This is one of the few locations, with easy access to Loch Ness where you can swim, sail and picnic or barbeque on the shore. The panoramic views across the loch to Meall Fuar-mhonaidh peaks and beyond are representative of the spectacular local scenery. The flora and fauna are second to none with otters, squirrels, pine martens, stoats, sika and roe deer all frequenting the site and surrounding f
arm land with bats and badgers restricting their visits to the evenings and night time. And if that isn’t enough a 2012 RSPB survey identified over 40 species of wild birds locally and since then they have been joined by a family of Jays. Located at Foyers on the south side of Loch Ness, where the Forbes family farmed for generations, Donald and Lyn Forbes opened the site in 2014, before retiring in 2021. Despite what could be called luxury in camping and caravanning terms, the site supports a sustainable environment through best use of resources. This is demonstrated through the choice of green energy and buildings with energy efficient construction and low impact, locally sourced materials. Innovative sustainable technology is used including solar thermal and geo-thermal systems and even the water is sourced from boreholes on site. This provides the under floor heating and hot water for the buildings which are equipped to 5*standard including the service block. Am Fasgadh (Gaelic for shelter) accommodates the communal area plus a site shop where you can buy takeaway food and even hire fire pits and locally sourced timber for barbeques on the shore. We offer nature walks throughout the school summer holidays. With the opening of the South Loch Ness Trail and Great Glen Canoe Trail and the extension of the National Cycle Network all of which pass within close proximity of the site, there has been tremendous support from membership organisations for this, the only place with facilities to camp on the South Shore of Loch Ness. Donald and Lyn’s vision was that Loch Ness Shores Camping and Caravanning Club Site should help the local area to retain its current services and encourage others to come to live, work and visit the area. Foyers, once an industrial village with over 300 people employed in the Aluminium smelter, was one of the places bombed during the war. It was also the first place in Britain to get electric street lights, which lit the paths for the workers in the village. A few hundred yards from the smelter is the old pier, where all the raw materials for the smelter came in by boat and the aluminium ingots were taken away. The road to Inverness was upgraded eventually in the late 1950’s and road haulage took over this work. Foyers and the surrounding area has lots of history, including a cave reportedly used by Bonnie Prince Charlie after his defeat at *Culloden (*25 miles to the east of Foyers) and roads and bridges designed and build by General Wade. Another claim to fame are the Falls of Foyers, visited by Queen Victoria on her Highland travels and subject of a poem by Robert Burns. Minutes away from the site was the family home of James Fraser, the Dun Bonnet, as told in the Diana Gabaldon Outlander books, the shore was also used as the beach location in Ted Danson and Jolie Richardson’s film, Loch Ness. The rabbit scene from the film Local Hero was also shot only a few miles up the road from here! We even have our own monster - what more could you ask? We guarantee you a warm welcome and a holiday to remember. Loch Ness Shores Camping & Caravanning Club Site
