At the southwestern end sits Loch Coulavie located at the base An Tudair Beag and a slightly higher elevation.

[3] Wildlife, which is rare in Great Britain noted to live in the nature reserve includes pine marten, Scottish wildcat, otter, red squirrel and golden eagle.

[8] The Scottish crossbill is also known to live in significant numbers in the Scots pine on the shores of Loch Affric.

[4] Loch Affric is home to brown trout with fishermen reporting an average weight of a catch at 8 ounces (230 g) up to around fish weighing 5 pounds (2.3 kg).

[10] In 1929 the building of a hydroelectric dam by the Grampian electricity supply company on Loch Affric was considered.