Loch Ness Highland Resort

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In an area of outstanding natural beauty
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In an area of outstanding natural beauty
Playground
Park location

  • Scenic Highlands site by the shores of Loch Ness
  • A 25-minute drive from Urquhart Castle and 55 minutes from Inverness
  • Restaurant and shop on site; watersports and archery nearby
If you fancy spending some of your holiday trying to spot Nessie from lakeshores, and some taking in the scenic Scottish Highlands, take a look at Loch Ness Highland Resort, a family-friendly site in the village of Fort Augustus. Just five minutes’ walk (less than half a mile) from the shores of the famed Loch Ness, there are no prizes for guessing what the biggest draw is around these parts. The site’s also about five minutes from boat cruises on the loch, and from the Caledonian Canal (which runs from Inverness to the west coast at Fort William) and the 79-mile Great Glen Way that largely follows its route. For those in need of rather more activity, the site team can recommend local activities such as whitewater rafting, kayaking, gorge walking, river rafting, rock climbing, abseiling and archery, so staying busy is a cinch. The site itself also spreads across 40 acres of countryside, so kids (and excitable grownups) will also have plenty of space to run about in. All this could possibly be hungry work so it's handy that there's a bar-restaurant right on site to sort meals, and a handful of local eateries in the pretty Fort Augustus. After making sure everyone is fed, spend the long evenings during high season keeping eyes wide open to spy out eagles, ospreys, red stags, pine martens and red squirrels.

Site type

Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 27
Touring caravan pitches 30
Motorhome pitches 30
Open now
Opens 1 March

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Single-sex bookings of 6 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Restaurant opening hours: Monday & Tuesday are closed Wednesday to Sunday – 11am-9pm (no breakfast; lunch served 12pm-3pm and dinner 5pm-8pm)

Languages spoken

English

Open from Sat, 1 Mar to

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Reviews

6.8

Overall rating from 112 Pitchup.com customers

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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

63% would recommend this site to a friend

58% would stay here again

What customers say

This site boasts a brilliant location, a short walk from Fort Augustus and Loch Ness. Guests consistently praise the exceptionally friendly and helpful staff. Pitches are generally spacious and clean, with a new play park a hit with children. However, several reviews highlight that facilities, particularly the toilet and shower blocks, are insufficient and basic, with some describing the site as unfinished and the gravel pitches as uncomfortable. The bar and restaurant received mixed feedback.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews

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Arrival date (latest first)

Basic site with lots of potential

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Amy W.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Staff were super helpful, really couldn't do enough.
Lovely site but very basic on touring pitches

Disliked Very few toilets and showers. 4 toilets and 2 shower cubicles (plus one as potential disabled unit) to serve 20+ pitches (plus extras without electricity). Pressure in showers dropped drastically when more than 1 person having a shower. Check in time was late - 4pm (late compared to majority of sites) and pitch up says check out is 10am but staff told us it was 11am.
This site has the potential to be amazing but we felt it was overpriced for what it offers at the moment.

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Don’t bother

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Anonymous

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Nothing

Disliked If I could give it 0 stars I would. If you want to pay £35 for what is essentially a gravel carpark with a poorly built portashower in then this is the place for you however this is not what you would expect for the price they charge! It’s just a large gravel area that doesn’t look like the pictures. The showers are porta style and poorly built so they don’t drain and you have to stand in other people’s dirt and soup scum not to mention they are tiny! The toilets are of a similar nature. This site just feels like an after thought but with no budget. We turned around and left and stayed elsewhere where. Would not recommend!

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Fantastic location, great site and a…

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Martin P.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Fantastic location, great site and a really warm welcome.

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Mangelhafte Sanitäranlage, unschöner Stellplatz. Viel zu teuer

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Anonymous

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Ruhig

Disliked Unschöner Schotterplatz. Sanitäre Anlagen für den Preis eine Zumutung. Nur 2 Duschen für alle. In diesen keine Ablagemöglighkeit. Utensilien werden nass. Duschvorhang ungenügender Schutz. Viel zu klein. Steckdose geht nur in 1 Kabine. Spiegel gibt es nur in 1 Duschkabine. Kein Föhn, nichts. Winziges Eckwaschbecken nur in den wenigen Toiletten. Sehr ekelig, wenn man sich waschen und Zähne putzen will. Nur 1 Spülbecken für den ganzen Platz, der von anderen als Waschbecken und zum Zähneputzen benutzt wird (mangels an Waschplätzen). Angeblich 5 Sterne. Sicher nicht für den Wohnmobil-Stellplatzbereich.

