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45 MUST SEE Places When Doing the NC500 Scotland Road Trip | Best Stops on the North Coast 500

In September 2023, I spent 6 weeks touring Scotland and the North Coast 500. Although I didn't get to see everything I wanted, I did see a lot, and in this video, I share with you 45 of the best stops on this must-do road trip.

I hope it helps you plan your adventure!

If there are any stops I've missed that you think need to be in this video, please comment below.
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Near Inverness
04:15 East Coast
10:42 North Coast
13:33 West Coast
19:15 Isle of Skye
20:49 Near Glencoe
23:27 Outro
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NC500 THE ULTIMATE GUIDE! Everything You Need To Know in 5 Minutes! North Coast 500 Road Trip Guide

This is the ULTIMATE NC500 5 MINUTE GUIDE! Doing the NC500 soon? YOU MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO! In only 5 minutes you'll know everything about The North Coast 500!

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Our 12 Day Route...
Day 1: Home to Inverness
Day 2: Inverness to Fortrose Bay
Day 3: Fortrose Bay to Dornoch
Day 4: Dornoch to John O Groats
Day 5: John o Groats to Tongue
Day 6: Thurso to Durness
Day 7: Durness to Ullapool
Day 8: Ullapool to Poolewe to Loch Carron
Day 9: Loch Carron to Applecross to Skye
Day 10: Skye
Day 11: Skye to Fort William
Day 12: Fort William to Glencoe

MUST SEE PLACES:
Loch Ness / Fairy Glen Walk / Dolphin & Seal Watching at Chanonry Point / Campfire Beach / Rogie Falls / Falls of Shin / Cocoa Mountain Worlds Best Hot Chocolate / Dornoch Beach / Brora Beach (Highland Cows here) / Castle of Old Wick / Castle Sinclair / John o Groats / Duncasby Head Sea Stacks & Light House / Dunnet Bay Beach / Strathy Beach / Thurso Town (Last Tesco for a while) / Smoo Cave / Sango Bay Beach (Must See) / Balnakeil Beach / Cocoa Mountain Worlds Best Hot Chocolate / Kylesku Bridge / Wailing Widdow Falls at Loch Gainmhich / Drumbeg Viewpoint / Clashnessie Falls / Ardvreck Castle / Falls of Mesach Suspension Bridge / Victoria Falls / Explore The Town of Poolewe / Bealach na Bà Pass / Applecross Village / Road to Skye / Mealt Falls / Quiraing / Dunvegan Castle / Neist Point Lighthouse / Old Man of Storr / Fairy Pools / Talisker Distillery / Jacobite Train (Hogwarts Express Harry Potter Train) / Glencoe Mountain Range / Glen etive Road - James Bond Viewpoint / Glenfinnan Viaduct / Nevis Gorge and Falls

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THE SWC300 - SCOTLANDS SECRET NC500 ALTERNATIVE - (Van Life Scotland)

SCOTLANDS SECRET ALTERNATIVE TO NC500 - (so good we almost didn't tell you!) Van Life UK.

If you have ever considered Van Life in Scotland then you will almost certainly have heard of the NC500. It's a beautiful route that runs around Scotlands north coast, however, if you've heard of it then so has everyone else!
Every year it gets packed with vans and motorhomes to the point where the remote route simply can't cope. The locals are getting understandably frustrated, park ups are overflowing, single track roads get grid locked and there simply aren't the services to always handle it.
BUT, what if there was an alternative route? Over the last 3 weeks we have been exploring the lesser known South west coast and it's SWC300 route. This coastal route and its inland forests and lochs is a real secret gem up here in Scotland (and it's not the only undiscovered part either).
In fact, it's so pretty and welcoming to vans and campers that we almost probably shouldn't share it with you. The scenery is amazing and wild camping is more than tolerated and its a real unexplored part of the beautiful Scottish wilderness.
Perhaps, if everyone spread out a little in Scotland and didn't always follow the crowd, maybe, van life in Scotland might just stay accessable?

In this video we share our thoughts of this Scottish tourist route, when to visit and when not to visit and what you can expect from this area.

