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As owner of Guided Tours of Scotland I have been providing private tours for couples, families and small groups of independent travellers since 2009 and during that time I have become increasingly aware of my carbon footprint as a self-employed tour guide. With that in mind, and on the eve of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, I decided to support Trees For Life's fantastic rewilding programme by planting a tree for every tour day. In addition to mitigating against my carbon footprint I see this as an ideal way to put something back into the landscape that I love to show off to my clients. Scotland's ancient Caledonian forests once covered 80% of the land but today that figure is closer to 5% so it is imperative that we do all we can to restore our wild areas with native trees to encourage greater biodiversity and help our endangered species, as well as in the fight against climate change. I encourage all of my customers to consider buying a tree or two, or to make a donation to this extremely worthwhile cause which is very close to my heart. Greg Kain www.guidedtoursofscotland.com
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7 trees
Seven trees for seven days touring with the Connollys and Sieferts. Thank you very much. Slainte!Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
29/04/2024
1 tree
A tree for a Stirling and St Andrews day tour for the Butler family. Thank you so much.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
05/04/2024
1 tree
One tree for a William Wallace Day Tour with the Knesek family. Thank you very much.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
05/04/2024
1 tree
A tree for a day tour of Stirling and the Southern Highlands for the Johnsons and Asa. Thanks very much guys.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
12/03/2024
2 trees
Honoring our dear friend, Jill Mertens. Rest easy, and bless your heart.Donated by Fredric and Cynthia Schmidt
15/02/2024
5 trees
Today, we joyfully donate 5 trees to this grove. Our beloved Golden Retriever, Roo lost his battle with advanced arthritis. He was 10 human years old. We shall miss him everyday; and planting trees in the Golden Retriever origin of this amazing breed seems a fitting tribute to him.Donated by Cynthia and Fredric Schmidt
15/02/2024
1 tree
In memory of a great friend, mentor and teacher; Larry Engesether.Donated by Honoring my friend, from Fred Schmidt
09/11/2023
3 trees
Honoring our dearest friend, who lost courageous battle with a rare leukemia; who WILL live on in the forests of Scotland. Michael Thomas (Bones) Loida, for you my sweet man..."Look Mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky."Donated by Cynthia and Fredric Schmidt
06/11/2023
11 trees
11 trees for a very varied tour comprising of the English & Scottish borders, Skye and the West Highlands, Highland Perthshire, Fife and the Lowlands, and plaenty of laughs along the way with Sally and Dawn from Ontario, Canada. Thank you so much ladies.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
19/10/2023
7 trees
Seven trees for 7 lovely days exploring the Cairngorms National Park and the Isle of Skye's natural heritage and wildlife, on foot and horseback, with the Birckheads and Sherrills from North and South Carolina, USA. Thank you very much folks and hope to see you again.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
19/10/2023
11 trees
11 trees for eleven wonderful days with the Sims from Ontario, Canada, exploring the Inner and Outer Hebrides, as far out as St Kilda, Scotland's most westerly archipelago. We also covered much of the West and North Highlands as well as Orkney. A memorable trip! Thank you to you both.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
27/09/2023
5 trees
Cynthia and Fred SchmidtDonated by Honoring dear, kind Corrine Johnson
22/09/2023
£24
In appreciation for Greg KainDonated by Joan and David Dawson and grandchildren
30/08/2023
4 trees
In appreciation for Greg KainDonated by Joan and David Dawson and grandchildren
30/08/2023
8 trees
Eight trees for a varied eight day golf and whisky tour with a great group of Portuguese and Brazilian friends. Hopefully see you all back in the 'Home of Golf' in the not too distant future. Slainte!Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
28/08/2023
4 trees
Four trees for four days touring around the West Highlands with the Dawson from Pittsburgh, USA, and their six grandchildren. What a great trip, creating some unforgettable memories for you all. Thank you all!Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
28/08/2023
4 trees
Four trees for four very varied nd fun days spent touring Fife, Perthshire, Skye and the West Highlands, incorporating castles, distilleries, breweries and some top notch scenery and seafood, with the Alperins and Evans, two couples from Boston, USA. Thanks very much guys. Haste ye back!
