Zoos and Wildlife Parks near Caithness on DAYoutWITHtheKIDS.co.uk

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Zoos and Wildlife Parks near to Caithness

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The Castle of Mey and Animal Centre (12 miles)

Caithness

The Castle of Mey and Animal Centre The animal centre is enjoyed by children and adults alike. Visitors can have hands-on, supervised contact with some of the animals, including numerous colourful and eye-catching birds, unusual sheep breeds, donkeys, alpine goats, pigs, lambs and an incubator with baby chicks.

Ecoventures (65 miles)

Cromarty

Ecoventures The ultimate wildlife watching adventure at the heart of the Moray Firth. Located at the heart of the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation, EcoVentures offers you a truly exhilarating and memorable boat trip experience.

Highland and Rare Breeds Farm (65 miles)

Sutherland

Highland and Rare Breeds Farm This educational farm offers you an opportunity to experience traditional farm animals close at hand and aims to give you an understanding of their place in ancient and modern day husbandry. Meet Hebridean ewes, Soay lambs and other Northern sheep, admire Highland cows, Musvcovy ducks and Scot's Dumpy Hens.

Macduff Marine Aquarium (74 miles)

Macduff

Macduff Marine Aquarium features marine life from the Moray Firth in a variety of exciting and innovative exhibits. Visitors come face to face with hundreds of native fish and invertebrates normally only seen by SCUBA divers who brave the chilly waters of the North Sea.

Wick Heritage Museum (19 miles)

Wick

Wick Heritage Museum The Wick Museum is a large multi-award winning centre that invites you to discover this rich heritage and to be actively involved in preserving, developing and presenting the enthralling story of Wick, and generations of its people.

Timespan (32 miles)

Sutherland

Timespan Award winning museum, currently closed, until september, for refurbishment.

Tain Through Time (56 miles)

Tain

Tain Through Time Award winning museum, documenting Tain's near 1000 year history

Moray Motor Museum (65 miles)

Elgin

Moray Motor Museum A must-see museum for all car fans young and old!

Fochabers Folk Museum (69 miles)

Fochabers

Fochabers Folk Museum A great historical museum with plenty to see and do and lots of hands-on experience to keep the kids amused.

Invergordon Leisure Centre (65 miles)

Invergordon

Invergordon Leisure Centre A great 20m pool complete with flume and water features.

Rainbow Castle Indoor Play Centre (65 miles)

Elgin

Rainbow Castle Indoor Play Centre is a three storey play structure with slides, rope bridges, ball pits - a great idea for children's birthday parties. One of the many fun family places to go if you're looking for the best things to do with kids in the Highlands of Scotland

Little Monkeys Soft Play Centre (66 miles)

Alness

Little Monkeys Soft Play Centre Purpose built indoor soft play centre on 2 levels

Bumbles Indoor Play Centre (69 miles)

Forres

Bumbles Indoor Play Centre Soft Play Areas consisting of ball pits, slides, climbing frames, Outdoor Bouncy Castle, Small Race Track, Basketball and Volleyball area

Junior Jim (74 miles)

Banff

Junior Jim Physical activity for pre schoolers only, limited opening but great atmosphere and innovative programme, good equipment. Council run.

Harleys (74 miles)

MacDuff

Harleys Offers softplay with toddler areas, ten pin bowling from shoe size child's 8 and a child friendly restaurant with Little Friends menu.

Skara Brae Prehistoric Village (33 miles)

Orkney Islands

Skara Brae Prehistoric Village Best preserved groups of prehistoric houses in Western Europe. An informative visitor centre provides touch-screen presentations, fact-finding quizzes for children and adults, and an opportunity to see artefacts discovered during archaeological excavations in the 1970s

Brora Heritage Centre (40 miles)

Sutherland

Brora Heritage Centre Child oriented local history site with hands on learning panels and friendly staff to guide you round. Hand painted illustrated local maps and local archaeological artefacts.

Smoo Cave (42 miles)

Sutherland

Smoo Cave This spectacular limestone sea-cave is the largest in Britain. It was formed by a burn that runs down into the rear chamber, as well as sea erosion. A stepped path leads down and there is a walkway through the cave to the viewing platform at the underground waterfall.

Brodie Castle (68 miles)

Forres

Brodie Castle Set in peaceful parkland, this fine 16th-century tower house is packed with enough art and antiques to keep connoisseurs happy all day. Children’s quiz and adventure play fort (suitable for children aged 5 years and over)

Cawdor Castle (74 miles)

Nairn

Cawdor Castle As well as the Shakesperian Macbeth castle there are also three gardens, the Cawdor Big Wood, and a 9-hole 3 par golf course

Outfit Moray (60 miles)

Lossiemouth

Outfit Moray Outdoor activity sessions for 9-15 year olds during the Easter, Summer and October school holidays at subsidised rates. Family days out and skills courses for adults also run throughout the year.

