Mountain Biking (MTB) - Harris, Skye & Knoydart.
A Challenging Mountain Bike route through the wild west of the Knoydart peninsula and on Scotland's two great Mountain Biking islands in the inner and outer Hebrides (Skye & Harris).
A must for the committed wilderness Mountain Bike rider!
TOUR SUMMARY
Combine the Isle of Skye with Harris in the Outer Hebrides and Knoydart on the West Coast of mainland Scotland and you have an epic week of Mountain Biking in one of the last wilderness areas in Europe.
Over the seven days mountain biking holiday in Knoydart (the wild west), the Outer Hebrides, and Skye you will experience some of the best and most remote wilderness single track rides in the UK.
Our exciting Itinerary starts with the best two wilderness rides on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides before returning to ride the single tracks through the Cullin Mountains on Skye. Finally we visit Knoydart and the challenging mountains of one of the last true unspoilt wilderness areas in Europe.
We ride the glens and mountain passes on ancient trails used by the Highlanders and Crofter through the centuries and ride over Scotland's most remote mountain pass and down one of the longest descents in Scotland to the sea.
A route designed by John Fulton, Director of Wildcat Adventures and pioneer of Mountain Biking in Scotland!
Our tour has been fully researched and personally ridden by John & Brigitte - as with all our tours, it is run & supported by Wildcat Adventures and led by John & Brigitte.
Highlights
Highlights
Our tour starts and ends at our base in Stirling - please see Travel Information
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Glencoe Visitor Centre - learn about Glencoe's remarkable history, landscape and wildlife
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Eilean Donan Castle - The castle was founded in the thirteenth century, and became a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies the Clan Macrae. It has been a film set for many great movies.
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Isle of Skye - largest of the Hebridean Islands
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Isle of Harris - Jewel of the Hebridean chain - Spectacular golden beaches and mountain vistas - home of Harris Tweed
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Cullin Mountains - The rugged Red & Black Cullins - Twelve of the Black Cullin peaks are listed as Munros (Mountains over 3000 feet)
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Ruins of Post Jacobite Rebellion Military outposts
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Iron Age Brochs - Iron Age Fortified dwellings
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Knoydart - one of Europe's last great wilderness areas
- Wilderness single track riding at its best
