In November 2021, we completed an Anti-Clockwise route of the NC500. Below is our itinerary with suggested activities and approx driving times between the locations.
| Date | Day | Journey | Drive Time | Activities | Night Accomodation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th November | 1 | Flight BHX to Inverness | NA | Fireworks & Meal in Inverness | Mercure Hotel |
| 6th November | 2 | Inverness to Lybster | 1 Hour 30 Mins | Dornoch Milk & Honey Cafe Breakfast / Cocoa Mountain Hot Chocolate / Big Burn Walk Golspie / Dunrobin Castle / Brora Beach | Blingery Cottage |
| 7th November | 3 | Lybster to Betty Hill | 2 Hour 52 Mins | Camster Cairns / Whaligoe Steps / Old Keiss Castle Walk Along Beach / John o Groats Post / Cafe Lunch / Farr Beach Betty Hill / Craggan Hotel | Island View Glamping Pod |
| 8th November | 4 | Betty Hill to Drumbeg | 2 Hours 40 Mins | Sango Sands Viewpoint / Cocoa Mountain Stop Off / Kylesku Bridge / Kylesku Rainbow Maze / Wailing Widow Falls / Dinner at Kylesku Hotel? | Tor Druim B & B |
| 9th November | 5 | Drumbeg to Ullapool | 1 Hour 16 Mins | Drumbeg View Point / Clashnessie Falls / Clachtoll Beach / Achmelvich Beach / Lochinver Larder Pies / Ardvreck Castle Dinner at Frigate Cafe Bistro? | Loch Broom Chalets |
| 10th November | 6 | Ullapool to Apple Cross | 3 Hours | Bridge Cottage Cafe / Gairloch Museum / Falls of Measach Maybe / Beinn Eighe Car Park / Deer Musuem Torridon / Bo & Muc Restaurant or Shieldaig Bar & Coastal Kitchen / Drive to Apple Cross Inn Dinner 7pm | Applecross Inn |
| 11th November | 7 | Apple Cross to Loch Ness | 2 Hours 30 Mins | Bealach na Bà Pass / Eilean Donan Castle / Invermoriston Falls / Loch Ness | Loch Ness Inn |
| 12th November | 8 | Inverness to BHX | NA | Flight Back To Inverness 14:00 | Home |
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