Thinking of coming to Scotland on holiday and want to be sure that you have a great experience? Highland Insider can help you find the best bits! Everything we suggest is recommended through our own experience.
Sample Itineraries...
Possible Stay: Columba Apartment (start day Saturday) Car Hire: Edinburgh/Glasgow/Inverness
Drive to Tobermory
Ferry Oban to Craignure 1415 must arrive 30 mins before sailing. Book tickets here
Arrive Columba after 4pm
Visit Iona
Directions (1h30m) to ferry to Iona (leave car at terminal)
Explore Tobermory
Some options:
Tobermory Distillery - tours and tasting available
An Tobar -arts space (and cafe)
Walk to Tobermory lighthouse
Vist Ulva
Directions (1h) to Ulva ferry
Food available at the Boathouse - good cakes!
Walk (4 hours) to viewpoint over the Atlantic
Final Day
Options: Duart Castle
Walk to Dun Ara Castle Including the Tea Room at Glengorm Castle Coffee Shop
Leave Mull...
Leave apartment by 10am
Ferry to Oban must arrive 30 mins before sailing 1105 or 1250
CalMac timetable - Mull (best book early and return at the same time)
The route cuts off the north east corner and heads straight for the dramatic landscapes of the north west for an intense experience.
Fly to Inverness. Head north to climb Ben Hope, the most northerly Munro.
Walk takes 4-6 hours
Wild camp on the beach at Traigh Allt Chailgeag
Handa Island: Allow 4 hours for visit + ferry crossings
Wild camp and eat at (…or stay! ) Kylesku Hotel
Handa ferry - Roger 07780 967 800
Chill day- Options: Loch Glencoul boat trip to highest waterfall in UK. Amazing beaches - Clashnessie, Clachtoll, Achmelvich
Wild camp at the secret beach…Port Alltan na Bradhan (park here and follow the stream down)
Suilven expedition
Climb Suilven and canoe back to car
Stay (you’ll need a good sleep) at Ceilidh Place, Ullapool
Loch Maree - Mountain trail (3 hours) through woodlands to viewpoint over the Torridon mountains
Finally, one of these…Liathach, Beinn Alligin or Beinn Eighe…the magnificent mountains of Torridon (hardest first)
Back to the campsite, or Torridon House for the Scottish estate experience, or blow all at The Torridon
Routes: Liathach, Beinn Alligin, Beinn Eighe
Return to Inverness Airport