Schools Adventure Day Trips

To enquire or make a booking please call 01540 210 000 or e-mail


Canoeing

Open canadian canoes are 15 – 17 foot two person boats paddled with a single blade paddle. Taster days are designed to be first and foremost a fun day out. Secondly our instructors hope to inspire and motivate you to take up the sport as a hobby now or sometime in the future. Taster days will cover the basic skills of the sport and allow pupils to experience being able to take control of your boat and take it on a short journey. The days are suited to complete beginners or those with a little experience. Active run taster day’s throughout Scotland using lochs and rivers within easy driving distance of your school.

 

Kayaking                                                                                                 

With our fleet of modern river boats and sea kayaks you can learn basic paddling skills quickly. Our taster days are designed to be first and foremost a fun day out. Secondly our instructors hope to inspire and motivate you to take up the sport as a hobby now or sometime in the future. Taster days will cover the basic skills of kayaking and allow you to undertake a short journey on a river, loch or sea.

Gorge Scrambling & Walking

A real adrenaline sport involving climbing or descending waterfalls and gorges.
You will be fitted out with Wet suits, Buoyancy aids and helmets in preparation for jumping into deep pools, swimming through narrow canyons, sliding down naturally formed rock flumes, climbing waterfalls etc… You will get wet! You will get cold but you will have a fantastic time- guaranteed!
Gorge walking is a milder version of Gorge Scrambling. It involves walking and scrambling up narrow rivers and gorges. You will wear water proofs rather than wet suits and are likely only to get your feet wet.

 

Team Building & Problem Solving

Using the natural environment of the countryside we set up a series of strategic challenges focused on problem solving, team work, building self confidence, decision making, resolving conflict, establishing trust, etc. All key elements of “The Learning Outside The Classroom” manifesto.

 

These one day events are normally based on an orienteering course. Each team of approximately 4 – 8 will use map reading skills to navigate their way.
En route teams will face a variety thought provoking & physical challenges that will only be overcome by team work and applying initiative. All challenges are closely monitored by our instructors.

The degree of difficulty set for each course will depend on the age and abilities of each group. This will be discussed with the school organiser at the planning phase
Typical challenges could be river or gorge crossings, they could involve abseils, zip lines or low rope traverses. For those less adventurous in the team you will have your moment of glory solving the various problem solving tasks, these require lateral, out of the box thinking, including finding and solving clues, Get out of that scenarios, anagrams etc…

Rock & Climbing and Abseiling

Challenge your self on the rocks! Our instructors aim to inspire and motivate pupils to have a go at this often intimidating activity. Our taster days introduce groups to easy routes and smaller abseils as part of a progression to higher and more difficult routes. The days are suited to complete beginners or those with a some experience. Courses are based throughout Scotland using easily accessible local crags.

Mountain Biking

Mountain Biking Is one of Scotland’s fastest growing sports with new purpose built trails being constructed across the country. Scotland has endless miles of forest trails and an abundance of technical terrain for the more adventurous.
Mountain Biking Trails such as those found in the Galloway Forest, Join active and see for yourself the very best of Scottish mountain biking. the 7 Stane’s are very popular with our groups as are Wolftrax & Rothiemurchus in the Highlands, have given Scotland a World class reputation for Mountain biking.

River Rafting & Ducky trips

Experience the thrills and spills of rafting. This activity is a great experience for young people it’s a fun packed team activity that doesn’t require any experience or high levels of fitness. Rafting and Ducking with active is available on gently flowing rivers with small rapids as well as good fun grade 2 & 3 rivers more suited to teenagers.
Active offer you the biggest selection of rivers throughout the Scotland. We raft Scotland’s best rivers from the Rivers Doon, Nith and Ayr in the South, Tay or Awe in the Southern Highlands to the Spey, Dee and Findhorn In the north.

Hill Walking

The Scottish hills are famous for their rugged natural beauty and isolation...
Active offer walks tailored to suit all abilities from lowland coastal walks to high-level mountain walks.
Day walks are available throughout Scotland all year round climbing hills within easy travelling distance of your school or youth group base.

Skiing and Snowboarding

 

Group Day Trips

For schools with less time available, a great way of introducing young people to snowsports is by organising a day trip to the slopes. Active can organise day trips for groups as little as 8 and up to 120. Day trips to the Aviemore / Cairngorm run throughout the winter season and are east to organise. You will be picked up at your school by coach or mini bus at around 7am returning around 7pm depending on your location. Skis & lift passes are organised in advance so you can go straight to the slopes on arrival at Aviemore.

Activity Guarantee

Active offer you an activity guarantee. We can offer real value alternatives such as, Biking, abseiling, canoeing orienteering etc.

What’s Included?

 Transport – Daily departures from schools throughout Scotland.

• Ski or Board + Boot Hire
• All day Instruction
• Lift pass
• Activity Guarantee
• 1:10 free teachers places

From as little as £55.00 each or visit main snowsports page

Exhilarating… Fun… Unforgettable… Challenging…. Rewarding… 

To enquire or make a booking please call 01540 210 000 or e-mail