Your first wild camp
4.97(203)Glen Affric, ScotlandCoursesGuest favourite
A two-day course in the Highlands covering everything you need to wild camp alone: kit, pitching, cooking, water and leaving no trace.
- Choose a pitch, read the weather and set up in the wind
- Cook a proper dinner on a small stove
- Find and treat water safely
- The rules of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code
About the trip
Wild camping is one of the great freedoms, and in Scotland you have the right to do it almost anywhere. This weekend course gives you the skills and confidence to do it on your own.
We walk a short way into Glen Affric, one of the most beautiful glens in Scotland, and camp together. Ailsa covers kit, pitching, cooking, water, toilets and leaving no trace, with time for questions round the stove.
What's included
- Tuition from Ailsa
- Loan of tents, stoves and mats
- Dinner and breakfast
- A pack list and notes to take home
Your guide
Ailsa MacLeod
Lead guide, Scottish Highlands
Ailsa teaches wild camping and navigation across the Highlands and has a story for every glen. She trained as a mountain leader after ten years as a geography teacher, and it shows: nobody leaves her trips without knowing how a corrie was made.
Meet AilsaDay by day
6 km
Kit check, then a walk to camp. Pitching, cooking and a talk on the stars.
6 km
Water, weather and leaving no trace, then a walk out by lunch.
