Off Road Pursuits
Off Road Driving
Test your skills at handling a Land Rover four-wheel-drive vehicle over rugged terrain on purpose built off road courses. The courses were designed by some of Britain’s leading specialists to maximise teaching opportunities and include water splashes, ditches, gullies, escalating ridges and steep gradients.
Professional off road instructors will teach the techniques of hill climbs, controlled descents, wading, traversing slopes and general vehicle handling over rough or wet ground. Off road driving skills can be scored competitively, in teams or individually, towards Gleneagles Off Road Driving Certificates.
1 ¾ hrs £299 per vehicle
Up to three guests can learn how to drive through varied terrain, including a river. Other obstacles include side tilts, hill climbs and steep drops.
2 ½ hrs £399 per vehicle
Up to four guests can share the tuition time in a Land Rover on Off Road’s picturesque Braco Castle Estate course.
Champagne Treasure Hunt 2½ hours £ 455 per vehicle
Each guest selects a different coloured envelope, which contains instructions to hunt for a series of letters while off road driving. The letters form a clue leading guests to ‘treasure’ ranging from champagne to a haggis.
Scenic Safari 3 hours approx. £ 399 per vehicle
By exclusive invitation of the landowner guests are welcomed on this traditional Scottish hill farm. Guests may see grouse, red deer, blue hare and even a golden eagle, soaring majestically overhead. At a high point, the Land Rovers stop to allow the group to take in the view with a glass of champagne, and maybe a gourmet picnic (additional charge). Alternatively the group can enjoy a delicious pig or lamb spit roast in the farm’s byre. Binoculars and field guides are supplied and cameras are definitely recommended. Includes one bottle of champagne per vehicle.
Discover Scotland (half day) 3½ hours £ 399 per vehicle
With beautiful scenery, historic castles, distilleries, gardens and 1st class shopping for Scottish goods, all close by to the hotel, your group will be spoilt for choice when devising a customized itinerary. Tours are chauffeur-driven with off road instructors at the wheel, who ensure guests link their venues with off-the-beaten-track routes through stunning scenery.
Discover Scotland (full day) 7 hours £ 699 per vehicle
As above but for a full day, with option to take picnic from the hotel (additional charge) or to stop for lunch at your choice of traditional Scottish pub or country house hotel.
All-terrain Off Road 1 ½ hrs £235 for up to 4 drivers
Take up the challenge of learning to manoeuvre the all-terrain, all-weather, semi-amphibious, eight-wheel drive Argos, used on Highland estates to reach otherwise inaccessible areas. Qualified professional instructors will teach guest drivers to operate the vehicle on land and in water over a specially constructed 8x8 off road course.
Alternative fun with Off Road Driving at Gleneagles
Team Challenge from 2½ hours from £ 99 per person
Groups can test their driving skills, problem solving abilities, communication skills and teamwork in a series of challenges, including ‘Hell’s Gates, ‘Service Bay’ and ‘Backseat Driver’.
Hell ’s gates
Teams negotiate a testing course of off road obstacles and narrow ‘gates ’.
Backseat driver
Teams devise a strategy for negotiating a course blindfolded in this, the ultimate teamwork exercise.
Service bay
Teams elect a driver to negotiate a course of narrow boards placed under the wheels by the other team members who complete various vehicle maintenance tasks along the way.
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For further information or to make a booking please call The Gleneagles Resort Sales Team on Freephone: 0800 389 3737 (UK only) Toll Free: 1 866-881 9525 (USA only), Main: + 44 (0) 1764 662231