Plan Your Time at Eddrachilles
Important: Life and travel in the far northwest Highlands are shaped by weather and season, and not all plans of tourism small businesses are finalised by the start of a new year. We are currently updating these pages as details for 2026 are confirmed. That may mean that sometimes a page is temporarily unavailable. Remember we’re always glad to offer suggestions or point guests towards local operators’ own websites and social pages - just drop us an email.
North West Sutherland is full of things to do and see from bird watching, photography and wildlife boat trips to beaches, Deep Time travel in our Geopark, , hill walks, fishing, watching hand-painting of world famous ceramics, buying or learning arts and crafts and enjoying local fresh food.. There’s a Journal article on this here.
We’re always delighted to help our guests plan their time here. We’ve maps, leaflets, books and a comprehensive guest information pack waiting for you at chedk-in.
Useful Starter List
To get you started, here are some useful links to a selection of places around Eddrachilles Hotel:
visiting Handa Island (puffins late April until early August)
visiting Sandwood Bay
visiting Cape Wrath
visiting Smoo caves
visiting the Bone Caves
driving the coastal route to Lochinver
visiting Oldshoremore beach
visiting Clashnessie and Clachtoll beaches
visiting Balnakiel beach
visiting Ardvreck castle (ruins) on Loch Assynt
taking a boat tour on Loch Glencoul
visiting the Knockan Crags geological interpretive display
taking a drive through the isolation of interior Sutherland: Eddrachilles–Durness–Hope–Altnaharra–Lairg–Oykel Bridge–Kylesku–Eddrachilles
taking a drive through the isolation of interior Sutherland: Eddrachilles–Laxford Bridge–Lairg–Oykell Bridge–Kylesku–Eddrachilles
visit Ullapool and take a delicious Foodie Tour with Ullapool Tours.
There are also some more detailed suggestions on our Facebook and Instagram pages and on this website under Things to Do. . In this our closed for winter season, we are currently updating our website pages with new information as it emerges ready for 2026 season. . Any specific questions, please just ask us, we love to share.
Distance and Time may be unequal here
One important thing to remember when planning your precious holiday is that the NW tip of Scotland is a wild landscape, remote and the roads are often single track. It often takes longer to reach destinations than the map might suggest. We offer a guide in both miles and time to most tourist destinations on our main wall map.
Some “must see’ points also involve a good walk, e.g. Sandwood Bay is four miles from the car-park, or you may need to queue for the ferry to Handa which operates on a demand based shuttle rather than a timetable. Every year we have guests who wish they had booked an extra night at Eddrachilles. Unique among local hotels we offer as standard a discounted rate for multi-night bookings and a further discount for long stays of 5+ nights.
Please don’t over-schedule your visit or simply regard the area as one to travel through. This is not a place to rush round, it is a unique landscape is to be experienced and savoured. But if you do invest the time, it will truly reward you many times over. Enjoy!