Ok, so not technically a beginner, but Im going up to the west coast of Scotland an few weeks and have very little knowledge or experience of Landscape stuff.
Im sort of aware of the hyperfocal thing, but that doesnt help me with knowing where or waht to actually focus for starters...
Best aperture/ISO etc
Will have a D500, 16-85, tripod and some amazing views, help me bring some of them back to my PC.....
haven't read all but my 2p's worth:
Take a polariser filter and use it especially if there's interesting clouds, but also to control reflections in water, off wet foliage etc, and to deepen colours . Not always just for full sun ;0
Take something to keep the camera dry
Don't know how well you know Scotland but take midge repellant if it's midge season. They WILL dry you nuts.
the scenery up there is the best in UK (IMO) so take plenty of memory and shoot like theres no tomorrow,
practice bracketing exposures BEFORE you go, indoors in the warm, you don't often need 7 or 5 brackets , most often two will do, but you need to get them right, you need to be familiar with the process. Just camera auto resets alone etc can baffle you out in the wet and windy and cold field.
Expect to shoot f11 most of the time, if you are shooting from standing you can usualy get a good DOF from about 8 feet to infinity with f11 if you're standing without sacrificing too much IQ,
I seriously suggest going out locally and shooting at different focal lengths say one set at both extremes of your zoom, and at f8, f11, f16, f22 etc and pixel peep the results
Google 'Cambridge in colour-depth of field calculator' - perfect info for you.