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
04/08/2023
2 trees
Two trees for a two day tour through the Lake District and Scottish Borders for the Tan family from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Congratulations on your graduations! I look forward to seeing you back in Scotland some day.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
04/08/2023
3 trees
Three trees for three days spent touring the West and Central Highlands with three lovely couples from Ohio, USA. Thank you very much to the Palmers, Everetts and Jacksons.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
20/07/2023
4 trees
Donated by Karine
16/07/2023
3 trees
Three trees for a three day whisky tour, and a bit of golf at St Andrews in between, through Perthshire, Speyside and Moray, with father and son Gene and Daniel from Scottsdale, Arizona. Thanks very much guys.
Haste ye back and slainte mhath!
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
12/07/2023
1 tree
One tree for a road and rail day tour from Edinburgh with the Hanna family from San Francisco. Through the Loch Lomond National Park, Rannoch Moor, Glen Coe to Fort William, where the family took the Jacobite Express steam train (aka the Hogwarts Express), to Mallaig and back. Our route back took us through the Cairngorms National Park with the obligatory stop in Pitlochry for fish and chips. Great fun, thanks very much guys.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
04/07/2023
7 trees
Seven trees for seven very varied days touring with Danell, Madeline, Tom and Bruce from San Diego, California, USA. Starting in London, through the Cotswolds and the Lake District before entering Scotland for visits to, amongst other palces; Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries House, Balmoral Castle, Inverewe Gardens, Eilean Donan Castle, Armadale Castle Gardens and Museum, Glen Coe and Stirling Castle. Thank you so much guys. Haste ye back!
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
04/07/2023
4 trees
Four trees for four sunny days touring with Karine from Amsterdam, Netherlands around Skye and the West Highlands. I hope that you are as lucky with the weather next time you come back to Scotland Karine. Thank you!
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
22/06/2023
6 trees
Six trees for six lovely days touring Skye and Argyll with the Ballingers and Dickersons from Ohio, USA. The sun appeared at long last to help us on our way and Skye, Mull and Iona were looking resplendent in their Spring cloak of verdant grass and wild flowers. Great tour and fantastic company, particularly Wee Emma who was an absolute star. Thank you to you all.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
01/06/2023
7 trees
Seven trees for a seven day tour of the Highlands with the lovely Tangelders from near London, Ontario. I was very pleased to play a small part in your big celebration holiday - many congratulations to you both. I hope that you enjoyed your tour as much as I enjoyed guiding you. Best wishes, Greg.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
01/06/2023
9 trees
Nine trees for a fantastic tour around the West Highlands, Mull, Skye, Moray and Speyside with the O'Neills and Galvins from Boston, Massachusetts. A great variety of scenery with great company, thank you very much folks.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
09/05/2023
1 tree
A tree for a fantastic Perthshire whisky tour with the Baronas from New York, where they enjoyed drams at Tullibardine, lunch and a tour at Glenturret, finished by more drams at Aberfeldy. Thank you and slainte mhath!Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
25/04/2023
2 trees
Carbon Offset for return flights between Glasgow and Dublin.Donated by Greg Kain
28/03/2023
6 trees
Six trees for six wonderful days through the West Highlands, Skye, the NW Highlands and Speyside with the Lamberts, a lovely couple from Washington State, USA. Water was very much the theme of this tour, with rain, snow melt, lochs, tidal races, rivers and waterfalls in spate, and not forgetting some sampling of uisge beatha - the water of life! Thanks very much to you both.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
28/03/2023
4 trees
Four trees planted for a fantastic Highland & Speyside whisky tour in the snow with the Riquejo family from Mexico. Enjoy those amazing whiskies when you get home and haste ye back for another round! Thank you so much. Slainte Mhah!Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
20/03/2023
3 trees
Three trees for a three day tour to Skye with the lovely Maidin family from Kuala Lumpur. A bit of a contrast to the other two places on your trip, London and Paris! I hope that you enjoyed the 'Misty Isle' and that you have been inspired to come back one day. Thank you.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
22/02/2023
4 trees
We Love Scotland. It is an amazing country. From your friends across the water in Silverdale, Washington USADonated by The Cherry Family UK Trip at Christmas 2018
08/01/2023
3 trees
Three trees for a three day winter tour of Fife, Perthshire, the Cairngorms National Park and Glencoe with Grace from Singapore. What an adventure it was, with snow galore on the first two days and a rapid thaw producing some of the most amazing waterfalls I have ever seen in Scotland. Thank you Grace, next time we'll hit Skye and the islands!
