Activity Holidays at Rua Reidh Lighthouse has a variety of all-inclusive walking programmes to suit all ages and abilities. Rua Reidh has offered walking holidays in the Highlands for over ten years and they have become walking experts in this area with guides having local knowledge often not found in the guide books!

Adrian's Edinburgh City Cycle Tour covers all of the main streets and a few interesting back streets of Edinburgh City Centre's Old Town and New Town in a three-hour journey with frequent stops while Adrian provides a commentary. Daily each morning and afternoon, May to Septemeber.

Adventures in Golf is a specialist golf tour operator, established in the late 1970’s. Their web site gives an overview of the many unique golfing possibilities available to allow you to create the itinerary of your choice.

Aigas Field Centre is Scotland's longest running nature centre providing ready-made and tailor-made holidays for all. Their programmes include bird watching, history & archaeology, wild animals, castles & gardens and many others. Facilities include badger & pine marten hide, beaver hide, bird hide, and beautiful freshwater loch. Aigas - sharing the wonders of the wild Highlands for over 30 years.

Aisiling Gaelic Tours provides a range of options, including a one week Gaelic course for beginners, an induction into swordsmanship, guided tours to castles and battle sites and a walking tour to two distilleries.

Alba Guide is Jennifer Cowling, a qualified Blue Badge Scottish Tourist Guide covering all aspects and areas of Scotland, but with special focus on family history research, wildlife and the natural landscape, archaeology and local/social history, photography and Edinburgh's Royal Mile. Services can cover any duration to meet your special requirements and interests.

Amethyst Travel is based on Comrie, Perthshire, and focuses on custom-designed tours, particularly for the golf enthusiasts. The Website has pages in French, German and Swedish as well as English.

Applecross Mountain & Sea Guides organises all year round adventure activity in this remote part of north-west Scotland, including sea kayaking trips, all aimed at beginner level, and hillwalking and mountaineering. In the winter their attention turns firmly towards winter mountaineering.

About Argyll Guided Walking Holidays specialises in guided walking/hiking holidays in the south-west Highlands and Islands for people who like to explore beautiful countryside and discover the secrets of its history and wildlife on the way. Small groups (8 maximum).

Art Galore organises breakaway holidays in a wide range of locations in the Highlands of Scotland. You can enjoy a full Art holiday or just have a go at activities ranging from spinning and weaving to Gaelic singing and photography along the way, with advice on accommodation and alternative activities.

Barrhead Travel is a Scottish-based travel agent who can arrange your holiday through the web, phone, teletext or in person. Plus scheduled or charter flights and FlightsDirect.com for constantly updated cheap flight deals.

Barratt International Resorts provide self catering holiday breaks, Golfseeker Holidays, timeshare properties and a Barratt Travel Club.

Bespoke Highland Tours , established for more than 10 years, specialises in self-led individual tours with a strong emphasis on a personalised service for those who wish to discover the delights of the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland on a cycle or on foot.

Best Scottish Tours act as marketing agents for selected tour operators in Scotland who provide personalized small group tours of Scotland. They visit sites not normally seen by the regular tourist and each Hotel is chosen to minimize the number of times you have to pack and unpack. Each small group travel party is limited to an absolute maximum of 18 people, the most common group size being between 8 and 12 people. They offer 7 Day, 10 Day and 14 Day tours as well as Scottish Cruises.

Jean Blair is a registered Blue Badge Guide and Member of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association with many years' experience in the tourist and hospitality industry. She accompanies groups, large or small around Scotland, arranged to suit you, half day or full day or extended, to coincide with ancestral searches, to visit ancestral villages and towns or just to enjoy the wonderful scenery.

Breathing Spaces is a small, privately owned company offering specialist holidays in Caithness and Sutherland in the North of Scotland. Tuition is offered in Painting in Watercolours, Creative Writing and a Bird and Botany Week and "informed holidays" cover the archaeological, geological and social history of the Northern Highlands or Orkney.

Butler's Chauffeur Drive is Edinburgh based and offers a range of sightseeing tours accompanied by Blue Badge Scottish Guides. Tours include half-day and full-day around Edinburgh or trips to the Borders, Stirling & Loch Lomond, St Andrews, Braemar - or your own specific destinations.

Caledonia Hilltreks is a small business giving personal attention in the fields of Hill-Walking, Backpacking, Long Distance Walks, Camping, Wilderness Walks and Munro Bagging. Trips are available all year round, for groups or individuals, with set programmes - you suggest when you want to go and the area you want to visit.

Caledonian Classic car hire offers a range of classic and sports cars that can be hired on a daily, weekly or weekend basis, with a personalized tour and itinerary plan to suit your individual needs and interests. Discover the diversity of Scotland's scenery in a classic cars and drive on the open roads of a country where the phrase 'motoring pleasure' is certainly no exaggeration.

Caley Cruisers Boating Holidays operate fully equipped cruisers in 13 different classes, including their flagship Balmoral Class - a 38 ft luxury 4-6 berth cruiser. Travel along the Great Glen to places such as Inverness, Drumnadrochit on Loch Ness, Fort Augustus, Invergarry on Loch Oich, Laggan & Loch Lochy, Fort William.

Cali Net Travel Resources is a Scottish Travel service from Cali Net - Individual Tours and Group Travel, combined with general Scottish advice.

Kathleen Cameron is a Scottish tour guide who arranges walking tours in cities, towns or countryside, island hopping and ferry planning, boat trips and train excursions and interpreting or translating English/Spanish.

Castles and Luxury Vacations can be arranged by Loyd & Townsend-Rose who offer impartial advice on destinations, properties and the services available. You can live like a laird for a week or stay at one of a selection of really superior homes available on a self catering basis. There is also a limited selection of really comfortable hotels, luxury cruises or train travel. The company can also arrange bespoke cultural and golfing tours which can suit your own preferences or specialist needs.

Celestial Tours are based in Arran and offering tours with a spiritual focus around the mystical sites of Scotland.

Celtic Dream Tours has personally escorted tours (maximum 16 people) to Edinburgh, the Borders and west coast where you can "hear a storyteller share with you the history of Scotland."

Celtic Trails organises rambles from Edinburgh which can be incorporated into a day's outing to suit the participants to such places as Culross, Traprain Law, Melrose, Rosslyn Chapel and Cairnpapple.

Chauffeur Drive Scotland covers Scotland or the North of England providing a personal chauffeur/guide for touring, shopping, corporate/sports events or for transfers from the airport, all in the comfort and luxury of a modern Mercedes Benz.

