WildlifeHidden gem
Handa Island
Scourie, Scotland
Seabird reserve reached by a short boat from Tarbet, with huge cliff colonies.
- Price
- Small boat fare from Tarbet, island entry by donation
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 4 hours
Handa has one of the biggest guillemot and razorbill colonies in Britain, plus puffins and skuas. A short boat from Tarbet drops you at a marked 5 km walking loop on boardwalk and path, ending at tall sandstone cliffs. A warden is on site in summer.
Good to know
- Boats run April to early September, weather permitting
- Puffins are best late spring to early summer
- Take a windproof jacket and your own food
- Best time
- May to July for puffins
- Open
- April to September
- Getting there
- Park at Tarbet, short ferry; path is rough and uneven
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
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