Adventure Aberdeen
'Inspiring learning through adventure’
Adventure Aberdeen provides a variety of services to Aberdeen City Council groups and other groups in the North East of Scotland.
Our wide range of activities are accessible to all and they offer adventure and enjoyment within a culture of safety and professionalism.
Our work includes:
Educational programmes
The core of our work is to support educational establishments in achieving their goals/targets. Outdoor education is a key player in ‘enriching’ the curriculum for excellence.
Team development
Inspiring and developing any team to work happily and effectively.
Training and accreditations
Introducing and developing skills knowledge and judgement. We offer a range of training and assessment courses from National Governing Bodies and also in-house accreditation.
Our activities include:
Land based:
- Hill walking
- Rock climbing
- Abseiling
- Orienteering
- Trail cycling and mountain biking
- Flying sports kites
- Team challenges
Water based:
- Kayaking
- Canoeing
- White water rafting
- Sailing
- Powerboating
- Surf and boogie boarding
- Gorge walking
- Coasteering
- Improvised raft building
Snow based:
- Alpine skiing
- Snowboarding
- Nordic skiing
- Sledging
- Dry ski slope skiing and snowboarding at Gathdee
Key Messages:
Outdoor education is a process that inspires and develops learning through adventurous activities. At the foundation of this process we have four key messages:
- Responsibility
- Respect
- Teamwork
- Challenge
They provide focus as to what is expected of group members when participating in an activity and support the transfer of positive learning experiences into other parts of individuals’ lives. They can be adopted or adapted depending on the type of groups and what their aims are.
Location/s
Our service is based at Summerhill Centre on the Lang Stracht. From our base we can easily access many excellent activity sites.
They include the sea, sand dunes, forests, rivers, lochs, hills and mountains, ski slopes, indoor climbing facilities and open spaces and school areas.
Equipment
We maintain a large store of activity equipment. This can be hired by qualified individuals and groups.
Meeting rooms
These are available for groups of up to 10 people during office hours.
Mini buses
We have four 15-seater mini buses that are available for hire to accredited drivers.
Cromdale Outdoor Centre
We have a large residential base exclusively for group bookings. It is located in the village of Cromdale (NR Grantown on spey). The Centre sleeps 36 and compromises of 7 bedrooms, dining/ kitchen, lounge, drying room. Within 50 metres of the centre is a public house, shop and post office, children’s play area and football pitch.
Download a copy of the Cromdale lealfet from the Brochures section in the right hand menu.