Clans and Castles for tailor-made scottish holidays featuring Scotland's castles culture and clan lands. See where your ancestors lived and where possible sleep in a clan castle or historic building. Walk through the clan chiefs' castles - some lovingly restored, some in ruined grandeur on islands or cliff edges; some still family homes, some deserted for six hundred years.

Clarkson of Glasgow has a fleet of 400 cars across Scotland and provides not only car rental but chauffeur driven cars, airport transfers and specialises in organising for golf groups.

Claymore Travel believe that a small group with a knowledgeable guide is the best way to experience Scotland. Collection for tours can be made in Stirling, Edinburgh or Glasgow. 1,2,3 day tours or longer. Tours include Loch Lomond & Trossachs, Inveraray & The West Highlands, Highland Glens and Historic Stirling.

C-N-Do Scotland offers a selection of guided walking holidays and mountaineering activities throughout Scotland both in summer and winter - from single day trips to two-week packages for all ages and levels of ability.

Contours Walking and Hiking Holidays have a range of walking holidays (hiking vacations) exploring little known as well as popular areas of superb scenery, history and a wide variety of wildlife. There is an interactive map to find where you want to go and residential and 'challenge' holidays are also available.

Countrysports is Scotland's longest established private agency organising hunting (shooting and stalking) exclusively. The agency offers sport covering well over two million acres of ground in Scotland and England. They can organise shooting for grouse, stags, pheasants, duck and partridge and arrangements can be tailored to suit individual requirements.

Countrywide Holidays is a specialist UK walking holiday company with over 100 years of experience who own and manage Country Guest Houses and Hotels around the country and with countrywide partners.

Discover Loch Ness guided tours offer a number of different tours depending on the time of year. They include entry to the historic ruin of Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness Cruise or Loch Ness Boat Trip, entry to the new Loch Ness 2000 exhibition and an excursion into the hills etc. In 2003 the tour was upgraded by the Scottish Tourist Board (Visit Scotland) from 4 stars to 5 stars representing "World Class".

Discover the Taste has got together with some of the finest producers, shops, chefs and restaurants to provide a series of exciting gourmet events in Edinburgh and beyond, including walking tours, tasting sessions, cookery demonstrations, cookery courses and much, much more.

Dive and Sea the Hebrides organises wreck and scenic diving in the unspoilt waters off Scotland's beautiful Isle of Skye for dive clubs, instructor expeditions, small groups and individuals. Diving includes wrecks, reef and night dives, often in the presence of seals, porpoises dolphins and whales. Complete package of accommodation, boat charter, air, moorings, jetty, pub is all provided.

Doune Bay Holidays is on the western shores of Knoydart and they offer accommodation and a restaurant as well as walking, diving and sailing vacations. Their special feature is that you can only get there by boat (or a two-day walk!). They usually collect guests from Mallaig in one of their own boats.

Morag Dunbar is a Scottish Blue Badge Tour Guide with a degree in Scottish History and a wide variety of knowledge about Scotland. She can act as your guide during your stay either driving you personally in her own vehicle or in a people-carrier or accompanying you on your own coach with driver. Tours and day trips can be tailor-made to suit your requirements.

Edinburgh Artbreaks provide art and painting vacations with tuition by skilled artist/tutors. Choose from many painting subjects and styles, art gallery visits. En-suite hotel accommodation, inspiring studios - all year round!

Edinburgh City Breaks is a guide to hotels, breaks and events in Scotland's capital city with guidance on hotels, bars, food and shopping.

Edinburgh Sightseeing Day Tours including the Castle, the Palace of Holyrood House, the historic Royal Mile and Our Dynamic World. Tours last 50 minutes and leave every 10/15 minutes from Waverley Bridge, opposite the main railway station. Tours are multilingual - English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese.

Edinburgh Witchery Tours provide ghostly evening walks by "Cadies & Witchery Tours" which have been an attraction in Edinburgh since 1984 - making them (in)famous throughout this world... and beyond!

Escape 2 Scotland specialise in arranging tailor-made trips to Scotland for both individuals and groups - anything from walking the West Highland Way to a self-drive tour of the Highland and Islands. Or how about some serious retail therapy with a luxury break visiting Edinburgh and Glasgow's fabulous stores? Or there's golf, mountain-biking, canyoning, Go- Karting, Honda Pilots, paintball, quad biking, white water rafting...

Ewen's of Ullapool has taxi, mini-bus, coach hire services throughout the North and West Highlands and tours to Achiltibuie and the Summer Isles, Inverewe Gardens, Corrieshalloch Gorge and the Falls of Measach, Glen Affric and Loch Ness. Back-packers, Film Location Hire and other special interest parties a speciality.

Executive Travel is based in Inverness and provides tours of the Scottish Highlands using chaffeur-driven limousines on a selection of ready-made tours or created to meet your requirements. Visit the whisky distilleries or have a short tour around Inverness and Loch Ness. Evening tours are also available.

Experience Ecosse is a Scottish adventure / outdoor experience company which can provide access to such experiences as white water rafting, driving a Ferrari, flying a light plane, high speed boats and sports such as abseiling, clay pigeon shooting - and knife throwing.

Experience Scotland Travel, based in Penicuik, near Edinburgh, provides corporate and incentive travel, event management and operates tours around Scotland.

Exploring Ways is a small company that concentrates on Scotland's long distance paths with experienced guides to look after your requirements and share their local knowledge.

Family Vacations in Scotland specialise in providing family holidays in Edinburgh (and Cork in Ireland). They arrange for family groups suitable accommodation, child-care and babysitting services, activities organized for the age of your children, special trips for all the family in and around the city.

First Travel Scottish Tours provides a range of one-day tours and short breaks using chauffeur-driven executive cars. Itineraries can be arranged to suit your needs from well known venues to 'off -the-beaten track'. Advice can be given on accommodation.

Five Senses Orkney Tours explore the natural environment of these northern isles using all five senses. Learn outdoor skills such as fire by friction and spark, stone tool working, navigation, and independence outdoors. There is a qualified guide for tours by car or on foot to selected sites.

Footprints offers personalised, 3-day tours for small groups in ancient Scottish landscapes such as the prehistory of Argyll and the South West Highlands or the archaeological past of the less travelled but equally beautiful East Coast. Conducted by a qualified archaeologist.

Fraser Connection is a Scottish company with a number of relaxing conducted tours for small groups which take in the Highlands, the Isle of Skye, Royal Deeside and a visit to Balmoral Castle or the Backroads Scotland to the Black Isle and the North East of Scotland. Then there's a tour to places associated with Robert Burns, Columba, William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, Prince Charlie, Walter Scott and many more.

