Large drive-through reserve run by the Royal Zoological Society with wandering herds of deer, bison and pens of other animals. Some in habitats, but also cages. Cute, vicious little wildcats and other northern creatures including snow leopards and four polar bears.
Does feel much more natural than a zoo in this swathe of the Highlands. Must be time to bring back bears, let the wolves go free and liven up the caravan parks.
Details Adult £20.40, child £15.30, under threes free); highlandwildlifepark.org.uk
After a £50-million refit and further external works, the NMS is one of the UK’s most successful and visited attractions. The restored-to-former-Victorian grandeur atrium, thousands of objects in state-of-the-art displays and interactivity, and integration with the adjacent Museum of Scotland (opened in 1999),
