My Free NC500 Itinerary! In May 2021, we completed an Anti-Clockwise route of the NC500 and also included a short trip to the Isle of Skye & Glencoe. Below is our NC500 itinerary with suggested activities and approx driving times between the locations to help get you started. I always highly recommend that you plan your NC500 before you go! That includes booking hotels or camspites in advance and mapping out your rote. Planning is so important to a successful NC500 trip. I actually recorded and made a video of this trip which you can watch on YouTube here! For more itineraries, tips and advice for the NC500 why not consider purchasing my ‘No Fuss’ NC500 Guide Book? It’s an Amazon Best Seller and has helped 1000’s of people have the road trip of a lifetime! If you’re still not convinced, please checkout the verified reviews on the product page here. You can also follow me on Instagram where I regularly post travel tips, videos and photos!
| Date | Day | Journey | Drive Time | Activities | Night Accomodation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th May | 1 | Home to Inverness | 9 Hours | 9 hours including service stops 🙂 | Travelodge |
| 17th May | 2 | Inverness to Fortrose Bay | 30 Mins | Loch Ness / Fairy Glen Walk / Dolphin & Seal Watching at Chanonry Point / Campfire Beach | Fortrose Bay (Electric) |
| 18th May | 3 | Fortrose Bay to Dornoch | 1 Hour | Rogie Falls / Falls of Shin / Cocoa Mountain Worlds Best Hot Chocolate / Dornoch Beach | Dornoch Bay Campsite (Electric) |
| 19th May | 4 | Dornoch to John O Groats | 2 Hours | Brora Beach (Highland Cows here) / Castle of Old Wick / Castle Sinclair / John o Groats (famous photo post location) | John O'Groats Campsite (Electric) |
| 20th May | 5 | John o Groats to Thurso to Tongue | 1 Hour 30 Mins | Duncasby Head Sea Stacks & Light House / Dunnet Bay Beach / Strathy Beach / Thurso Town (Last Tesco for a while) | Kyle of Tongue Hostel & Campsite (Electric) |
| 21st May | 6 | Tongue to Durness | 2 Hours | Smoo Cave / Sango Bay Beach (Must See) / Balnakeil Beach / Cocoa Mountain Worlds Best Hot Chocolate | Sango Bay Campsite (Not Booked No Electric) |
| 22nd May | 7 | Durness to Ullapool | 1 Hour 40 Mins | Kylesku Bridge / Wailing Widdow Falls at Loch Gainmhich / Drumbeg Viewpoint / Clashnessie Falls / Ardvreck Castle | Ardmair Holiday Park (Electric) |
| 23rd May | 8 | Ullapool to Poolewe to Loch Carron | 1 Hour 10 Mins | Falls of Mesach Suspension Bridge / Victoria Falls / Explore The Town of Poolewe | The Wee Campsite |
| 24th May | 9 | Loch Carron to Applecross to Skye | 2 Hours 40 Mins | Bealach na Bà Pass / Applecross Village / Road to Skye / Mealt Falls / Quiraing | Flodigarry Pods |
| 25th May | 10 | Skye | NA | Dunvegan Castle / Neist Point Lighthouse / Old Man of Storr | Flodigarry Pods |
| 26th May | 11 | Skye to Fort William | 2 Hours 12 | Fairy Pools / Talisker Distillery | Glen Nevis Campsite |
| 27th May | 12 | Fort William to Glencoe | 20 Minutes | Jacobite Train (Hogwarts Express Harry Potter Train) | Glencoe Campsite |
| 28th May | 13 | Glencoe | NA | Glencoe Mountain Range / Glen etive Road - James Bond Viewpoint / Glenfinnan Viaduct / Nevis Gorge and Falls | Travelodge |
Collie dog lover, keen traveler and travel guide writer. In 2022, I launched No Fuss Travel Guides with 'North Coast 500 - The Road Trip of a Lifetime' which became an Amazon best seller. I've since worked with tourism boards including Visit Wales and have been featured in The Guardian 'Best of Travel'.
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