📌 Trotternish, Isle of Skye
★★★★
The Lealt Falls are a popular stop on any road trip around Skye’s Trotternish peninsula. A newish suspended viewing platform has made the upper falls more accessible than ever – but it’s the thundering lower falls that are really worth getting excited about. These are accessed via a steep descent of nearly 100 metres vertical (uphill on the way back), and are therefore omitted by most visitors. As a result, you’ve a reasonable chance of getting one of the island’s most impressive waterfalls entirely to yourself.
Lealt lower falls 
Upper falls, from the viewing platform 
Looking downstream from the viewing platform 
Lealt gorge from the start of the descent to the lower falls 
Path leading to the lower falls 
Lower falls from the descent 
Inver Tote bay, with fishing station 
Cliffs on the north side of the bay 
Approach to the lower falls
🌍 Location
📌 By the A855 1 mi south of Culnacnoc, Skye. Upper falls viewing platform is at:
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NG 516604
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.565250,-6.155053
🚌 Bus stops on A855 immediately north of car park
🚗 Car parks
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
💬 The upper falls viewing platform is next to the car park. The lower falls are a 15-min walk (each way) from here (⬤ Moderate). Follow the clear path towards the coast, soon reaching a viewpoint over Inver Tote bay. From here, an obvious path descends steeply in zigzags, with a distant view of the lower falls – care required due to unprotected drops. Once nearly at sea level, traverse right (still on a path) to the Lealt River, with the foot of the falls a short distance upstream.
