South Harris

Overview

South Harris offers some of the most dramatic scenery in Scotland, with wide beaches of golden sand trimming the Atlantic in full view of the mountains and a rough boulder-strewn interior lying to the east.

The mountains of South Harris are less dramatic than in the north, but the scenery is equally breathtaking. There's a choice of routes from Tarbert to the ferry port of Leverburgh, which connects with North Uist: the east coast, known as Na Baigh (The Bays), is rugged and seemingly inhospitable while hosting most settlementsd, while the west coast is endowed with some of the finest stretches of golden sand in the whole of the archipelago, buffeted by the Atlantic winds. Several buses set off from Tarbert - Sundays excepted - travelling out along the east coast, and returning via all points along the west coast