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Walking the West Highland Way - 8 Days

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8 daysDuration
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18 - 99 yearsAge range for participants
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Highlights

A Walk to the Foot of Ben Nevis

Follow the Shores of Loch Lomond, Britain’s Largest Lake

Rannoch Moor and Scotland’s Most Remote Licensed Inn

Walking Through Glencoe and Glen Nevis

Itinerary

Walk through the stunning Scottish Highlands from Loch Lomond to Ben Nevis on this iconic route. If you wish to walk the full West Highland Way from Milngavie please refer to our 10 Day itinerary. This tour follows most of the 92-mile national long distance trail of the same name through the southwestern part of the Scottish Highlands. It is claimed by some to be the most popular long distance trail in the British Isles. Starting at the village of Drymen just outside Glasgow, it includes Loch Lomond, valley routes through the mountains round Crianlarich and open heather moorland across the Rannoch Moor wilderness area. It passes close to somber Glencoe, famed for its massacre of the MacDonald Clan, and finishes at Fort William near the foot of Ben Nevis (Britain's highest peak, which can be readily ascended by experienced clients if they choose to spend an extra day). The West Highland Way is a well-established and popular route, containing some landscapes of great beauty. The altitude range is from sea level to 1850 ft (4408 ft if Ben Nevis is climbed).

day 1Arrive Drymen

Make your own way to Drymen, a small town north of Glasgow that is a gateway to the Highlands. If you arrive early there is a teashop with home-made cakes across the green and the small Clachan Inn where Rob Roy used to come down for a swift pint whilst collecting "Blackmail."
Accommodation: Kip in the Kirk (a converted 1819 church hall) is our overnight stop, where the host will make you more than welcome and has become a favourite with our hikers.
*If you wish to walk from the official start of the West Highland Way in Milngavie, please choose our 10-Day itinerary (WH1).

day 2Drymen to Rowardennan 22 km/14 miles

day 3Rowardennan to Ardlui 22 km/14 miles

day 4Ardlui to Inveroran 24.15 km/15 miles or 34 km/21 miles

day 5Inveroran to Kingshouse Hotel 16 km/10 miles

day 6Kingshouse Hotel to Kinlochleven 14.5 km/9 miles

day 7Kinlochleven to Fort William 22.5km/13.5 miles

day 8End of tour

What's Included

Accommodation
3 nights B&B accommodation & 4 nights hotel accommodation on a twin share basis with ensuite facilities where available (except solo/single travellers who are in dormitory at the Kingshouse Hotel - request a private room for additional charge).
Meals
7 breakfasts
Transport
Transfer from Ardlui/Inveraran to Crianlarich at start of Day 4. Needs to be required at the time of booking.
Others
Once piece of luggage per person transferred from Inn to Inn, not exceeding 20kgDigital information pack including Navigational AppEmergency hotlineGPX files

Customer Reviews

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3.0 | Average

Great accommodation. Trip notes not sent before leaving home. Cumbersome to view electronically. Not written specifically for our trip. Not sure why this would be the case in with ease of producing documents. Trip notes not always written on b logical sequence.

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4.0 | Very Good

Seamless trip logistically. Beautiful scenery. Most trails nearly empty. Be prepared not to have options at stops, as most are the hotel only with no town/market option. Scottish food is fairly monotonous, although Bridge of Orchy and Kingshouse restaurants were standouts. We spent another night at Kingshouse, but there was not much to do there.

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5.0 | Excellent

We found it to be what was described on the website.

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AnonymousVerified Traveler
5.0 | Excellent

Enjoyed the trip 100%. People services were well organized and thoughtful. The scenery was gorgeous. Only one criticism was lack of a outdoor toilets which may have lessened the disturbing litter of toilet paper occasionally spotted.

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