MINNIE KANSMAN
Forest Therapy Guide
Nature Adventures Travel Consultant and
Talented Author
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A Nature Adventure Tour of Northern Scotland
This trip may be rescheduled for May 2023
SPIRIT OF SCOTLAND ITINERARY
GLASGOW TO INVERNESS
Mon. September 13, 2021
Group departs Grand Rapids, Mi and connecting cities.
Tue. September 14, 2021
Group arrives Glasgow, Scotland
Our Tour Guide will meet us at the airport, along with our Private Touring Coach. Once gathered we will travel North to Loch Ness and Urquart Castle for a leisurely visit.
Welcome dinner at hotel.
The Royal Highland Hotel in Inverness, Scotland.
Wed. September 15, 2021
After breakfast, we will visit
The Findhorn Community, the largest intentional spiritual community in Britain and learn about how they work in co-creation with Nature Spirits.
In the afternoon, we will tour Culloden Battlefield, and the nearby sacred site of Clava Cairns.
Dinner on our own
Royal Highland Hotel, Inverness, Scotland
ISLE OF LEWIS
Thu. September 16, 2021
After breakfast, we will take a short morning walk to the Rosemarkie Fairy Pools, before heading to the Coast. We will have our lunch and visit Inverewe Gardens and Corrieshalloch Gorge. Then on to Ullapool, where we catch our late afternoon ferry to Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis.
Dinner aboard Ferry
Lewes Castle Hotel, Stornoway, Scotland
Fri. September 17, 2021
After breakfast in our 1800's castle, we will head to the Callanish Standing Stones to meet up with special guide, Margaret Curtis. Margaret, a well-known expert, has been living near and studying the Stones for over 30 years.
Dinner at hotel or local restaurant
Lewes Castle Hotel, Stornoway, Scotland
ISLE OF SKYE
Sat. September 18, 2021
After Breakfast, we will take a morning tour of the
Clan Donald Centre in Armadale before we
board our Ferry in Tarbert to travel to the Isle of Skye.
After sightseeing to the Kilt Rock and Old Man of Storr, and others we make our way to our hotel.
Dinner at hotel or local restaurant
Uig Hotel, Uig, Scotland
Sun. September 19, 2021
Today we will tour Dunvegan Castle & Gardens. Home to the clan MacLeod for 800 years, this is the oldest continuously inhabited castle in Scotland.
The afternoon takes us on an adventure to the magical
Fairy Glen, and the chance to climb to the enchanted Castle Ewen. We will leave an offering to Spirits of Place.
Dinner at hotel or local restaurant
Uig Hotel, Uig, Scotland
Mon. September 20, 2021
With the energy of the coming Equinox, we journey to the Fairy Pools, at the foot of the Black Cuillin Mountains near Glenbrittle. The walk has been labeled medium difficulty and takes about 20 minutes to the first waterfall. The pool areas are about 10 minutes beyond that. Once all there we will engage in some Forest Therapy invitations.
Dinner at hotel or local restaurant
Uig Hotel, Uig, Scotland
JACOBITE STEAM TRAIN EXCURSION
Tue. September 21, 2021
This morning we catch our Ferry in Armdale and travel to the charming port city of Mallaig. From there we will board the Harry Potter famous Jacobite Steam Train, passing through areas of great scenic beauty including travel alongside Loch Eil, and the Glenfinnan Viaduct. We end our journey in the city of Ft. William.
Dinner on own
Alexandra Hotel, Fort William, Scotland
ISLE OF MULL
Wed. September 22, 2021
Departure to Oban, for the ferry to Craignure on the Isle of Mull.
We visit the Kilmore Church, home to the famous stained glass window of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
Free time to explore the town of Tobermory.
Dinner at hotel or local restaurant
Park Lodge Hotel, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland
Thu. September 23, 2021
Morning drive to our Ferry from Fionnphort on Isle of Mull to Iona - foot passengers only, roundtrip
Spend all day at your leisure on the Isle of Iona
Dinner at hotel or local restaurant
Park Lodge Hotel, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland
TROSSACHS NATIONAL PARK TO GLASGOW
Fri. September 24, 2021
Ferry from Fishnish on the Isle of Mull to Oban. Stop at Kilchurn Castle, one of the most photographed castles in Scotland. Travel along beautiful Loch Lamond and through the Trossachs National Park to Glenco on our journey back to Glasgow.
