Isle of Arran Coastal Way

Walking Holidays and Hiking Tours

Walking holidays on the Isle of Arran offer an opportunity to discover the wild beauty of Scotland’s most southerly inhabited island. 

To reach the Isle of Arran you will need to take a 13 mile ferry trip across the Firth of Clyde from Ardrossen.

Typical of island life, once ashore, you will feel like you have stepped back into an older and more peaceful time.  Arran is the classic destination for field geology students who come here from all over the world to study the rich variety of rock formation, which is unrivalled in the British Isles.   Mild winter temperatures allow palm trees and sub-tropical plants to flourish.

As a walker you cannot fail to notice the different colours, shapes and formations in the rocks you see.

Machrie Moor on the Isle of Arran contains one of the finest range of ancient monuments in Scotland, six Bronze Age stone circles about 3800 – 4000 years old.  Arran’s mild climate and mixed landscape makes it home to a huge variety of animals and plants, and the island is recognised as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

You will walk on roads and rocks, and although the ‘boulder hopping’ is tough it is worth it to have the chance to see seals, dolphins, porpoise, sea otters and if you are really lucky the large black fin of the basking shark.

The Isle of Arran Path is a circular route, with itineraries for 6 or 7 days.

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