Robert Fraser Travel is a family run company specialising in providing first class drivers and transport for the independent traveller. Special interest tours include subjects such as golfing, fishing, heritage, gardens, film locations - and ghosts.

Freedom Scotland Holidays is a knowledge based company, whose members have travelled extensively throughout Scotland to ensure that visitors to Scotland are given the opportunity to experience at first hand some of the rarely visited areas and meet the people, enjoy the food, drink and culture of the country.

Galloway Cycling Holidays is based in the market town of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway and specialise in providing self-led and guided cycling tours. You can select a route to suit your requirements, decide on the distance you wish to cycle, terrain characteristics and whether to be accommodated in one location or have a multi accommodation bicycle tours and/or guided bicycle tours.

G & C Touring with Gordon and Christa, anywhere and anytime depending on your interests, in a modern and comfortable VW Transporter people carrier which can take up to 6 guests. Christa has worked as a guide in various countries before settling in Scotland. Born in Germany, raised in Switzerland, Christa guides in German, Swiss-German, French and English. Their well designed Web site is in English, French and German.

Garden Tours of Scotland not only organise tours to some beautiful gardens, they are also landscape gardeners in their own right.

Gateside Field Sports provides a sporting activity break and fully accompanied tours to suit your requirements for a single day, a short break, or a full holiday. Not confined to just fishing and shooting (although these are their specialties) they can arrange golf, walking, pony trekking, archery or any activity you may wish to try.

Glasgow Literary Tours provides Glasgow's literary history, illuminated by professional actors in a fun and fascinating journey through the city's famous and forgotten novelists, contemporary and controversial writers including Scott, Burns, McGonagall, Alasdair Gray, Edwin Morgan, William McIlvanney and many more, inspired by the unique vibrant atmosphere for which the city is renowned.

Glasgow Sightseeing Tours are a familiar sight in Scotland's largest city with their bright red open-top sightseeing buses. You can hop on and off the buses to take a look at the locations along the way. These include George Square (the terminus), Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow Green, St Enoch Shopping Centre, Pride o' the Clyde Cruises, the Tall Ship moored on the river Clyde, Glasgow University and the Royal Concert Hall.

Glencoe Mountain Sport provides mountain guiding and instruction in the Scottish Highlands by specialists in the the Glencoe, Ben Nevis and Skye Cuillin areas. Online equipment shop.

Glen Osprey have itineraries tailor-made to suit the client including golf, fishing, castle accommodation, sailing, field sports, falconry - or flying with Lothian Helicopters.

Glengarry Mini Tours , based in the village of Invergarry in the Highlands, offering a personalised touring, taxi and guiding service throughout Scotland using a luxury 8 seat taxi bus, driven by an experienced guide.

Global Travel Edinburgh are a number of independent travel agents from all over the UK who have joined together. They have a custom- built computer system at their head office to search a huge database of vacations and flights from many different operators in a matter of seconds.

Golf Cruise combines cruising and golf together for that holiday with a difference. The Spirit of Loch Ness takes you through some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery as it sails along Loch Ness and through the Caledonian Canal and you are never more than an hour away from any of the courses you will play before returning to the barge, dinner and sleeping on board.

Golf Destinations Online _ Scotland is the Scottish page of a larger site which specialises in golfing holidays. The Scottish options include golf in the Highlands, classic courses and "Ye Grand Auld Tour".

Golf Roots Scotland organises golf holidays to Scotland with an emphasis on the history and traditions of the game and not purely on the well known 'honeypot' courses. They can arrange pre-booked tee-times on the courses of your choice, accommodation, organise transport and be flexible enough to respond to any additional requests.

Gray Line Tours is one of the largest sightseeing companies in the world, offering tours in more than 200 destinations. Gray Line (Scotland) Limited part of the Gray Line family, operating sightseeing tours out of Edinburgh, collecting Hotel and Guest House guests from their accommodations to sightsee on coach tours throughout Scotland.

Greenan Golf Tours is a tour company that takes care of everything, with transportation, luxury accomodation and friendly service - you just pick the golf courses from around Scotland. To help you make a selection, the site has a Golf Map with the location of many of the courses. And you just click on the name or map to get a close-up view of the layout and location via Google maps.

Haggis Backpackers provide budget travel around Scotland for students and other backpackers.

Hamish Prestige Tours combine first class accommodation, well-paced sightseeing and deluxe air-conditioned motorcoach travel to create the definitive Scottish experience. There are six itineraries to choose from and each tour has been carefully designed to show you different aspects of Scotland.

Hans Walter Arends is a Blue Badge German Guide and Tour director who specialises in tours to Scotland. Understandably, the site is in German.

Heart of Scotland Tours has recently been awarded 'Four Star Tour' status. Scottish owned and guided with friendly and knowledgeable driver/guides, the company specialises in small tour groups - with a maximum of 14 people on the 'Wee Red Bus'.

Heritage Events has themed and period entertainment, living history, drama and ghost walks to provide plenty of variety!

Highland Free Spirits specialise in exclusive cruises on a luxurious modern motor cruiser on Loch Ness. They can accommodate small groups of up to six guests exploring the stunning beauty of Loch Ness. They have an in depth knowledge of Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal which they can share with you to help you plan your time. Or you may prefer to leave the planning entirely to them - though once out on the Loch you can change your mind and detour to look more closely at anything that catches your eye.

Highland Journeys is based in Beauly, Inverness-shire and arranges guided tours into the Highlands and Islands or Far North Scotland to ancient castles and places of myth and legend.

Highland Rods and Reels arrange tailor-made fly fishing packages to suit individual tastes in a remote and unspoilt area of the Highlands of Scotland with the services of a fishing guide with first-hand knowledge of the area.

Hillways is a small, quality walking and trekking company aimed at providing clients with mountain days to savour. They combine imaginative itineraries with detailed narratives on the flora, fauna, geology and history of upland areas in the UK, Europe and further afield. An annual timetable of activities is offered, from classic UK hillwalking to winter skills courses in Scotland and abroad. Bespoke packages can be arranged to suit clients’ requirements.

Jim Hilson MiniCoaches provides coach hire to take families or groups around Scotland in tours tailored to your requirements. You can use the online system for a personalised quote based on your requirements.

Island Fling Motorcycle Tours organises week long motorcycle tours of some of the more remote locations of the Western Isles and the Hebrides, visiting at least ten Islands. Travel is on well surfaced, mainly traffic free roads and via ferries. Accommodation is in small, friendly and in the main, family run hotels along the way. The site has a large photo gallery of bikes on tour - covering both scenery and bikes!

