Adventure activity breaks in the heart of the Scottish highlands

For the more adventurous in spirit, great challenges and more hard knuckle activities await you all around from exciting watersports and canoeing - to challenging hikes and climbs. Enjoy great 4 x 4 driving, clay pigeon shooting or Mini Highland Games at Rothiemurchus Estate. Learn to play the bagpipes.

For the whitewater kayaker there is some of the finest water in Scotland - rivers such as the Findhorn, and numerous tributaries of the Spey, offer sections of whitewater up to Grade 5, Badenoch and Strathspey can provide an excellent base from which to explore further afield to rivers such as the Roy, Spean, Coe, Blackwater and many more.

Recommended adventure activity centres in Cairngorms National Park include:-

Ace Adventure

Active Outdoor Pursuits

Loch Insh Watersports

Mountain Innovations

Rothiemurchus

Beallich

Loch Morlich Watersports

Full On Adventure

G2 Outdoor

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