Visit the Scottish Highlands

The highest mountain in the British Isles, 1,345 m above Fort William.

The second-highest hill in Britain, on the Cairngorm plateau — and home of the Big Grey Man legend.

Visit Glencoe, a historic and dramatic valley in the Scottish Highlands. See the Three Sisters of Glencoe (three steep ridges formed by ancient volcanic activity), explore the Glencoe Visitor Centre (with exhibits on geology, wildlife, and the 1692 Massacre of Glencoe), hike the Lost Valley trail (a hidden glacial valley where Clan MacDonald hid cattle), and drive through the scenic A82 road with views of Buachaille Etive Mor mountain.

Curved 21-arch railway viaduct made world-famous by the Jacobite steam train.

Deep Highland loch with a ruined castle shore and a famous resident legend.

Island castle at the meeting of three sea lochs — Scotland’s most photographed.

Cool hill station of tea plantations, strawberry farms and mossy-forest walks.

Jagged peaks and gelada baboons.