Things to Do

There are loads of different and interesting things to do here in the Highlands of Scotland and we’ve put a few on this page. 

The main picture and the three just below show the road to Applecross on the west coast, for when you fancy a day out. The scenery is spectacular, and a great pub awaits you there.

Scottish road leading to Applecross, with passing place sign and mountains in the background
Road to Applecross (pxhere)
Photograph of the warning sign about the road to Applecross
Applecross Sign (Alan Talbot)
View of the winding Applecross road leading down through the steep hills to the sea
Road to Applecross (Flickr)

Activities

Golf courses – Golf Highland is the website to go to

Paint balling, and more – Wildwoodz on the Black Isle

Air tours – Highland Aviation at Inverness airport

Ten pin bowling – Inverness Rollerbowl

Indoor kart racing – Inverness Kart Raceway

Watersports – Loch Morlich – forests & beaches

Outward bound – Loch Eil near Fort William

Horse riding – just north of Tain – Hollingwells

Out for the Day

A man with kilt tossing the caber at the Highland Games
Tossing the Caber (Flickr)

The Highland GamesScotland welcomes you!

Scotland’s only funicular railway, in Aviemore

Steam trainBoat of Garten to Aviemore

Go on a ferryCromarty to Nigg during the summer

Visit a beach – either closeby or a daytrip – top 10

Speyside’s Malt whiskey trail – map at Visit Scotland

Photograph of a sign for the Malt Whisky trail in Speyside
Whiskey Trail Sign

Visit Towns & Villages

See the Wildlife

Photograph of an osprey on the wing at Loch Garten
Osprey at Loch Garten (Flickr)
A Dolphin leaping out of the sea at Chanonry Point, Rosemarkie; with Fort George in the background
Dolphins at Chanonry Point (Flickr)
A reindeer on the hills in the Cairngorms
Reindeer in the Cairngorms (Walter Baxter)
Photo of a salmon leaping up a waterfall at Falls of Shin
Salmon Leaping at Falls of Shin (pixabay)
Photograph of a Highland Cow on a hill with the Cromarty Firth in the background
Heilan Coo (Flickr)
Picture of a puffin's head, to show puffins at Dunnet Head
Puffins at Dunnet Head (pixabay)
A model of the Loch Ness monster at Drumnadrochit
Nessie at Loch Ness (wikimedia)