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The campsite was right at the top of the cliff so can be very windy as previous reviewers have said. However, the views were amazing and there is a footpath down to the beach, although a bit of a slope to get down there. The site do have a viewing point if you cannot make the climb down.
We did climb down to the beach and saw dolphins swimming in the bay which was a real bonus.
The on site pub was quite busy, also had locals but was okay for us.
My husband used the showers and said they were perfectly adequate.
Busy site. Pitch sizes ok, not overly generous, though it depends on where you want to pitch up. Views fantastic. Facilities clean, though found toilet Block cold, good motorhome service point. Access to beach via sandy path from cliff, care needed but not too steep.
As mentioned in other reviews, can get windy but seemed sheltered farther back on site.
It’s not as commercial as I was expecting, that’s a good thing!
Well stocked spar 2 mins walk. Pub and resturaunt on site, food is typical pub fare. You can take out anything from the menu.
I’d use this site again, avoid popular holiday times.
A stunning location, whatever time of year (though try to avoid visiting this cliff-top site in high winds)! The site is arranged over a series of tiers- increasing the opportunities to get a pitch with a view (and requesting electrical hookup helps you to get a prime spot).
Visiting on a whim out of season meant that we couldn’t reach the management ahead of arrival, but a note on the office door stated that a couple of sites had been pre-booked, other than that to pitch where you liked and visit the office at 5pm to pay! We soon selected our scenic pitch and put the kettle on ready to admire the view.
The showers and toilets are in different (dated) blocks, which is odd, but they’re not the reason you visit here, and not that bad it’ll put you of. Though I guess it’s a bit weird that the shower block is unisex.
The on site restaurant was closed, but no problem as the bar was still open and serving food. Real ale for £2. 50 was a great bonus. The menu was standard pub fare, and probably relied on the freezer, microwave and fryer, especially at this time of year, but you couldn’t fault the range or portion size.
A beautiful location perched over a stunning beach, facing due East for a perfect view of sunrise. Shop just a short walk away. Smoo cave and waterfall a short walk. And I'm afraid that's where the good points end for us. On arrival ( we had prebooked) reception had a queue, who all looked a little irritated. We were told out pitch number and were left to find it, no overview of the site or where we might find the facilities.
We had a spectacular spot, perched on the edge next to the cliff top. Squeezed in between huge motor homes so we could at least watch their TVs! The hard standing felt more like a car park, no grass verges etc between the pitches. There also appeared to be a tolerance of extra vans squeezing in on the edges of the access roads.
The facilities were more than dated, they were unsafe. We werehed up in a shed with 2 sinks and no lights. Lucky in a way as when we returned in daylight we had a true picture of the state of the place.
We tried to find an alternative for the breakfast wash up and wandered in to the laundry where there was an open store room full of all the lethal cleaning fluids needed to kill a small child. It also contained a huge electrical spaghetti of exposed wires and sockets. At this point we decided not to stay for the second night and left, so showers untested. We visited reception to let them know and they did refund the unused nights, and referred us to the new facilities being built. We had noticed these as the JCB started up in the morning just as we were having breakfast.
I hope the new facilities make the difference as the position of this sight is too perfect to not want to return.
Excellent campsite at the far north of Scotland. Suitable for all tourers, electrical hook-up available. Great beach, excellent local restaurant / pub just yards from the camp. Local services nearby for supplies. The location is excellent for NC500 tourists on a budget, local hill walking nearby, excellent walks along the kyle and coast.
This is the extreme north of Scotland so weather is unpredictable, pack accordingly!
Great site, good showers and community cooking/wash areas. Great value site.
Set at the foot of Ben Nevis in the midst of spectacular Highland scenery. Pitches with fantastic mountain views, for caravans, motorhomes and tents with EHU option, or choose a cosy camping pod or self catering lodge. Showers and toilets, dishwashing, small shop, WiFi, and children`s play park. Explore over 1,000 acres, including woodland, roaming Highland Cattle, fishing rights to the River Nevis, and a multitude of walks and cycle tracks. And afterwards relax in the onsite restaurant and bar! Find out more here
This is a simple, remote campsite with a warm, friendly and informative welcome at reception and very reasonable prices. It's location on the edge of a cliffside make for wonderful views with easy access to a couple of great beaches.
The facilities are pretty basic: two ageing toilet/shower blocks with washing up facilities, but construction is underway of newer facilities which should be online by next season at the latest. And the facilities do the job for the time being.
It's remoteness means you have to really want to get there.
We stayed for 9 nights at Sango Sands, at the end of June and early July 2017. We've stayed at this site a few times before.
Durness is a small coastal village ideally located for exploring the north western area of Scotland. There's a Spar shop as well as a small shop, and both are open throughout most of the day, if not late into the evening or as long at weekends. There's also a pub and restaurant located next to the campsite.