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
21/12/2022
1 tree
A tree for a perfect winter's day touring through the Loch Lomond National Park, Inveraray and onto Oban with the Snowden family from Toronto. Thank you to you all.
Greg.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
10/12/2022
3 trees
Three trees for three very varied days through Fife, the Cairngorms National Park and Highland Perthshire, with Frank and Ethel from New York. Amazing autumn colours and great company, thank you to you both.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
23/11/2022
4 trees
Carbon offset for return flights between Edinburgh and StockholmDonated by Greg Kain
13/10/2022
1 tree
A tree for Jean Milligan from Armadale on her 90th birthday. Jean's family treated her to a tour of Burns country and a trip 'doon the watter' of the Ayrshire coast, where she spent her honeymoon in 1954. It was a great pleasure to play a small part in making your big day a special one , Jean. Thanks to Alex, Jane and the rest of the family.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
13/10/2022
3 trees
Three trees for a two day tour of the West Highlands and a day tour around Fife, which was originally meant to go to Dunnottar Castle but the tail winds from Hurricane Ian put the kibosh on that! We had a great time anyway, thanks very much Bronson and Kelly from North Carolina. I hope you can come back to visit some of our islands.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
06/10/2022
1 tree
It started as an Outlander tour, for Rosemary and her daughter Cheryl from Boston, USA, but as it was such a beautiful Autumn day, too nice for spending hours inside castles and palaces, it ended up being a Loch Lomond National Park tour! I love a bit of spontaneity! You're welcome back anytime ladies. Thank you!
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
26/09/2022
3 trees
Three trees for a three day tour to Skye for Nora from Los Angeles, California. The 'Misty Isle' lived up to its reputation which just added to the ethereal atmosphere that the island often produces in the Autumn. I hope that you had a comfortable journey home Nora and I look forward to seeing you back in Scotland sometime n the future. Thank you.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
26/09/2022
6 trees
Six trees from Patrick, Matthias, Thomas, Thorsten, Thorsten and Mario.
It was a great pleasure having you as our Guide. Thank you for showing us all those great places, views, Pubs, and Whisky bars.Donated by #MOOT22
21/09/2022
3 trees
Three trees for a three day whisky and beer tour through the West Highlands and Speyside with Patrick, Mathias, Thorsten, Torsten and Thomas from Kaiserslautern, Germany. Great bunch of lads! Keep bringing that good weather over to Scotland with you! Thanks very much for the Bunnahabhain. Slainte Mhah!Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
12/09/2022
8 trees
Eight trees for three day tours and a five day multi-day tour, with the Gordon family from Calgary, from Hadrian's Wall to Wester Ross, and quite a bit in between! I hope to see you again to tour a few of our wonderful islands and some of the clan lands that you missed this time!
Thank you!
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
07/09/2022
9 trees
Nine trees for an amazing nine day tour of the West Highlands, Skye, NC 500, Orkney, Perthshire and Fife with Simon and Calvin from Singapore. I look forward to guiding you around the Outer Hebrides and Shetland next time guys! Thank you!
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
07/09/2022
3 trees
Three trees for a lovely day tour and a two day tour through the Highlands and Fife with Joe and Bridget Carr from Philadelphia, USA. I hope that you can come back to Scotland to see more of the Highlands and Islands and please bring back some of that amazing weather we had! Thanks you so much.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
11/08/2022
1 tree
A tree for a West Highland Day Tour South Loop with the Milmerstadts from New York, USA. Enjoy the rest of your time in Scotland guys. Thank you.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
08/08/2022
1 tree
Day Tour with the Rodriquez family from Texas, USA. A great trip to the Clan MacPherson Museum in Newtonmore and the clan memorial cairn at the 'Centre of Scotland'! Thanks very much guys.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
08/08/2022
1 tree
Day tour with the Brown family from North Carolina, USA. Lovely day in the Highlands folks, I hope you can come back as there's so much more to see! Safe travels.
