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

6.7

Overall rating from 90 Pitchup.com customers

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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Peaceful

59% would recommend this site to a friend

53% would stay here again

What customers say

Grand spot near Fort Augustus & Loch Ness. Staff are dead sound and helpful. Pitches mostly big and clean, new play park brilliant for kids. But facilities, especially loos/showers, are a bit basic and not enough. Some felt it was unfinished, gravel pitches rough. Bar/food got mixed views.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Overall the site is an excelent and very well placed!

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John V.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked The grounds are in very good level condition very easy to get parked up in the large pitches. The young lady on the desk upon arrival was very friendly and VERY helpful, i requested a pitch a tad closer to the shower block. This was not an issue for the lady. The toilet and shower blocks wer very clean and regularly cleaned. The site is a very short walk to fort augustus. Which is a very nice village. We even got to see the loch's do there thing. Didnt see nessie. But learned alot about the history of both the loch and nessie!

Disliked We went for food at the on site restaurant. Personally we were very disapointed!! My wifes chilli was more like a plate of winalot with rice! Burnt chilli does not look or taste good. I ordered the venison and haggis burger with chips. It was on the specials board. And now i know why! The burger was not enjoyable and actually looked like a frozen farmfoods burger if im honest. Needless to say it tasted nothing like venison. The haggis was ok but just dolloped on the top. The manager was mortified, when he asked how the food was. He was very apologetic.

Recommend to friends Visit again

We only stayed one night on our way round the NC500 and it was fine.

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Anonymous

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked The bar and restaurant looked nice, however we arrived too late and they had stopped serving food.

Disliked The shower/toilet facilities were basic and there weren’t enough for the number of campers.

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Friendly staff

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Sian G.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked The views and layout on the site!

Disliked The shower blocks. 2 toilets locked (probably because there were not many pitches booked). But the other toilets no loo roll! The showers, nothing dry to stand on, a simple raised mat in rubber would suffice. And if you want a warm/hot shower be prepared to take your time. The minute you want warm there is zero pressure! So a little dribble. The bins were filled to the limit so hard to stay tidy! As there were hardly anyone staying it seems like they don't check the bins regularly.

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Staff was very friendly, place was…

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Anonymous

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Staff was very friendly, place was very spacious.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Most friendly staff and clean pitches

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Karine D.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Open space nice utillity room. Very but really friendly people at check in.

Disliked Showers ro small and to little.

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Not suitable for families with young children

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Jessica W.

Non-electric gravel and hardstanding touring caravan pitch

Liked Play area (if it was closer to the touring tent)

Disliked Terrible toilet / shower ‘facilities’. Not family friendly at all. Small port a loo style toilets and showers. Impossible to use with small children, no benches or space to change, water temperature dangerous and kept going from freezing to burning, blocked drains so the showers flooded, full of mould, didn’t see them cleaned at all, empty toilet rolls, not even a soap dispenser in the one toilet.
7 cubicles for the whole site, not enough.
Washing up facilities also rubbish - small area and no hot water.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great site, toilet block lets it down

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Andrea M.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Great location for walking into the village and getting out and about. Pitches a good size. The staff really friendly and helpful

Disliked The toilet/shower/dishwashing area is inadequate for the amount of pitches. Often had to queue to shower or wash dishes. ( the site was nowhere near full) No hand driers in toilets, ran out of toilet paper. No space for drying yourself in the shower. This is a great site and hopefully this is only temporary and they plan to improve this facility

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Will be a great site in 10 years time

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Dawn N.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Spacious. Good location

Disliked Very open to the elements. Very basic facilities and limited for the number of pitches/units

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Friendly staff, clean and well appointed…

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Simon T.

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Friendly staff, clean and well appointed showers and toilets, breakfast in the cafe and beautiful riverside setting.

Recommend to friends Visit again

We had an excellent stay and would not hesitate to return.

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Anonymous

Electric optional gravel and hardstanding touring pitch

Liked Spacious site, good sized pitches, the staff were extremely helpful on arrival and throughout.

Disliked Gray water and chemical toilet waste could be better.

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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 +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

57.14226°N
4.68313°W

Nearest transport

Coach
12.9 km Loch Ness Youth Hostel
24.8 km Post Office
46.7 km Bus Station
Rail
28.8 km Tulloch Rail Station
29.8 km Roy Bridge Rail Station
31.6 km Spean Bridge Rail Station
Ferry
0.4 km Fort Augustus Ferry Landing
36.4 km Inverness Loch Ness Ferry Landing
44.1 km 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 0.3 km

Urquhart Castle 23 km

The Official Loch Ness Monster Exhibition 25 km

Nevis Range Cable Cars 41.3 km

Ben Nevis Distillery 41.6 km

Cycle routes

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

Other

Caledonian Canal: Fort Augustus - Kytra Lock 0.5 km

Fort Augustus to Glenmoriston 0.8 km

Jenkins Park Circuit, Fort Augustus 0.9 km

River Oich Walk: Fort Augustus 1.2 km

Torr Dhuin Forest Walk 3.2 km

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 €23.16 (for 1 night, 6 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.