South Highlands from Inverness

Driving through the National Park en route to Aviemore you have the choice to stop in Aviemore or visit one of the nearby lochs; Loch an Eilean or Loch Morlich and perhaps spot a red squirrel.

Only 25 miles south of Inverness, Tomatin Distillery makes, amongst other single malts, Cu Bocan for just one week each year. (optional)

This village museum has an abundance of buildings and artefacts depicting Highland life in days gone by. (no entrance fee, donations welcome)

The Aviemore Ring Cairn and Stone Circle is a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age burial site located surprisingly within a modern residential housing estate. It is a Clava-type cairn, featuring remnants of a central cairn, an inner kerb, and a surrounding circle of megaliths, with some stones surviving in their original positions.

These tame and friendly animals are a joy to all who come and see them. Reindeer are not just for Christmas!

Loch Morlich is a scenic freshwater loch in the heart of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park, with beautiful sandy beaches, stunning mountain views, and surrounding Caledonian pine forests. It features the highest inland beach in the UK, offering year-round water sports, hiking, and cycling which you can disucss as an option.