Riverbank Dusk Beaver Safari

Experience the evening wildlife on one of Perthshire’s loveliest rivers in spring or summer (late March to mid September). This is the best time to easily see the wild-living beaver families in Perthshire.

We meet you near Blairgowrie and take a short drive close to the river. We have a 15 minute walk to the water, during which you will find out about the history of beavers in Scotland, their life story, how they re-appeared in Perthshire and why they are so important to the ecology of our rivers. We will do a bit of riverside foraging too! Although we can never guarantee wildlife sightings, we have seen beavers on 95-100% of these tours in recent years, along with regular sightings of kingfishers and occasional otter appearances! Photo of adult and yearling beavers taken by Mhairi Edwards/ DC Thomson on Riverbank Safari June 23.

Key species: European beaver, Kingfisher, Sand martin, Dipper, Goosander.

PRICE: £60pp or £180 for family bookings (2 adults + 2 children)
GROUP SIZE: Max 8 people, minimum 2
TIME: 2 – 2.5 hours
AVAILABLE: Late March to mid September on Friday & Saturday evenings


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Jet12408243874
5 star rating
12/10/26
Brilliant beaver safari 🦫😊 We had a fantastic time on the beaver safari! It’s well worth going — our guide was friendly and knowledgeable, sharing a wealth of information about the beavers and telling us what to look out for to spot them. After a tense wait sitting on the riverbank, we had lots of sightings! It’s both a very relaxing and very exciting way to spend an evening. Definitely recommended!
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Leah F
5 star rating
10/10/26
Fantastic experience with so many sightings Such a fantastic experience on the riverbank beaver safari. The beavers took a little while to come out but then we got to watch them swimming about, playing and eating - who knew a beaver chomping would be so loud! Our guide was very knowledgeable and absolutely lovely. It was an easy stroll down to the riverbank - my MIL is 80 and had no problems with access. This was the highlight of our trip to Scotland and I would definitely recommend to anyone.
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Tim G
5 star rating
05/10/26
Magical relaxing beaver safari in Perthsire Really enjoyable evening. Our guide was great - very knowledgeable and chatty. The beavers took a while to come out, but waiting and quietly observing the river and the bank opposite as the light faded was wonderfully relaxing in itself. Then the beavers showed and we had a good hour or more of watching them appear and disappear, making their way up the river, popping beneath trees or vanishing from view.
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helenrJ8016FM
5 star rating
28/09/26
Evening beaver safari What an amazing experience ! We met our guide and walked to the river bank - hearing tales of how beavers live and forage and looking for signs of their activity. It was all really interesting. Our guide was very knowledgeable - we saw our first beaver within minutes. Thanks to some brilliant local knowledge we were then able to watch a family of beavers happily going about their business on the riverbank, we got great views until it got too dark. Would definitely do this trip again if we are ever back in the area
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