Kids Literary Tour of Scotland is a tour where grandparents or parents take their grandchildren or children on a tour which opens the Literary World for them in ways they cannot experience in the classroom. The tour includes Alloway (Robert Burns), Kirriemuir (J M Barrie and Peter Pan) and of course Edinburgh (with its Writers Museum and many other literary connections).

Kilbrannan Guides offers a range of tours which can be personalised to suit your budget, tastes and time available in Scotland. They specialise in a range of tours (all offered in English or French) including walking tours of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee (including the the Royal Mile and of the New Town of Edinburgh), extended tours throughout Scotland with a driver guide.

Leapfrogz Baggage Transport transport your baggage to and from any part of the area of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. They operate everyday apart from Christmas and New Year's day. You are free to pick and choose where you want to go at whatever speed, taking in the breathtaking local scenery as you proceed, leaving all your heavy gear to be transported for you.

Lenymede Walking in Scotland organises hill walking in the Trossachs with access to a number of Munros (peaks over 3,000 feet), as well as many other peaks which provide enjoyable walking.

Links Golf St Andrews has seventeen years of experience in providing golf tours of the finest courses throughout the UK. If you choose to visit Scotland, you can decide to play courses in all parts of the country, including the Old Course in St Andrews, Turnberry, Carnoustie, Royal Dornoch, Gleneagles and Royal Troon - and many more. They can arrange accommodation and transport as well as course bookings to suit your individual requirements.

Linlithgow Tours provide Blue Badge Tour Guides to provide customised tours for individuals or groups around historic Linlithgow, the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots. Car parking and catering can be arranged at Kingsfield Leisure, the 4 Star Visit Scotland Award Winning Activity Centre on the east side of the town.

Lomond Tours are specifically designed to accommodate only small groups in west and central Scotland including the castles of Inveraray and Stirling and the historic mansion of Mount Stuart.

Luxury Limousines have an American stretch limousine (Ford Lincoln Town Car) for tours of Scotland or for hire for a wedding, special occasion, business entertainment. There is in-car TV and video or CD system and the car is equipped with mood lighting and bar facilities and deep pile carpets.

Macs Adventure is dedicated to bringing trekking holidays and walking day trips in Scotland. They offer a huge range of walking holidays on the West Highland Way, Great Glen Way and Rob Roy Way as well as short breaks and day trips to the Scottish Highlands. There are self guided walking holidays, guided walking holidays, guided weekend breaks and walking day trips.

mcKinlay Kidd design self-drive holidays and short breaks throughout Scotland and its islands to suit your personal requirements. Special places to stay, boat trips, whale watching, even classic car hire.

Mackintosh Tours specialise in arranging customised full-day or half-day tours of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's work in Glasgow - The Glasgow School of Art, Queens Cross Church, The Willow Tea Rooms, Martyrs Public School, The Hill House (in Helensburgh), House for an Art Lover, Scotland Street School Museum and the reconstuction of the Mackintosh house on the Hunterian Art Gallery.

McLean Scotland is based in Perth in Scotland and specialises in travel and vacations to Scotland with routes planned individually to meet your requirements. The site has lots of travel information and - of course - a link to the Clan MacLean Association.

Make Tracks organises self-guided walking holidays throughout Scotland including the Scottish Highlands and Borders, classic long distance hikes like the Southern Upland Way, the West Highland Way, St Cuthbert's Way, the Great Glen Way, or the Speyside Way plus The Trossachs, Tweedside Walk, Highland Lochs and Islands or the spectacular West Highland landscape of Morar, the remote Knoydart peninsula, and the romantic islands of Rum and Eigg.

Making Treks is based in Ballater on Royal Deeside, providing a location for company events plus outdoor and indoor events are catered for throughout Scotland with riding, karting, off-road vehicles - or fishing.

Masterstroke Tours organises self-drive golf vacation packages to Scotland (and Ireland).

Matrix Hospitality, Incoming Tour Operators to Scotland, provide tailor made vacations for groups large or small, including leisure tours, guides, hotels, castles, full travel arrangements, and events.

Mercat Tours of Edinburgh entertain with escorted walking tours around Edinburgh concentrating on such aspects as Ghosts and Ghouls and a Ghost Heritage Trail. The Royal Mile tour seems more geared to people with a nervous disposition!

Middle Marches Guided Walks are based in Hawick and provide guided walking holidays of 1 - 5 days in the beautiful Scottish Borders. Some previous walking experience is necessary but the area has hills rather than mountains and the guided walks are graded from short to long.

Mini Tours of Scotland provides private guided driver tour of Scotland with local Scottish tour guide, Craig McCall Flynn BA(Hons). Personal Scottish tours from a one-day tour of historic Edinburgh to a 30-day grand tour of Scotland. Personal Scottish tours for singles, couples, families or groups up to 8 people.

Moss Golf Tours plan everything for you - leaving you to enjoy your golfing holiday. We are a small company who understand the importance of high quality, personal service. Itineraries are carefully chosen to keep travel to a minimum and time on the course to the maximum. The courses are amongst the finest in Scotland and hotels are personally selected to ensure you will be looked after by hosts who take pride in excellent service.

MountainBike Highlands and Islands is a new venture providing short break and bespoke tailored biking holidays in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Special tours include the Nevis Range which is a short trip from Fort William and home to Britains only International standard downhill track with Gondola access. It hosts the UCI World Cup annually and boasts specfically designed courses for each discipline including Downhill, X-Country and 4X. In 2004 it was voted best world cup venue by the men and women who travel the world contesting the greatest prizes in this sport. Other tours go to Harris in the Western Isles, the Great Glen and tours lasting just a weekend.

Mountain Innovations provide a wide range of guided walking holidays and semi-independent activity-tours for those wanting to explore undiscovered areas of the Highlands. The site has a photo gallery of mountain scenes.

Mountain Wizard provides personalised fully guided Wilderness Tours using 4x4 vehicles, off the beaten track in the Isle of Skye, Diabeg in Wester Ross, Loch Ness area.

NordRaad Konsult have been in business for over 30 years providing fully qualified Guides, Interpreters and Translators for Nordic visitors to Scotland, in their own languages, and full back-up services for such visitors. The site has a pictorial tour of Scotland in English and Swedish (Svenska).