Let us know what you've thought of our most recent van adventure in this lesser known part of Scotland, if you're prepared to get off the beaten track and not follow the path well taken, or perhaps you've been here already and can offer some insight for others thinking of doing the same.

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VANLIFE - Scotland NC500 Pt1 - Is this the best road trip in the world?

Hi and welcome back to our channel. This is the 1st instalment of our NC500 road trip videos where I (Andy) took Bleu, our little French Bulldog, off for a few weeks to explore Scotland in our converted Sprinter Campervan whilst Lyndsey was working in Egypt.

Breaking up the long distance travel to Scotland to start our trip, we stopped off for a night of wild camping at Castleton in the Peak District before continuing up into the Highlands.

This is not so much a suggestion of the do's, don'ts and the must see's of the NC500 (because this is one epic road trip that you should do your own way) but more of a we're gonna go anyway, so come and have a fun look with us.

This place is un-real...Is this possibly the best road trip in the world?

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North Coast 500 & Skye - The Ultimate NC500 UK Road Trip 2021 - Best Route & Tips - Van Life Trip

The NC500 is ONE OF THE BEST road trips in the WORLD you HAVE to do it! It completely took us by surprise with its incredible scenery, mind blowing beauty and gave us one hell of an adventure! If you're curious, looking to go on the NC500 or are looking for tips or suggestions, WATCH OUR VIDEO!

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We did the NC500 in our Vauxhall Vivaro camper conversion but the trip is also great for caravans, cars or motorbikes!

We cover pretty much everything along the way as we completed the anti-clockwise route of the NC500 in May 2021! We also bolted on a couple of days in Skye & Glencoe which were also amazing! The NC500 part of the trip took us around 9 days, it could be done in 7 days but we probably wouldn't recommend any less than that, there's a whole lot to see and you don't want to rush!

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Our 12 Day Route...
Day 1: Home to Inverness
Day 2: Inverness to Fortrose Bay
Day 3: Fortrose Bay to Dornoch
Day 4: Dornoch to John O Groats
Day 5: John o Groats to Tongue
Day 6: Thurso to Durness
Day 7: Durness to Ullapool
Day 8: Ullapool to Poolewe to Loch Carron
Day 9: Loch Carron to Applecross to Skye
Day 10: Skye
Day 11: Skye to Fort William
Day 12: Fort William to Glencoe

MUST SEE PLACES:
Loch Ness / Fairy Glen Walk / Dolphin & Seal Watching at Chanonry Point / Campfire Beach / Rogie Falls / Falls of Shin / Cocoa Mountain Worlds Best Hot Chocolate / Dornoch Beach / Brora Beach (Highland Cows here) / Castle of Old Wick / Castle Sinclair / John o Groats / Duncasby Head Sea Stacks & Light House / Dunnet Bay Beach / Strathy Beach / Thurso Town (Last Tesco for a while) / Smoo Cave / Sango Bay Beach (Must See) / Balnakeil Beach / Cocoa Mountain Worlds Best Hot Chocolate / Kylesku Bridge / Wailing Widdow Falls at Loch Gainmhich / Drumbeg Viewpoint / Clashnessie Falls / Ardvreck Castle / Falls of Mesach Suspension Bridge / Victoria Falls / Explore The Town of Poolewe / Bealach na Bà Pass / Applecross Village / Road to Skye / Mealt Falls / Quiraing / Dunvegan Castle / Neist Point Lighthouse / Old Man of Storr / Fairy Pools / Talisker Distillery / Jacobite Train (Hogwarts Express Harry Potter Train) / Glencoe Mountain Range / Glen etive Road - James Bond Viewpoint / Glenfinnan Viaduct / Nevis Gorge and Falls

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Scotland’s NC500 in a Campervan | The UK’s Most EPIC Road Trip?

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Join us in part one of this mini series as we take on the epic NC500 road trip through the Scottish Highlands. After catching up with friends & family on our return from Morocco we were itching to get back out on a proper adventure & Scotland has just that in store for us.

In this week’s episode we start out from Inverness, heading across to the west coast. We dive right into nature at the spectacular Rogie Falls before taking on the notorious Bealach Na Ba Mountain Pass & make it to Applecross just in time for a tasty pub grub lunch.

