Dinnet is the eastern
gateway to the Cairngorms National Park. It is popular with
walkers, hill walkers, and wildlife enthusiast.
The area is brimming with history and interesting geological
features as well.
The Muir of
Dinnet Nature Reserve is a place of special scientific interest
for its flora and fauna. You may see Ospreys at Loch Kinord or
other lochs close by. There is an excellent visitor centre here.
A great walk to explore the
wildlife here is the Burn O'Vat to Loch Kinord circuit which is
well way marked and takes about 2 hours. Of course, it is
unlikely that you will not want to take much longer as you stop
to watch the scenery and wildlife.
There is a
great geological feature of interest at the visitor centre, the
Burn O'Vat. This is an extraordinary feature carved out of the
rock by the action of water after the melting at the end of the
last ice-age. It was used as a hideout for robbers in the not so
distant past in the 17th century. There is a hidden cave on one
side of the Vat where the vagabond Gideroy MacGregor used to lay
low.
