Introduction

Tonight, I am reporting on the spectacular Falls of Foyers which are located on the eastern side of Loch Ness. Region is the Scottish Highlands, about 19 miles south of Inverness and 14.5 miles north of Fort Augustus.

Information on the falls

Access is via a well maintained, stepped path opposite the Tea Room in the village of Foyers. Visitors can walk down to viewing platforms and view the water cascading down 140 feet into the gorge below. Thereafter the water flows on into Loch Ness.

There are other walking trails in the vicinity.

The falls were subject of a poem by Scotland’s National Poet, Robert Burns dating from 1787:

“Among the heathy hills and ragged woods
The roaring Foyers pours his mossy floods;
Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds,
Where, through a shapeless breach, his stream resounds,
As high in air the bursting torrents flow,
As deep-recoiling surges foam below,
Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends,
And viewless Echo’s ear, astonish’d rends.
Dim seen, through rising mists and ceaseless showers,
The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, lowers.
Still, through the gap the struggling river toils,
And still, below, the horrid cauldron boils. “

Video clip of the falls

More information

The publication Visitors’ Guide to Scotland provides a wide range of information for the tourist including a section on Loch Ness. ISBN is 978-1-9161332-0-4. Also available via Kindle.