Sightseeing Attractions in Sutherland

• Take a day trip to the Orkney Islands
  http://www.orkney.org/
• Smoo Cave
  http://www.smoocave.org/
• Handa Island
  http://www.visitscotland.com/library/handaisland
• Grey Cairns of Camster a Neolithic site in Caithness
  http://www.caithness.org/history/archaeology/
  camsterbypannett/greycairnscamster.htm
• Sandwood Bay - a beautiful, isolated beach reputedly haunted by mermaids and the ghost of a shipwrecked sailor!
  http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/sutherland.html
• Kerrachar Gardens are a plantsman's garden set in a uniquely remote and beautiful location - only accessible by boat
  http://www.kerrachar.co.uk/
• Lochinver's award-winning Assynt Visitor Centre and Tourist Information Centre
  http://www.assynt.co.uk/AssyntGuide/Tourinfo/viscent.htm
• the famous sea stack 'The Old Man of Stoer
  http://www.b-mercer.demon.co.uk/stoer.htm
• Inchnadamph National Nature Reserve - see prehistoric bone caves
  http://www.lochinver.bordernet.co.uk/places/inchnadamph.html
• Knockan Visitor Centre + fascinating geological and nature trails
  http://www.knockan-crag.co.uk/
• The Aurora Borealis is most visible at higher latitudes - Caithness & Sutherland are regularly witness to these spectacular light shows
• The Forsinard Nature Reserve
  http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/forsinard/index.asp
• Caithness & Sutherland's Flow Country
  http://www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/donations/flowcountry/index.asp
• Walks in the Northern Highlands
  http://walking.visitscotland.com/walks/northhighlands/

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