Dinner on own
Normandy Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
Sat. September 25, 2021
Transfer to Glasgow Airport
Group departs Glasgow
Trip cost $5,000
Single supplement $1,100
Airfare $1,300 (estimated from Grand Rapids, MI)
Deposit of $500 due now.
1st Payment $2,250 due April 9, 2021
2nd Payment $2,250 due July 12, 2021
Individual Airline costs due July 12, 2021
Please make your payments through PayPal (fee of 2.9%) from my website store below or mail a check to Minnie Kansman 2075 Grays Peak Dr. Unit #202, Loveland, CO 80538
Terms and Conditions
Tour booking fee
A booking fee of $500 US dollars per person is required to secure your reservation for this tour, of which $250 US dollars is non-refundable and non-transferrable. The entire $500 fee becomes fully non-refundable and non-transferrable 120 days prior to the tour date.
Solo travelers
Prices are based on double occupancy. Please secure your own roommate. There are some single rooms available for the Scotland Adventure at an additional rate of $1,100.
Balance of payment
We require the balance of payment for your booked trip no later than 90 days prior to the tour date to confirm your booking.
Late bookings
Bookings made less than 90 days before the tour date will only be confirmed if full payment is received or by special arrangement.
Insurance
Participants are highly advised to take out a travel insurance package to adequately cover unforeseen circumstances. The policy should cover personal accident and sickness, accidental loss of baggage and money, loss of booking fee, payment or cancellation fees.
Exclusions
The tour(s) does not include airfares, passport or visa fees, taxes, travel and health insurance, telephone expenses, excess baggage charges and services not listed in the final itinerary and all items of a personal nature.
Booking refund policy
If it is necessary to cancel your tour booking the following refund schedule applies:-
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Up to 120 days prior to the tour date: refund of 50% of booking fee plus 85% of balance payments received.
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119 - 90 days prior to the tour date: booking fee forfeit, 50% refund of balance payments received.
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89 - 30 days prior to tour date: booking fee forfeit, 20% refund of balance payments received.
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Less than 30 days: no refund available.
Tour cancellation policy
Nature Travel Adventures reserves the right to cancel any tour in which case no liability shall fall upon Nature Travel Adventures. In this instance, participants' payments will be refunded in full. No refund will be issued to those failing to join their tour, nor for accommodation or any services not utilized, nor for a partially completed tour. Nature Travel Adventures also reserves the right to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of the tour at its own discretion.
Loss or damage
Nature Travel Adventures does not accept responsibility for any loss or damage to your luggage or personal property, nor for any loss, damage, delay, illness, fatality or other injury suffered. Baggage and personal effects are at the participant's risk at all times.
Injury or illness
Participants agree that in the case of injury or illness Nature Travel Adventures can, at a cost to the participant, typically through their travel insurance company, arrange medical treatment and emergency evacuation service, as Nature Travel Adventures deem essential for the participant's safety.
Changes to itineraries
Nature Travel Adventures reserves the right to amend or vary the itinerary or other services nominated in the tour brochure should circumstances warrant that such changes would be in the best interest of participants or any other operational reason.
Exchange rates and taxes
To reflect significant fluctuations in exchange rates or the imposition of new government taxes that impact the cost of providing its services, Nature Travel Adventures reserves the right to adjust prices as may be necessary from time to time. However, once a reservation has been confirmed, the price remains unchanged for the current season.
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MISSING NANA
Lessons from the Nature Spirits
Missing Nana is for all children who have faced the death of a significant person in their lives. It shares an emotional, loving and playful glimpse into the world of Nature, offering a unique perspective of how this unseen world assists us everyday.
Missing Nana offers an alternative version of the after-life based on Love, that is really closer than you might think.
SPIRIT GARDENS
Rekindling our Nature Connection
Spirit Gardens is a unique look at gardening through the eyes of a Master Feng Shui teacher and consultant. A gardener since youth with a degree in Commercial Floriculture, Minnie lovingly weaves the art of placement with the practical tasks of gardening. This book shares personal stories of working with the profound energies of place and about the spiritual connection and relationship a gardener develops with the land they are
working on. It will appeal to the gardener who has just begun a
spiritual path of reconnection to the earth as well as those
already long on the journey.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Minnie Kansman and her business Eco~Balance Humanity in Harmony with Nature have been assisting others with Feng Shui, Sacred Space Clearing, and Nature Spirit Connection since 1994.
She is a certified Master Feng Shui Consultant and Educator and a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide. She lives lightly on the land and honors the power of Spirit in all things.
