Get ready for wildlife, woodland walks and wee drams
This article first appeared in Luxury Travel magazine on 11 November 2025 and includes tips on where to visit in Scotland in autumn.
From heather-strewn glens to golden forests and white-sand beaches, the small but perfectly formed nation of Scotland is alive with natural wonder and an abundance of wildlife.
The beech and oak woods of Dunkeld and Birnam are ablaze with millions of ochre and flame-yellow leaves. The light filtering through these curtains of colour feels almost beatific. As I stroll to the stone Hermitage Bridge to watch salmon leaping up the Falls of Braan I am almost smug. “Scotland in autumn will be dark and miserable,” my friends scoffed. If they could see me now.
To get here I drove side roads that resembled those featured in TV car adverts, with jaw-dropping vistas around every corner and gold and cinnamon blizzards of leaves whirling in the rear-view mirror. I’ve visited Scotland countless times, but I’ve never seen it so vibrant. This riot of colour is being repeated right across the highlands and islands for these few joyous weeks of autumn, with Perthshire and Aberdeenshire vying for the Most Spectacular Leaves award.
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