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Rock formations in Sango Bay near Cape Wrath.

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Overview

Quintessential Highland country such as this, with breathtaking emptiness, a wild, fragile beauty and single-track roads, is a rarity on the modern, crowded, highly urbanised island of Britain. You could get lost up here for weeks 鈥� and that still wouldn鈥檛 be enough time.

Attractions

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  • Northwest Highlands Geopark

    Northwest Highlands Geopark

    North & West Coast

    As you head south from Durness, heather gradually gives way to a rockier landscape of Lewisian gneiss pockmarked with hundreds of small lochans. This is鈥�

  • Sandwood Bay

    Sandwood Bay

    North & West Coast

    South of Cape Wrath, Sandwood Bay boasts one of Scotland鈥檚 best and most isolated beaches, guarded at one end by the spectacular rock pinnacle Am鈥�

  • Eilean Donan Castle

    Eilean Donan Castle

    North & West Coast

    Photogenically sited at the entrance to Loch Duich, Eilean Donan is one of Scotland鈥檚 most evocative castles and must now be represented in millions of鈥�

  • Forsinard Flows Visitor Centre

    Forsinard Flows Visitor Centre

    North & West Coast

    On the platform at Forsinard railway station is the RSPB's Forsinard Flows Visitor Centre, an exhibition dedicated to the neighbouring nature reserve鈥�

  • Kyle Line Museum

    Kyle Line Museum

    North & West Coast

    Enterprising local volunteers have put together this likeable museum at the end of Kyle's railway station platform, with train memorabilia, a model鈥�

  • Strathnaver Museum

    Strathnaver Museum

    North & West Coast

    Housed in an old church, this museum tells the sad story of the Strathnaver Clearances through posters created by local kids. The museum contains鈥�

  • Handa Island Nature Reserve

    Handa Island Nature Reserve

    North & West Coast

    A few miles north of Scourie Bay lies this nature reserve run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The island's western sea cliffs provide nesting sites for鈥�

  • Eas a鈥機hual Aluinn

    Eas a鈥機hual Aluinn

    North & West Coast

    Five miles southeast of Kylesku, in wild, remote country, lies 213m-high Eas a鈥機hual Aluinn, Britain鈥檚 highest waterfall. You can hike to the top of the鈥�

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