Summer Isles

The Summer Isles form an archipelago of mainly very small islands opposite Polbain, a village north of Achiltibuie in the Highland region of Scotland.

Understand
Of all the islands, only Tanera Mòr is inhabited and hardly anybody stays all through the winter. In the summer, some houses, including the former school, are available for rent. Painting and photography classes are also run.

Islands

 * is tidal, walk across from Old Dorney.
 * : see Ullapool for this outlier.
 * is tidal, walk across from Old Dorney.
 * : see Ullapool for this outlier.
 * : see Ullapool for this outlier.
 * : see Ullapool for this outlier.
 * : see Ullapool for this outlier.
 * : see Ullapool for this outlier.
 * : see Ullapool for this outlier.

Get in
Unless you have your own boat, you are dependent on an excursion from either Ullapool or the closer Badentarbet pier in Polbain.

Get around
Other than walking on Tanera Mòr, you can only see what your excursion allows but this includes great cliff scenery, seascapes and views of the mainland, grey and common seals and numerous breeding sea birds in season.

See

 * Priest Island is an RSBP reserve.

Connect
As of Aug 2022, the islands have no mobile signal from any carrier.

Go next

 * Achiltibuie is near Inverpolly Nature Reserve and has mountains to hike up.
 * Ullapool is the area transport hub, with buses to Inverness and ferries to Stornoway on Lewis.
 * North Coast 500 is a motoring itinerary, with Achiltibuie a side-loop.