Love Her Wild - Affric Kintail Way Adventure

Wander Wild Scotland have joined forces with Love Her Wild, a not for profit women's adventure community to offer this exclusive wild camping adventure.  

Join us for a backpacking adventure through Glen Affric, an area of outstanding natural beauty. It is a challenging but very rewarding walk with some exceptional mountain views. We will follow in the footsteps of the cattle drovers of the past, traversing through glens and mountain passes, with the mountains towering above us, and passing the most remote youth hostel in the UK.   This adventure is ideal if you want to experience a long distance trail and vast remoteness with a leader to guide you every step of the way.  

We'll meet in Drumnadrochit on the Thursday morning for a kit check.  This is our opportunity to tweak kit, practice with kit and to get to know each other.  The rest of the day will then be your own to explore the local area and chill out after travelling. We will then begin our journey into the glens and mountain the next morning (Friday), getting more remote as the days pass by.  We will walk at a gentle pace, getting used to the weight of the pack on our backs, looking around us, seeing the geology, plant life, history and hopefully see some wildlife along the way. Day 1 is our longest day, Day 3 is our shortest day.

Accommodation along the route will be a mix of campsites and wild camping.  A kit list will be sent to you after booking. 

Kit hire (tents, stoves) is available on request after booking.  Please let me know if you require kit after you get your booking confirmation and have a look at the list.

Difficulty

• Difficult - you should have a good level of fitness and stamina, and should be able to walk for around 7 - 8  hours comfortably with a 12 - 15 kg rucksack
  • you should be happy with long days in the hills and typical, changeable, British weather
  • this adventure enters very remote country with very few options to leave the trail in last 2 days - it is essential to carry everything we need for the 4 days.  

• Terrain -  mixed - forest tracks and trails on day 1 and 2, boggy footpaths, rocky footpaths, steep mountain footpaths on day 3 & 4
• Total distance - 78 km; longest distance in a day - 26 km on day 1
• Total ascent - 1830m over 4 days; biggest ascent in a day 660m
• Walking time - 6 - 8 hours each day

PLEASE NOTE - AS THIS IS REMOTE TERRAIN, THERE IS NO OPTION FOR BAG TRANSFER

* Participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation in Drumnadrochit and the end point in Morvich.   We encourage car sharing (if you are comfortable to do so) and use of public transport (if available) to reduce our carbon footprint as well as reduce pressure on car parks that we use.  

• Drumnadrochit has a good bus link, being on the route between Inverness and Fort William (both of which have rail stations).
• Morvich at the end of the route is near to the main Citylink bus route between Inverness and Skye, and Glasgow and Skye.

We reserve the right to cancel the event OR change the route if the weather is not suitable e.g. high winds, heavy rain, thunder forecast

Further terms and conditions can be found at the checkout

This adventure is NON-REFUNDABLE (unless cancelled by Wander Wild Scotland)