Campground · Cairngorms National Park
Roomy pitches, hot showers and wooded Highland views.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Cairngorms Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Cairngorms National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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An Otter’s Riverside Messages“A muddy footprint with five toes beside a river could be an otter’s. Inland otters do much of their hunting at night, so their signs can be easier to find than the animals themselves.”
Plays on the road 0.9 km from Invernahavon Caravan Park in the Parkwolf Cairngorms Tour Guide.
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“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
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Invernahavon is a family-run caravan and tent campsite at Glentruim, about 250 yards off the A9 south of Newtonmore. Use it as an overnight stop or a settled base for the Highlands: mountain, woodland and river scenery are close by. It’s a working campsite rather than a sightseeing stop in its own right.
There are hardstanding and grass pitches with electric hook-up, plus a separate tent area without hook-up. Campers have toilets and showers, separate accessible facilities, laundry and drying machines, dishwashing sinks and chemical-toilet disposal. Touring and camping are seasonal, while five lodges are offered year-round. The on-site shop does not stock groceries, so pick those up in Newtonmore before you arrive.
Roomy pitches and open views over the surrounding hills are the draw. Red squirrels and red deer are often seen around the site, though wildlife is never guaranteed. The A9 is close enough for traffic noise to reach some tent pitches at night, so light sleepers may prefer a spot farther from the road.
Wildlife
159 sightingsRed DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
63 sightingsReindeerMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
102 sightingsOspreyMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
37 sightingsBlack GrouseMost seen around 4 AMSighting map
72 sightingsRed GrouseMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
82 sightingsPine MartenMost seen around 9 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Cairngorms. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ModerateGlentruim Forest Viewpoint Walk2.1 km · 1 hr · 1.3 km awayA brief, steep climb to a broad Badenoch panorama.
ModerateGlentruim Forest Loop2.9 km · 1.5 hr · 1.3 km awayA blue-waymarked forest loop past the Centre of Scotland Stone.
ModerateFalls of Truim Trail1 km · 30 min · 2.9 km awaySeveral close looks at the River Truim's rocky rapids.
ModerateAllt Mhoraich Circuit5.6 km · 2.5 hr · 3.3 km awayA rough moorland loop where the track fades beneath the crags.
EasyThe Coffin Road, Newtonmore2.8 km · 1 hr · 4 km awayA short historic walk from the Spey to Banchor Cemetery.
ModerateThe Wildcat Trail10.1 km · 3.5 hr · 4.4 km awayA village loop through birchwood, rivers and a steep gorge.
ModerateGlen Banchor Cart Track12.7 km · 5 hr · 4.7 km awayAn old road with river crossings and a short pathless stretch.
EasyJack Richmond Memorial Park Walk2.4 km · 1 hr · 4.7 km awayAn easy village walk to a woodland loop and Creag Dhu views.
Sight · 4.6 km awayClan Macpherson MuseumClan stories, Jacobite objects and music in a village museum.
Visitor center · 4.9 km awayThe Wildcat CentrePick up a map and hunt Newtonmore’s 132 painted wildcats.
Sight · 6.3 km awayHighland Folk MuseumA reconstructed township and over 35 Highland buildings to explore.Parkwolf’s Cairngorms ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