Northlands [Archaeological] Tours has been set up to explore and record the local archaeology of the Dornoch Firth before they are lost forever, with the aid of vistors

North-West Frontiers has a programme of guided walking holidays/hiking vacations in Scotland's Highlands and Islands. Winter breaks are based around Ullapool, Torridon and Glen Affric. Summer programme include such places as North & South Uist, Isle of Harris, Mountains of Assynt, Skye, Glenelg & Knoydart and the Great Ridges of the NW Highlands. Many of the destinations are illustrated on the site.

Ochils Tours are based Perth, offering day tours around Scotland in a top-of-the-range Mercedes mini coach. With pick-ups in Perth, Crieff, Comrie, St Fillans and Callander, services are available to to both holidaymakers and locals. Day tours include Glencoe and Oban, Glamis Castle, Fife and St Andrews, Crieff and the Famous Grouse Experience, Pitlochry and Loch Tay.

O'Hara Tours provides chauffeur airport services for Glasgow hotels, Edinburgh hotels and golf hotels as well as complete vacation packages including Golf breaks and guided tours to the Burns Country, Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ben Nevis and Loch Ness.

Osprey Adventures specialises in the provision of adventurous activities in Scotland - and Worldwide. Based in Inverness, the company runs a programme of walking holidays, covering a variety of Highland areas, as well as 'Skills for the Hills' and First-Aid courses. They run a variety of Highland Walking packages, to suit all abilities, in several areas of the Highlands.

Personalised Tours arranged to suit your requirements to Mull, Iona, Skye and the Western Highlands with your personal kilted driver/guide.

PhotoTrek Adventure aims to improve your photography by getting you right in amongst the landscapes that you hope to capture. Inspiration and advice from an experienced tutor with a friendly, informal approach and who is also a qualified mountain leader. Wilderness photography tours, adventure sports photography as well as customised tours.

Photo Workshops in black and white landscape photography are run by John Morrison, based in the picturesque village of Fintry in Stirlingshire. Tuition is one to one but two people can be accommodated. The two day course includes darkroom fine printing, theory and practice and also location photography in the stunning area of the Trossachs - part of Scotland's first National Park.

Pike Fishing in Loch Ken is provided by Own Figgis who has been fishing the loch for over 20 years. Loch Ken is located in the heart of Dumfries and Galloway in south west Scotland and is a prolific pike water with the emphasis on large catches of hard fighting middle weight fish. Owen provides a great day out in his boat - and if you don't catch any fish, there is no fee!

Prestige Tours provides luxury motorcoach holidays, "City Stay" or specially-tailored driving tours - or a combination to suit your requirements.

Q Golf create tailor-made golfing breaks where specialist local knowledge and award-winning event management combine to make your golfing break a memorable experience. Based in the North East and Highlands of Scotland where there are more than 100 quality courses, they cater for all levels of ability. Choose from a range of packages - from a luxury, eight-day holiday, playing some of the world's top golf courses and relaxing in the most luxurious country-house hotels, to a three-night, budget break that will allow you to soak up the stunning scenery while working on your handicap.

Rabbie's Coach Tours was the first tour operator in Scotland to achieve 4 star status from the Scottish Tourist Board/Visit Scotland. Rabbie's operate a wide range of small group tours from Edinburgh, Scotland, throughout the Scottish Highlands and Islands, lasting from one to five days.

Ramsay Executive Travel is based in Glasgow and is a family owned business offering packages to both holiday makers and corporate clients and can tailor their service to any requirement - ranging from bringing you from the airport to discovering Scotland. Transport is provided by a Mercedes V-Class which is spacious enough for six people.

Retrotouring provides classic open-top sports cars in which you can tour the Highlands of Scotland, either driving yourself or accompanied by a chauffeur who can guide you on a personal tour. The cars are based in Fort William, an ideal base for day trips or extended touring holidays. Suggested tours are part of the service, highlighting, restaurants, places of interest and visitor attractions. Accommodation can be provided at the 4 star Huntingtower Lodge near Fort William if you want to use that as a base.

Riding Holidays Scotland are based in Kirkcudbrightshire in south-west Scotland. Auchencairn Riding Establishment provides an unforgettable horse riding experience taking you on horse back through unspoilt countryside, galloping over miles of deserted beach, trekking through forests and over moors. Accommodation is at Auchencairn House and Marks Farm.

Robroyway a locally established business that provides a transportation service for the luggage of walkers of the Rob Roy Way (a moderate 5-7 day adventure across the Southern Highlands). They support daily Transfers from Drymen Square along the entire route of the Rob Roy Way or pick up your luggage anywhere along the route and drop it safely at your chosen destination.

Romancing the Highlands provides exclusive vacations for a limited number of guests who stay at the highest village in Scotland's Highlands, dine with a Scottish Laird in his ancestral Castle, and sing along with the locals at a Highland Ceilidh. Fishing, golfing, shooting, Highland games and whisky tasting too!

Roskva Walking Holidays offers small group walking holidays in the Scottish Highlands. Accommodation is located in and around the traditional Highland Spa village of Strathpeffer in Ross-shire. A six day holiday takes in coastline walking, hiking in the mountains, through glens and alongside Highland lochs.

Rowan Tree is a company based in the Highlands of Scotland which offers special interest holidays covering aspects of Highland heritage, environment and culture, led by experts in their subjects. Tour titles include "Castles, Clearance and Clans" and "Tracing your Highland Family Tree" and "Gardens of the Highlands".

Royal Scotsman is in fact a luxury train which takes travellers from Edinburgh to travel on the West Highland line to places such as Kyle of Lochalsh, stopping along the way to allow passengers to visit selected tourist attractions - and eat at some grand houses - along the way. A four night tour costs around £2,500.

Royal Travel Center, a SCOTSMaster travel consultant, has a Scottish custom-designed tour from from Baltimore, New York/Kennedy, Boston, featuring the best of Scotland, as in Peter Irvine's book by the same name. The tour includes such places as Holyrood, Linlithgow and Falkland Palaces, Glamis, Crathes, Brodie, Torosay, Stirling and Inveraray Castles, Culloden, Baxters Foods, Isles of Mull and Iona and Glasgow sightseeing with Charles Rennie Mackintosh theme.

Safari in Scotland is Aberdeenshireand provides hunting, shooting and stalking packages in Scotland. Their local expertise enables them to provide hunting on some of the finest sporting estates and forests in Great Britain. They can offer wildfowling, game shooting and deer stalking on more than 1 million acres of superb hunting grounds stretching from the north to the south of Scotland.

Safe Journeys are based in the Perthshire market town of Aberfeldy and cater for ramblers rather than hill walkers. All their walks include an experienced leader who knows the area and its natural history.

