A Highland conservation charity has revealed plans to create a visitors centre in Dundreggan.
Trees for Life want to build the £2 million centre to help people learn more about nature and the woods.
The Dundreggan Rewilding Centre will incorporate a lecture theatre, two classrooms and two offices and support spaces will be linked with an exhibition and interpretation area leading to a public cafe.
Plans for an associated accommodation block – made up of 20 twin bedrooms – are also being considered by Highland Council.
If approved, the development would be built on the site of the former Dundreggan Lodge, which was demolished in the last 1960s, and it is opened it could be open as soon as 2020.
Steve Micklewright, chief executive of Trees for Life, said: “There are very few opportunities for visitors to the Highlands to discover the wonderful wild forest that used to cover much of the region and is now gradually recovering.
“The Dundreggan Rewilding Centre will provide people with a chance to connect with this forest through visiting an inspiring place where there are opportunities to walk, play and learn about the amazing wildlife of the area.”
The charity visualises the accommodation block, which would include a communal kitchen, eating, a library and lounge, being rented out to small groups and students interested in learning about the forest and its wildlife.
A total of 50 car parking spaces and two coach spaces will also be created to accommodate for visitors and users of the cafe.
The development will support the charity’s long-term scientific research whilst enhancing individuals understanding of the great outdoors.
Trees for Life took over the estate in 2008, and since then volunteers have replanted indigenous tree species and restored woodland over an area of more than 10,000 acres between Glenmoriston and Glen Affric.