no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2012 type tour operator industry tourism founded 2000 in edinburgh scotland headquarters edinburgh scotland key people neil birnie co founder and director ; stevie christie director ; paul easto director products small group adventures number of employees 14 core staff and 30 guides website www.wildernessscotland.com wilderness scotland is an adventure travel and ecotourism company specialising in small group walking and adventure holidays in the scottish highlands and islands . contents 1 history 2 sustainable tourism 3 holidays 4 sibling and charitable projects 5 business awards and achievements 6 references 7 external links history edit wilderness scotland was started in september 2001 by neil birnie paul easto and gordon birnie and they were later joined by stevie christie . there are now 14 core staff and over 30 guides . the guides are all qualified through the national governing body relevant to their skills e.g. scottish mountain leader association . sustainable tourism edit wilderness scotland is dedicated to sustainable tourism which is environmentally culturally and socially responsible ecotourism for small groups only . 1 the company operates to strict environmental standards and is committed to supporting the local economies in which it operates . it holds the green tourism gold award . 2 it was awarded second place in the 2008 guardian ethical travel award . 3 it was winner of the best green tour operator award in the 2007 world travel awards 4 and again in 2014 . 5 in 2006 wilderness scotland was highly commended at the world responsible tourism awards . in 2007 it received the investing in the environment award at the highlands and islands tourism awards . it has been part of national geographic s survey rating adventure travel companies . 6 holidays edit wilderness scotland organises small group trips including walking holidays sea kayaking mountain biking ski touring holidays canoeing and photography . their trips take people to locations such as knoydart the cairngorms and torridon ; as well as islands including skye the outer hebrides orkney and shetland . the company also offers self guided walking holidays family activity holidays and customised private group holidays . sibling and charitable projects edit the company works with trees for life a registered charity to contribute to creating a wilderness forest in dundreggan . it also participates in the leave no trace education programme to promote enjoyment of the natural world through responsible outdoor access and practice . business awards and achievements edit 2007 world travel awards best green tour operator 2007 highlands and islands tourism awards investing in the environment 7 2006 world responsible tourism awards best tour operator highly commended 2006 green tourism business scheme gold award 2005 scottish tourism business of the year 2003 shell business awards best business demonstrating sustainability 2003 highlands and islands business awards best newcomer references edit trips wilderness scotland wilderness scotland inspiring adventures in the wild places of scotland changemakers ethical travel award paris velib . the observer . 12 october 2008 . retrieved 7 january 2015 . world s leading green tour operator 2007 . world travel awards . retrieved 7 january 2014 . world s leading green tour operator 2014 . world travel awards . retrieved 7 january 2014 . wilderness scotland . national geographic . retrieved 7 january 2014 . https web.archive.org web 20081220130627 http www.highland tourism awards.co.uk winners.htm . archived from the original on december 20 2008 . retrieved october 30 2008 . missing or empty title help external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wilderness scotland & oldid 738941204 categories travel and holiday companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in edinburghhidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsorphaned articles from december 2012all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 22 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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