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Hi there, As anyone any views, points, suggestions or recommendations with regard to camping on the West Coast of the Isle of Harris during spring, summer and or autumn seasons please.

We did our first visit to Harris and Lewis in May this year. Spectacular scenery and very friendly locals and we were fortunate to have great weather. There are a couple of basic campsites and wild camping is generally accepted to. 

THIS  site has some good info on the area.

Meantime you can look forward to views like this

There are plenty of wildcamping areas but one of the best we found was at Valtos on the Uig Peninsula.

The camping ground is run by the local community and there is a toilet block with good showers. They charge us (caravan) £4 a night.

This is not a caravan site as such but it is an area that the locals use and if it was good enough for them, then can I say more!

The overcrowded beach at Valtos

Taken from the camping area

Anywhere along the west coast of Harris and Lewis, you will find beaches like this.

Now lets get the story right, Everyone knows the mini tornado wasn't just Gods fault, CALMAC had a hand in it too.

THIS is the link to Lickisto, John and Harveys campsite. It on the east coast of Harris with is more rocky and rugged whereas the west coast is better for beaches. It depends on what type of holiday you are looking for really.

We were there for the whole of August and never saw (felt) a midge.

As Dadsbeaniemad says, Sundays are fine now and the only thing we did not do on a Sunday as oposed to any other day of the week was go shopping at the Co-ops. I don't know if they were open or not, but we just never bothered to try.

If it wasn't for the price of the ferry fares to take our car and caravan over, we would go there every year.

There was an article in one of the Camping mags recently about a family who took there caravan over to Harris, I'm at work just now or I would go and find it.

Someone will remember it.

Irene

Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 18/11/2009

We were there for the whole of August and never saw (felt) a midge.

As Dadsbeaniemad says, Sundays are fine now and the only thing we did not do on a Sunday as oposed to any other day of the week was go shopping at the Co-ops. I don't know if they were open or not, but we just never bothered to try.

If it wasn't for the price of the ferry fares to take our car and caravan over, we would go there every year.

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