Local Scenery

The Allt Na Calliche waterfalls are located in the heart of the Glengarry forest walks, which are only a few miles outside of Invergarry along the A87 Skye road. The Glengarry forest walk, along with the Great Glen Cycle route, provide excellent relaxing walks very locally.

Some 6 miles out of Invergarry on the A87 Skye road, is a turn off to Tomdoun and Kinlochhourn. The road to Kinlochhourn is the longest cul-de-sac in the UK, boasting a stunning array of scenery, almost Fjord-like, along its 40 or so miles return journey.

Along the way you will pass the Loch Quoich dam after which you will see on your left, the impressive 'Gairich' mountain, and from the lay-by directly opposite, perhaps during an evening drive you are witness to the stunning beauty of the Glen Quoich mountains.

Once you have travelled the full distance into the remote village of Kinlochhourn, the road ends and you are left only with walking tracks that lead deep into the Knoydart mountains, an area well known as one of the last wildernesses in the British Isles.

Further afield and South from Invergarry are the world famous mountains of the 'Glen of Sorrow', the powerful and foreboding Glen Coe. Glen Coe is one of Scotland's most famous, and infamous glens, with some of the most beautiful countryside anywhere in the world, yet also the scene for the bloody 'Massacre of Glen Coe' in the winter of 1692. Government troops lead by Captain Robert Campbell, murdered 38 members of the MacIan's (a sect of the clan Donald), after they had given them warmth, shelter and food for many days before as part of normal traditional hospitality.

                                                                                                                                               North from Invergarry, but only 6 miles along the main A82 road, you arrive at, arguably,  Scotland's most famous inhabitant.....maybe..! Loch Ness is famous the world over for the 'sightings' of the legendary 'Nessie'. The Loch itself is a geological masterpiece, 23 miles long, 1 mile wide, as deep as the North Sea and containing more water than ALL of the lakes in England and Wales PUT TOGETHER.   Maybe you'll get lucky....like I did.....!!

One of the most popular sights within the Scottish Highlands, along with Eagle's is, of course, the majestic 'Monarch of the Glen'. The Red Deer Stag is a powerful and beautiful animal, and Scotland is one of its only remaining wild locations in the UK. This stunning '14 pointer' was pictured opposite 'Gairich' on the road to Kinlochhourn early in 2002