We booked ourselves in to an AirBnB in Aviemore for 3 nights, the main purpose being to visit the Highland Wildlife Park. Now normally we avoid 'Zoos' but after watching a series about this and Edinburgh Zoo we were very impressed with the conservation work carried out especially at HWP and the very large amount of space given to all the animals. We timed our visit so that we had a chance of seeing the three Amur Tiger Cubs, we kept on eye on the HWP website to be sure that they were old enough to venture outside with their mother.
However the day we chose was the same day that the mother was re-introduced to her partner and things did not go well, shall we say he was a bit over eager and she retreated with the cubs back into the 'den' which isn't accessible to the public. That's wildlife for you!!
Having said that we still had a great day out. Before this my favourite big cat has always been the Cheetah, I can't explain why, just something about it that I find compelling. But there was a cat at the HWP that trumped the Cheetah:
The Snow Leopard, what a magnificent animal, it just took our breath away.
So here are a few other photos from our day out:
Turkmenian Makhor
The following day was a general ride around to some of our wildlife hot spots, but I'll leave that to part 2.
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