Itinerary

The holiday includes 6 nights full board accommodation and 5 full days of guided walking on the Island. Departure will be from Edinburgh at 9.00 am on the first Sunday of the hiking holiday, returning around 3pm on the following Saturday. The first day of travel to the island will be taken at a leisurely pace to allow for general sightseeing and stops en-route.

We could easily spend 2 weeks on Skye - but we only have a week! The itinerary below gives you a flavour for some of the walks we are likely to do during your week, with some easier walks and more challenging mountain hikes, but this should be regarded as flexible.

Day 1 (Sunday): Travel to Skye.
We will depart Edinburgh at 9:00 am and head off to Skye with some sightseeing stops en-route. Highlights along the way include a visit to the Falls of Dochart at Killin, the dramatic Glen Coe and Eilan-Donan Castle. We will arrive in Skye late afternoon/early evening in time for dinner.

Day 2 (Monday): Boreraig and Suisnish.
This is a very fine coastal walk in the southwest of Skye to the deserted villages of Boreraig and Suisnish - former crofting communities destroyed during the "Highland Clearances" of the mid 1800's.

Now just scattered ruins, these places give testimony to a bleak period of Scottish history and are wild, lonely places to visit. The views throughout the walk are wonderful and varied - Loch Eishort to the south, the Isle of Rhum not far away and adjacent mountains Bla Bheinn and Clach Glas to the west.

170m/540ft, 10m/17km, good path, 6 hrs.

Day 3 (Tuesday): Elgol Coast walk to Camasunary Bay
This is a superb coastal walk into the southern end of the Cuillin hills. The cliff path leading to Camasunary is spectacular and gives fantastic views of the Cuillin mountains, culminating in the peaceful setting of Camasunary bay - a remote sanctuary under the slopes of Bla Bheinn in the midst of dramatic mountain scenery.

The bay is a great place just to rest, soak up the scenery and take endless photographs before continuing out over the hill to Kilmarie.

6m/11km, 150m/492ft, rough path, 5-6 hours.

Day 4 (Wednesday): Coire Lagan
Today’s walk gives you the chance to enter into the rugged heart of the Cuillin mountains. Corrie Laggan is one of the many bowl shaped hollows (corries) leading up into the higher peaks and is deserved in its reputation as the most spectacular of them all.

Along the way, we stop to admire the Eas Mor waterfall, which is considered to be the most spectacular waterfall on Skye. The way to the Corrie is initially on good paths, but with some rougher walking in its upper stages

570m/1850ft, 6m/10km, rough rocky ground, 6 hrs.

Day 5 (Thursday): The Quirang and Meall na Suiramach.
The Quirang is an incredible maze of rock pinnacles and cliffs towards the northern end of the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the Island. We'll take as much time as we need to explore this amazing area before returning via the spectacular viewpoint and clifftop walk of Meall na Suiramach

280m/920ft, 5m/8km, good paths, 5-6 hrs.

Time allowing, we may then take a short walk to the most northerly point of the island or stop at some of the many fantastic viewpoints in this part of the island.

Day 6 (Friday): Macleod’s Maidens
Go deep into Macleod country for a stunning clifftop view and the legend of Macleod’s Maidens – these striking sea stacks guard the entrance to Loch Baracdale in the far west of the Island – the view from the clifftop will literally take your breath away.

11m/16km, nominal ascent, track and path, 6 hrs.

Day 7 (Saturday): Return to Edinburgh
We leave Skye early morning, arriving back to Edinburgh at approximately 2-3pm.

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