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Nationaal park Cairngorms (Cairngorms National Park)

Het Nationaal park Cairngorms (Engels: Cairngorms National Park/ Schots-Gaelisch: Pàirc Nàiseanta a' Mhonaidh Ruaidh, de Rode Bergen) is een nationaal park in Schotland. Het ligt in de Schotse hooglanden, tussen Inverness, Aberdeen en Perth. Het park is 4528 km² groot. In dit gebied ontspringen de rivieren Dee, Spey en Avon. De kern van het gebied wordt gevormd door een massief met daarin de hogere toppen van de hooglanden, er is een aantal pasovergangen. Het gebied ontleent zijn naam aan de berg Cairn Gorm (Schots-Gaelisch: An Càrn Gorm, dat Blauwe of Groene Berg betekent). Grote delen van het gebied liggen boven de boomgrens.
De hoogste berg in het gebied 'de Cairngorms' is Ben Macdui, met een top op 1.309 m. Door het aaneengesloten karakter van de bergen en relatief hoge dalen, het lange dal Lairig Ghru ligt op 835 m, heerst er een bergklimaat. Het gebergte de Cairngorms vormt de kern van het gelijknamige natuurgebied, het grootste aaneengesloten natuurgebied van Groot-Brittannië.
In de rivieren komt onder andere de zalm voor.

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Comments

  • Love being in the hills. Always great views and excellent days out. Walks for every ability.

    2 weeks ago
  • Early June; swimming in a lake on a sandy beach with snowy peaks just a few miles behind, cycling along some great mountain tracks with very diverse scenery. If you venture deep into the park it is possible to find some epic wildcamping spots along the river but make sure you leave no trace behind and keep this place pristine.

    2 months ago
  • Had a fabulous day out with grandkids they loved it. We saw all the animals up close it was amazing. Very clean, plenty of toilets. Food was available from kiosks or cafe, there is also picnic places if you decide to take you own 😁

    a month ago
  • A really good day out. Wide range of animals, mostly, on view in enclosures. Cleaver use of available terrain to give good views but stimulating environments. To be fair it was a very hot day and only the polar bear and monkeys who were in the water seemed to be enjoying themselves. Most of the others were (understandably) laying about in the coolest places available. A real pity that both cafés weren't open causing long queues for drinks and food, we gave up. If your near give yourself half a day and have a look.

    a month ago
  • Beautiful location, good accessible public paths up the mountains, big car park only needs £2 donation to park in, Ranger gave us advice for wild camping

    4 weeks ago
  • Stunning. The quiet beauty all around is breathtaking.

    a month ago
  • Ram

    Whether you were here in the summer or the winter there is always amazing sites to be seen. I believe this is one of the largest national parks in the entire country and will leave everyone amazed. Overall highly recommended

    8 months ago
  • It's a memorable views of scenic place

    a month ago

Nationaal park Cairngorms

➴ Coordinates: 57° 2‘ N, 3° 33‘ W
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