Loch Insh Watersports

Contact details:

Loch Insh Watersports and Insh Hall Snowsports School
Kincraig
Kingussie
Inverness-shire
PH21 1NU

Tel: 01540 651272

Loch Insh Watersports is a watersports activity provider based within the beautiful Cairngorm National Park providing a range of both water and dry land activities. They were also recently voted 'best on the water facility in Scotland'.

The centre offers a range of activities including; canoeing, kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, open canoeing, improvised rafting, archery, skiing and snowboarding, and more. The centre incorporates the Boathouse Restaurant, The Bosuns Locker Gift Shop and Insh Hall Ski Lodge. With 24 rooms, the centre offers accommodation to suit both groups and individuals. They also offers a bed and breakfast service and have 14 chalets which are for family use only. There are 150 beds on site altogether and the centre can accommodate this number for food and activites. The centre has an AALS licence and is accredited to RYA, BASI, VisitScotland 4Star Visitor attraction, 3Star self catering, 3Star Hostel,GTBS silver award and Investors in people. The restaurant also has recently been awarded “a healthy living award” for its menus.

The Centre is best known for its range of watersports and wintersports with or without instruction and has a huge fleet of 35 different Sailing boats from Oppis and Pico's to Dart 16's to Keelboats. Loch Insh is also one of the best venues to go windsurfing in Scotland with consistent conditions and over 30 boards and 50 rigs to choose from. They also have 50 kayaks and 20 canadians which can be used on the Loch or on the River Spey for river expeditions. The Centre was recently voted " best on the water facility in Scotland". We have a dry ski slope on site with our own instructors and ski and board hire.

What we do best:

Beat the queues and get a solid start to your skiing and boarding with a few lessons on our dry slope. It’s the biggest one in the Spey Valley and we can offer hire or instruction or both! We will also take lessons at the Scottish resorts, our closest being the Cairngorm mountains. We wont be beaten on price, please ask us!.We are affiliated to BASI for our ski school and hire department. What this means is that they monitor all ski schools to their standards of group sizes, instructor qualifications, quality of equipment etc.. we have always been a member of this organization since inception, not all ski schools are. Ask before you book that your ski school is BASI affiliated, this is your guarantee of a quality lesson.

Travel Directions

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Directions:
If you are heading South on the A9 turn off at the south exit for Aviemore follow the brown thistle signs for Loch Insh Watersports Centre.
Just 6 miles south of Aviemore on the B1952 is the village of Kincraig. Follow the thistle signs again for the centre. Go through the village of Kincraig and 1 mile outside the village on the other side of the loch is the Centre.
If you are coming North of the A9 take the Kingussie exit onto the B1952 again signposted with brown thistle signs for 'Loch Insh Watersports'.
The drive, by car will take about 2 hours from Glasgow or Edinburgh.
Trains run regularly from Aviemore and Kingussie to Edinburgh
and Glasgow, which takes approximately 3 hours.
Flights arrive daily to Inverness Airport which is only an hours drive north from Loch Insh.