Want to have an adventure holiday in the Highlands of Scotland and enjoy the unique environment and wildlife? At Highland Ascent we have years of experience in organising trips in the Scottish wilderness and hope to share our knowledge of these remote places with anyone who has a sense of adventure or just wants to enjoy a unique holiday.

We specialise in providing activity holidays with a difference - almost all our sea kayaking and hillwalking multi day holidays include wild camping. This allows us to show you places which hardly ever get visited by humans.

However, we don’t exclude people who like their luxury or a warm bed, and also offer some hillwalking trips from a cosy Bed and Breakfast near the magnificent Scottish hills.

We can also offer a tailor made service, for those of you who would rather have a holiday which is not quite out of the box. There is also an option for those of you who like to do your own thing. We can organise your self guided holidays in detail, get you any equipment you need (kayaks, canoes, maps, tents, B&B etc.), and offer a safety check-in and a handshake when you set off.

All our sea kayaking, hillwalking and mountain biking trips are always with the environment in mind, and we will provide you with all the information needed to make a lasting impression in your life, but with no impact on the environment.

Now how does all that sound?

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sea kayaking holidays
hillwalking holidays and day trips
mountain biking
multi activity holidays
sea kayaking courses
navigation courses
create your own holiday
self giuded trip

A Different Holiday

With all our trips no matter if you splash about in a sea kayak, plod along on hills or get a mountain bike caked in mud, we always make sure to limit the impact on the environment. By following only a few simple rules you can make a difference. Well, we could tell you all about it on here but wouldn’t you rather like to experience it? What we can do is promise you that we respect the environment and do our best that you will not only walk away with more knowledge on the Scottish wilds but also have the knowledge that you didn’t make an impact in the ecology. Only an impact in your mind and memory!

We also make a difference with the quality of service. We are proud to say that at all of our expedition trips we pack no instant coffee put provide fresh filtered coffee in the mornings and if time and weather allows even a freshly brewed cappuccino. You would have to come on one of our expedition trips to find out how we do that.

On the note of instant coffee, there is nothing instant going on at any of our trips. This is why we usually don’t offer those half day into sessions. Through experience, we have decided that it will not be much of a money safer and everything is rushed anyway. We rather like to give you a quality day.

Photos Service

At Highland Ascent we are proud to not only offer quality holidays and courses but also a Photo Service. We have a selection of waterproof cameras and will take photos of you while on our trips, whether you are out sea kayaking, mountain biking or hillwalking. We will provide these photos for free to you.
After a trip we can do the following:

• Upload the trip photos to our Facebook Page where you can view the images, comment on them or tag them.
• We can upload all photos to our photo gallery site Explore Highlands, where you can download all images.
• If you rather like to receive a CD with all trip photos we can do that too.