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Get inspiration, ideas and planning tips from our experts who have driven every mile to uncover unique experiences you can make all your own. Stop for a lunch of freshly-caught seafood dishes to wow your palette in Ullapool, explore subtropical gardens that splash the coast in colour at Inverewe, and glide across dramatic lochs in a sea kayak in Wester Ross.
Inside Lonely Planet's
Journey North Coast 500
travel guide:
Our Journey guidebook format
helps you
build the trip of a lifetime
with
mile-by-mile coverage
of this iconic drive
Six of our favorite ways
to explore North Coast 500, with itineraries ranging from 4 days to 2 weeks
Easy-to-use maps
with
must-do stops for every stage of the journey
plus a
birds' eye route tracker
Discover the best places to eat, drink and sleep
as well as recommended
detours
Interviews with locals
share fascinating stories, tips and insights
In-depth features
explore memories of the Highlands; whiskies of the north coast; the NC500 on foot
Dive deep into unmissable experiences
from canoeing on Loch Sionascaig, to Beinn Eighe's ancient pines, and golf at Royal Dornoch
'Essentials' toolkit
on arriving, money and budgeting, accommodation, accessibility, responsible travel, driving laws, and more
Stunning photography
throughout
Covers
: Inverness to Black Isle; Black Isle to Dornoch; Dornoch to Wick; Wick to Thurso; Thurso to Tongue; Tongue to Durness; Durness to Lochinver; Lochinver to Ullapool; Ullapool to Gairloch; Gairloch to Shieldaig; Shieldaig to Inverness
Discover everything you need to know with
Lonely Planet's
Journey North Coast 500
– your guide to experiencing one of the world's great adventures your way.