Durness Travel Guide

 nickandchris Says:  There is a small passenger ferry that leaves Keoldale on the Kyle of Durness and transports you across the water. You then catch an optional minibus that takes you 10 miles along a very narrow, often steep road to the very tip of Cape Wrat, to Robert Stevenson's lighthouse... 

 nickandchris Says:  In Durness, turn off northwards to Balnakeil Bay (signposted.) This road takes you past a collecton of old military buildings which have been used since the 1960's for craft workshops. Today, there are around a dozen outlets including a woodwind instrument maker and you are... 

 nickandchris Says:  The Durness area is renowned for it's glorious sand beaches, clear waters, white sands and rolling waves. When conditions are right, it's a surfer's paradise.I was amazed at the colour of the sea around Durness, but then the sun had come out and put some colour in the... 

 nickandchris Says:  Loch Hope is actually an inland freshwater loch,east of Loch Eriboll. It is scenically attractive, surrounded by greenery,offering yet more views of Ben Hope, in the east and is a popular spot for game fishing. There were certainly a few boats dotted about it's 6 miles and... 

 nickandchris Says:  Ard Neakie is a tiny piece of land on Loch Eriboll that is connected to the mainland by a spit of land with a stony beach either side. It is probably the most photographed part of Loch Eriboll and we were fortunate enough to spend a day camped there.The building that remains... 

 nickandchris Says:  Loch Eriboll is a deep water sea loch between Durness and Tongue, 16 kms long and varying in depth from 15 to 60 fathoms deep. In fact, it's the most northerly deep water sea loch in the British Isles and was used during WW2 as a naval base. British servicemen nicknamd the... 

 1 Review and 8 Opinions  this hostel is ok,nothing too great but its exceptionally clean and well organised good location... 

 Charlie_UK Says:  Nice place to grab a snack or a more substantial meal - but also a bookshop so you can browse and buy while waiting for your order to arrive. Cheese toastie - well I didn't try anything else. 

 jcots Says:  The only pub open at night in Durness, It's open until late.The guy who is playing the accordion was really dunk and funny, but the problem came when the day afterr we noticed that he was the driver of the boat that took us to Cape Wrath.But there was no problem! None 

 jcots Says:  We rent a car in Edimburgh and went all trhough Scotland and everything was ok until we found that single track road. It's not very safe and it's very slow way to get, but it's the only way. People drives a little bit crazy, but there are very few cars. On this roads ther a... 

 shivan Says:  I saw nothing about that, if I remember, but it is said that signs of human existence in the area are visible inside the cavern, and that they date back to 6000 years ago.I can only imagine how harsh the life should have been during those ancient times.This picture is taken... 

 jcots Says:  The silence at the deserted beaches. No one there and an extremely blue water.The bad thing was that I couldn't swim in it because the water was so cold.Maybe another time, or maybe never... Take a car and go to Durness. There you'll can see the authenric spirit of Scotland...