We find some amazing park ups, spend the night by the serene Loch Maree & go on an early morning hike in the gorgeous Beinn Eighe Nature Reserve. Then head up around the coast to the most magical sunset scenes. You really will have to see it to believe it.

Let us know in the comments what your favourite bit of the NC500 has been so far & if you’re new around here be sure to hit subscribe so you don’t miss the next episodes.

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Van Life On Scotland's North Coast 500 | A Guide To The NC500's Hidden Gems!

This is Van Life along Scotlands North Coast 500 route. A photographers guide to some of the hidden gems along the south west stretch of the NC500!

I pack up my Volkswagen Transporter for a long weekend discovering some of the hidden gems along this stretch of the NC500. It's obvious to see why this route attracts such a crowd but if like me you wish to find a few secluded spots then check out this video!

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Best time of year to do the NC500?

This blog is 2 weeks worth of exploring the wild Scottish NC500 condensed into one episode. We go wild swimming, do the most incredible drives and reveal our favourite spots on the famous NC500 route.

We start of this week visiting Coral beach near Plokton, just over the bridge from the Isle of Skye. We venture northwards finding amazing beaches and passing rugged mountains. We tackle the Bealach na ba the UKs most notorious road. Following the coast we discover pristine beaches, such as Achmelvich, discover amazing warter falls, battle with the logistics of living in a van and Isabel makes connections with her family history. Rounding the northern tip of Scotland we visit John o'groats and Dunnet head, marking the top of our journey. From here we travel south towards Inverness, enjoying some of the best park ups we found en route. We end this vlog on the Black Isle before heading off to the Cairngorms next week.

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You Are Not Welcome Here! The DARK TRUTH of the NC500.

As we toured the NC500 we became aware that campervans and motorhomes were not particularly welcomed by some of the locals in the Highlands of Scotland. In this video, we respond to various comments we received here on Youtube about us visiting the area in a motorhome and look into the history and problems of the North Coast 500 route. Are we really not welcome?

NC500 MUST SEE PLACES in 2023 | TOP 10 Scotland's North Coast 500 Must Sees 2023 & How To Find Them!

This is the ULTIMATE NC500 MUST SEE places in 2023! Doing the NC500 soon? YOU MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO! I've got my TOP 10 MUST SEE PLACES! The North Coast 500 is as popular as it will ever be and for that reason you need to plan ahead and make sure you don't miss out on these incredible places...

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Our 12 Day Route...
Day 1: Home to Inverness
Day 2: Inverness to Fortrose Bay
Day 3: Fortrose Bay to Dornoch
Day 4: Dornoch to John O Groats
Day 5: John o Groats to Tongue
Day 6: Thurso to Durness
Day 7: Durness to Ullapool
Day 8: Ullapool to Poolewe to Loch Carron
Day 9: Loch Carron to Applecross to Skye
Day 10: Skye
Day 11: Skye to Fort William
Day 12: Fort William to Glencoe

MUST SEE PLACES:
Loch Ness / Fairy Glen Walk / Dolphin & Seal Watching at Chanonry Point / Campfire Beach / Rogie Falls / Falls of Shin / Cocoa Mountain Worlds Best Hot Chocolate / Dornoch Beach / Brora Beach (Highland Cows here) / Castle of Old Wick / Castle Sinclair / John o Groats / Duncasby Head Sea Stacks & Light House / Dunnet Bay Beach / Strathy Beach / Thurso Town (Last Tesco for a while) / Smoo Cave / Sango Bay Beach (Must See) / Balnakeil Beach / Cocoa Mountain Worlds Best Hot Chocolate / Kylesku Bridge / Wailing Widdow Falls at Loch Gainmhich / Drumbeg Viewpoint / Clashnessie Falls / Ardvreck Castle / Falls of Mesach Suspension Bridge / Victoria Falls / Explore The Town of Poolewe / Bealach na Bà Pass / Applecross Village / Road to Skye / Mealt Falls / Quiraing / Dunvegan Castle / Neist Point Lighthouse / Old Man of Storr / Fairy Pools / Talisker Distillery / Jacobite Train (Hogwarts Express Harry Potter Train) / Glencoe Mountain Range / Glen etive Road - James Bond Viewpoint / Glenfinnan Viaduct / Nevis Gorge and Falls

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Unmissable Scotland Road Trips for 2023 | NC500 and more!

