Trotternish Explorer Route

This circular route, along single track roads, gives you the opportunity to experience a rich variety of famous features and locations as well as some less well known ones. Taking in a diverse selection of sea and inland views whilst ebiking along with ease. 

1. SOUTERRAINS are underground galleries like this, they appeared along the Atlantic seaboard between 300BC and 300AD. Their purpose is unknown, possibly used for storage or ritual.
2. THE FAIRY GLEN above Uig, along the Shulishader Road. Winding around small round-topped grassy hills with lochans (ponds) in between, this glen with its many hidden pockets has an otherworldly feel.
3. THE QUIRAING was formed by terrestrial turmoil, it is one of Britain’s largest landslips! Paths wind through this geological wonder. A 4.22 mile walk among the many rock formations, takes an average of 2 hours to complete starting from the car park, without stops.
4. KILT ROCK is made up of basalt columns resting on sandstone looking similar to a pleated kilt. From Kilt Rock, the Mealt Falls plummet roughly 55m into the Sound of Raasay below.
5. AN CORRAN BEACH & DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS This sandy beach is sheltered, with boat trips available from the slipway in the summer. In 2002, fossilized dinosaur footprints were found on a flat mud-stone to the right of the ramp leading down to the sand. They were identified as belonging to a 3-toed Hadrosaur, which lived over 170 million years ago!
6. LOCH LANGAIG is a medium-sized loch nestled among hills, just off the road, that offers a great place for picnics with mountain views.
7. THE HEALING POOL is a crystal clear, cold pool water and is purported to have healing properties it is fed by an ancient spring that is located in a wooded area nearby.
8. RHUBA HUNISH is the northernmost tip of Skye. It offers a magical walk, 5.2 miles in length, with a chance to view seabirds and marine mammals., you can also visit the viewpoint bothy.
9. DUNTULM CASTLE was the seat of Clan MacDonald of Sleat in the 17th century. It now stands in ruins and is a scheduled monument. Below the castle, in Score Bay, you can see the largest track way of dinosaur footprints ever found in Scotland. Discovered in 2015, it has been referred to as a dinosaur disco.
10. THE SKYE MUSEUM OF ISLAND LIFE offers an award winning, traditional experience of an old Highland village.  Above the Museum is KILMUIR CEMETERY The 16th century church is gone now, but the cemetery includes a wealth of historic graves and monuments, including Flora Macdonald, a Jacobite heroine, whose white marble Celtic cross monument is 28 feet high. More modern memorials include Mr Alexander McQueen CBE, the famous fashion designer and courtier.

The circular section of the Trotternish Explorer Route (Starting and Ending at Skye EBikes) is 23 miles (37 kilometers). Additionally to visit and return from (to the main route) the Fairy Glen is 5.6 miles (9km), Kilt rock is 6.8 miles (10.94km) and An Corran Beach is 1.4miles (2.25km).