Saltire Tours is a Macromedia Flash site, specialising in personal tours to Scotland and the UK for individuals as well as groups. Tours cover aspects such as architecture, galleries, gardens, history, mountains, National Trust - and "Whisky Galore".

Scandinavia in Scotland has partners who are qualified interpreter-translators, with both technical and business backgrounds and are familiar with Scottish and Scandinavian politics, business and industry. They can provide Scandinavian speaking Tour Directors, Technical Guides, Couriers, Interpreters and Chauffeurs.

Scapa Flow Diving Charters have a dive charter boat operating in Scapa Flow, Orkney with a full package including accommodation.

Scotair Balloons based in Lesmahagow are Scotland's only professional hot air balloon operators and provide family and corporate ballooning in Scotland.

ScotFreedom.com/ offers personalized vacation planning - where you want to go, treating each visitor as an individual. They ask you what you want, then plan your vacation and write a personal guide booklet to help you on your way.

Scozia Travel is an Italian site which focuses on holidays in Scotland. The site is in Italian, of course, but there is a large photo gallery and a selection of e-cards as well as travel information.

Scotland Golf Breaks aim to provide guests with a "once in a lifetime" golf experience by taking care of everything - golf clubs, lessons, caddies, buggies, transport, accommodation, restaurant bookings, sight-seeing tours. There are specific tour packages or they can create a tailor-made tour just for you.

Scotland Golf Tours has golf packages for the travelling golfer at some of Scotlands' premier courses with top-class accomodation. Courses include Dunbar Golf Club, Gullane No 1 course, Ladybank, Leven Golf Club and Carnoustie Golf Club.

Scotland Made Easy arrange a customised itinerary to suit your interests, budget and time available. The company book accommodation in 4 star B&Bs in Scottish homes and offer optional 'specials' such as a night in a castle, church, mansion or lighthouse.

Scotland Of Course! has itinerary guides for sale which enable travellers to follow a pre-planned route around Scotland. They explain the interesting features along the way and come complete with routing directions. There are two itineraries available - the Grand Tour (16 days) and cities, lochs and mountains (12 days) plus an excerpt from one of them.

"Take a walk on the wild side" with Scotland Outdoor Walking Holidays in Knoydart for wild camping, lodge holidays and whale and dolphin expeditions. Situated north of Mallaig and to the east of Skye, there are no roads in to or out of this wild peninsula (access is usually by boat).

Scotland Travel Planning by Krueger Travel who are SCOTSMaster travel consultants with full service planning for travel to Scotland. Itineraries include historical themes, weddings, adventure, walking, falconry, literature, church history, golf to suit all pockets.

Scotline Tours are based on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh and operate one-day luxury coach tours from the capital to the Scottish Highlands and other exciting and interesting scenic locations throughout Scotland.

Scotsell are specialists in arranging vacations on the Scottish Islands and can also arrange tours around Scotland by car or in country cottages.

Scots Tours is a tour company that arranges tours to Scotland to meet your requirements - rather than the travel company. Submit your specification on-line and they will give you a quote.

The Scottish Adventure Company runs day, weekend or week long trips involving a range of activities including river rafting, canoe trips, sail and wind surfing, mountain biking, canyoning, all terrain vehicles, water skiing, hydro boards, tank driving, clay pigeon shooting, hovercraft driving - and golfing and angling.

Scottish American Travel Alliance has strong experience of travel on both sides of the Atlantic. The Alliance is between Clearwater, Florida and Stirling in the heart of Scotland, working in a partnership to forge cultural and commercial links between Scotland and America. They will organise your vacation in Scotland to your requirements and can also organise tours from Scotland to America, where you will be based in the Clearwater and Dunedin area of Florida.

Scottish Ancestral Trail is a family business that focuses on family history and genealogy tours in Scotland. Your itinerary, chauffeur driven travel and accommodation, are all arranged so you can more easily visit the towns, villages, old churches, graveyards and possibly even the houses where your ancestors lived.

Scottish Clans and Castles focuses on providing tailored holidays featuring Scotland's castles, culture and clan lands. If you want to see where your ancestors lived, stay in a Scottish castle and live like a laird, need a driver guide then Scottish Clans and Castles can arrange it for you!

Scottish Castle Tours service is designed for those who want to understand something of a castle's history and unique personality as well as taking its photograph. All their guides have an understanding of Scottish history and can explain a little of why this castle was built and by whom and what was going on in Scotland at the time. The service has been created by Joanne Mackenzie-Winters who is the editor of The Chatelaine's Scottish Castles, a vast castles site on the Web.

The pages for Scottish Cycling Holidays includes illustrations of some of the scenes included in their tours.

Scottish Destination Management Association is an organisation representing Scottish Destination Management/Receptive Service companies and Tour Operators. There is a list of members (15 when last visited) who can provide customised vacation planning.

Scottish Genealogy Story Tours is operated by Scot AnSgeulaiche, a professional traditional Highland Storyteller. He shares Clan Tales and Scottish History with those visiting their ancestral land or wishing to know more of their history, genealogy or family tree. Through the Tales (many clan and family-specific), he can paint a picture of Highland life, past and present, that'll make you think you are talking to your ancestors.

Scottish Heritage Travel is a New Zealand company arranging Scottish Tours to Celtic Castles and Gardens, the Viking Isles and tailor made itineraries.

Scottish Highland Self Tours helps you plan that special trip to Scotland, particularly the Highlands and Islands, with expert advice from someone who has travelled the area for many years. Advice about route-planning, driving time, areas of outstanding beauty, remote Highland castles and gardens, lovely and little known Highland villages, plus ideas for accommodation.

Scottish Journeys provides tailor-made tours of Scotland for small to medium sized groups. Each cultural tour is designed exclusively to your own requirements. There are lectures by experts on specialist subjects, where appropriate, with exclusive accompanied visits to some of Scotland's great institutions.

ScottishPanoramics provides guided photographic tours of Scotland in comfortable People Carriers and staying in Castles and converted Farmhouses, in the company of photographer Donald Buchanan. He will endeavor to help you capture that unforgettable picture of Scotland and you will have the opportunity to use the three different types of panoramic camera that are used to capture the photographs shown on the site.

Scottish Photo Tours offers escorted holiday breaks for photographers of all abilities, visiting the best areas of Scotland, at the best times of year and at the right time of day to maximize the potential of each area. Participants have ample opportunity for personal tuition using digital equipment to record the days' shots and use them as a basis for evening reviews.

