Information
Dates: 19th March - 26th October 2010
Tel: 01549 421 232
Reception opening hours are between 7.30am - 11pm
daily.
We serves breakfast, packed lunch and excellent dinners all
year round
Continental Breakfast: £4.25 (served from 8am -
9:30am)
Cooked Breakfast: £5.95 not always
available, depending on demand (served from 8am - 9:30am)
Packed Lunch: £5.00 available on request
(Please book before 8pm the night before)
Evening Meals: £11.50 starter, main course
and dessert (3 courses - served from 7pm - 8pm)
Please note that we do not accept stag or hen parties at any of
our hostels.
Local Attractions
The Falls of
Shin
Dramatic waterfalls and the
famous, natural Atlantic Salmon Leap can take your breath
away.
Achany Glen, Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland, IV27 4EE,
Tel: 01549 402231
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Lairg archaeological trail
Cairns or stone
burial tombs built by New Stone Age provide the earliest evidence
of habitation in Lairg.
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Dunrobin Castle
The most northerly of
Scotland's great houses and the largest in the Northern Highlands.
Dating back to the early 1300s, home to the Earls and later, the
Dukes of Sutherland.
Golspie, Sutherland, KW10 6SF
Tel: 01408 633177
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Dornoch Cathedral
The Cathedral is a 13th
Century Parish Church set in the heart of the royal burgh of
Dornoch. The setting for the wedding of Madonna and Guy
Ritchie!
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Website
Skibo Castle
Glorious Highland castle and
estate.
Dornoch, Sutherland
Tain Museum
Home to an extensive and
varied collection of objects, photographs and archives of local,
regional and national significance.
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Ferrycroft Countryside Visitor Centre
This
purpose-built centre guides the visitor through the changes in land
use in the area from the ice age to the present day.
Tel: 01549 402160
Eating and drinking
Carbisdale Castle Restaurant and Coffee
Shop
Invershin Pub
The Takeaway
Home of the award winning
Caledonian Curry Company!Fish & Chips, freshly baked pizza,
curries to take away.
Open Tues – Sat, 5pm – 8pm
South Bonar Estate, Bonar Bridge, IV24 3AQ
Tel:01863 766766
The Crannag Bistro
Fully licensed restaurant serving delicious local seafood and
steaks.Booking advisable.Open Tues – Sat from 6pm last orders
9pm.
Dornoch Road, Bonar Bridge, IV24 3EB
Tel:01863 766111
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Families
- Excellent self-catering facilities
- Restaurant and coffee shop
- Family and private rooms
- Games room
- TV lounge
- Mountain Biking
- Walking
We understand better than anyone the
implications of travelling with young children. That is why we are
doing all we can to make your hostelling experience memorable for
all the right reasons.
Children and families are welcome at all our hostels, although we
have highlighted a number of hostels within our network as
being “Family Hostels” as they are particularly well-suited to
travelling with and entertaining younger children.
Family hostels not only have private rooms available, many
with en-suite facilities, they also carry practical items such as
travel cots, high chairs, microwaves and toys. In addition there is
normally a TV and games room as well as extensive private gardens
on site where the kids can let off some steam. Close to great
attractions and activities, these family hostels offer a great base
from which to explore the area. Our helpful staff are a great
source of knowledge on places to visit and things to see and
do.
Hostelling is a very friendly and relaxed way to travel and
our ethos actively involves children.
Groups
DunrobinCastle
The
most northerly of Scotland's great houses, dating back to the early
1300s, and home to the Earls and later, the Dukes of
Sutherland.
Golspie, Sutherland, KW10 6SF
Tel: 01408 633 177
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Timespan Heritage Centre
A vibrant meeting place between past and our
future linking culture, heritage, the arts, people and their
ideas.
Dunrobin Street, Helmsdale, Sutherland, KW8
6JX
Tel: 01431 821 327
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Boots n Paddles
Activities on offer include
open canoeing, archery, climbing, abseiling, hill walking,
orienteering, winter mountaineering, winter skills, mountain
biking, gorge walking, canyoning and weaseling!
