Welcome to the
Shetland Islands Tourist
Guides Association website

Employing a friendly and knowledgeable guide is a sure way to get the best from a holiday in Shetland.

Valuable time can be gained seeking out places, sites, shops and people, in the company of a skilled guide, and there may even be extra surprises and delights that visitors cannot find by themselves.

Employing a friendly and knowledgeable Guide is a sure way to get the best from a holiday in Shetland. Our skilled guides give you this. There may also be extra surprises and delights that visitors could not find by themselves

The Shetland Islands Tourists Guides Association (S.I.T.G.A.) has about 30 members, all fully trained, fully insured and regional affiliates (Green Badge holders) of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association. All our guides adhere to their Code of Conduct and Standards of Performance.

It is a policy of S.I.T.G.A. to recruit and train people who are multilingual, so that collectively, they can guide using most European languages.

Individual guides specialise in Shetland's many areas of interest, e.g. archaeology, wildlife, geology, genealogy, history, botany, traditional music and culture etc.

Guides can help with compiling an itinerary for large or small parties, and they can cater for special interest groups visiting any part of Shetland.

(Images on this website courtesy of the Islesburgh Photographic Club, Shoormal Shetland Pony Stud, Shetland Amenity Trust, John Grieve and Steven Saunderson)