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LOCH MORLICH WATERSPORTS CENTRE
(
www.lochmorlich.com
;
9am-5pm May-Oct)
This popular outfit rents out Canadian canoes
(£19 an hour), kayaks (£7.50), windsurfers (£16.50), sailing dinghies (£23) and rowing
boats (£19), and also offers instruction.
| Watersports
Kincraig
The
Highland Wildlife Park
( 01540-651270;
www.highlandwildlifepark.org
; adult/child £14/10;
10am-5pm Apr-Oct, to 6pm Jul & Aug, to 4pm Nov-Mar)
near Kincraig, 6 miles southwest of
Aviemore, features a drive-through safari park and animal enclosures offering the chance
to view rarely seen native wildlife, such as wildcats, capercaillies, pine martens, white-
tailed sea eagles and red squirrels, as well as species that once roamed the Scottish hills
but have long since disappeared, including wolf, lynx, wild boar, beaver and European
bison. Visitors without cars get driven around by staff (at no extra cost). Last entry is two
hours before closing.
At Kincraig the Spey widens into Loch Insh, home of the
Loch Insh Watersports
ing, windsurfing, sailing, bike hire and fishing, as well as B&B accommodation. The food
here is good, especially after 6.30pm when the lochside cafe metamorphoses into a cosy
restaurant.
Boat of Garten
Boat of Garten is known as the Osprey Village because these rare and beautiful birds of
prey nest nearby at the
RSPB Loch Garten Osprey Centre
( 01479-831694;
www.rspb.org.uk/lochgarten
;
Tulloch; adult/child £4/2.50; 10am-6pm Apr-Aug)
. The ospreys mi-
grate here each spring from Africa and nest in a tall pine tree - you can watch from a hide
as the birds feed their young. The centre is signposted about 2 miles east of the village.
Boat of Garten is 6 miles northeast of Aviemore. The most interesting way to get here is
on the Strathspey Steam Railway (
Click here
)
.
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