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Spacious…

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3 out of 10
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Pearl O.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Spacious

Disliked Shower and toilets

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Good sized pitches,loved the individual toilets…

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Patricia M.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Good sized pitches,loved the individual toilets and showers,had a great restaurant,lovely food,staff lovely and very friendly

Disliked No dog bins

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Check in was easy, Site was clean, …

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Grant P.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Check in was easy,
Site was clean,
The on site restaurant was great, food was excellent. Izzy looked after us, made sure everybody was happy.
short walk into town
Would stay again.

Disliked The toilet block was small but clean,

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Friendly staff with clean facilities

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8 out of 10
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Colin K.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Quiet with lots of room friendly staff

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Highly recommended for relaxing stay

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Kat D.

Microlodge (four person, pet friendly)

Liked Brilliant option for and adult and a child (and a dog). We had the best view lodge with spacious patio. Everything was in a great shape. Lovely towels and crispy bedding. Playground lovely, nice quiet area with very short walk to the loch and many other places. We loved it

Disliked Wouldn't recommend for 4 people but 2 plus child would work. Was hard to keep floor clean with small dustpan and nothing to wipe it with. A few hooks here and there would make difference.

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Awesome site. Great value for money.

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Anonymous

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Great site for exploring Loch Ness and very close to the village for everything you need. Big shout out to Frankie who provided a very warm welcome upon arrival and provided some very useful local info. Having a great customer experience really makes the difference. Thanks Frankie. Also, good restaurant onsite ( great portions) and the kids loved the playground. Site for campervans was basic but toilets and showers were very clean. Very peaceful

Disliked Only issue , and this is being picky, is that the motorhome/campervan area was a little bit away from main area ( toilets were close though). Just meant i couldnt let children go to playground and stay with van. But it really wasnt a major issue.

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

D. of E. welcome Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker Forest Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Spectacular scenery Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby Public transport nearby Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Watersports nearby

Location

Loch Ness Highland Resort

Glendoe Road

Fort Augustus

Highlands and Islands

Scotland

PH32 4BG

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

57.14226°N
4.68313°W

Nearest transport

Coach
8 mi Loch Ness Youth Hostel
15.4 mi Post Office
29 mi Bus Station
Rail
17.9 mi Tulloch Rail Station
18.5 mi Roy Bridge Rail Station
19.6 mi Spean Bridge Rail Station
Ferry
0.2 mi Fort Augustus Ferry Landing
22.6 mi Inverness Loch Ness Ferry Landing
27.4 mi Camusnagaul Ferry Landing

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Explores of Loch Ness are an absolute must on any stay here. Make immediate tracks from base to the spectacularly placed Urquhart Castle (25 minutes’ drive), then continue onwards to the Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition (30 minutes) to learn about 500 million years of the lake’s history and to find out where all those Nessie stories started. Travel the length of Loch Ness to reach Inverness (55 minutes), where there are botanic gardens to wander, dolphin-spotting tours to take, a cathedral and castle to visit, museums and arts centres to traipse through, and plenty of shopping to be had. Just outside the city, a stop at Culloden (an hour and five minutes) comes highly recommended to learn more about the battle that ended the Jacobite uprising of the 18th century. Heading south instead, a 50-minute drive will land guests in Fort William, the starting point of hikes up Ben Nevis, the UK’s highest mountain, as well as the home of the Ben Nevis Distillery and the West Highland Museum. Further afield, it’s a little over an hour to the edge of Cairngorms National Park, explores of which should include stops at Dalwhinnie Distillery, the Highland Folk Museum, RZSS Highland Wildlife Park and Landmark Forest Adventure Park, among lots else.

Must see

Caledonian Canal Heritage Centre 0.2 mi

Urquhart Castle 14.3 mi

The Official Loch Ness Monster Exhibition 15.5 mi

Nevis Range Cable Cars 25.6 mi

Ben Nevis Distillery 25.8 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Caledonian Canal: Fort Augustus - Kytra Lock 0.3 mi

Fort Augustus to Glenmoriston 0.5 mi

Jenkins Park Circuit, Fort Augustus 0.5 mi

River Oich Walk: Fort Augustus 0.8 mi

Torr Dhuin Forest Walk 2 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Loch Ness Highland Resort have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Loch Ness Highland Resort dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Loch Ness Highland Resort? Explores of Loch Ness are an absolute must on any stay here. Make immediate tracks from base to the spectacularly placed Urquhart Castle (25 minutes’ drive), then continue onwards to the Loch … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Loch Ness Highland Resort?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Loch Ness Highland Resort? From £20 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.