Useful Links

Tourism

• Scottish Tourist Board
• Find out more about the Cairngorms National Park
• Visit nethybridge.com for information about Nethy Bridge and local events.
• For more activities in the surrounding area visit Cairngorms-Park.com or e-selfcatering.com or lovetoescape.com
• Explore the capital of Strathspey Grantown-on-Spey

• Sample a Clootie Dumpling at the Speyside Heather Centre and take home a piece of lucky Scottish heather!

• Contact Moray Tours to organise a memorable trip for your group

• Visit Royal Deeside, home to Balmoral Castle.

Wildlife and Scenery

• Visit the RSPB reserve at Loch Garten and see the ospreys as featured on BBC Springwatch.
• Plan a scenic walk in the Highlands.
• Enjoy marvellous walks and bike rides along the Speyside Way
• See the dolphins on the Moray Firth!
• Have a great family day out at the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie.

Railways

• Enjoy a ride on the Strathspey Steam Railway through Monarch of the Glen country!
• Take the funicular railway to the top of CairnGorm (or walk to the summit if you are feeling more energetic) and experience the most fantastic views of the Cairngorms and Strathspey.

Skiing

• Nethy Bridge offers good access for skiing on CairnGorm or The Lecht.

• To book your ski pass, ski lessons or ski hire, check out Aviemore Ski & Snowboard Hire.

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Golf 

• Enjoy golf in the most beautiful surroundings
• Abernethy Golf Club. There is a 9 hole course in Nethy Bridge
• Grantown-on-Spey golf course
• Carrbridge golf course
• Boat of Garten golf course
• Newtonmore golf course
• Kingussie golf course
• Or try the new championship Spey Valley course in Aviemore

Whisky 

• Visit some distilleries on the world famous Malt Whisky trail 
•  Discover more about the fantastic distilleries in Speyside

Fishing

• The River Spey has some of the best salmon fishing in the world
• Rothiemurchus fishing offers fishing for all levels of experience from stocked rainbow trout lochs for novices and children to salmon and sea trout fishing on the River Spey or boat fishing for brown trout and pike. 

Inverness and Loch Ness

• Visit Loch Ness and go hunting for the legendary monster!
• Take a cruise on Loch Ness with Jacobite Cruises
• Explore the history of Culloden
• Visit the historic Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness. Once one of the largest strongholds of medieval Scotland and still impressive.

Outdoor activities 

• Landmark Forest Adventure Park at Carrbridge
• Water sports at Loch Insh, Loch Morlich or Rothiemurchus
• Visit Craggan Outdoors for a range of outdoor activities
• White water rafting is also available. Ranging from mild on the River Spey to wild on the River Findhorn, said to be the best in the UK!
• Highland Activities offers quad biking and canyoning for adrenalin junkies!
• Mountain biking (bike hire available at Bothy Bikes)
• Try your hand at clay pigeon shooting or archery at Rothiemurchus.

Highland Games

• Enjoy the tradition of the Highland Games.
• The Abernethy Highland Games will be held on Saturday August 11th 2012 and features the international gathering of the Clan Grant. The games are held on the playing fields directly opposite Aspen Lodge!
• The Grantown Highland Games will be held on Sunday August 26th 2012.

Know the Code before you go is the slogan for the Scottish outdoor access code and sets out what you can and can't do when you are exploring our beautiful countryside.