Scott Walking Adventures is regularly featured in many fine magazines and travel guides, newspaper articles and on television. We have been featured in National Geographic, CARP, Good Times, Elle, Chatelaine & Canadian Living Magazines as well as Fodor's Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada Travel Guide.
See examples of some of our coverage below
YOU MUST BE DREAMING
(The Denver Post, Denver, Colorado )
For travel that offers the chance to get off the bus and onto your own two feet, check out the walking tours of Scott Walking Adventures, which specializes in trips for the 50-plus crowd and concentrates on Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Ireland and Iceland, as well as Bermuda and Australia in the winter. A popular itinerary: Six days on Cape Breton Island, a part of Nova Scotia with Celtic feel, with plenty of hiking along Cabot Trail and through Cape Breton Highland National Park, a whale-watching cruise and whiskey-sampling at Glenora Inn and Distillery. Visit old cemetaries and fishing villages and hike along the mountains and coastline, walking from 4 to 12 miles per day. In Iceland, spend seven days wandering around a landscape like no other, from the tropical hothouses and hot springs of Hveragerdi to the mud pots of Krysuvik and the soothing mineral waters of the Blue Lagoon. You'll hike through canyons and pass glacial waterfalls all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.
Marching to own beat, Scott Walking Adventures appeals to explorer in all of us
By TOM PETERS Business Reporter (The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia )
Angela Chisholm likes to hit the ground walking. Her sense of adventure and passion for the outdoors since she was a kid growing up in the Annapolis Valley has evolved into her career path.
"I was an explorer as a child," says the owner and president of Scott Walking Adventures in Hubbards. She would pack a lunch and spend the day on her bike and, in the winter, would slip on her grandfather's snowshoes and "explore and discover."
Exploring, discovering and walking are among the main ingredients Ms. Chisholm offers in her all-inclusive travel packages throughout Eastern Canada, Bermuda and Iceland. In 2006, Ireland will be included on the international destination list she offers to clients from the U.S., Canada, Australia and even South Africa.
Ms. Chisholm has been in this outdoor industry for eight years. She had worked as a guide doing bike and kayaking tours, and later put her business degree to work managing the company. She knew the founder of Scott Walking Adventures, Wendy Scott, and went to work for her when the opportunity came up to manage the company. She was also aware that Ms. Scott was interested in selling the business she had started in 1992.
Ms. Scott was involved with cross-country skiing trips in the Cape Breton Highlands and decided to continue into the summer months with hiking.
"The company grew and the adventure industry actually boomed in 1998-99 and continues to grow," says Ms. Chisholm, who became the owner of Scott Walking Adventures in 2003. The company's trips are mainly hiking and walking, but there are opportunities for snowshoeing, birdwatching and even whale-watching.
Ms. Chisholm says a big part of her client base is baby boomers. "It's a 50-plus market. That is our demographic. People with disposable income who want to travel, want to have a healthy, active lifestyle, and it is just an interesting way to vacation and see an area rather than getting on a tour bus," she says. "People are actually getting out there walking some of the historic paths and actually immersing themselves in the culture of the local community."
The company's summer season runs from June until October. In the shoulder season, hiking trips are organized in Bermuda, but there is also snowshoeing in Eastern Canada destinations.
The company employs guides from the various hiking regions and in some cases, such as Iceland, "we actually work with a company in Iceland that is an inbound operator. They take different companies and groups and run the ground operations for us and we do the marketing and promotion for the trip."
Ms. Chisholm said international trips have evolved over the years at clients' requests. In 2006, Ireland will be added to the destination list. Other areas being considered for future development are Portugal and the Azores.
Ms. Chisholm says Scott Walking Adventures has started weekend trips to attract the local market. The monthly trips, which consist of an overnight stay at an inn, are being promoted within the Halifax region and are for women only.
She says it is a safe way for women to travel. They can do it independently or with a friend.
Regionally, Ms. Chisholm says there is room for the company to grow in Quebec, the Maritimes and even Labrador.
Walk & Gawk
By Ylva Van Buuren
(Skyline Trail - Canadian Living Magazine )
 Last fall Kay Robertson laced up her walking shoes for a guided holiday in Cape Breton, N.S. Kay a mother of two grown children and an executive assistant in Prince George, B.C. along with 13 fellow vacationers, walked along coastal and country paths for two to five hours (about six to 16 kilometers) daily. One of her favourite memories: a lunch on sun-warmed rocks, followed by a long uphill walk for an amazing view of Prince Edward Island. It was a glorious day, says Kay and a great way to get exercise.
Active vacations represent the fastest-growing sector of tourism, says Wendy Scott of Scott Walking Adventures (www.scottwalking.com) in Hubbards, N.S., which runs more than 10 adventure tours, mostly in Eastern Canada. Walkers can opt for tours that focus less on mileage and more on culture and history.
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