The campsite is nicely laid out, and isn't too formal in terms of pitch positions either. Most areas for pitching are flat and provide sea views. When we visited there were a lot of motorhomes on the site, and those areas looked a little cramped. Some pitches are located near the main road, which can be quite noisy, as the roads around this area are very popular with motorbikes.
The site is exposed in windy weather. We had strong winds on one night (60MPH Gusts) and quite a few tent dwellers saw their tents battered and damaged. Worth bringing strong pegs and keeping an eye on the weather forecast.
Facilities are good, if a little dated. There's a unisex shower block which is clean, but not particularly comfortable. Cubicles are small and there's limited room for getting dried and changed. There's also a couple of toilet blocks and dishwashing areas, as well as a small launderette. Toilets are cleaned once a day, but could do with a second clean/freshen when its busy.
The site is well run by friendly management who let you go about your holiday with minimal intrusion. Campers are also well behaved and tend to be experienced types, who know about keeping noise to a minimum and not walking across each other's pitches.
We'll definitely return, because we like the area, and prefer this site to all others in the region, such as Scourie, Bettyhill and Thursday.
Oh dear, it has been a year since my last review as we've moved house and I've learned to ride a motorbike since the last one and we just haven't had time to get away in the 'van.
It was almost exactly a year since we last visited Durness and I commented then on my dismay at the way it looks like it's ending up, and unfortunately it has only got worse. We've been coming up here for years, and it was always like minded souls who wanted the get-away-from-it-all experience like ourselves. Now the NC500 appears to be encouraging groups of boy racer types, I believe the collective term is 'posse', (though I personally use another), who seem hell bent on doing it in the quickest time possible.
Also, a lot of the site users are not the same as they used to be. There is dog mess everywhere and it's got so you have to watch where you walk when going down to the beach. We're not dog haters, we have one ourselves, but when he needs his 'ablutions' we clean up after him.
There were large groups of motorhomes playing loud music, and towards the end of our stay a group of trials motorcyclists arrived who thought it would be nice to share the sounds and smells of their bikes around the site. I regret to report that I did not share their enthusiasm.
The showers were also cold on several occasions during our stay, and when my partner enquired about this she was told that it was the fault of the campers for not allowing sufficient time for the boiler to heat up. She was told that there were 500 guests staying that night! If I owned a hotel, and the said hotel was fully booked, the guests would expect hot water to wash in, end of.
We did the 'Kyle' walk which skirts the coast before heading back to the village along the single track road. We've done it several times before, but this time there was litter every 6 feet or so along the roadside, a tragedy.
If you're on the NC500 and you're in need of a site for the night, maybe somewhere for your dog to use the toilet, there aren't many others in the area, and the beaches are spectacular, just watch out for dog poo.
We've come here for years as it's been one of our favourite places in the world, but I'm really sad to say that it's lost that appeal for us now. Next time we're up this way we'll be on the motorbike, and I we'll be looking at other sites in the area as we're in no rush to return to this one.
We had booked the site and were advised the pitch number would be on the door at reception as the office was not open until 16:00. Our pitch had our name on it and it was a great view over the sea. A number of pitches are stepped to maximise the view. Site is quite large with big camping areas. Restaurant and bar next door were OK. Plenty of water/drainage and Elsan points although the Elsan points seemed quite small compared to usual ones. Toilets and showers in two blocks are a bit old fashioned but perfectly clean, push button shower is the usual. Short walk to lovely sandy beach, Smoo cave and craft village. Spar shop just up the road. We loved this site and will be back as it is such a beautiful area. Pay wifi is available but good signal from mobile means wifi not required.
Spectacular setting on cliff top above lovely beach. Showers and toilets and washing up area in 3 separate blocks so not too convenient. Showers like many sites badly designed. Do proprietors ever shower in their own blocks we wonder? Nice pub next door and close to Cape Wrath trips. Also good walk out to Faraid Head conveniently past the Chocolate shop! and close to Smoo Cave.
Set at the foot of Ben Nevis in the midst of spectacular Highland scenery. Pitches with fantastic mountain views, for caravans, motorhomes and tents with EHU option, or choose a cosy camping pod or self catering lodge. Showers and toilets, dishwashing, small shop, WiFi, and children`s play park. Explore over 1,000 acres, including woodland, roaming Highland Cattle, fishing rights to the River Nevis, and a multitude of walks and cycle tracks. And afterwards relax in the onsite restaurant and bar! Find out more here
The site is set on a clifftop overlooking a beautiful beach, so it is very exposed, The front row of hard standings are narrow and very close together, wish we had booked on the row behind, they still had the view as they were higher up but were much more spacious. You need to book if you want a hook-up, they left a list of names and pitch numbers on the door so you could pitch up and go and pay them when the office opens at 5pm, A nice touch is that they called round in the morning to see if we wanted to reserve the pitch for the following night. The toilets and showers are in separate blocks, the toilets are clean and functional, but in the unisex shower block the floor was filthy, there were no curtains in the cubicles and some didn't even have working locks, needless to say we gave them a miss. We were told the pub next door didn't allow dogs, so didn't try it. The spar shop is just a 5 minute walk, and the craft village with the Chocolate Mountain cafe (dogs welcome) is just over a mile away. OK for a stop over on the 500 but would probably not go back.