Known throughout the world as the land of beauty and mythology, Scotland is a country that is quite literally MADE for road trips. This video is all about the BEST Scotland road trips that you need to do in 2022, including the North Coast 500 and the NEW Heart 200.


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The North Coast 500, Scotland: a road trip like no other! Join us for some vanlife fun on the NC500

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Join us on a road trip around the North Coast 500 right at the top of the Scottish mainland. This trip was made the very day lockdown was eased in Scotland and we were encouraged to get out and travel. Heading out straight away on this first day of freedom meant the roads were quiet and even though the weather was a bit dodgy, we still had a fantastic time in the van.

I really hope you enjoy the video and that it maybe gives you a wee taste of what this epic road trip is like if your planning to go, or even if you'd just like to see it from the comfort (and dry!) of home :)

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The NC500 Is Known As vanlife Hell For A Reason - Prepare For No Parking And Gross Human Waste!

NC500 HELL, no parking on the NE coast is a no joke!

Join me as I embark on a short walk around the car park, explain what happened yesterday with the parking situation and then what happened at 07:30.

And then a litter pick involved finding something absolutely disgusting!

There is still hope to enjoy this route... So far not impressed!

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Welcome to the Official Travel with Gary and Amika YouTube Channel, a father daughter combo capturing campervan style travel vlogs in and around the mountains, beaches, campsites and wild camping fully off grid.

Gary is dedicated to his daughters future and enjoys documenting her passion for life, which is apparent through Amikas constant giggling and smiles. He is well travelled having visited some 39 countries, however this quickly became difficult to continue when Amika was born. With his love for travel he wasn't going to let being a single father tie him down. When Amika was just 5 they jumped on a plane and backpacked around Romania and have since visited France and Spain twice exploring the Pyrenees mountain range.

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Hello and welcome to our channel! We are Alex & Emma, a British couple who have been exploring the world together for over 10 years - from backpacking to vanlife:

2012/13: We both embarked on our own solo backpacking trips through Southeast Asia, where we would eventually meet at a hostel in the mountains of Thailand and begin traveling together. After a year and a half of backpacking around Southeast Asia & Australia, we returned home and to the corporate world!

2015: Travel Beans was born and we filmed our first videos on a road trip around Europe with friends! This was our biggest trip yet.. and you can go back and watch the entire adventure because we filmed ALL of it! This trip took us through Russia, Mongolia & China, on the longest railway journey in the world. Followed by highlights such as staying on a local island in the Maldives for a month, going on safari in Sri Lanka, couchsurfing & hitchhiking in Korea, seeing the snow monkeys in Japan, island hopping in the Philippines, trekking 60km through the centre of Myanmar, exploring the Indian Himalayas, and checking out some of the incredible US National Parks.

2016: Despite an unbelievably memorable year and a half of travels, which we were incredibly grateful to have had the privilege to experience.. we found ourselves in New York City, battling depression. At this point, we decided to go home and confront this problem head-on.

2017: After 6 tough months at home we decided to go away again, but this time with a goal in mind.. to turn travel into a lifestyle. We left the UK with just £500 in our bank account and a dream to make a continuous travel lifestyle happen! We both got online English teaching jobs to be able to fund our travels and to keep creating videos. We can't quite believe that our younger selves decided to take this plunge but we are so grateful they did as we are still on this journey today!

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Over the years, we've discovered that we LOVE road trips and even decided to renovate our very own little VWT4 van into a campervan to be able to enjoy vanlife and spend more time on the road. We are now the proud owners of 2 awesome little campers - one based in the UK and one that we keep in the USA. You'll often find us using one of these vans to explore Europe and North America. If you enjoy this kind of content we'd recommend checking out our Italy Road Trip series, USA vanlife series and our Japan in a Tiny Van series as well as our UK vanlife content.

