Scotland’s two great northern island groups combined with the wild Wester Ross coastline – nine days that reach the very top of the British Isles and return through some of the most dramatic Highland scenery on earth.

Approximately 1000–1300 miles plus ferry crossings.  Allow 9 days / 8 nights.

• Duncansby Head and Caithness flagstone coast
• Skara Brae – Europe’s best-preserved Neolithic village
• Ring of Brodgar and the Heart of Neolithic Orkney
• Shetland – closer to Norway than Edinburgh, with viking heritage and puffins
• Hoy and the Old Man of Hoy sea stack on Orkney
• The wild expanses of Sutherland
• Torridon in Wester Ross
• Glen Coe and Rannoch Moor

• Thurso / Dunnet Head (point ‘B’ on the map)
• Orkney (point ‘C’)
• Shetland (points ‘D’ and ‘E’)
• Orkney (point ‘F’)
• Sutherland (point ‘G’)
• Wester Ross (point ‘H’)
• Glen Coe (point ‘I’)

Hotel / hostel / B&B accommodation is available in most areas, albeit limited around Sutherland and Wester Ross.  Accommodation is best booked in advance.

Campsites are available in all areas, and there is much scope for wild camping.

Recommended campsites at each of the suggested overnight stops are listed here: Thurso, Orkney, Shetland, Orkney, Sutherland, Wester Ross, Glen Coe

• Stop for a break in the Cairngorms National Park on the road North
• Investigate local crafts on the Creative Orkney Trail and taste local on the Orkney Food and Drink Trail
• Learn about the naval history of Scapa Flow
• Visit the prehistoric settlement of Jarlshof on Shetland
• Visit Eilean Donan Castle in Glen Shiel
• Take a detour into Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, northwest of Stirling

May to August for the northern isles – days are extraordinarily long and puffins are present.  Shetland’s Up Helly Aa fire festival takes place in late January for a truly unique winter visit.

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