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Day 4 of 8 · Kingussie · The Balanced Cairngorms Explorer

Day 4 — Kingussie & Highland Folk Museum

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An active day at your base in Kingussie, with no driving.

Kingussie & Highland Folk Museum
The Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore © photographed on 16 April 2016 by John Lord — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 2 · Kingussie · United Kingdom

We sleep at Ard-na-Coille, 200 m away

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days 2 and 4 3 nights 1 h 02 on the road72 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 20. Based on: park; summit reached from the stage (Creag Bheag).

programme
9 h 30
  • Birdwatching hike in the Insh Marshes Nature Reserve

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    4 h
  • Strolling through the quiet village of KingussieInterest nature 10

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    2 h
  • Hiking up to Creag Bheag for panoramic valley viewsInterest nature 20Place Creag Bheag, 2.9 km away · exact place name★☆☆☆☆ · known in 2 languages — article “Creag Bheag”

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    3 h 30

To add if time allows: Traditional Scottish dinner in Kingussie (2 h 30) · Walking to the historic Ruthven Barracks ruins (2 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Traditional Scottish dinner in Kingussie

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