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WALKING IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND
FROM SHENVAL B&B NEAR GLEN AFFRIC AND LOCH NESS
When walking in the Highlands of Scotland, make Shenval organic Bed and Breakfast, near Loch Ness, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve and Kintail, your holiday accommodation base for a wide variety of walks. Shenval organic B&B is ideal for short strolls, low level walks and rambling, hillwalking, Corbett and Munro bagging, long distance walking and trekking.
Green tourism motivates you? To be kept up to date with outdoor events in our area, click HERE
Trust your Shenval B&B hosts to advise you on walks best suited to your tastes and abilities: we have over 35 years of rambling and hillwalking experience in the Highlands of Scotland, from seashores to mountain tops. Our Ordnance Survey maps are freely available too. For the immediate area around Shenval: O.S. Landranger® Maps (1:50000) Nos 25 and 26.
For families: walking is available on numerous forest trails and footpaths past your accommodation base at Shenval B&B in Glenurquhart and in Drumnadrochit, Abriachan and Fort Augustus, by Loch Ness and in Strathglass, Glen Affric, Glen Cannich, Strathfarrar and the Black Isle, including a wide choice of seaside, river, canal and lochside walks.
For the more energetic
Long distance footpaths:
Great Glen Way Inverness to Fort William via Loch Ness.
Loch Ness to Isle of Skye via Glenurquhart, Strathglass and Glen Affric: goes past the very doorstep of our Shenval Bed & Breakfast.
Hillwalking:
While the Kintail Munros are just over 50 minutes drive away from Shenval B&B, within 30 minutes drive of our Shenval bandb accommodation, there is an extensive choice of hillwalking in Glens Affric, Cannich and Strathfarrar, with no less than 17 Munros (hills over 3000ft-914m) and 5 Corbetts (hills between 2500ft -762m- and 3000ft.). Among these, the highest hills north of the Great Glen, Carn Eighe (1183m.) and Mam Sodhail (1180m.) rise above Loch Affric; from these summits, stunning coast to coast panoramic views can be had, from the Isle of Skye and the Outer Hebrides in the west to the Moray Firth in the east and from Torridon in the north to Ben Nevis to the south.
Share one walking day in the hills of Glen Affric with your Shenval B&B hosts and their friends HERE
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HANDY TIPS
Guiding
- The Highland Council Countryside Ranger Service offers numerous guided walks throughout the year. See our outdoor events page for details.
- Mountain guiding services: see our links for Boots n Paddles and Natural High Guiding.
- The Glen Affric Winterfest, in February, is aimed at those wishing to perfect or learn new winter walking skills.
- In late May-early June, the now well established Glen Affric Walking Festival caters for all abilities and levels of fitness, for families and “Munro Baggers” alike. See our News page or Contact us for details
Outdoor access: getting it right
You can access virtually all land all year round in Scotland, as long as you do this responsibly. Get your own free full copy of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code from Scottish Natural Heritage or contact: SNH, Publications Section, Battleby, Redgorton, PERTH PH1 3EW, tel:01738 444 177. See our links page for details online.
3-Day local mountain weather forecast available from our LINKS
| Throughout the summer, 3 times a day every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from Monday early July until mid September, a minibus service runs from Cannich to Glen Affric with return connections from Shenval B&B. An excellent opportunity to leave your car behind at Shenval Bed & Breakfast and to enjoy the views along the way, before starting on walks proper. |
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