The Dundreggan Estate - owned by Trees for Life - has three short waymarked walks which are combined to make this route - visiting a waterfall, regenerating woodland and an optional climb to the moorland for superb views over Glen Moriston.
Waymarked woodland paths, track leading up to moorland.
None to start.
Dundreggan Estate car park.
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The walk begins from the Dundreggan Estate visitors car park; take the track off the A887 signed for Trees for Life and the car park is then on the right hand side. There are three short waymarked walks from here; this route links all three, including the optional hill route which is an out-and-back detour up onto the moors for open views over Glen Moriston. Begin the walk next to the information board, following the 'Juniper Trail' at first.
As its name suggests, the trail leads through substantial stands of juniper. The Dundreggan Estate is owned by Trees for Life, a charity which works to regenerate and restore the native Caledonian Forest, largely through volunteer programs. Ignore a minor path branching right, continuing until an information post. The routes continues left here, but first fork right to make a brief detour to visit a waterfall before returning to the post and continuing the walk.
At a marker post keep ahead (signed for all three walks). The route passes close to the car park (over to the left), but continue ahead past a small pond to a track behind a cottage and some outhouses. Turn right here onto a track. Soon a waymarked fork is reached. Go left here to begin the 'hill route' detour (it returns to this point before continuing the route along the 'wild boar' walk to the right). The hill route track climbs up through the trees; keep left at another fork.
Eventually the track climbs clear of the trees and continues across moorland, climbing gently and passing some small lochans. There are excellent views over Glen Moriston.
Continue as far as a post marking the end point of the 'hill route'. The track continues over the moors, but our route turns back from this point to descend back to the fork with the marker post for the wild boar route back down in the woods.
Now follow the wild boar trail, which runs alongside a fence on your left. Look out for wild boar on the other side of the enclosure - they are kept there by Trees for Life to test whether the boar, by rooting around, keep down the bracken and so enable more succesful natural regeneration of the woodland. Soon the path runs along a walkway, then eventually curves right and finally descends to meet the outward route. Turn right and then left to return to the car park.
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