GLEN AFFRIC TO BEAULY

By common consent, Glen Affric is the finest of all Scotland's glens. It features a fabulous variety of scenery and is deservedly popular with walkers. The glen begins amongst the steep, bare mountains of Kintail far in the west. A little further downriver is beautiful Loch Affric, at the foot of the highest mountains north of the Great Glen. The middle part of the Glen is a National Nature Reserve, magnificently wooded with Scots Pine - one of the last remnants of the original Caledonian Forest.

From the village of Cannich the glen changes once more, becoming known as Strath Glass as the river winds through the now wider, gentler and more fertile glen, and the river is joined by another flowing from Strathfarrar. At the foot of these glens is the town of Beauly, centred on an ancient priory.

Reelig Glen, Moniack 1.5km 1 hour River Affric and Am Meallan, Glen Affric 1.5km 45 minutes Plodda Falls, near Tomich 2.5km 1 hour Cnoc Croit na Maoile (Ord Hill), Muir of Ord 4km 1.5 hours Phoineas Hill, near Beauly 4km 1 - 1.5 hours Dog Falls and Coire Loch, Glen Affric 6km 1.5 - 2.5 hours River Beauly and Lovat Bridge circuit 8km 2 - 2.5 hours Alltbeithe walk-in from Glen Affric 14km 3 – 5 hours Loch Affric Circuit 18km 4.5 - 6.5 hours Beinn a' Bha'ach Ard 16km 6 - 7 hours Toll Creagach and Tom a' Choinich, Glen Affric 17km 6 – 8 hours Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan and neighbours, Alltbeithe 20km 9 – 11 hours Glen Strathfarrar Munros circuit 25km 7 – 10 hours Carn Eige and Mam Sodhail 29.5km 10 – 13 hours Accommodation links for this area: Hotels around Glen Affric and Beauly B&B around Glen Affric and Beauly Glen Affric and Beauly self catering cottages Hostels in Loch Ness and Glen Affric