The Moray Leisure Centre (65 miles)

Elgin

The Moray Leisure Centre has excellent swimming facilities for both the serious and the fun swimmer. Also a Health & Wellness Suite, Ice Rink, a Relaxation Suite with sauna, steam room and spa. Creche facilities, soft play centre, and cafe. If you are looking for family days out in Scotland this would be a great idea.

Dingwall Leisure Centre (75 miles)

Dingwall

Dingwall Leisure Centre Dingwall Leisure Centre offers first-class swimming facilities and a wide choice of sessions, tailor made to suit most requirements. Whether it's fun with the family, lane swimming or relaxation you'll find exactly what you're looking for right here.

Bowl 2000 and Lunar Land (65 miles)

Moray

Bowl 2000 and Lunar Land The Ultimate Family Fun Centre - they have something for everyone! As well as classic tenpin bowling they offer Lunar Land indoor play area, plus Pool Tables, Air Hockey, and high quality Arcade Games.

Statesman Cruises from Old Ferry Pier (58 miles)

Sutherland

Statesman Cruises from Old Ferry Pier An enchanting boat trip to an island filled with sea birds. For a full trip best done with other local attractions.

Falls of Shin Visitor Centre (52 miles)

Sutherland

Falls of Shin Visitor Centre A day out at the Falls of Shin Visitor Centre is a truly wonderful experience for all the family. Open all year round, and only an hour's drive north from Inverness, amongst spectacular Highland Scenery, it's worth the journey. Dramatic waterfalls and the famous, natural Atlantic Salmon Leap can take your breath away.

Inchnadamph Caves (68 miles)

Inchnadamph

Inchnadamph Caves Also known as The Bone Caves, these represent a rich slice of archeological highland history. As fascinating as they are, we would recommend for a full day out that this trip be undertaken in conjunction with other nearby attractions.

Logie Estate (73 miles)

Moray

Logie Estate Our Logie Steading Visitor Centre offers a warm welcome with Arts and Crafts, Shopping, Walled Gardens, River Walks, an Adventure Playground and home-made lunches and refreshments in our Café.

Thurso Beach (2 miles)

Thurso

Thurso Beach Great for fossil hunting and exploring, but not really for young kids as the foreshore can be very slippery and the whole thing is quite rocky and easy to stumble on. Good surfing.

Strathy Bay (16 miles)

Sutherland

Strathy Bay Remote and rugged, this is a sandy beach for exploring, photgraphing, with it's iconic rocky stacks carved out by bad weather. Kayaking, surfing and sea tours can all be arranged locally.

Brora Beach (41 miles)

Sutherland

Brora Beach Sandy beach whose special appeal besides the fossils is the regular appearance of dolphins, minke whales, and grey and common seals off the coastline.

Sango Bay (43 miles)

Durness

Sango Bay Sandy beach with unusual rocky outcrops, safe for swimming and surfing but no lifeguard cover. Fascinating cavern on one end with an underground waterfall observable by safe viewing platform.

Sandwood Bay (45 miles)

Tongue

Sandwood Bay No swimming recommended, and a four mile walk to get there from the car park: this isn't for tourists so much as explorers, who will be rewarded with a stunning coastal wilderness perfect for photography.

Dornoch Beach (51 miles)

Dornoch

Dornoch Beach Beautiful expanse of golden sand - The beach extends around the point to the south and all the way to the village of Embo in the north. Dornoch itself is a fascinating and historic town with a range of facilities and its famous cathedral.

Avoch Dolphin Trips (74 miles)

Avoch

Avoch Dolphin Trips Daily sailings from picturesque Avoch Harbour on the hour, every hour - Easter to October or as demand, weather and tide allow. You may encounter osprey, red kites, seals, porpoises, bottlenose dolphins and many other wildlife species including otters, along with the odd historical landmark for good measure.

Thanks for all the great things to do and Zoos and Wildlife Parks near Caithness with kids you keep sending in.
Now the school half term is upon us are with winter and the christmas holidays fast approaching, we're trying to find as many fun things to do with kids as possible, especially cheap and free family friendly places to visit this year - theme parks, waterparks and swimming pools, museums, indoor playcentres and softplay for toddlers, petting farms, wildlife parks and zoos, aquariums, castles, steam railways, pottery making and ceramic cafes, roller and ice skating rinks, karting tracks, snowdomes, dry and indoor ski slopes, climbing walls, activity centres, ten pin bowling alleys and all the other best family tourist attractions, that you can visit at the weekend.

Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for the best places to take their classes on school journeys with many historical and educational atractions listed

So, if you've been for great days out with the kids, or a school trip, which isn't shown above, just send in an email and we'll add it on so people visiting on holidays and all the other children in Highlands can enjoy the great day out as well.