, abseiling, hill walking, orienteering, mountain biking, gorge walking, canyoning and weaseling.
- Bothy Bikes at Rothiemurchus near Aviemore is a cyclescheme affiliated bike hire shop. Also see Cairngorm Mountain Bikers web site.
- C-N-Do Scotland is dedicated towards providing organised guided walking and climbing holidays throughout Scotland and more so in the Highlands. Also available are day walks, Short skills and instruction courses are also available for winter mountain craft, climbing, navigation, etc.
- Craggan Outdoors based near Grantown on Spey offer a wide range of activities, pursuits and adventure breaks catering for groups of all ages and different levels of ability. They specialise in kayaking, canoeing, raft building, mountaineering, climbing, high ropes course, gorge walking, mountain biking, clay pigeon shooting, quad treks and archery.
- Cragellechie Nature Reserve - The lower slopes of the hill of Craigellachie are cloaked in mature birch woodland. Scenic trails through the birchwood provider fine views across Aviemore and Strathspey to the Cairngorms. You may even spot Peregrine falcons, which regularly nest on the cliff.
- Full On Adventure provides inspirational coaching for people looking to develop their own adventure sports skills and for those looking to develop leadership skills we run coaching and qualification courses. Also available are Guided hill walks, Munro bagging, mountain biking, winter skills courses, skiing, snowboarding, white water rafting, kayaking on Loch Ness, canoe trips down the River Spey, adventure tours, etc.
- G2 range includes canoeing & kayaking, hill walking & rock climbing, mountain biking, gorge walking together with a full winter programme from Telemark & alpine skiing and touring to winter skills & more. Also available is Alpine ski instruction, telemark skiing, winter walking and skills courses. Canoe/kayaking, rock climbing, abseiling, gorge walking, hill walking, expeditions.
- Haflinger Pony Trekking Centre, located 1 mile from Laggan and 11 miles from Newtonmore, provides Quiet trekking through pine woods, birch trees and heather moorland.
- Lagganlia Centre set in stunning and remote Glen Feshie area between Aviemore and Kingussie provides all-inclusive courses including snow-boarding, abseiling, rock-climbing, sailing, mountain-biking, rafting, kayaking, skiing, etc.
- Loch Insh Watersports & Skiing Centre offers a range of outdoor activites such as, sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, fishing, skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, Archery, etc.
- Mountain Innovations offer a choice of walking holidays and mountain courses in the Highlands of Scotland. Also available are self-drive activity touring holidays, transport packages for independent walkers, residential courses in navigation, winter skills and mountaineering
- Newtonmore Riding Centre is an establishment that connects people with horses; their aim is to provide their guests with a productive and educational venue dedicated to providing an extremely high level of consistent, effective and practical instruction and learning.
- Osprey Adventures is an independent company specialising in the provision of adventurous activities in Scotland. Also available are guided walking holidays for all abilities, winter walking breaks and winter skills packages.
- Ron Walker of Talisman Activities based in Carrbridge provides expert instruction in all kinds of mountaineering skills, also available is mountain bike tours and guided walks or survival expeditions.
- The Ski School - the offical ski school of Cairngorm Mountain is a not-for-profit organisation and offers all levels of instruction and coaching, from getting beginners going and giving them the confidence to do it on their own, to freestyle and race training courses.
- VisitScotland Skiing web site includes details of Ski resorts in Scotland.
- Highland Discovery Tours offers a variety of activities on their small estate at Balnafettach. Some of the activities on offer include Clay-pigeon shooting, rough shooting, deer stalking, fly-fishing, wildlife photography. Expert tuition for all levels. Also available are Golf club hire and fishing tackle hire.
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