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Sands Caravan And Camping
Sands Caravan And Camping
Gairloch
Highlands (Browse area)
IV21 2DL
Tel: 01445 712152
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Pitches: 250
Open: 29/03/2026 to 26/10/2026
25/03/2027 to 25/10/2027
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
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 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 Battery Charging |
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 Motorhome Point |
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 Bar <5 miles |
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| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 TV Room |
 Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing On Site |
 Wild Swimming On Site |
 Indoor Pool <5 miles |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 Tennis <5 miles |
 Beach On Site |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 Boat Launch / Mooring On Site |
| Other Features |
 Sea Views |
 Working Farm |
 Campfires Allowed |
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 Public Transport <5 miles |
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 Electric Car Charging Point |
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Date of Visit: September 2026  |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: Extended family |
| Reviewer: Sanjp4 |
1 review from this member |
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 Sands is a wonderful campsite. Great location overlooking the sand dunes and beach with a view of Skye in the distance on a clear day.
It can be windy though due to being on an exposed hillside but this only adds to the beauty of the area.
There is a park for the kids on site and plenty of space to explore and run around.
The toilet facilities were amazing! Very clean with plenty of hot running water.
The shop is well stocked and the cafe/restaurant serves amazing food and drink.
The staff are all friendly and our stay went without a hitch.
Would definitely recommend staying here whether you are in a campervan, tent or renting one of the static caravans.
Fabulous location. Loved it 
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| Date of Visit: May 2026 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Carolm |
6 reviews from this member |
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Excellent site - great facilities, everything you could need or want.
Everything very clean and stunning location, although a big site loads of space for everyone to spread out.
The dunes give shelter and the beach is beautiful!
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| Date of Visit: October 2025 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 7 |
Travelling as: Family with older children |
| Reviewer: Sold av |
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What a great site. Loved the situation and views, toilets were spotless and showers were hot. Plenty of pitches and also for younger kids plenty to do on the site.
Great shop, friendly helpful staff. Lovely food from takeaway, didn't use restraunt, but saw food served and it looked nice. Walks right on your doorstep and so peaceful
Gairloch, as most places in October had a few places closed but still able to get supplies etc. And what an area to drive and tour around
We will be back that's for sure
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| Date of Visit: June 2025 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: With friends |
| Reviewer: Dug1911 |
8 reviews from this member |
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Siting information is a mess, no clear signage
Spent 25 minutes looking for black pegs (none found)
And top it all having paid for my stay in motorhome they charged an extra £4 a night for my towed car claiming it was an additional car
In 15 years I’ve never been charged as it is always I unit 1 car regardless of what the main unit is
Midges sting and now it seems site operators are joining in
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| Date of Visit: May 2025 |
Unit: Campervan |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Norfol |
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We had 3 nights booked here as we liked it so much last year (we also have friends nearby) unfortunately our van had an issue and we had to divert to Inverness to get it fixed. The guys at Sands were great and let us move our booking, so we still managed to get there.
A great site, super lovely staff - in the shop, cafe and around the park cleaning etc.
So many lovely pitches it’s hard to just stop driving round ! Washing machines and driers are a decent price and the driers are industrial massive ones.
Facilities are clean and spotless. My only tiny gripe is that curtains in the showers would help or you have to be very careful how and where you put your stuff so it doesn’t get wet.
However I do see the that shower curtains are a pain to manage and need regular replacement. Lovely walks from the site, to the beach or back on to the headland where there are marked pathways of different lengths.
Very dog friendly, just need people to understand what ‘keep your dog on a lead’ actually means. Lastly, it would be good if the owners could make it a no drone fly zone. Very intrusive and sound like massive mosquitoes!
A must if you are up that way which is a beautiful part of Scotland.
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| Date of Visit: August 2024 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Family with young children |
| Reviewer: 20goto10 |
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Amazing location, stunning landscape, really blessed to be a matter of footsteps away from the beach and the breathtaking dunes.
The bathrooms are possibly the best and cleanest I've seen at a campsite.
Recycling and refuse was a bit challenging as bins were often full. Also even just 2-3 more dog poo bins would make a big difference. My main suggestion would be that it should be made clearer about the weather (esp the wind). We got quite a shock - although I appreciate we could have checked the weather forecast more closely - but I know of a couple of other campers who left early because they couldn't cope with the wind.
If people expect the inclement weather they can come better prepared. We didn't feel able to cook at our tent in the weather. Maybe some guidance on which pitches have better shelter vs view etc.
Having said that, we stuck it out and made the best of it, and had an unforgettable experience.
We'll definitely come back - except maybe in a motorhome next time! ;-)
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| Date of Visit: June 2024 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
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| Reviewer: Janief |
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Very relaxed informal campsite next to a beautiful beach. Very nice being able to choose our own pitch from what was available. Good cafe/restaurant on site which also does takeout food.
Large, modern toilet blocks which were always very clean.
Our only issue was that one of our party was disabled, and toilet/showers didn’t all cater for this. There was one block which had a disabled facility, but unless you were pitched right next to it it was just too far away.
All of the blocks had space for a disabled toilet/shower with handrails, a seat to enable dressing easier, so I think one in each block would be reasonable. We just presumed each block would have a disabled loo/shower, and we weren’t informed otherwise when checking in.
