Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.lochmorlich.com
;
9am-5pm May-Oct)
This popular outfit rents out Canadian ca-
noes (£19 an hour), kayaks (£7.50), sailboards (£16.50), sailing dinghies (£23) and rowing
boats (£19), and also offers instruction.
Sleeping
Cairngorm Lodge SYHA£
(
01479-861238; dm £18; closed Nov & Dec; )
Set in a former shooting lodge
that enjoys a great location at the east end of Loch Morlich; prebooking is essential.
HOSTEL
Glenmore Caravan & Camping Site£
(
01479-861271;
www.campingintheforest.co.uk
; tent & campervan sites £23; year-
round)
Campers can set up base at this attractive lochside site with pitches amid the Scots
pines; rates include up to four people per tent/campervan.
CAMPSITE
Getting There & Away
Bus 34 links Aviemore with Glenmore.
KINCRAIG & GLEN FESHIE
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 wolves, lynx, wild
boars, beavers and European bison. Visitors without cars get driven around by staff (at no
extra cost). Last entry is two hours before closing. Stagecoach bus 32 runs from Aviemore
to Kincraig (10 minutes, five daily Monday to Saturday).
At Kincraig the Spey widens into Loch Insh, home of the
Loch Insh Watersports
Centre
(
01540-651272;
www.lochinsh.com
;
Kincraig; 8.30am-5.30pm)
, which of-
fers canoeing, 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 in-
to a cosy restaurant.
Beautiful, tranquil
Glen Feshie
extends south from Kincraig, deep into the Cairngorms,
with Scots pine woods in its upper reaches surrounded by big, heathery hills. The 4WD
track to the head of the glen makes a great mountain-bike excursion (25-mile round trip).
