Falls of Foyers – A Waterfall Walk and Lunch near Loch Ness

The walk

The walk leaves the B852 in Foyers by the path signposted for the Upper Falls of Foyers and comes back the same way. It is under half a mile there and back and takes about half an hour, more with time to stand at the viewpoints. The ground is a made path, steep and with steps down to both viewpoints, and the climb back up is just as steep.

The woods here have red squirrels, so watch the branches on the way down. Beside the path, slate signs carry lines of the poem Burns wrote here; its title says he wrote it in pencil, standing by the fall.

From the upper viewpoint the whole fall is in view, a single drop of about 140 feet into the gorge. The lower viewpoint, further down, is nearer the pool at its foot.

The River Foyers was first harnessed for electricity in 1895, to power an aluminium works on the loch shore. Aluminium was made there until 1967, and the old works is now a hydro power station. After rain the fall is at its fullest; after a dry spell, or when the station draws water off, it runs quieter.

Lunch afterwards is at the Camerons Tea Room, south of the village, which opens Wednesday to Sunday from October to June and every day from July to September; over Christmas and New Year, check before going.

Afterwards

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   The Camerons Tea Room

   Lunch

   The Camerons Tea Room and Farm Shop is on Glenlia Farm. Have homemade soup with a sandwich or a ciabatta, then home baking and tea in china cups. A wood-burning stove keeps it warm on colder days, a herd of Highland cattle grazes in the field outside, and it's pet friendly.

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