This short but spectacular walk takes in the must see sight of South Loch Ness - the Falls of Foyers. The walk then continues down to the shores of Loch Ness for a short loop before returning uphill past the falls.
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Steep paths with many steps, minor road and pebbly shores of Loch Ness.
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Car park at Upper Foyers near the shop.
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1. Cross the road from the car park and go through the left hand gate, opposite the shop, signed for the Falls of Foyers. Follow the stepped path downhill, keeping left at a junction to reach the upper viewpoint. giving a grandstand view of the main falls. Then continue downhill ignoring a turn off to the right to reach a second viewpoint. Return to the junction and turn left following a well fenced path as it skirts the edge of the spectacular gorge.
2. The path continues downhill through woodland above the dramatic gorge, with a good view of the smaller lower falls. Eventually the path emerges at a gate with a hotel to the right. Turn left and head downhill passing houses until you reach the road at a T junction. Here turn left, passing a medical centre, and follow the road to the right at the recycling bins. Further on turn left to cross an iron bridge over the River Foyers to the small Riverside housing estate.
3. On the far side turn right along a riverside track that leads down to the shore of Loch Ness, with a series of fishing huts. Turn left along the pebbly shore, but after 150m or so look out for a path which climbs the leafy bank on the left to give easier going, parallel to but above the shore line.
4. The path gains more height at it continues above the loch, eventually reaching a pyramidal memorial to the wife and daughter of a local landowner. To left is a local cemetery; continue around the fence beside this and then left at the far end - the path is a little overgrown - to reach the track which gives access to the cemetery. Follow the track back towards the Riverside housing estate, going left through a gate onto the road and then right onto a path that shortcuts back to the metal bridge crossed earlier. Recross this and bear right to follow the road back past the medical centre.
5. Turn right back up the track towards the hotel and continue retracing your steps back through the gate to return up the path alongside the Foyers gorge. Part way back up it is possible to take a path straight ahead to short cut back to Upper Foyers.
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