Greg.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
08/08/2022
3 trees
Three trees for three very varied tour days in the Highlands, including a visit to the fantastic Girnigoe Castle in Caithness, with the amazing Jones family from Dallas, Texas. Thank you for introducing me to your family castle guys! Until the next time....Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
07/08/2022
5 trees
Five trees for five very eclectic and spontaneous days spent guiding for the Wirthwein family from Indiana. East to West through Aberdeenshire, Deeside, the Moray coastline, Loch Ness, the Isle of Mull and Oban. I like your style guys! Thank you, and I hope you come back to write that golf book Chris.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
19/07/2022
£30
Five trees for a five day photography themed tour of the Highlands and the Isle of Skye for Christian and Alexandrina from Bucharest. It was a pleasure guiding for you both. Mul?umesc foarte mult!Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
19/07/2022
1 tree
Day tour for the Prophett family from Tenessee, on the trail of a captured Jacobite descendant from Perth who was captured and transported to the American colonies after the 1715 uprising. Sorry about the weather folks, hope you enjoyed your day all the same.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
29/06/2022
9 trees
Thank you, Greg: We had a wonderful vacation touring through Scotland with your guidance. Your passion to protect the natural beauty of the landscape is inspiring. Happy to match your donation in support of the rewilding efforts. - RucheeDonated by Patel Family of Tennessee and Texas
23/06/2022
1 tree
Two half-day tours for the Popkin family from New York and Philadelphia. I hope you had a great time on the Isle of Skye guys. Thank you!Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
22/06/2022
9 trees
Nine trees for nine very enjoyable days with the Patel family from Texas and Tennessee on their 'Castles and Casks' tour, taking in Speyside, Skye, the West Highlands and Islay. Thank you all very much for your kindness and good humour. Slainte Mhath!Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
22/06/2022
3 trees
Three very varied day tours out of Glasgow and Edinburgh with George and Linda from Toronto. Many thanks guys.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
09/06/2022
1 tree
Edinburgh day tour with the Kelly family from Boston, USA. Thanks very much guys.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
09/06/2022
6 trees
For a fantastic tour of Iona and the West Highlands with sisters, Margaret from Philadelphia and Vicky from New Jersey. Thank you so much for being the perfect passengers and such great company.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
09/06/2022
1 tree
In honor of Fred Roswell Hauswirth; may this tree planted in his honor reach to the heavens.Donated by For Lamona and Fred
11/05/2022
4 trees
Trees for Lily Peters; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, US. Taken too soon, aged 10. May the trees in this grove capture her spirit. Cyn and FredDonated by For Lily
02/05/2022
1 tree
For our dearest friend, Patrice Anderson and her family, in honor of their mother, Sandee Tyler. May this tree reach to her in heaven. 1943-2022Donated by Cynthia and Fred Schmidt
21/04/2022
6 trees
Best of the Highlands Tour with Essi & Mikko and Satu & Mikko from Finland. A wonderful trip with you guys, thank you. When you come back I will be able to take you to the Trees For Life Rewilding Centre at Dundreggan, which opens next year.Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
18/04/2022
3 trees
Speyside Whisky Tour with Warren and Jonathan from South Africa - thanks very much guys. Slàinte Mhath!Donated by Guided Tours of Scotland
18/04/2022
1 tree
For my dear friend, Debbra K Hanson 1956-2022 You will live on in the splendor of Scotland, and as your branches grow upward , they will see you in heaven.Donated by Cynthia Schmidt
17/02/2022
1 tree
For Juanita~Slainte!Donated by Cynthia Schmidt
15/12/2021
5 trees
The Krueger Family Tour 6 - 10 October 2021. It was a pleasure being your guide for your trip to Scotland.
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
06/12/2021
6 trees
Cynthia and Fred Schmidt Tour 28 September - 4 October 2021. Thank you for your own donation too Fred & Cyn, much appreciated - keep spreading the word!
GregDonated by Guided Tours of Scotland
06/12/2021
4 trees
Thank you for enlightening us to this noble cause. We are honored to participate, and will continue to do so. Scotland is near and dear to our hearts, and it is a pleasure to donate on behalf of we humans and our canines, Roo and Geordie.Donated by The Schmidt House WI USA
18/11/2021
1 tree
29/10/2021
