From Lochmaddy
From Lochmaddy we are approx 30mins away. You can find the directions on Google Maps here. You can usually access the CalMac wifi just as you’re coming in Lochmaddy, to load the maps on your smartphone and then find us with GPS.
In general, follow the signs for Sollas. As you are leaving the village of Lochmaddy you will see a sign to your right for Sollas / Berneray. Stay on the road to Sollas. As you travel through Sollas you will see a Co-op on your left-hand side. This is open till 10 pm each night (closed on a Sunday). When you’ve passed through Sollas you will start to come around a large tidal bay and will see the forest up ahead.
When the forest and deer fence are directly by the roadside on your left-hand side, drive past the first entrance to the forest and take the next/second entrance, you will see a deer fence & gate with a few car parking spaces.
Drive through the gate and up the forest track. Don’t take the first left, take the second left at a small standing stone. Follow the track up the hill. At the top of the hill at small crossroads, take a left.
For Cailleach-Oidhche
After turning left at the top of the hill your accommodation is the first on the left. It also has a carving of an owl at the door. If I don’t hear you coming, please do call me so I can come and say hello and welcome you.
For Iolaire
Drive past the first cabin and two small sheds. Around the next corner, you will see Iolaire, your cabin with the steps. It also has a carving of an eagle at the door. If I don’t hear you coming, please do call me so I can come and say hello and welcome you.
From Berneray
From Berneray we are 30mins away on North Uist, the next island to the south. You can find the directions on Google Maps here. As you travel south from Berneray, Follow signs for Sollas.
As you travel south from Berneray, follow signs for Sollas. As you travel through Sollas you will see a Co-op on your left-hand side. This is open till 10 pm each night (closed on a Sunday). When you’ve passed through Sollas you will start to come around a large tidal bay and will see the forest up ahead.
When the forest and deer fence are directly by the roadside on your left-hand side, drive past the first entrance to the forest and take the next/second entrance, you will see a deer fence & gate with a few car parking spaces.
Drive through the gate and up the forest track. Don’t take the first left, take the second left at a small standing stone. Follow the track up the hill. At the top of the hill at small crossroads, take a left.
For Cailleach-Oidhche
After turning left at the top of the hill your accommodation is the first on the left. It also has a carving of an owl at the door. If I don’t hear you coming, please do call me so I can come and say hello and welcome you.
For Iolaire
Drive past the first cabin and two small sheds. Around the next corner, you will see Iolaire, your cabin with the steps. It also has a carving of an eagle at the door. If I don’t hear you coming, please do call me so I can come and say hello and welcome you.
From Benbecula, South Uist and Eriskay
You can find Google Map directions by clicking on the following:
from Benbecula Airport
from Lochboisdale
from Eriskay.
Once you are on North Uist and you have gone through a small village called Claddach Kirkibost, look out for a sign to your right for Sollas. This is a shortcut across North Uist, on a single track road called the Committee Road. There are no houses along this road, just peat stacks and lots of birdlife. Look out for white tailed-eagles, golden eagles, hen harriers and short-eared owls.
When you reach the end of this road turn left. When the forest and deer fence are directly by the roadside on your left-hand side, drive past the first entrance to the forest and take the next/second entrance. You will see a deer fence and gate with a few car parking spaces.
Drive through the gate and up the forest track. Don’t take the first left, take the second left at a small standing stone. Follow the track up the hill. At the top of the hill at small crossroads, take a left.
For Cailleach-Oidhche
After turning left at the top of the hill your accommodation is the first on the left. It also has a carving of an owl at the door. If I don’t hear you coming, please do call me so I can come and say hello and welcome you.
For Iolaire
Drive past the first cabin and two small sheds. Around the next corner, you will see Iolaire, your cabin with the steps. It also has a carving of an eagle at the door. If I don’t hear you coming, please do call me so I can come and say hello and welcome you.