Our time spent overcoming depression has influenced our outlook on life dramatically! We are now traveling the world in search of what makes us happy. We love sharing the highs and lows of our trips through our videos and hope to spread a little positivity and light to all of the beautiful people who take the time to tune in and watch each week!

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This is Why You SHOULD NOT Do The NC500 with a Motorhome

Welcome to Part Three of our NC500 Van Life series in the far north of Scotland !!
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The NC500 is a 516 mile route consisting of stunning coastal scenery, white sandy beaches, rugged mountains, remote fishing villages, hidden gems, and a wealth of unforgettable experiences, and in this series we want to find out whether the North Coast 500 is the world’s most beautiful van life road trip !

In today's video we show you our most recent campsite by the beach as well as two of the most beautiful waterfalls in the West of Scotland whilst also taking on our scariest drive so far !

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About us:

After meeting in New Zealand back in 2017, Beth and Jake have travelled the world, working online and creating memories.
Beth left the UK in 2014 and has been travelling full time ever since, she is the owner of and has a passion for writing and photography.

Jake has been travelling since 2016 and during this time has perfected his photography and videography skills. He is adventurous and has a passion for the outdoors.

Having lived in various countries around the world, we decided that instead of settling down, we'd build a tiny home inside a van.
We've never done anything like this before, we have no building experience, no electrical experience, and no plumbing experience.
This is a huge learning curve for us and we welcome you to join us in this challenge.

Our Wild Horizons documents a journey of continued adventure.






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North Coast 500 Locals HATE Campervans & This is WHY - NC500 NEWS SPECIAL

In this month’s Motorhome and Campervan News we look at:
* Why do the locals hate motorhomes and campervans?
* What's the most inappropriate place for an overnight parkup?
* Campsite site appeals to ban motorhome overnight parking in Scotland

Do you have some news? Then send it to this email address:
ads.leech+news@gmail.com

Information and advice for motorhomes and campervans from the Official North Coast 500 website


Motorhome News came from the following sources:

Local Complaints


Camping in Cemetery Car Parks


Suicide driving around the NC500


Not welcome at NC500


Idiotic Drivers Ruining the NC500


Caravan site appeals to ban motorhome overnight parking


Local motorhome owner


We aim to publish a video each month, Sunday at 5pm (UK time).

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VANLIFE - Scotland NC500 (Pt2) - You gotta see this to believe it!

Hi, welcome back for part 2 of our epic NC500 vanlife wild camping road trip through the Scottish Highlands and beyond.

In this episode, the weather continues to amaze and the roads remain empty.
We finally get to drive over the awesome Kylesku Bridge and hit the infamous Applecross Pass.

Although officially ending our own personal NC500 route via Fort William, we continue South down the West Coast to feast on more beautiful Scotland landscapes.

A final journey breaker stop off in the Peak District concludes this outstanding, once in a lifetime trip.

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The BEST part of the NC500: The West Coast is STUNNING | NC500 by campervan

Join us on a scenic road trip along the N500 in our campervan, as we show you some of the best things to see and do along Scotland's North coast, along the epic NC500 route in winter, as well as giving you some travel inspiration for summer, too!

Come and experience the beauty of winter in Scotland with us and the freedom vanlife in Scotland brings as we take you on a journey you'll never forget!

Contents:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Recap on the East coast
01:38 Thurso
03:20 Tongue Causeway
06:07 Smoo Cave
08:00 Durness Beach
10:29 Sango Sands
12:37 Loch Assynt viewpoint
13:30 Wailing Widow Falls
14:10 Ardvreck Castle
16:44 Corrieshalloch Gorge
18:39 Gruinard Beach
19:34 Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve
21:25 Outtro

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About us:
We're Jack and Jo, and that scruffy little guy is Frank our adventure dog. Since 2020 we've been adventuring in our tiny home on wheels around the UK and Europe, as we seek an alternative way of living

We haven't looked back since.

Check out our website for travel itineraries, VanLife tips and more on us, and chuck us an email if you have any questions:

@TheseWildJourneys




thesewildjourneys@gmail.com

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