Over the last few years our adoption scheme has been a lifeline for us, and will hopefully help keep the reindeer herd afloat for many years to come. 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!

Adoption pack


For £44 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!

Adopted reindeer

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

Jimmy

Male, born 25th May 2021
Mother: Rain

One of our breeding bulls in 2024, Jimmy is a big lad and is extremely handsome and nice natured. He grows beautiful antlers too!

Texel

Female, born 17th May 2019
Mother: Addax

One of the most striking reindeer in the herd with her funky face markings! Texel grows quite small antlers, but she likes to hand-feed and is very friendly.

Jester

Male, born 9th May 2021
Mother: Inca

Jester is one of the very darkest males in the herd, and grows extremely wide antlers – so he’s an extremely impressive looking beastie!

Lupin

Male, born 16th May 2020
Mother: Marple

One of the darkest coloured reindeer in the herd, Lupin is super friendly. He’s quite small – he was a teeny calf but somehow pulled through! Trained to harness.


Ärta

Male, born 4th May 2020
Mother: Merida

Ärta is a funny looking beastie, with his huge ears and his eyes which appear to point in slightly different directions! He’s now trained to harness, as of 2024.

Helsinki

Female, born 7th May 2019
Mother: Clootie

Lovely Helsinki is a very sweet lass, though rather stubborn at times, especially if we need to lead her anywhere on a halter!

Kernel

Male, born 2nd May 2020
Mother: Meadow

Handsome Kernel was bred from in 2023 and 2024, and has a lovely friendly character (most of the time – apart from during the breeding season!).

Cicero

Male, born 6th May 2020
Mother: Rain

One of our breeding bulls in 2024, Jimmy is a big lad and is extremely handsome and nice natured. He grows beautiful antlers too!

Akubra

Male, born 4th May 2021
Mother: Christie

A large and very docile character, Akubra was the definition of ‘chilled’ from the moment he was born! He’s one of the darker coloured reindeer in the herd.

Borlotti

Female, born 12th May 2021
Mother: Clootie

One of the prettiest reindeer in the herd, with a white nose and pretty antlers, no-one has anything bad to say about Borlotti!

Cowboy

Male, born 14th May 2021
Mother: Pony

Cowboy is one of the smaller adult males, but makes up for that in character, being very bold and friendly. He’s just been trained to harness in 2024.

Flax

Female, born 6th May 2020
Mother: Ibex

Usually growing quite small but nicely shaped antlers, Flax is a pretty girl. She’s a bit of a diva however, and tends to react first and think later!

Ready to become an adopter?

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.

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