HIGHLAND ADVENTURE
Geebs and Elaine headed north visiting Perth on route to the highland town of
Kingussie .
Travelled 302miles
Stayed in Scotshouse hotel http://www.scothouse.com/
Stay in hotel plus 3 course dinner £99 total bill for two
At the very heart of the Scottish Highlands, amid the magnificent scenery of the Cairngorm mountains, lies a hidden gem - the Scot House Hotel and Restaurant in the delightfully unspoiled, picturesque village of Kingussie, capital of Badenoch & Strathspey. A little delight, a charming, rather romantic, family run small hotel offering a very personal guest experience.
Kingussie is a small town in the Highland region of Scotland. It is one settlement in the Highland Council ward of Badenoch and Strathspey, and is the capital of the district of Badenoch. It lies adjacent to the A9 road, although the old route of the A9 serves as the town's main street. Kingussie is 42 miles south of Inverness, 12 miles south of Aviemore, and 3 miles north of Newtonmore, which is its greatest rival in the game of shinty.
Geebs and Elaine enjoying their meal which was part of the deal with their hotel. The highlight of their highland weekend was their visit to the wild life park near Kingussie.
HIGHLAND WILDLIFE PARK
http://www.highlandwildlifepark.org/
Kincraig, Kingussie
Inverness-shire
PH21 1NL
Scotland, UK
The Highland Wildlife Park was opened in 1972 and has been run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland since 1986. The park is open every day of the year, weather permitting.
In 1980 the park was made famous by obtaining "Felicity the Puma", a Puma that was reputedly captured nearby by a farmer. The Puma lived out her days in the park and is now on show stuffed in the Inverness museum. In the past the park has also been the home to several examples of the famous "Kellas cat".
Visitors experience Scottish wildlife past and present in the spectacular setting of the Scottish Highlands. On show are a variety of animals found in present day Scotland, animals that were once present, hundreds, even thousands of years ago, and mountainous regions all over the globe. Visitors drive around the Main Reserve in their cars and then move on to a walk-round area.
The enclosure home to a pack of Grey Wolf won the ZooLex award in 2003 for having a leading design for their wolf territory, which offers extensive areas for them to inhabit and views of the Cairngorms where wild wolves would have roamed until as recently as the 1700s. This enclosure now houses Mercedes, Britain's only Polar Bear on public display, and the remaining wolves have been moved to a new enclosure built adjacent to it.