Scottish Reunions specialise in small group tours, aiming for discovery and understanding. You will see behind the tourist façade visiting with “locals” and visit sites not normally seen by the regular tourist. Various types of tour are available. So, for example, you can spend time in a country farm house set in a Deer Park and then move on to a Highland Country Inn. Whatever your choice, Scottish Reunions can arrange it. To help you choose where to go, the associated Scottish Gatherings site has extensive descriptions of locations, culture and history.

Scottish Tour Guide - Kathy Cameron is a professional Scottish Tour Guide who aims to help you make the most of your Scottish vacation, to arrange your itinerary and to accompany you. Organises groups of any size, from independent travellers utilising comfortable modern vehicles, to larger coach parties for both English and Spanish-speaking visitors.

Scottish Tourist Guides Association will find the guide to meet your requirements for tours throughout Scotland, tour management, special interest and study tours in cities, towns and the countryside. They will also provide hospitality desk and conference services plus interpreting and translating in 17 languages.

Scottish Tours are personally conducted by William Bishop who is your guide and driver on tours which major on flexibility and meeting your requirements.

Scottish Tours organises programmes of tours from Edinburgh to many destinations around Scotland including Glen Coe, Loch Ness, Fort William, Urquhart Castle, Inverness.

Scot Tracks offers personalised tours with professional "Blue-Badge" Driver-Guides who will take you to the hidden gems of Scotland and secret out-of-the-way places - and introduce you to the culinary delights of Scotland.

Scot-Trek helps you to enjoy walking in some of the most beautiful areas of Scotland. Choose the ideal walk for you from a programme of day walks, weekend treks, walking holidays, charity walks and outdoor courses. Historic walks such as Robert the Bruce, Braveheart, Rob Roy MacGregor, 1745 are a speciality as the organiser is a local historian/librarian by profession.

Scotwalk blends the art of gentle hill-walking with learning about Scotland's heritage conducted by qualified guides. Walks for groups of 4/8 people always take in important historic monuments and other places of interest along the way.

Sea Canoe Touring provides kayak vacations in the sea lochs of Torridon, Kishorn & Lochcarron, together with the Inner Sound of Raasay. You can either be based in Applecross in a private holiday home or have a challenging traverse of the highlands through the lochs of the Great Glen via Loch Lochy, Loch Oich & Loch Ness.

Serenity Scotland offer private tours for up to seven people from any pick-up point in the UK, including Edinburgh, Glasgow and London. They can provide ‘one way' tours, and also free day and multi-day stop-offs at destinations en-route. Examples of private tours range from the classic ‘first trip, must see' tour of Scotland, to more specific tours featuring Scottish and Celtic folklore, traditional Scots folk music and contemporary ecology.

Sithean (The Fairy Knoll) leads tours in remote and magical Perthshire, including the fairy mountain Schiehallion. Exploring the fascinating history of early Christian (Culdee) settlements, myth and folklore, vestige of the past ( Black Castle), standing stones, cairns, churches, forts, ruins - and Europe's oldest tree at Fortingall. And the tours are also available in Italian"

Skye Boatbuilders provide a unique activity holiday in which you can learn traditional boat building techniques using tools that have been in the trade for decades, but you can also sample the life and scenery of the Isle of Skye. There are fishing smacks, trawlers and pilot cutters being restored and you can participate in the restoration work as well as enjoy the option of guided walks in the beatiful Cuillins, canoeing or cycling if you prefer not to spend the whole time boat-building.

Skye and Lochalsh Tourist Guides is an association of professional, accredited guides with expert knowledge and experience of working in this area. They can design individual tours to suit your interests and preferences, plan itineraries, arrange coach or chauffeured tours or take you on nature and wildlife, historical and scenic walks. They also conduct tours in English, German, Spanish and Finnish.

Skye Walks are based at Duntulm Castle Hotel on the northern-most tip of the Trotternish peninsula and arrange guided walks in dramatic unspoiled scenery at a leisurely pace with time to observe the scenery, history and wildlife. There are themed walks covering Gaelic music, whisky, wildlife or heritage for individuals and groups. Self-guided walking tours are also available.

Splash White Water Rafting is based in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, and offers a range of river running and white water rafting experiences on the rivers Tay, Tummel and Orchy. Also available are river bugging, canyoning, abseiling and multi-activity days.

Sporting Scotland are agents for Game Fishing and Shooting and offer variety in shooting and fishing at different locations rather guests being committed to the same beat for days on end. Guests can also opt for fishing or shooting or a combination of both.

Stirling City Sightseeing Tours run open top bus tours round Stirling throughout the season and are a highly popular attraction in with their familiar bright red double-deck buses. The fully guided tour goes round all the main sights of Stirling, including Stirling Castle, Wallace Monument, Bannockburn Heritage Centre, Bridge of Allan and Stirling University.

Stornoway Cabs provides guided tours from Stornoway, the main town on the Isle of Lewis, to tourist attractions on the island such as the Callanish Standing Stones, the nearby Iron Age Brock and the traditional Blackhouses, driving through the spectacular scenery of this part of Scotland. Tours can be tailor made to suit you - and if you want to go climbing, walking or fishing, Stornoway Cabs will drop you off and/or pick you up. And don't forget to book a taxi to or from the airport!

Strathearn Holidays have holiday cottages for 2/6 people in in the heart of Perthshire in 710 acres of rural parkland. A Tourist Board "Highly Commended" family enterprise.

Stravaig - Walking and Trekking Holidays are based in Peebles but offer hill walking holidays from the Southern Uplands to the North West Highlands and the opportunity to escape from the hustle and bustle of modern life and discover complete solitude among wild places.

Tales & Tours has arange of coach tours of the Highlands of Scotland ranging fromd 1/2 day to 5 day extended tours. Specialist areas are Inverness, Loch Ness, Dunrobbin Castle, Dornoch, Shin Falls, Inverewe Gardens, Ross & Cromarty and Sutherland. The tours concentrate not only on the history, geography and geology of the area but on the folklore and stories which are an inherant part of the rural heritage of the Scottish Highlands.

Talisman Mountaineering is based in the Cairngorm Mountains and run by a qualified climbing instructor, Talisman provide multi-activity Holidays in summer and winter involving walking, trekking, mountaineering, rock climbing, winter skills.

Tartan Tours based in Montrose, specialises in in cycling, golf and historic tours of Scotland.

Tartan Trail Tours offer tours for lovers antiques, the supernatural, golf,fishing, castles, or festivals and a ‘Clan Heritage’ vacation plus tailor-made holidays for any group.

