Your itinerary today will take you through some of the most spectacular and rugged landscapes in the country, into the heartland of the Clan Mackay – a place famed for its exceptional geology and outstanding scenery and one of the most sparsely populated areas in Europe. Knockan Crag...

Man has lived a long time on the east coast of Sutherland. This enduring and beautiful landscape is home to ancient brochs and medieval castles, hidden woodland sites where iron ore was made and wide flowing rivers and estuaries used for transportation for centuries. Peaceful crofting...

Day 1 Leave Inverness on the A9, travelling north towards Dornoch. Once over the Kessock Bridge, a detour can be taken across the Black Isle on the A832 to Cromarty for a boat trip out into the Moray Firth with Ecoventures to look for the UK’s most northerly pod of bottlenose dolphins....