Aviemore

wanttobeasaver

HI,

Just asking if any of you nice scottish folk could tell me about things to see & do in & around aviemore dh &I are going in Jan for 3 days we would like to do canoeing ,horse riding, quading, clay pigeon shooting, skiing that sort of thing.............any ideas of who to book through also where could we go & what could we see????????....................

Thanks in advance:beer:

scbk

There's Loch Morlich about 5-10miles away where you can do watersports, including equipment hire http://www.lochmorlich.com/

Clay shooting - they do this at rothiemurcus http://www.rothiemurchus.net/

Quad biking - dunno the nearest but bogbain farm is about 30miles up the A9, they do it. They also do clay shooting/archery but not every day http://www.bogbainfarm.com/

EDIT - There's the badaguish activity place aswell http://www.badaguish.org/

grunnie

We visited the Highland Wildlife Park in January this year. Snow on the ground then and it was amazing. The wolves all appeared - thought I was going to feed them :rotfl: The park also had Snow Monkeys which had be relocated from Edinburgh Zoo as it was too warm for them there. I recommend the Hilton Hotel at Coylumbridge which is just outside Aviemore. I love it there.

wanttobeasaver

Ta soo much for your replies Ive even email a few of the places mentioned .......ta!!:beer: :beer: Owe ye a wee dram.........

competitionscafe

I think Loch Morlich watersports place is closed in January?

Try this site for some ideas: http://adventure.visitscotland.com/

And for skiing: http://www.cairngormmountain.org.uk/ (snow not guaranteed - even in January)

Nile

Hello wanttobeasaver

I'm a regular visitor to Aviemore. The highlands of Scotland is a wonderful area to visit and if you like to watch wildlife, Aviemore is an excellent base with lots of fabulous wildlife close by.;)

Have a look at this thread:

Planning a hol in Scotland and like wildlife?

Enjoy your holiday.

Regards

Nile

somewhere_sunlight

Come to Moray and get on the Malt Whisky Trail :beer:

ellerman

My children like to go to the climbing wall centre in the industrial estate near the Dalfaber Golf course. There is also a lady in Carrbridge where you can visit her studio and she will show you how to throw a pot, and glaze it for around £12 per person. It was a lovely couple of hours with her, contact details were in the small A5 tourist leaflet/pamphlet that is available. Swimming at the MacDonaold Hotel, cycling/ walking around the Rothiemurchus estate.

Day trips to Inverness by train and maybe a longer trip up to Mairn or Findhorn.

vikingaero

If you have a car then Inverness, Elgin and Nairn aren't too far away.

One place I like is Lochindorb. There's nothing there apart from the loch, a castle, and the wildlife. Sometimes it can be eerily quiet and peaceful.

bargainz

Oh you'll love Aviemore at that time of year, pity it wasn't couple weeks later in January you would have saw snow dog rally, really is fab, reccommend a nice coffee and cake at Cafe Mambo such a nice place to sit and relax, have a great one :beer:

lynseyf

see this thread for info on skiing
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1140729
January may be a bit early for enough snow to ski but you may be lucky, there was loads last year