Taste of Scotland arranges personalised, flexible guided tours of Scotland in a Rolls Royce. Choose a route in advance or make it up as you go along. Stop where you please and for as long as you want.

Tee Time Scotland has information on every Scottish golf course that this tour company knows about (over 470: let them know if they missed any). You can then plan and book tee times at all of them - or use the sites vacation planning facility. There are also over 200 hotels and B&Bs included for overnight accommodation.

Thistle Chauffeur Service has an air conditioed Mercedes-Benz fleet with reclining armchairs, refrigerated mini-bar, computer plug-in points, fax, e-mail, TV and video on board. There are ready-made or customised tours.

Thistle Golf Scotland provides golf tours and package golfing vacations around Scotland.

Timberbrush Tours are based by the Castle in Edinburgh and they run one, two and three-day tours of the Highlands, including Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, Stirling Castle, the west Highlands, St Andrews and the Isle of Skye. They have a four-star grading from the Scottish Tourist Board and have a fleet of Mercedes mini-coaches (16 and 24 seats) for smaller, more personal tours off the beaten track.

TLC Limousines offer chauffeur-driven luxury stretch limousines for Edinburgh City Tours and weddings, promotions, parties, corporate and business meeting and any other special occasion.

Touring Scotland offers personalised tours, for small groups and families or coach tours for larger groups, to popular destinations around Scotland. Tours can be tailored to suit your needs, if you require to go to a specific destination then you can be accommodated. Tours are conducted by a Blue Badge guide who has conducted tours around Scotland for many years and has extensive experience in all aspects of touring.

Tours and Travel Promotions provides tours to Castles and Gardens around Scotland and tours to places associated with Mary Queen of Scots and the journeys of Queen Victoria

Travel Corner was founded in 1975 and assists you in planning your trip to Scotland. They have tours entitled "Thistle and Rose" and "Burns' Cruise" as well as being able to create customised vacations to your requirements.

Travelling the Fairways organises customised golf excursions to Scotland (and Ireland and England), corporate golf travel, coach and chauffeur services and can arrange pre-paid tee times. The site includes a large number of photos of the golf courses involved.

The Transcotland Holidays self-guided walking and cycling holidays site provides descriptions of the West Highland Way, and Perth to Loch Rannoch via Aberfeldy and Fortingall and Borders Trail plus Road to the Isles (Pitlochry to Arisaig) and Atholl Trail (Dunkeld to Blair Atholl) which are useful illustrated guides.

Travel-Lite makes walking the West Highland Way from Milngavie to Fort William a lot easier by providing a daily service which takes your rucksacks from Milngavie (or any of their depots along the way) and dropping them off at your next overnight stay.

True North events provides corporate events, conference services and guided tours

The University of St Andrews arranges historical tours of the university and the town for visitors during the summer. The tours depart daily from St Salvator’s Chapel from Monday to Friday. Visits are made to the main sites of historical interest within the town including St Salvator’s Quadrangle and Chapel, the castle, the cathedral, Dean’s Court, a haunted university residence and St Mary’s Quadrangle.

David Urquhart Travel was founded in East Kilbride in 1983, and specialises in coach and hotel package holidays in Scotland (and other parts of the UK and Europe). Holidays are based at hotels throughout the country including Lewis, Skye and Mull, the northern isles of Orkney and Shetland, the Highlands, and the fishing ports and towns of Oban, Fort William, Ullapool, Garve, Strathpeffer and Braemar, as well as the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.

David Vivanco is a tour guide for international students of English as a Foreign Language to the Highlands, Loch Ness, Ayrshire and the Isle of Arran. He is also a singer, presenter and provides voice-over tapes, so students can be sure there will be lots of entertainment on the tours!

Walkabout Tours are audio-based walking tours based in the very heart of Glasgow and St. Andrews. They provide an unforgettable introduction to these great Scottish locations. There's also discounted entry to the Cathedral and Castle and 2 for 1 entry to the golf museum for anyone taking the tour. Walkabout Tours are being developed for other towns and cities in Scotland.

Walkabout Auld Ayr with Donald Kay who will take you back to the 1200’s and show you how the town developed from two streets into the beautiful Royal Burgh you see today. Hear about Ayr’s many distinguished residents and visitors - Sir William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, Oliver Cromwell and many more facts about Auld Ayr.

Walkscotland.com site has walk routes, expeditions, hills, Munros, news, gear tests and photos for all those who love walking and backpacking in Scotland.

We Welcome Coaches is an Internet site designed to cater for the needs of the coach touring industry, supplying information to tour operators, tour directors, coach drivers and private hire organizers arranging any form of group travel. Also useful when planning tours and excursions. It covers England, Wales, Ireland and Isle of Man as well as Scotland.

Wendell’s Mountain Skills-Scotland offers courses to suit all skill levels. Hill walkers, Munroists and mountaineers can learn skills such as ground navigating, how to read and orientate a map, how to organize and plan a safe walk, use a compass proficiently, leadership skills.

Western Edge Charters are based in Berneray (North Uist) in the Outer Hebrides from May to September. They run wildlife cruises to St. Kilda and uninhabited Hebridean islands such as Taransay, Flannan Isles, Scarp, Monach Islands, Mingulay and Barra. The crusies are on board a 40 ft. sailing boat, built as a modern, fast cruising yacht, offering comfortable accommodation.

Wild About Orkney specialises in providing a diverse range of coach tours in the Orkney area of Scotland which are designed to be fun, interactive and educational. The majority are day tours to the major sites of Orkney such as Skara Brae, Ring of Brodgar, Broch of Gurness, Brough of Birsay, Maeshowe, Stones of Stenness. Discover the archaeology, history and ecology of Orkney. Private itineraries, guiding services, all inclusive holiday packages and luxury mini coach hire are available.

Wilderness Scotland is a leading adventure tour operator, offering a wide range of inspirational walking holidays, adventure tours and wilderness experiences throughout the Highlands. Enjoy a self-guided walking holiday, or guided walking, hiking and adventure tours, or a sailing holiday to the mystical island archipelago of St Kilda or a kayak round Hebridean islands.

Wild in Scotland Backpacker Tours aim to provide good value mini-bus tours of Scotland for young independent travellers. They have smaller buses, widest range of routes and more flexible itineraries than many other similar companies.

Wildlife Wildshots Photographic Holidays provide a photographic adventure in friendly, informal surroundings for beginners and experts alike. The base in Glenfeshie in the Scottish Highlands is the foundation for all of the trips. The site has a great Photo Gallery of some of the animals seen on these trips in the Cairngorms.