Achiltibuie Travel Guide

 scottishvisitor Says:  We caught a glimpes of Achnahaird Beach from the car just before we rounded the corner into Achiltibuie. My first thoughts were I just had to find this wonderful little cove. Finding it was not an easy task and involved driving along what seemed like just a dirt track. The... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  Deep Freeze Mountain is just a small part of the Geopark in Sutherland which covers an area of 2000 square kilometers of dramatic scenery. The blue grey mountains of which there are many have been likened to sleeping giant animals standing on their feet each one unique but... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  If you like your Scottish visits neatly packaged with shops selling tartan clad dolls waving Saltires then you won't find this here. This is the West Coast of Sutherland as it used to be around twenty or thirty years ago before they blasted their way through solid rock to... 

 nickandchris Says:  A deep inlet on Enard Bay, Achnahaird Bay is very tidal, exposing vast expanses of glorious sand at low water. It's a popular spot for families, plenty of scope for sand castles and walking dogs.Canoeing seemed popular as well,although a bit of a hike to carry the... 

 nickandchris Says:  Now this is what you call a scenically spectacular road, especially heading from west to east. It runs along the three lochs, Osgaig, Bad a Ghaill and Lurgainn at the top of the Coigach peninsula until it finally comes out at the main A836 to Ullapool road. If you drive... 

 nickandchris Says:  As we were on the motorbike, we decided to explore as many of the tiny roads as we had time for. This included the road down to the burial ground at Badenscallie (what a lovely name!!)It is a very narrow road, I wouldn't like to have ventured down it in the motorhome.Bits... 

 nickandchris Says:  Fortunately, we made this trip on the motorbike on a clear day, so were rewarded with magnificent views to the Summer Isles.After crossing the peninsula, turn left, to Achiltibuie. This is the largest settlement in these parts, and is spread over a large distance, mainly... 

 nickandchris Says:  Reiff is in the north of Coigach and is the end of the road.From Achnahaird, we crossed the peninsula and turned right just north of Achiltibuie. Here, we passed a pleasant beach (no camping signs) and the pier at Badentarbat. This is where the small boats call to take... 

 nickandchris Says:  Old Dornie came as a bit if a suprise, in these parts. We had hardly seen a soul on our journeys in this area when we turned down to Old Dornie. Crikey, what we found was a large collection of boats in various sizes, shapes and repair, moored in this extremely sheltered bay,... 

 globetrott Says:  The small village of Achiltibuie is in a remote part of Scotland, where a street of maybe 15km is totally missing between Achiltibuie and Ullapool, and so you have to make a deviation of 120km in order to get there.Opposite of the village there is a group of small islands,... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  On our way back to Lairg from Aciltibuie we stopped off at the Oykel Bridge Hotel. This hotel is advertised highly in the "Trout and Salmon" fishing magazine which my husband is an avid reader, I guess it was no accident why we arrived here! The decor is solid with lots of... 

 Carlowski Says:  The Summer Isles Hotel is a surprisingly classy Hotel/Restaurant in one of the most remote parts of Scotland.Hardly an unknown place though, given that the scenery is fantastic.The Summer Isles has a formal (and very pricey) restaurant, but the same food is served at more... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  The Highland Cow is one of the oldest breed of cows in Scotland. Although you now can see them in many parts of our world, they are most at home in the West Highlands and Islands. They were kept by the crofters as a single house cow providing the family with milk which was... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  We didn't intend to revisit Ullapool, it had been raining cats and dogs all morning (the first bad weather we had encountered on our whole summer trip). As we ventured forth from the long journey from Lairg we missed the turning to Achiltibuie and found ourselves in Ullapool...