Places to visit in Highlands and Islands
Explore nature reserves, woodlands, and parks across 6 counties in Highlands and Islands.
Ben Nevis, the Cairngorms plateau, Skye's Cuillin, and a coastline stretching from Kintyre to Cape Wrath — Britain's largest wilderness.
Argyll and Bute
A fragmented coastal and island district with Loch Lomond's western shore, the Kintyre peninsula, the islands of Islay and Jura, and the Cowal peninsula's sea lochs.
Highland
Scotland's largest council area, covering the Cairngorms' eastern summits, the Great Glen, the Far North coast, Torridon's ancient red sandstone mountains, and Caithness.
Moray
A northeast Scottish district along the Moray Firth coast, with the Speyside rivers, Cairngorms National Park on its southern boundary, and Roseisle's coastal pine forest.
Na h-Eileanan Siar
The Western Isles archipelago stretching from the Outer Hebrides' machair grasslands and Harris's white-sand beaches to the Lewis moorland and Callanish standing stones.
Orkney Islands
An archipelago of 70 islands north of Caithness, with flagstone coastal scenery, the RSPB Hoy sea cliffs, Neolithic sites at Skara Brae, and the Pentland Firth coast.
Shetland Islands
A sub-Arctic archipelago 100 miles north of mainland Scotland, with dramatic clifftop scenery, RSPB Noss's seabird stacks, and moorland plateau across the Mainland.