Motorhome travel in the Scottish Highlands: Glen Coe, Durness and Assynt

Sango Sands Oasis stands on the cliffs above Durness’s beaches and welcomes motorhomes. At Faraid Head, dunes meet machair, a distinctive coastal grassland. The regional tourism guide describes the peninsula as a popular walk.

About a mile east of Durness, Smoo Cave opens through limestone cliffs. Its large natural entrance leads to a waterfall and a floodlit chamber.

Clachtoll Beach Campsite sits beside the beach on the Stoer peninsula. It offers pitches for motorhomes and describes views across the sea towards Lewis, Harris and Skye. From Clachtoll Beach car park, a signposted path heads west and then north to An Dun. Historic Assynt also describes a rougher approach from Stoer beach and recommends stout footwear.

Historic Environment Scotland identifies An Dun as an Iron Age broch, a substantial roundhouse on a rocky knoll above the shore. Its circular drystone walls, inner galleries and guard cells remain visible.

Clachtoll is reached by a single-track road, so Historic Assynt advises drivers to slow down and take care. Opening dates and services at Sango Sands and Clachtoll vary by season. Check each campsite’s current details against your travel dates.