This pleasant excursion includes the dramatic Falls of Measach, the gentle gardens at Inverewe and even a loch with it's own monster. This really is a tour with something for everyone.

 

From Inverness we will head westwards by way of Contin and Garve to our first stop at Corrieshalloch Gorge. It's a dizzying and exhilarating experience to look down on the torrent of water plunging 46m (150ft) over the Falls of Measach from the gently swaying suspension bridge. Corrieshalloch Gorge is truly one of the natural wonders of the Highlands.

 

We will then head for Dundonnell and follow the Atlantic coast past Little Loch Broom and Gruinard Island to Poolewe. Inverewe Garden is built on a craggy hillside with a majestic setting on the water's edge of Loch Ewe. Despite being on the same latitude as Siberia the warming waters of the Gulf Stream allow all manner of exotic plants to flourish in this most surprising location. The garden has a famous Walled Garden with plants from around the world including Chinese rhododendrons, Tasmanian eucalypts and New Zealand daisy bushes as well as Woodland containing a canopy of Scots Pine trees - a unique feature. There are views from both low and high vantage points of Loch Ewe and the surrounding Highland scenery.

 

Our tour continues to Gairloch and then along the banks of Loch Maree which, like Loch Ness, is said to have a resident monster! Soon we will enter the Ben Eighe Nature Reserve which preserves an important remnant of the Caldonian pine forest and is home to a wide variety of animals including wild cats, deer and pine martens.

 

From Kinlochewe we will travel through Glen Docherty towards Achnaseen and then homewards towards Inverness.