Top 7 Nature & Wildlife Tours in Aviemore and the Cairngorms, Scotland

Speyside Wildlife has 30 years of experience in organising wildlife-watching day trips, tours and holidays in the UK and Overseas. We cater for a wide variety of wildlife-watchers, from the dedicated wildlife enthusiasts to those who simply wish to include some wildlife-watching as part of their holiday. We have an Evening Mammal Watching Hide and Badger photography hide near Aviemore and our guides are available to hire for Guided Days Out in the Cairngorms National Park. We operate fully inclusive holidays around Scotland, the wider UK and overseas with a tailormade trip service also available. Speyside Wildlife holds a valid ATOL license, is accredited VisitScotland 4-star, Green Tourism Business Scheme Gold and a member of Wild Scotland and the Cairngorms Business Partnership.

Stewart Mountain Skills provide high quality, professional guiding and instruction in all aspects of mountain skills. We provide a bespoke service and work all across Scotland. Summer Hill walking, fell running, mountaineering, rock climbing and mountain biking. Winter walking, mountaineering, winter climbing and ski touring. From family activities and introductory skills to advanced instruction.

We provide hiking and mountain biking tours across the Highlands of Scotland, but often based in the Cairngorms National park where we have our own home base at Fraoch Lodge. We offer day hikes and camping trips all year round, and also skills courses if you are not so confident about heading out into the hills on your own. We often combine hiking tours with more cultural activities like visiting a distillery or Loch Ness.

I'm Malcolm and I am both a qualified adventure sports leader and zoologist. I've been coaching and guiding for over sixteen years, meaning I have plenty of skills, routes, stories and wildlife to share!

I am so aware of how lucky I am to live in such a stunning place, I don’t take it for granted and everyday I find joy in the outside world and the Cairngorms National Park. Nature makes me feel alive and always grounds me, whether I’m too high or too low – the forest brings me back to a steady level. I am a qualified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide in the Cairngorms, Scotland.