Activities
There are many activities available both locally and a little further afield.
We have listed a few ideas below, also, please take a look at our links page where you fill find some useful links to several activity options.
Skiing:
Kingussie's location makes a day trip to several different skiing areas possible. Closest is the famous Cairngorm area and further east is the popular Lecht resort. To the west the Aonach Mor area, which boasts Scotland's only gondola lift. Both Cairngorm and Aonach Mor run lifts during the summer months, so you can climb the hills without the aches and pains the next morning!
Walking and climbing:
The area is criss-
Fishing:
Kingussie is situated right by the Spey, a river world famous for its beauty and its salmon fishing.
Bird Watching:
A short drive from Kingussie you will find the RSPB Insh Marshes Reserve and the Loch Garten Osprey Reserve where many osprey chicks have been reared in recent years.
Golf:
There are 18 hole golf courses at Kingussie, Newtonmore, Boat of Garten and Grantown-
Other activities:
If that's not enough to keep you busy, the list goes on.... Pony trekking and mountain biking can be arranged locally and offer an alternative way to see our beautiful countryside. For the whisky enthusiast the Speyside Malt Whisky Trail is the ideal way to spend the day, and for those wishing to learn something of the areas eventful history or trace their ancestry, there are many heritage centres and museums in the area.
Built in the early 18th century by the Hanoverian government as a garrison for soldiers to quell the rebellious Jacobites, the impressive Ruthven Barracks are the best preserved of the four garrisons built at this time and serve as a reminder of the Highlands troubled past. The site is a short distance to the south of Kingussie.
Spey Street Kingussie Inverness-
