📌 Braes, Isle of Skye
★★★
This scenic circuit makes the perfect introduction to an exploration of Skye’s unspoiled Braes region, south of Portree. Today accessed by a single dead-end road, this is an area of scattered cottages and varied coastline – all with superb views across to the Isle of Raasay, and not yet overrun with tourists. The other highlight of this route is a series of rapids and waterfalls on the Ollach River, best seen after heavy rain (such as in the photos below).
📷 Chronological photo guide
Start of the path up the Ollach River 
Bluebells 
View back over the Sound of Raasay 
Ollach River & waterfalls 
Ollach River & waterfalls 
Ollach River & waterfalls 
Ollach River & waterfalls 
Above the falls 
Isle of Raasay from the walk high point 
Track descent, Ben Tianavaig beyond 
Track descent, Ben Tianavaig beyond 
Road return
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Braes Community Hall, B883 to Braes, Ollach, Skye
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NG 515366
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.352021,-6.132160
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 2 km / 1 mi | ▲ 90 m | ⌛ 45 min
Features: 🌊 Ollach River waterfalls ★★
⬤ Easy | Narrow but clear path for ascent, then descent on track with quiet road return.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – path up north bank of Ollach River – turn right on track beyond main waterfall – descend north to road at Lower Ollach – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Sheep & lambs, rabbits. Flowering bluebells.
Weather: 12°C & often sunny following overnight rain. Windy.
May 2022
Also on this walk
Ollach River waterfalls ★★
🌍 Location
📌 On Ollach River above Ollach, Skye
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NG 512362
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.348439,-6.137296
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 See info for walk route above
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
💬 If not walking the full route, it’s a 15-min walk (each way) uphill to the main falls (just below a track junction) from the car park, following the start of the route described above (⬤ Moderate).
