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Our family adventure vacations in Scotland are designed to be enjoyed by grown-ups as well as the children.

With safety coming first all of our family adventure holidays are led by fully qualified and knowledgeable guides, who will help you experience all Scotland has to offer. The activities are pitched at an introductory level, so no previous experience is required. You just need to be willing to give the activities a shot.

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We recommend that your children are aged around 9-15 years old for these trips. As well as guided activities, we also build in some free time for you to spend as you please.

Our trips are specially designed for private family groups whether that’s just your family, or with friends. Browse our wide range of family adventure vacations below. Prices may vary depending on group size. Some of our self-guided trips are perfect for families and, of course, we also offer a tailor-made holiday service.

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The Great Family Adventure – Treasure Highlands

15 reviews

Learn about the great outdoors and the natural environment from our expert guides.
Enjoy lots of family-friendly activities, all suitable for beginners, including sea kayaking, mountain biking, canoeing, wildlife watching and a treasure hunt.
An action-packed family adventure holiday visiting both the beautiful west coast and the spectacular Cairngorms National Park.

Region: Multi-Location

Duration: 7 Days / 6 Nights

Grading: Green Grade 3 (Easy - Moderate) ? What does this mean?
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Carbon Footprint: 57kg ? What does this mean?
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Family Sea Kayaking Holiday

9 reviews

Learn to sea kayak in Scotland on a special family holiday.
Discover the magic of sea kayaking in Scotland.
Relax in family friendly accommodation located in a peaceful corner of the West Highlands.

Region: West Highlands including Knoydart

Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights

Grading: Green Grade 3 (Easy - Moderate) ? What does this mean?
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Carbon Footprint: 31kg ? What does this mean?
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That’s why we read each of our client’s reviews and although we don’t respond to all of them, if it’s glowing feedback then we get the satisfaction of helping to make your holidays truly memorable.

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Laura Maestrelli

Deluxe Family Adventure - Legends of the Southwest

Age: 40 - 50
Trip Date: 06/07/2024
Trips Taken: 1

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We would highly recommend working with Wilderness Ireland. Our private family tour (Legends of the Southwest) was everything we were hoping it would be and more. Our wonderful guide Kate was thoughtful, incredibly knowledgeable and organized, and very kind. We really liked having only two bases for the week (3 nights in each)... rather than moving to a new hotel everyday. That helped create a relaxing pace while also allowing us to dive in deeply in each area. The excursions were all well-suited for our kids (ages 8 and 11), and the trip out to the Skelligs was the highlight of the week!

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Tammy Salway

Deluxe Family Adventure - Giants, Myths & Legends

Age: 50 - 60
Country: Canada
Trip Date: 19/08/2023
Trips Taken: 1

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We were unable to do the kayaking as originally planned due to blue-green algae being present along the Causeway Coast. The Wilderness Ireland team found an adventure center as an alternative and our kids really enjoyed it. We also did a couple of walks that were not on the agenda that added to our trip. We walked beyond the Giants Causeway along the trail to Dunseverick Castle and it was an easy walk for our family (kids 12 and 14) and so beautiful. We also walked from the Manor House to Rue Point Lighthouse on Rathlin Island. This was fantastic despite the rain. We were the only people on the beach and had the chance to observe >50 seals lying about on the rocks.

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Parshav Shah

The Great Family Adventure - Treasure Highlands

Age: 10 - 20
Country: UK
Trip Date: 26/08/2021
Trips Taken: 1

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I only expressed an interest in travelling to Scotland in July so Stevie and Jane were honest about the challenge in securing hotels but said they would do what they can within the limited range of flexibility I had with dates. And then came back promptly to confirm that we will be able to travel and packaged the activities. Fantastic for me as I was really time poor to search for everything myself.

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My wife and I could not believe we have been in the UK for all these years and never been to the Highlands. We had a fantastic time and the weather held up too which I am told is not common. The children loved mixing sightseeing with activities and the food (all of us are vegetarian) was fantastic. Our highlight was the sea kayaking in the Sound of Arisaig - this was a truly wonderful activity - just miles and miles of ocean with noone in sight, just us in kayaks, tranquil sea, lunch on a desert island - not sure what else we can ask for as that was absolutely heaven! Unfortunately we missed out on the rib boat ride due to poor weather. But we will definitely be going back to Scotland again and spending even more time next time round.

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Both The Garrison and Ravenscraig were fantastic places. Very clean and comfortable - whilst the rooms at the Garrison are compact so it needed more effort to deal with suitcases, the location was great and overall experience was very good.

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The kayaking guide, Stuart, was great - really passionate and made all of us feel very comfortable throughout the day. Kate took us biking and hiking in Aviemore and was again hugely passionate and made a wonderful effort in setting up the treasure hunt which kept the children excited.

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This was a fantastic holiday for us and the whole family hugely enjoyed our time in Scotland. Both the boys said it was one of their best trips and they would love to do it again and spend more time in Scotland. So we will definitely be looking into doing some more travels to Scotland some time! And I know where to come as Wilderness did a great job in sorting everything out for us including restaurant bookings - it was a brilliant, responsive and tailored service and just the perfect travel solution when we all needed a holiday and had little time to look into things ourselves.

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