Special local places to see
- from Ullapool
- on Day Trips
and Half-day Trips.
Corrieshalloch Gorge
- and
the Falls of
Messach
Knockan Crags - geologists delight with
its inverted
rock formations and
excellent Visitors
Centre
Melon Udrigle - beautiful sandy beach and
stunning views across to Quinaig
Lael Forest
-
with its
huge Redwoods
and
wonderful Forest
Walks
Gairloch -
beautiful
village with an excellent Folk
Museum
Kylescue Bridge
-
and
Stoer
Head Lighthouse
Durness -
Smoo
Caves and Balnakiel
Craft Village
Urquhart Castle and Loch
Ness (monster ?
- well the Monster Museum
anyway !)
Limestone Caves
- at
Inchnadampf
Inverewe Gardens -
with its
enormous variety of
Rhododendrons,
Azaleas and other plants
Inverewe Gardens
Cromarty
-
The
Firth and Dolphin
watching cruises
Achiltibuie
-
and the
Hydroponicum
Lochinver -
and the
fish
market
Polbain - Rieff
and
Old
Dornie
Summer Isles
Smokehouse
Cape Wrath
Rogie Falls
-
Nature
trails and the
Salmon ladder
Island of Handa
- Cliff walks
and nesting
seabirds including
Puffins
Garve to Loch Carron
Railway - and
Plocton
Kyle of
Tongue
Shin Falls - and the leaping
Salmon
Cawdor Castle
- and
Fort
George
Culloden Moor
-
Battlefield
and
Burial
Mounds of the Clans
Distillery Tour
- Muir of
Ord
Glen Ordie Distillery - free samples !
Inverness
Millenium City - Capital of the Highlands
One of the fastest growing cities in Europe
A beautiful drive - just over an hour each way from
Ullapool
Where else can you drive through four beautiful and
different types of countryside in an hour ?
Shopping Centre for the whole of the Highlands
- so it has everything !!
Too much to see
(and do) - in the area
You'll have to
come back again
and again !!