Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park
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EXPLORE 2020-2021 loch lomond & the trossachs national park visitscotland.com Welcome to… Contents Loch Lomond 2 Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park & The Trossachs at a glance BOATTOURS •BOATHIRE •WATERSPORTS •OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES National Park 4 Adventures in the park 6 Water adventures OPEN 7DAYSATLOCH LOMOND &RATED #1 ON TRIP ADVISOR 8 Wonderful wildlife Loch Lomond Leisure can offer awide range of guided tours and outdoor activities which are suitable for all ages. Advance booking is recommended. 10 Gateway to the park •Speedboat Tour •Guided Canoe Tour •Waterski &Wakeboard 12 Natural larder •Speedboat Taxi •Stand Up Paddleboard •Ringo &Banana Boat 14 Year of Coasts •Boat Hire &Fishing •Kayak &Bike Hire •Water Trampoline and Waters 2020 VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND LOCH LOMOND Please visit our website for moreinformation and pricing. 16 What’s on 18 Travel tips 20 Practical information Falls of Dochart, Killin 24 Places to visit 30 Leisure activities Scotland’s beautiful wilds are calling you. Loch Lomond & The Trossachs 36 Shopping FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY TRYSOMETHING NEW.. National Park was created as Scotland’s first National Park to protect a place of outstanding natural beauty with over 720 square miles of untamed and 38 Food & drink unspoilt ancient landscapes. It was also established to welcome people from 42 Tours all over the world to share in the joy of such an idyllic environment. This is a natural playground for wonderful wildlife including eagles, red deer, otters 45 Transport and pine martens, and it could be a wonderland for your family too. You can 45 Events & Festivals try walking, climbing, fishing, watersports, mountain biking or even cliff jumping. 46 Accommodation It’s time to venture out and explore the ‘bonnie banks’ of 56 Regional map GUIDED CANOE TOUR STAND-UP PADDLEBOARD RINGO &BANANA BOAT Loch Lomond, its secluded islands and over 20 other lochs, as well as the region’s 21 Munros and enchanting glens that lie between these peaks. You’ll find we’re just a short journey from Glasgow and Stirling so you can be here in less than an hour from the city centre. After you’ve worked up an appetite you can reward yourself with delicious food and KAYAK&BIKE HIRE WATERSKI &WAKEBOARD LESSONS SELF-DRIVE BOATHIRE &FISHING drink – much of it produced right here in Cover: Looking over Loch the park. Get ready to enjoy fascinating events, Lomond from Inveruglas a rich culture and to meet some welcoming people. The memories you take away with you Credits: ©VisitScotland, from here will stay with you for the rest of your life. Kenny Lam, Wild About Argyll/ Kieran Duncan, SHGA/ Bill Robertson 20STIR SPEEDBOATTAXI SPEEDBOATTOUR: Please visit website for interactive map, route planner &pricing Produced and published by APS Group Scotland (APS) in conjunction with VisitScotland (VS) and Highland News & Media (HNM). Disclaimer APS / VS / HNM have produced and published this guide in good faith to reflect information submitted by the proprietors/managers of the businesses listed who have paid for and approved their entries to be included. Although APS / VS / HNM have taken reasonable steps to confirm the accuracy of information contained in this guide at the time of going to press, they cannot guarantee that the information published is and remains accurate. 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Quality Assurance awards are correct as at January 2020. 2 Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Another Munro that hillwalkers flock to is Ben Lui, the highest of a highlights group of four Munros that lie south Cruising on Loch Lomond – of Glen Lochy. Begin the 3 km several operators can take ascent to the top where the burn you on cruises on the loch. of Eas Daimh flows into the loch, You’ll be able to explore and descend via its smaller but some of its 22 islands. equally impressive sister, Beinn a’ Inchailloch – carpeted in Chleibh. bluebells in springtime, this island on Loch Lomond The Trossachs transforms in winter, The entrancing Loch Katrine in unmasking its ruins. It is the Trossachs was the inspiration also the perfect spot to see behind Sir Walter Scott’s poem roaming deer. The Lady of the Lake. You can LOCH LOMOND & cruise across it aboard a historic Inchmahome Island – found steamship named in honour of the on the Lake of Menteith, you THE TROSSACHS famous Scottish writer. can visit by ferry from April to October to see the ruins of Queen Elizabeth Forest Park is one NATIONAL PARK a 13th-century Augustinian of the most vibrant parts of the monastery, where Mary Queen park with dozens of rare wildlife of Scots once took refuge. View of Loch Lomond from Conic Hill species for you to spot. Catch a AT A GLANCE Ben Lomond – starting glimpse of awe-inspiring birds of prey in the wild or see directly into from Rowardennan, climb Where will you start exploring? Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park is Scotland’s first Imagine calling the stunning the nests of ospreys at the Lodge Scotland’s most southerly National Park, and here you can roam over 720 square miles of beautiful mountains, ancient Hill House in Helensburgh your Forest Visitor Centre thanks to live Munro for stunning views woodlands, hidden glens and remote islands. Within its winding 220-mile boundary are 57 special home. This beautiful dwelling was CCTV footage. over the length of Loch nature conservation sites, creating precious sanctuaries for wildlife – maybe you’ll see some of designed and furnished by Charles Lomond and east towards Rennie Mackintosh. Spend a day in the bustling the Trossachs. these creatures when you’re here. town of Callander and browse There are 21 Munros Breadalbane its independent stores before turn off the A83 road to enjoy the and a place of outstanding natural (mountains over 3,000 ft Argyll Forest Park Delve into the fascinating past of enjoying lunch in one of its many This ancient woodland was the view, and the panorama of deep beauty. Where better to try a high) inside the park. the picturesque village of Killin on pubs and restaurants. Save an first in Britain to be designated as glens, shimmering lochs and fantastic range of water-based the Killin Heritage Trail. Discover hour or so for the lovely walk up to a Forest Park, back in 1935. Here rocky mountains is every bit as activities? You can go water skiing, the stories behind its beautiful old the impressive footbridge over the you can wander amid craggy peaks, impressive as it’s always been. sailing, canoeing and kayaking or Don’t miss... buildings, the origins of its place Bracklinn Falls. hire boats for fishing on the calm deep glens, peaceful sea lochs and Glenbranter’s carpet of bluebells names, its local folklore and more. The John Muir Way – this loch. If you’re a waterfall fan, you have rushing rivers. Its rugged scenery adds a dash of mesmerising colour trail stretches over 132 miles Cross the bridge in Killin and admire to walk the Waterfall Trail, which was formed by the Highland to the forest in spring and early Recharge your batteries in from the east to the west the spectacular Falls of Dochart as leads from the Lodge Forest Visitor Boundary Fault, the great crack summer. If you explore quietly attractive loch-side towns and coast of Scotland. Walk the they cascade over rocks and swirl Centre, near Aberfoyle, to the in the Earth’s surface that divides enough, you may even find yourself villages, such as Luss, Tarbet, route between Helensburgh around the island of Inchbuie. exquisite Little Fawn Waterfall. Lowland and Highland Scotland. observing some grazing red deer. Balmaha and Balloch. Exploring is and Strathblane as it passes even easier by water bus! The Glen Ogle Trail between Just one of many in this part of through the National Park. Watch out for otters as you stroll The steep, narrow gorge at Puck’s You can see yachts bobbing gently Lochearnhead and Killin is a the National Park, the Loch Ard The West Highland Way along the shores of Loch Long. Glen will enchant you with its rock in the water in the bay of the sleepy favourite route for cyclists and Sculpture Trail begins in Aberfoyle. – hugging the eastern If you feel like a challenge, you pools and cascading waterfalls. Visit village of Balmaha. It’s a hypnotic walkers alike. It takes you along a Along the route, you’ll encounter shore of Loch Lomond, this can continue your walk up one after rainfall to see the waterfalls at scene, but for the best view, climb disused railway line in rugged Glen timber statues carved by chainsaws popular route takes you on a of Britain’s most spectacular their most spectacular. Stroll around up the summit of Conic Hill just Ogle and includes an impressive and sound posts that emit the calls spectacular 96-mile walk from mountains – Ben Arthur, known the nearby Kilmun Arboretum where behind the village.