Wildlife
Craigard is an excellent base for wildlife watching, the woods and hills around contain red deer, roe deer, red squirrel and pine martens. Otters have been spotted in the River Garry and local Lochs. Birds of the area include Buzzards and the occasional Golden Eagle, to Siskins and Greater Spotted Woodpeckers. For the birdwatcher Invergarry is a useful base as our location means that coastal, mountain and woodland environments are all within reach. The Isle of Skye with its Sea Eagles is well within easy traveling distance. The Caledonian Forests of Glen Affric (40 miles), the RSPB reserves of Corrimony (38 miles) and Loch Ruthven with its Slavonian Grebes is about 31 miles away.

History
To aid those interested in the History of the Western Highlands there is an excellent local resource in the Glengarry Heritage Centre located in the Community Hall. At Fort Augustus (7 Mile) there is a Caledonian Canal Heritage Centre and the ClansmanCentre.

Walking
There is a great choice of walks, from the strenuous Munro bagging, there are 66 within 1 hr and 31 within 30mins drive, to delightful woodland marked paths in Glengarry. There are several walks from Craigard House itself, we will be putting these on the site, so check back. Plus the Great Glen Way is only a couple of miles away and if you are completing this walk without transport we can prearrange a pick up and drop off from Loch Oich.

Cycling
As with walking there is much choice in the routes and level of ability from mountain biking at The Witches Trails Leanachan, or Wolftrax, Laggan or other routes in the forests. If you are cycling the Great Glen Cycle Way we are ideally suited for a stopover.