Durness

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Smoo Cave
Smoo Cave

Durness is a seaside village in the north coast of Highlands.

[edit] Get in

  • Single track road along the north coast.
  • Bus from Inverness, operated by Tim Dearman Coaches, once a day, Monday to Saturday.
  • The Royal Mail postbus can pick you up from Lairg train station (it meets the train). Operates Mon - Sat. In summer also on Sundays.
  • The highland council run a subsidised bus to/from Inverness which operates once a fortnight

[edit][add listing] See

  • visit Smoo Cave
  • watch wildlife: sea birds (including puffins north of Durness), seals and porpoises.

There is tourist information centre by the road.

[edit][add listing] Do

  • take a boat trip for whale spotting
  • walk along the beaches
  • walk to Faraidh Head - often good close-up views of seals in the rock pools. At the correct season eider ducks swimming in with their ducklings from far away make an impressive and memorable sight.

[edit][add listing] Eat

  • There is a well stocked local Spar which doubles as the post office.

[edit][add listing] Drink

There is a pub.

[edit][add listing] Sleep

There is a camping up on the cliff over Sango Bay. There are also several B&Bs in the village.

[edit] Cope

There is ATM and petrol station in the village.

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