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Day 4 of 14 · Durness · Highlands Crofting & Coastal Trails

Day 4 — Durness & Balnakeil Craft Village

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A cultural day to your new base in Durness, with 1 h 32 on the road.

Durness & Balnakeil Craft Village
Balnakeil House and church at the Balnakeil Bay, Sutherland, Scotland © photographed on 3 June 2011 by Paul Hermans — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 3 · Durness · United Kingdom

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days 4 and 6 3 nights 1 h 32 on the road110 kmclimate favourable

programme
8 h
road
1 h 32

To add if time allows: Cocoa Mountain Chocolate Tasting (2 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Balnakeil Church Ruins Walk

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On the way

Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.

  • Knockan Crag National Nature Reserve

    Knockan Crag National Nature Reserve

    A geological site featuring an accessible trail with interpretive displays about the Moine Thrust.

    45 min there · no detour · View on Google Maps

    © photographed on 28 May 2009 by Gordon Brown — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

  • Ardvreck Castle

    Ardvreck Castle

    The ruins of a 15th-century castle situated on a rocky promontory overlooking Loch Assynt.

    30 min there · no detour · View on Google Maps

    © photographed in 2008 by StaraBlazkova — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

  • Smoo Cave

    Smoo Cave

    A large sea cave featuring a dramatic waterfall and limestone rock formations.

    40 min there · detour +3 km · View on Google Maps

    © photographed in 2015 by Santiago Fernández — CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons