Walk: Across Aros to Tobermory

📌 Aros, Isle of Mull
★★★

A visit to Tobermory can be stretched into a full day trip by walking along the forested coastline from Aros Park. The park was once a private estate and includes attractive woodland, a lily-clad loch and a couple of impressive waterfalls on the Aros Burn (though this route only passes the lower falls). Later on, after a couple more piddly cascades, gaps in the trees allow excellent views of Tobermory; Ben Hiant on the Ardnamurchan peninsula is also prominent across the Sound of Mull. Landslides have shut the middle part of the original coast path which traverses steep slopes, but Forestry and Land Scotland have created a permanent diversion at a higher level through less interesting scrubland.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish at Aros Park, off the A848 1 mi southeast of Tobermory, Isle of Mull. Alternative start point in Tobermory

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NM 518540

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.611806,-6.046602

🚌 Bus to Ledaig car park in Tobermory, at a different point on the route

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 5 km / 3 mi | ▲ 140 m | ⌛ 1.5-2 hr

Features: 🌳 Aros Park; 💧 Lochan a’ Ghurrabain; 🌊 Tobermory Bay & pier; 🌊 Aros Burn lower falls; 🌊 Spùt Dubh; 🏠 Tobermory ★★★

⬤ Easy | Clear paths with just a little mud; a few steep sections often aided by steps.

➡️ Out-and-back walk: start – foot of Lochan a’ Ghurrabain – pier on Tobermory Bay – Aros Burn lower falls – Spùt Dubh – Tobermory & town sights – return by outward route with shortcut near finish. Route is a variation on one marked in green on map 🔗 here (Coastal Trail)

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Small fish in the sea at the pier, forest birds and lots of dogs being taken for a walk.

Weather: A scorcher by island standards: 20°C+ and unbroken sunshine.

July 2017