Galloway Activity Centre: Sailing, canoeing, kayaking, windsurfing, archery, mountain biking, climbing wall - oh and laser questing in a small woodland area which went down very well for a certain 8 year olds birthday! Cafe on site. On the red kite trail, so they are often seen flying overhead.
Lagganoutdoor: Mountain bording, clay pigeon shooting, mountain biking, archery and rolling downhill in a 12ft inflatable ball!
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Threave Castle: Built by Archibald the Grim (named by the English because of his fearsome appearance in battle!), Lord of Galloway and stronghold of the Black Douglases. Built at the end of the 1300`s, the castle is on a small island in the middle of the River Dee. Getting there is an adventure in itself, as its accessable only by boat - ring the brass bell on the jetty and the boatman will come and get you!
Caerlaverock: This Maxwell stronghold is one of Scotland’s great medieval fortresses. For 400 years it stood on the very edge of the kingdom. To the south, across the Solway Firth, lay England. For most of its history, Caerlaverock played an important role in the defence of the realm. Its`s triangular shape is unique among British castles but why it was built this way is not known.
Warnlockhead: Scotland`s highest village at 1531 feet above sea level is a former lead mining area. Museum, guided trail around the village and an opportunity to experience what life was like by visiting Straightsteps Cottages and taking a tour down Lochnell Mine. Pan for gold, yes gold throughout the summer. Also the setting for the recent TV series "Hope Springs".
Striding Arches: is a hugely innovative artist-led project which celebrates and interprets the area. Andy Goldsworthy’s red sandstone arches ‘stride’ around the natural amphitheatre that is Cairnhead, deep in the Southern Uplands. In the heart of the glen, another arch springs from a disused farm building, The Byre, creating a place that is both sculpture and shelter. Poet and artist Alec Finlay and letter carver Pip Hall have both visited Cairnhead, and have produced diverse interpretive work related to the natural history and the human history of the place.
Glenkiln Sculpture Park: This is a walk with a difference around a sculpture park set in a quiet, attractive glen, partly alongside the Glenkiln Reservoir, and with lovely views throughout. Pieces of modern sculpture like St John the Baptist by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore`s King and Queen and Sir Jacob Epstein, all collected since 1951 by the local landowner Sir William Keswick and placed in a completely natural environment, provide interesting stimuli to this gentle walk.
Ayr: Traditional seaside town on the Clyde Coast, with lovely beach, racecourse and centre of Burns Country.
Culzean Castle: One of Scotlands` best loved castles, home to the Kennedy family until it was handed over to the National Trust for Scotland in 1945.
Ailsa Craig: Home to the only curling stones - this plug of a long extinct volcano, is now a bird sanctuary housing a huge number of gannets. Boat trips are available.
Day trips to Northern Ireland are available from Stranraer to Belfast on Stena Line, or Cairnryan to Larne on P&O