Overall a lovely site, just be aware if you need disabled facilities to ask which block they are in
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| Date of Visit: May 2024 |
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| Nights stayed: 3 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Nelliemillie |
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Great campsite
Fantastic location
Spotlessly clean facilities
Lovely breakfast in the barn and we love the fact you can pick your own pitch
Has a less regimented feel to many other sites
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| Date of Visit: May 2024 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Norfol |
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This a a grest campsite in a great location. It is large with three facilities blocks. You pick your own pitch which is grand but always causes arguments for us!
We found a nice flat sheltered spot near facilities and we were lucky with nice weather. Glad we had two nights. Facilities kept clean and they were new and spacious.
Laundry room was great with industrial machines. Shop is fantastic and sells anything pretty much. The cafe was also very good and we had a take away lunch one day and sat in for coffee another day.
There is a specific dog walking area but it was too far from our pitch but if you are up nearer the reception it is handy.
Good play area for all ages of kids. Definitely worth a visit. Staff we were all really nice and friendly.
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| Date of Visit: May 2024 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Jeanie |
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We made a spontaneous decision to take our tent up to Gairloch while the weather was sunny and discovered the wonderful Sands Campsite! We found a beautiful pitch, nestled in the dunes, with unrestricted views over the water and direct access to the beach.
The facilities, showers, toilets, communal kitchen were modern and extremely clean, with plenty of hot water at all times.
We treated ourselves to a meal at the on-site, ' Barn ' restaurant which was absolutely delicious and the service was warm and friendly. The next night we ordered take away from the same place and enjoyed eating outside, overlooking the water.
Although, we didn't have children with us, it was great to see so many happy kids enjoying the park and natural surroundings. This is a site with a good mix of age groups, who seemed to be having fun while respecting others.
Really could not suggest anything that would have improved our experience! Already looking forward to a return visit!
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| Date of Visit: May 2024 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Grandmaowl |
3 reviews from this member |
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Huge site with the freedom to choose your own pitch. We didn't use the cafe but you could eat in or takeaway. Very reasonable priced shop.
Great walks to a beach and lots of tracks for walkers to explore.
We would stay here again.
Facilities were top notch that catered for families. Even had a bath.
Only downside was the outdoor washing up area which could of been cleaner and needs updating.
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| Date of Visit: May 2023 |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Young couple |
| Reviewer: Romastone |
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The site is really large and spacious with a mixture of touring, statics, tents and cottages.
Really nice facilities although a couple of times the shower water was cold.
Easy access to a nice sandy beach with great views of Torridon mountains, Skye and out to Harris.
Non EHU pitches are essentially find a free spot. Annoyingly, this means some people park a little close for my liking.
Site rules state that dogs should be on a lead at all times. This was not adhered to by other dog owners and meant our dog was getting agitated by dogs on the loose.
There’s an on site bar and cafe which we didn’t use but looked good.
And the on site shop seemed to sell more provisions than the local stores in Gairloch, which is very convenient if you don’t want to head into the village.
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| Date of Visit: October 2022 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 5 |
Travelling as: Mature couple |
| Reviewer: Lillim |
7 reviews from this member |
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Wow, what a site.
You can pitch virtually anywhere you like, so you feel nice and remote but still have electric hookup.
The views are fantastic. The shop has everything that you could ever need, especially a very impressive large selection of herbal teas.
The on site restaurant also does takeaway.
We had some lovely chats with the warden who was really interesting & informative about the site & area.
We'll definitely be back! 5 star !
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| Date of Visit: May 2022 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 2 |
Travelling as: Retired couple |
| Reviewer: Damaca |
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We were disappointed by this well-known and very widely advertised site, so much so that we cut short our stay despite having paid for more nights.
It is huge, and we didn't like the 'find your own pitch but be prepared to lose it if you leave the site' system.
The site seems to be a quite chaotic mixture of grassy areas, hardstandings, with or without electricity, all mixed higgledy-piggledy with one another.
If you are a new arrival, possibly tired after your journey, the last thing you want is to drive around grassy dunes looking for a suitable location.
The shower/ toilet/ dishwashing block near our pitch looked awfully tired and ugly outside, but was surprisingly nice and upgraded, and spacious, inside, with under-floor heating.
There are some nice walks to be done directly from the site, but instead of making leaflets or a booklet available the rather grumpy receptionist directed me to take photos of the walks which were pinned to their wall, not what I wanted in order to decide where to walk. (I should say here that the other receptionist we encountered was friendly and helpful though).
The views from the site are brilliant, with mountainous Harris and flat Lewis, as well as beautiful Skye, the highlights.
My impression here was that the site is a major stopping point for NC 500-ers, who mostly only stay for one night and seem to be undemanding.
The site must make enough money from them not to have to bother to make themselves more attractive to people wanting to stay for a bit longer.
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| Date of Visit: October 2021 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Nights stayed: 1 |
Travelling as: With friends |
| Reviewer: Ultima |
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The best campsite we stayed at during our week travelling the North coast 500!
The shower block was immaculate, beautiful location and everything we needed on our doorstep.
Would recommend to anyone.
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