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Back from the alps to ocean
Just had am amazing eight day trip away taking customers on the Alps to Ocean tour, unbelievable weather and scenery. We stayed in great accommodation and enjoyed BBQ’s by the lake and great...
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Thanks to all you adventurers
Well, the years winding up, and it’s been a year packed with adventures for Scottish Express. Big thanks to all those who have supported the Express this year. We’ve had great times driving people to...
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Sustainable Tourism
We’ve been continuing to ensure that we are making ethical decisions for the enviroment and our customers as part of our sustainable tourism model. We measure and offset our Carbon with EKOS New...
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What makes Scottish Express transport different for Adventurers?
The main thing as that we are adventurers too, so we we ooze with passion for what we do!!! We started the business just prior to the outbreak of the Pandemic and we saw an opportunity to create a...
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Victoria Forest Park Hiking ideas
Alpine tops, Victoria forest Park This is the first winter we haven’t gone on a epic winter discovery tramp, as we were actually basking in the sun on a bike touring through Europe!! But it does bring...
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Ever considered the Mount Richmond Alpine Circuit??
The Mount Richmond Forest Park usually gets little notice as an adventure destination, as if you are sitting in sunny Nelson, then your focus is usually across the Bay to Kahurangi and Abel Tasman...
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Adventures slightly off the Beaten Trail- Mount Stevens
We’re always on the scope for New Adventure destinations to share with people, but some we already know intimately. Mount Steven’s track you may have passed many times on the way to the Heaphy Track,...
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The Kaituna Track, Northwest Nelson
This track doesn’t come across people Radar that often, I’m not quite sure the reason why, but it could be that it’s a very long day hike or nor quite long enough for an overnight hike. So usually it...
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A different approach….Mount Owen via the lookout Range
Nelson, New Zealand is locationally blessed with three National parks and one forest Park on our doorstep as well as a raft of smaller reserves. Some destinations are easy to find such as the Abel...
View ArticleCouple of new trips on the Horizon
Been brewing up some new trips at Scottish Express. Got a great idea for Kayaking the quiter eastern Tasman Bay Coastline which is called the “Coastal Express“. Rocky and Raw, with a few interspersed...
View Article” Coastal Express”,Crystal Days, and Warm sunshine on the skin
Its a great time of year to get out into nature… yep its a bit colder and the days are a bit shorter, but we’re getting some amazing calm days and equally amazing sunsets over the western mountains....
View ArticleMonthly Specials – all under $30
Some nice shorter trips well paired with our diminishing daylight. Day tramp? Kayaking? Fishing? Offtrack Exploration? Shuttling the Gorge? Hike a bike the Nevis? Yep, we’ve got all the above covered...
View ArticleThe Gorge Midwinter Enduro Free Transport
The Gorge Midwinter Enduro is on this Weekend!!! I’ve got free transport to anyone wanting to get out there and back on the day. Cut down on your fuel cost and your enviromental footprint and share...
View ArticleThe Southern Explorer, 11th to 14th August
Got a hankering for a mini winter Expedition? I’ve got an interesting trip that will get you into some of the remoter backcountry to pursue your adventures of choice. I’ll be dropping adventurers off...
View Article3 day Paparoa and Pike 29
We’re always looking not only at new adventure destinations but also new ways of doing adventures to cut down the faff of logistics which is usually accompanied by a higher environmental footprint for...
View ArticleMole Tops, Tutaki Conservation area, 3 day Winter Trip
We’re always looking for an opportunity around this time of the year to head up into the Alpine and into the white powder. For this trip the Mole tops weren’t on our radar to start with, we were...
View ArticleKahurangi 500 -Bike packing – Gearing up for Gearing down
As you can probably guess… we love bikes, and we love bikes for a multitude of reasons, first and foremost are the many freedoms that a bike can give you. They’re small and very strong so you get a lot...
View ArticleKahurangi 500 trip report
Back in early September we set our sites on riding a variation of the amazing Kahurangi 500 bikepacking route with a friend to look at possibilities of offering transport packages and support packages...
View ArticleRainbow skifield to Saint Arnaud via Parachute rocks Day Hike
We’re just getting round to writing the trip report for the transport we ran back in November 2023 for a great Alpine hike in the Nelson area We’re always looking for new places to adventure, and...
View ArticleToe Rag Trapline
In December last year we hiked one of our favourite day hikes in the Nelson Area, the Kaituna track( you can see our blogpost for that trip here). While we were hiking through the Kaituna track we...
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