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Day 5 of 14 · Tongue · The Classic Northwest Highlands Loop

Day 5 — Durness & Smoo Cave

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A cultural day out from your base in Tongue, with a short drive (1 h 12) and little free time.

Durness & Smoo Cave
Smoo Cave, northern Scotland © photographed on 13 June 2009 by Bubobubo2 — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 5 · Durness · United Kingdom

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day 5 0 nights 36 min on the road45 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 10. Based on: remarkable site in a coast setting.

programme
9 h
road
1 h 12
  • Smoo Cave Exploration★★☆☆☆ · known in 10 languages — article “Smoo Cave”“Smoo Cave is a large combined sea cave and freshwater cave in Durness in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The cave name, which was previously known as Smow(e) or Smo, may originate from the Norse 'smjúga' or 'smuga', meaning a narrow cleft, or hole.” — after Wikipedia

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    2 h
  • Balnakeil Beach & Church WalkPlace Balnakeil Church, 3.1 km away · exact place name

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    3 h
  • Balnakeil Craft Village Visit

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    2 h
  • Cocoa Mountain Tasting

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    2 h

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Smoo Cave Exploration

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