Our adoption scheme has been a lifeline to the herd through the ups and downs of the years – our supporters truly mean the world to us. If you are in a position to help support us, you can adopt our very special free-roaming herd. All of us here at the Centre are incredibly grateful for your support.
For the long explanation, Hen wrote a blog explaining all about adoption… Or read on below for the highlights!
For £47 per year, you can adopt our lovely reindeer herd and, in this way, help to maintain their enviable lifestyle on the Cairngorm Mountains. As an adopter, you become one of our valued supporters and in return for your financial support, you will receive a certificate and photograph of the reindeer and additional information about reindeer along with two newsletters over the year. For UK adopters, we also send a few unique souvenirs. You can also visit the herd for free (one person admitted free per adoption). The adoption subscriptions are spent entirely on the upkeep of the reindeer including their food and welfare in the form of medicines and veterinary care.
“Reindeer Adoptions make an unusual Birthday present for someone who has everything and an ideal Christmas present – supporting Father Christmas’s reindeer!”
Ready to become an adopter? Click here!
If you’d rather adopt a specific individual reindeer, this is also an option. All of the reindeer in our herd have a name and are available for adoption, but we do encourage adopting the herd as a whole. Whilst reindeer normally have a life expectancy of 11-13 years, some don’t make it this far, so choosing to adopt the herd as a whole is a ‘safer’ option where we won’t have to potentially deliver bad news! We put a small selection of our reindeer online, but if you know of a different reindeer not shown here, then just get in touch via phone (01479 861228) or email and we’ll be able to arrange this for you. You can also select ‘Other reindeer’ in the drop-down list and write the name of the reindeer you want to adopt in the ‘Special Date/Other’ box.
Individual reindeer available for adoption
Flax
Female, born 6th May 2020
Mother: Ibex
A super bold reindeer who is a fiend around food! She only grows small antlers, but makes up for that in character…
Calippo
Male, born 9th May 2022
Mother: Minsk
Calippo grows big antlers and is very handsome. He’s a new member of our sleigh-pulling team this year and proving to be a star!
Kulfi
Male, born 6th May 2022
Mother: Vienna
A light coloured male reindeer who has a rather feral streak at times – sometimes he’s very tame and sometimes he’s not!
Beret
Female, born 9th May 2021
Mother: Brie
Beret is a real character, having taken a couple of years to learn how to behave around people. Jumping on them is NOT acceptable!
Jester
Male, born 9th May 2021
Mother: Inca
The darkest reindeer in the herd, who grows one of the widest sets of antlers in the herd each year. Incredibly good-looking!
Solero
Female, born 7th May 2022
Mother: Suidhe
A very pretty reindeer, who’s dark in colouration. Quite shy at times, but can usually be won around by a bit of bribery (food!).
Iskrem
Male, born 13th May 2022
Mother: Emmental
A handsome chap, Iskrem is one of the paler reindeer in the herd, with a little white speckled nose. He’s a big lad, and grows beautiful antlers, and was one of our breeding bulls in 2025.
Texel
Female, born 17th May 2019
Mother: Addax
One of the most distinctive reindeer in the herd, Texel (pronounced ‘tessel’) is a great mum, and a bold hand-feeder!
Zap
Male, born 8th May 2022
Mother: Pagan
A handsome chap who usually grows beautiful antlers. Extremely friendly and loves hand-feeding – he got his greed from him mum!
Borlotti
Female, born 12th May 2020
Mother: Clootie
A friendly character, but one who is very stubborn! Light coloured with a white nose, she’s very pretty.
Once you’ve chosen your reindeer, or the herd as a whole, simply click the link below:
If you are renewing a current adoption, please click here.
If you would rather pay over the phone, just give us a call on 01479 861228 during office hours.
Due to data protection legislation, adoptions for children aged 16 or under can only be accepted if the parent/guardian has given permission.
Please note that we are a small team and put together every pack by hand, so in busy periods it may take us up to a fortnight to get your adoption pack out to you, but we do our best to be quick! If your deadline is within the next week, we advise emailing/calling to check we will be able to get it to you in time.