Sutherland

You’ll leave your heart behind and take home the best of memories!

Visit Sutherland! Spend time in a county that can offer you everything except congestion on roads and crowds of people. Come where the inherent friendliness of its native Highland population ensures a warm welcome; where the newcomer drawn to live in this fascinating area brings their own special ways of ensuring the visitor always wants to stay longer; where fond memories will bring you back.

Wide open skies, stretches of clean silver sands, mountains high and river valleys low where walking is enhanced by glimpses of otters, pine martins, mountain hares, an abundance of red deer, eagles, ospreys and red kite – a bird watchers paradise with all manner of flora to add interest to your day. Explore the clear and sparkling rivers with waterfalls where salmon leap, view or fish the multitude of lochs scattered throughout Sutherland. Don’t miss the hub of Lairg with so many choices in so many directions.

Seeking excitement? Stand on the highest mainland cliffs in Britain at Cape Wrath and test your strength against the wild northerly wind, then seek the shelter of the nearby Visitor Centre at Durness from where you will be fascinated by the fury of the waves as they pound into the nearby beach. Try mountain biking at Golspie, surfing at Melvich Beach, rock climbing in Scotland’s first Geopark, boating in the picturesque west, and so much more to suit all kinds of weather and all kinds of people.

Peace and tranquillity instead? Take a picnic into the many forests or walk up the burnsides on a hot sunny day. Take the children to the magic of the clean beaches, accessible harbours and fascinating shores all round Sutherland’s extensive coastline, a photographer’s mecca in winter, summer, spring or autumn, in exceptional light, in peace and in safety. Visit Clynleish in Brora to taste the local whisky, and golf at Royal Dornoch!

Culture, History, Heritage? It is all there waiting for you in the museums, in the old buildings, in the visitor centres and in the people who have never lost their love and loyalty to the clan system. Go to one of the Highland Games and see for yourself but first, click on the websites buttons to give you a taste of what is on offer.

Look at the accommodation on offer on this website and chose to stay where it suits your tastes and your pocket. You will want good food, much of it sourced locally and prepared by people who care. You will want comfort and kindness, so the pleasure of the day is drawn into an evening of satisfaction. Sutherland is large with a diversity of topography, culture and places to stay, so chose well, but give yourself time, time to see and time to enjoy it all.