Experiences
Things to do and places to visit in the Scottish highlands
Bask in the Highlands' glory and experience some of the most beautiful scenery and wildlife that this stunning part of Scotland has to offer.
Explore our recommendations for places to visit and things to do across the Scottish Highlands, all within a couple of hours drive from Kincraig Castle.
Explore Our Recommendations
The Dufftown Whisky Museum
The Dufftown Whisky Museum provides a unique opportunity to discover the secrets of whisky-making in days gone by.
Glen Ord Distillery
Glen Ord Distillery is a whiskey distillery in the Scottish Highlands and is the only remaining single malt scotch whiskey distillery on the Black Isle.
Glenmorangie Distillery
Glenmorangie Distillery is located in Tain, Ross-shire and produces a single malt Scotch whisky range, which is world-renowned.
Clynelish Distillery
Clynelish Distillery is located near Brora, Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland. The distillery was built in 1968, adjacent to the original Clynelish distillery, which was closed.
Balblair Distillery
The film ‘The Angels Share’ was filmed here. This distillery first rolled out barrels in 1790. The distillery was rebuilt in 1895 by the designer Charles C Doig.
Clava Cairns
Clava Cairns are a well-preserved Bronze Age cemetery complex of passage graves, ring cairns, kerb cairns and standing stones in a beautiful setting.
Fairy Glen, Rosemarkie
An easy walk up a delightful wooded glen, with two attractive waterfalls.
Clootie Wells
Clootie wells like the one here at Munlochy are found in Celtic places like Cornwall and Ireland and are linked to ancient healing traditions.
Bone Caves Circuit, near Inchnadamph
This beautiful and popular walk leads up a limestone valley to visit the dramatic Bone Caves.
Golspie Beach
Golspie beach is a long sandy beach with a mixture of sand and shingle. This award-winning beach offers safe bathing and several scenic walks with panoramic views across the Moray Firth.
Brora Beach
This wild, unspoiled beach, running alongside the local golf course is a hidden gem. It offers spectacular views over the North Sea and the Moray Firth.
Nairn Beach
Nairn Beach is backed by low sand dunes and a promenade with an open, grassy links area.
Achmelvich Beach
Achmelvich Beach lies 3 miles northwest of Lochinver and 40 miles north of Ullapool, in the northwest of Scotland, accessed by single track road.
Dornoch beach
Dornoch beach is a beautiful expanse of golden sand located on the tranquil Dornoch Firth.
Mermaid of the North
The Stunning 11ft tall Mermaid of the North sits on her rock on the shore of the Seaboard Village of Balintore.
Cnoc Fyrish Monument
All walkers will be keen to visit this prominent, rather strange monument atop the hills near Alness.
RSPB Tollie Red Kites Natural Reserve
With stunning views across Easter Ross to Ben Wyvis, Tollie Red Kites provides close-up views of our most graceful bird of prey.
RSPB, Nigg Bay
Nigg Bay reserve is at it's most spectacular from October as the numbers of pink-footed geese and wintering ducks build as they arrive to spend the winter in the shelter of the Cromarty Firth.
Ben Wyvis National Nature Reserve
The mountain Ben Wyvis is a local personality. Its flat ridge dominates the Easter Ross landscape.