Wildlife Tracking Course

Travel and arrival - Meets at 1800 on the first day and finishes approx 1600 on the last day.  Detailed joining instructions will be sent out to you well in advance of the course commencing.  This will include where to meet, parking arrangements and options for public transport.  If coming by train, Pitlochry is the closest station.   There are several taxi companies in Pitlochry who can transfer you to the course meeting point (10 minute drive).    ** PLEASE DON'T book public transport or accommodation until 8 weeks before the course start date as this is when we will confirm that the course will go ahead and that we have enough participants (usually minimum of 6)**. 

Accommodation - This course includes free on-site camping.  You will need to provide your own tent/tarp and hammock or other.  We may be able to loan you a tent if you are stuck.  Camping is wild but there plenty of flat sites.  All other facilities are provided including large group areas, a kitchen and a toilet.  If you don't want to camp on-site, please contact us in advance so we can provide you with the details.   It will be your responsibility to make arrangements to travel to and from the course site each day on foot.  There are no camper vans allowed at the course location.   

Food and Drink - This course is fully catered from the arrival evening (light supper of soup and bread) until lunch the final day.  We can cater for most common dietary requirements including vegetarians and pescatarians but we ask people with celiac disease or other dietary requirements to inform us upon booking so we can make sure that we can cater for you.  We have an ample drinking water on site.  Alcohol is prohibited on all courses except the cooking/food courses.

Weather/conditions.  We feel very at home in the outdoors and we will set up a camp that will provide adequate food and shelter to keep you comfortable in all weather.  We are in Scotland however and so weather can be changeable and unpredictable!  Please make sure you bring suitable clothing as per the kit list and contact us if you are at all unsure about what to bring.  Courses will not be cancelled due to bad weather.  

Age requirements - 16 - 18 welcome if accompanied by an adult, otherwise 18+.  

Fitness/ability - Our courses are not strenuous, but they all require a minimum level of fitness.  Aside from some craft courses, most courses involve walks out from camp on woodland paths or over some uneven ground.  As a guide, you should therefore be fit and able enough to cope with walks of up to about 3km over this terrain.  There will be a walk of around 1.5km from the parking site to base camp, we will however be able to drive your gear in for you so you don't have to carry it.  Our courses are also hands-on experiences which are educational and we expect students to get involved and not view the course as a normal holiday or demonstration style event.

Payment - We take a non-refundable deposit upon booking and the full balance is due 8 weeks before the course.  If we cancel the course for any reason (unforeseen circumstances or not enough participants) then we will refund 100% back to you.  See our full Terms and Conditions.

 Insurance - We have comprehensive liability insurance and risk assessments, but we recommend that you have a basic level of insurance which covers yourself and your possessions for adventurous activity - no outdoor activity is free from all risk.  

First Aid/Medical  - Your course leader will be trained to First Response Emergency Care level 4 (Ambulance ECA) and will carry a comprehensive first aid kit with the group at all times.  Please bring with you plenty of any required personal medication.  

Toilets/showers -   We set up a 'woodland composting toilet' -  private tent with toilet seat over a big hole.  It's hygienic, pleasant, ecologically sensitive to our special sites and private.  We dig a fresh hole for every group.  On courses longer than 3 days we also set up an expedition style shower and water can be heated up over the fire.