Wonderful site with access to lovely sandy beach. The site has views to die for a real discovery.
Staff very friendly, efficient and welcoming.
Facilities, toilets, showers, dish washing are clean, a bit basic though functional, but new ones are currently under construction.
Plenty of pitches and ECUs and you are free to pick your own.
Hotel next to site offers good value food, either in the restaurant or bar.
General store within a couple of minutes walking distance and another with post office and cash machine not much further up the hill as is a petrol station.
Tourist information centre next to the hotel and general store, again with helpful staff.
The Smoo Cave is spectacular and again within walking distance.
For the bucket list a boat and mini bus trip to Cape Wrath is an experience and sets off from a couple of miles up the road.
Sometimes a site just has a certain undefinable something that sets it apart and amidst strong competition this has my vote for number one on the NC500
Site is situated in Durness on a small cliff top with a lovely beach below. It can be a bit windy. Site was very busy in the middle of May. The north coast 500 seems to have added a lot of traffic. Cost £20 per night for 2 adults with electric hook up. Most pitches were level with a few exceptions. Staff were OK but to be fair were busy.
There are a few short walks from the site up to about five miles.
Facilities are a bit basic. A bit old, cold and out of date. Didn't see any laundry facilities.
There is a bar and restaurant next door which are busy and popular. Food was quite good. They did serve white wine without chilling it. Dogs are not particularly welcome. It seems to be up to the bar staff whether or not your dog is allowed in. The bigger the dog the less likely you will get in. Seems daft when half the potential customers on the site have dogs.
Website shows a lovely site, clean toilets and talks a good talk.
The truth is different.
The location is brilliant, over looking the beaches at Durness, with easy access to them. Perfect for kids and dogs to play on. The sea is baltic, so be warned.
The sites is on the ‘500 route’ and therefore very popular.
The site itself is huge, there must have been at least 100 units on the site when we arrived and that wasn’t counting the tents.
Units are parked very closely together, much too close for safety I’m sure.
There are a very few hard pitches which were overbooked.
Was expensive, £40. 00 for two nights. Camping and Caravanning sites are cheaper
We were on a pitch with hook-up which was mud. Several vans got stuck and had to be pushed out by other campers.
There was flooding on some of the pitches.
There is a camper’s kitchen and a washing up area (very basic made out of corrugated plastic. Not practically clean. )
Fresh water taps were back to back with chemical toilet emptying points.
There are two toilet blocks one at each end of the site. The one near us had five toilets for ladies and gents. There were two showers (yes two showers) which were unisex.
The toilets were clean(ish) but in need of updating. The showers were disgusting. The first night we were there only one provided hot water. There is mould up the walls and on the ceiling, the floors were flooded and the plugs were full of hair.
There was some sort of work going on which were lead to believe would be new utility block.
There is an unfenced pond on the site.
No facilities for child.
The nearby pub/restaurant does not allow dogs so we didn’t use it.
Little Spar shop just up the road which seemed to stock everything.
I try to get up to the North coast several times in the year, and this campsite never disappoints. There is always a friendly and helpful welcome for everyone. The site is certainly busier with the promotion of the 'North Coast 500', but there is plenty space for tents, and even some sheltered spots should it be wild weather. Facilities may not be as fancy as some campsites, but they are perfectly adequate and clean; the camper's kitchen is a bonus in wet weather. The location is of course fantastic, and the four legged friend loves the beach at the campsite and further round at Balnakiel. The village has a couple of places to eat out, and two stores for provisioning. In my top three UK campsites.
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
Holiday Homes for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
Hardstanding Pitches 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
No Playground 
No TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing On Site 
Wild Swimming On Site 
No Indoor Pool 
No Outdoor Pool 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
Golf <1 mile 
No Tennis 
Beach On Site 
Watersports <1 mile 
No Boat Launch 
Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
Coastside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
No Dog Walk 
The campsite was right at the top of the cliff so can be very windy as previous reviewers have said. However, the views were amazing and there is a footpath down to the beach, although a bit of a slope to get down there. The site do have a viewing point if you cannot make the climb down. 
