Highland Wildlife Park, Cairngorms National Park

Name: Highland Wildlife Park
Address: Cairngorms National Park, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Cairngorms National Park

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Highland Wildlife Park, Cairngorms National Park

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The Highland Wildlife Park is a 105-hectare safari park and zoo near Kingussie, Highland, Scotland. The park is located within the Cairngorms National Park. The park is run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. ()

Alternative names: Opened: 1972 (52 years ago)Area: 0.41 mi²Visitors per year: 142 thous.Animals: 300Coordinates: 57°6'35"N, 3°58'30"W

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Cairngorms National Park United Kingdom

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Highland Wildlife Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Highland Folk Museum, Ruthven Barracks, Loch Insh, Invereshie and Inshriach National Nature Reserve.

5.6 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie
144 min walk • The Highland Folk Museum is a museum and open-air visitor attraction in Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom. It is owned by Highland Council and administered by High Life Highland. It was founded in 1935 by Dr Isabel Frances Grant.
3.5 miSW
Ruins, View point, Forts and castles
Ruthven Barracks, Kingussie
91 min walk • Ruthven Barracks, near Ruthven in Badenoch, Scotland, are the best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 after the 1715 Jacobite rising.
2.2 miE
Lake
Loch Insh, Cairngorms National Park
58 min walk • Loch Insh is a loch in Highlands region, Scotland. It is situated in the heart of Badenoch and Strathspey, seven miles south of Aviemore and seven miles north of Kingussie. The nearest village to the loch is Kincraig. The loch is a location for sailing, windsurfing and kayaking/canoeing.
4.7 miE
Protected area
Invereshie and Inshriach National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park
120 min walk • Invereshie and Inshriach is a national nature reserve on the western flank of the Cairngorms in the Highland council area of Scotland.
7.2 miNE
Protected area
Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park
185 min walk • Craigellachie is a hill lying to the west of the village of Aviemore in Strathspey, in the central Highlands of Scotland. Craigellachie was declared a national nature reserve in 1961, and is managed by NatureScot through a lease from Reidhaven Estate.
3.2 miSW
Museum
Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie
82 min walk • The Highland Folk Museum is a museum and open-air visitor attraction in Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom. It is owned by Highland Council and administered by High Life Highland. It was founded in 1935 by Dr Isabel Frances Grant.
2.8 miS
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Speyside Distillery, Kingussie
71 min walk • The Speyside distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery near the hamlet of Drumguish in the Speyside region of Scotland, close to the village of Kingussie.
7.8 miNE
Neighbourhood
Badenoch, Aviemore
198 min walk • Badenoch is a traditional district which today forms part of Badenoch and Strathspey, an area of Highland Council, in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath Mountains, on the east by the Cairngorms and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampians, and on the west by Lochaber. The capital of Badenoch is Kingussie.
3.9 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
The Dell, Kingussie
99 min walk • The Dell is a shinty stadium in the town of Kingussie, Scotland. It is the home of Kingussie Camanachd and has been a shinty venue for almost 150 years.