Craggan Outdoors News

Craggan Outdoors is pleased to announce a new link with a small charity called Water for Kids. The aim is to use the fact that we use water for leisure purposes, to raise awareness of the fact that more than 1 billion people lack access to safe water, & that an estimated 3.6 million people - more than half being children - die each year as a result.

But not just to raise awareness….also of course to raise money for this critical cause. Book any water-based activity such as gorge walking, kayaking, raft building, River Spey canoeing or white water rafting, & we donate to the charity. Click on the link at the bottom of any page on this site to find out more about what we are doing, & how you can help further.

Corkscrew rapid on the Findhorn

Craggan Outdoors, the TripAdvisor.com top-rated activity centre in the Scottish Highlands, is pleased to announce three new additions - paintball, white water rafting and a selection of art and creativity-based activities - to its existing range of activities. This follows on from the addition of indoor climbing/bouldering, massage, pony trekking, yoga and zip wire earlier in the year.

Speaking about the new activities, owner and Managing Director Keith Ballam, who along with his wife Jill took over at Craggan Outdoors last October, said: “We are hugely excited to be able to offer activities of the attractiveness and calibre of paintball and white water rafting. It is also good to be able to offer the art and creativity-based activities, something that we feel gives corporate clients something a little different to consider when looking at team-building, as well as new options for hen parties, school trips and other youth groups.” He continued: “It is our intention to carry on developing the range of activities that we offer at the centre, with the aim of creating a ‘one stop shop’ for potential clients so as they won’t feel the need to look elsewhere when choosing the activities that they wish to do during their time in Aviemore and the Cairngorms.”

The next addition is expected to be mini-quads for 6-11 year olds. The new 50cc quads are already at the centre, and work is currently ongoing to set up the new track and establish and test operating procedures. All being well the mini-quads will be in operation by the end of July.

Craggan Outdoors is the internationally renowned review website TripAdvisor.com’s top-rated ‘thing to do’ in Aviemore and the Cairngorms, and is ranked second across the wider Highlands, and also second across Scotland as a whole from almost 1,200 attractions that are listed. The centre is the top-rated outdoor activity provider in Scotland, with rankings based on the experiences of people that have visited. Craggan Outdoors is proud to currently have received nothing but 5-star ratings!