Outdoor Activity Holiday Ideas when at Glenancross

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    Boat Trips 

Arisaig Marine offers wildlife cruises and boat trips to the Small Isles.
 
AquaXplore offers day trips by Rigid Inflatable Boat from Skye to Rum and Canna.

Bruce Watt offers cruises and a ferry service from Mallaig to Knoydart.

The Brightwater Experience is a RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) which can take you on a cruise from Mallaig to Skye, Eigg, Mull or Eilean Donan Castle. Wildlife and sunset trips also available.

Mark Rogers offers all sorts of trips onboard Island Cruises from Mallaig

Misty Isle Boat Trips operate from Elgol to Loch Coruisk on the Isle of Skye.  

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    Sailing

If you have your own boat Arisaig Harbour offers a range of services including a slipway, pontoon landing, summer moorings and fuel.

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    Cycling

Cycles2u are a local cycle hire company.  They have a range of adult and childrens bikes and tag along trailers, starting at £10 per day hire charges.  They will drop off at most hoilday accomodation and they have drop off points at local train stations so you can plan a great cycling adventure.  For more information e-mail or telephone 01687 450291 or 07795 363 768

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     Watersports

Rockhopper Sea Kayaking offers trips and instruction around the Fort William and Lochaber area. Sea kayaking is available for half-day, full day and multi-day trips with fully qualified guides and instructors. Contact Stewart Hood (Tel: 07739 837 344)

Plenty of activities are on offer at the Snowgoose Mountain Centre (at Corpach, near Fort William) including canoeing, dingy sailing, mountain biking, hill walking and snowsports, plus mountain skills courses.

Tom McClean's Highland Adventure Centre on Loch Nevis offers a bunkhouse base for outdoor activity holidays for groups who would like to go canoeing, diving, fishing, climbing, hiking, orienteering, clay pigeon shooting, etc. Expeditions can be made to Knoydart.

Ewen Nicholson offers sea trips and fishing onboard M.V. Grimsay Isle from Mallaig.

Borrodale Expeditions provides bespoke charters of a high speed RIB motorboat with skipper for watersports, picnics at remote locations etc.

Ewan MacDonald organises fishing, charters and boat trips on Loch Morar. He can pick you up and drop you off at many otherwise inaccessible points - ideal for walkers. Phone 01687 462520.

Lock Morar Activity Centre on the shores of Loch Morar have canoes for hire

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      Fishing

For fishing on Loch Morar, phone 01687 462388 for permits and boat hire.

Ewen Nicholson offers sea trips and fishing onboard M.V. Grimsay Isle from Mallaig.

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     Horse Riding

The Portree Riding Centre provides horse riding, pony trekking and riding lessons for adults and children of all ages and abilities

The riding stables are near Portree, in north-west Skye, highlands of Scotland. Portree Riding Centre puts the FUN into riding and your visit!

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     Walking and sightseeing

Click here to read our guide to local walks and Monros.

There is also a Ranger service from May - September with guided walks around Arisaig. Click here to view his walking timetable

Luxury Guided Tours to the Isle of Skye are available with Peter MacDonald who will meet you at Armadale if you depart on the 10.35am ferry from Mallaig. Ideal for seeing all the main sights on the island in just one day.

SkyeWalk.co.uk is a useful web site outlining walks throughout the Isle of Skye.

The road to the isles website has some fabulous photographs of some of the Animals and Birds you may see in this area.

Based in Mallaig, Franco's Private Taxi is available for sightseeing tours of the area.

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      Golf

The Traigh Golf Course (9 holes) is situated between Morar and Arisaig. Golf has been played at Traigh since about 1900, but the old layout was much too small, and the course was enlarged and greatly improved between 1993 and 1995. It was redesigned by the well-known Scottish golf architect, Mr. John Salvesen.

Cunningly using the natural contours of the hills that rise up from the beach, he has created "a fair challenge to all levels of golfer – but a course that is great fun to play on, so that one wants to play it again"

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      Outdoor Activities

Plenty of activities are on offer at the Snowgoose Mountain Centre (at Corpach, near Fort William) including canoeing, dingy sailing, mountain biking, hill walking and snowsports, plus mountain skills courses.  

Tom McClean's Highland Adventure Centre on Loch Nevis offers a bunkhouse base for outdoor activity holidays for groups who would like to go canoeing, diving, fishing, climbing, hiking, orienteering, clay pigeon shooting, etc. Expeditions can be made to Knoydart.

Guided off road Quad Bike Tours can be arranged in the Fort William area. All equipment provided. Fully trained staff.