Colin Mairs guides in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish and is an extremely versatile and engaging tour guide. Always willing to give anything a try (within reason and within the law), Colin approaches each tour with an enthusiasm and eagerness to learn to make the experience for his guests better and better every time.

Currently, Colin lives part of the year (the coldest part in Scotland) in New Zealand (where it is warm) and also works as a freelance tour guide there - www.ExcursionNewZealand.com

Colin has experience working with the media and has featured on TV5 in Quebec and Discovery Channel World in an edition of 'Ports d'attaches / Waterfront Cities of the World' (2014) which focussed on Colin's hometown of Glasgow; also on a  production for NHK, Japan's national broadcaster, like the BBC, called 'City Walk' (2014), also in Glasgow. 

Colin works with Rick Steves, a leading authority on European travel in America and has featured several times on Rick's radio show 'Travel with Rick Steves'.

Colin's interests are wide and varied but include Scotch Whisky, the poems and songs of Robert Burns (which he will happily recite or sing upon request), music in general, outdoor activities, and Scottish history, culture and modern life.

For more information and to see what Colin has been up to recently check out the social media links.