Falls of Bruar

The Falls of Bruar are a series of dramatic waterfalls tumbling through a wooded granite gorge above the House of Bruar near Blair Atholl - the Highland Perthshire waterfall walk most people know. It is a genuinely tricky drone location and worth being honest about: the lower falls sit in a deep, tree-lined ravine with stone-arch viewing bridges, so line-of-sight and GPS signal both suffer down in the slot, and there is little room to manoeuvre a drone safely among the branches. The rewarding, flyable shots are at the upper falls and the open sections where the gorge widens, where you can sit the aircraft over the plunge pools and catch the water threading between the pines and the old bridges. After heavy rain the falls roar and the spray plumes photograph superbly; in a dry spell they can be thin. Autumn is the standout season, with birch and larch turning gold against the dark rock and white water. Keep the drone manual-and-cautious near the canopy, avoid the busy bridges when walkers are on them, and don't attempt tight gorge flying in gusts funnelling down the glen. Parking is easy at the House of Bruar retail complex. Early morning avoids both crowds and harsh contrast in the ravine.