Loch an Eilein, the Strathspey Railway and the Highland Wildlife Park
Highlands, Scotland
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Loch an Eilein, the Strathspey Railway and the Highland Wildlife Park
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Five kilometres south of Aviemore, a trail of about 5km goes round Loch an Eilein, whose island castle is linked with Alexander Stewart, the Wolf of Badenoch; Dame Grizel Mor Grant held it against retreating Jacobites in 1690. Crested tits live in the pines around it, in a national park holding more than half of Scotland's surviving Caledonian forest. From Aviemore the Strathspey Railway runs preserved trains, and the Highland Wildlife Park is at Kincraig.
Required Activities
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of 4
Walk the 5km trail around Loch an Eilein, 5km south of Aviemore, to the 14th-century island castle linked with Alexander Stewart, the Wolf of Badenoch, which Dame Grizel Mor Grant defended against retreating Jacobites in 1690
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of 4
Ride the preserved Strathspey Railway from Aviemore
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of 4
Visit the Highland Wildlife Park near Kincraig
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of 4
Look for crested tits and red-throated divers around the loch, in a national park that holds more than half of Scotland's surviving Caledonian forest
Walk the 5km trail around Loch an Eilein, 5km south of Aviemore, to the 14th-century island castle linked with Alexander Stewart, the Wolf of Badenoch, which Dame Grizel Mor Grant defended against retreating Jacobites in 1690
Ride the preserved Strathspey Railway from Aviemore
Visit the Highland Wildlife Park near Kincraig
Look for crested tits and red-throated divers around the loch, in a national park that holds more than half of Scotland's surviving Caledonian forest
Before you go
The Strathspey Railway runs from March to early November, with Santa trains in December.
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