14 Cabrich, Kirkhill, by Inverness, IV5
7PH
Tel: 0845 612 5567
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Fallsof Shin
Visitor Centre
Watch in amazement as the Atlantic salmon
battle their way upstream to return to their birth place. The
centre also boasts a children’s adventure playground, mini golf,
restaurant, gift shops and picturesque forest walks.
Achany Glen, Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland, IV27
4EE
Tel: 01549 402231
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Assynt Visitor Centre
Displays about the wildlife, history, geology
and cultural heritage of Assynt as well as information about the
North West highlands Geopark.
Main St, Lochinver, Sutherland, IV27 4LX
Tel: 01571 844 654
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Mountain Biking
Bike Hire No Longer Available at Hostel.
We have excellent mountain biking trails (10.5 mls) at Balblair
and Carbisdale Woods
Carbisdale & Balblair
Trails
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The Far North West - Kyle of Sutherland
An
easy start in wooded country - no difficult hills.
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Kyle of Sutherland
Quiet river valleys
with natural woodland
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The Far North West
Mostly a gentle climb
into wonderful scenery
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The Far North West
This final section
takes in part of the National Cycle Network, Route 1.
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Highland Wildcat Trails
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Learnie Red Rock Trails
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Website
Difficult
The Far North West
190 miles in the
wildest and most rugged scenery in Scotland. If you like hills to
get your teeth into, this is for you!
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Walking
Moderate
Carbisdale Castle Walk
A pleasant walk in
Sutherlandshire, overlooking the Kyle of Sutherland.
Distance: 4.43km/2.8miles Duration: 1 1/2 hours Height Gain: 130
metres/429 feet
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Route
Ferry Wood, Lairg
Two routes, including an
all abilities trail through a forest on the shores of Loch
Shin.
Distance: 2km/1.25miles Duration: 1 hour Height Gain: 20 metres/66
feet
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Route
Shin Falls Forest Walk
Short and fun
forest walk for all the family.
Distance: 2km/1.25miles Duration: 1 1/2 hours Height Gain: 30
metres/99 feet
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Route
Achany Glen, Lairg
Two short forest trails
near to the Falls of Shin - a famous salmon leap.
Distance: 1.5km/0.9miles Duration: 1/2 hour Height Gain: 50
metres/165 feet
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Longer walks
Golspie's 'Wee Mannie' & 'Big
Burn'
This walk rewards you with views along the
Sutherland coast and across the Moray Firth.
Distance: 9.18km/5.74miles Duration: 2 1/2 hours Height Gain: 415
metres/1369.5 feet
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Disclaimer: All
walking routes are hosted on external sites, therefore SYHA can
hold no responsibility towards their accuracy. SYHA would also like
to acknowledge the British
Mountaineering Council Participation Statement: "The BMC
recognises that climbing and mountaineering are activities with a
danger of personal injury or death. Participants in these
activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be
responsible for their own actions".
Wildlife
Osprey, Otters, Pine Marten, common seal, oystercatcher, wigeon,
shelduck, single flowered wintergreen, twinflower, ptarmigan,
raven, red deer, heather, knot, lapwing, redshank, bar-tailed
godwit.
Loch Fleet
In summer rare and
attractive flower species can be seen from scenic coastal walks
through dune grassland and mature pine woods.
3 miles north or Dornoch and 2 miles south of Golspie, off A9
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Ben Wyvis
Panoramic views of the
northern Highlands await visitors to this mountainous
reserve.
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Fishing
Kyle of Sutherland Angling Association
River Fishing for Salmon, Sea-trout and Brown Trout and Loch
fishing for Brown Trout. Permits available from the post office in
Bonar Bridge
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Lairg Angling Club
Loch Shin open fro
Sunday fishing
Season May to September
Tel: 01549 402309