Highland Wildlife Park (Inverness)

On a recent weekend stay in Aviemore we decided to visit the Highland Wildlife Park. The park has actually been in the news over the past couple of weeks as it has just received a new resident. Mercedes, the polar bear, has just arrived from Edinburgh Zoo, where it is hoped she will really benefit from her new environment, a huge enclosure of approximately 4 acres, which in the winter months will provide her with natural snow. Of course, unfortunately, we visited the week before she arrived so missed out on seeing this magnificent creature. However, there were still plenty other spectacular animals to see. The park itself is situated 7 miles south of ...  Read the complete review

The Highland Wildlife Park is a safari park and zoo in the Cairngorm National Park in the highlands of Scotland. The zoo was opened in 1972 with the aim of showing visitors the amazing wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. This includes animals that currently live there (but can be rare, shy, or both), as well as animals that humans have hunted to extinction in Scotland. Recently, the remit of the park has been expanded to include species from mountainous regions across the planet. This has allowed the park to expand and include more spectacular animals. The park is not cheap to visit, with an adult ticket at £10.50, and a children's ticket ...  Read the complete review