The Cairngorm Reindeer Centre is the proud guardian of Britain's only reindeer herd, some 130-strong, which range over the eastern Highlands. The Centre offers daily excursions to the hilltop grazing grounds as well as reindeer treks and paddock visits.
The award-winning Highland Folk Museum just out of Highland village Newtonmore tells the story of Highland life from the 1700s. The restored buildings on the museum's 80-acre site illustrate domestic and agricultural ways of life, including distinctive Highland sporting traditions.
Going back to the Iron Age at the Scottish Crannog Centre on Loch Tay isn't all fossils and savages. The Celtic Food & Drink Festival has delicacies that would make Nigella Lawson's mouth water and demonstrates ancient cooking techniques.