Campsites in Isle of Tiree
Flat, grassy and sandy: surfing hotspot Tiree is camping heaven whether you like organised sites or wild pitches.
Isle of Tiree camping guide
Where to go
Southwest Tiree
On an island renowned nationwide for its surfing, Southwest Tiree is the most popular place for braving the waves, with Port Bharrapol the prime spot. But there are numerous sandy beaches here, receiving the full, temperamental might of the Atlantic to make for thrilling surfing conditions. Camping is excellent here too, either wild along sand-bounded coast and the machair (grassy dunes) that back it, as at Hynish Bay, or on organised campsites like Tiree Campsite just inland at Balinoe.
Gott Bay & East Tiree
Gott Bay is the wide, sandy horseshoe curling from Scarinish, the island ferry port, around to Soa Point. You can glamp at Soa Cabins on the bay’s east side but, with so many sandy bays and three big areas of dunes, wild camping places abound. Try dune-backed Vaul and Salum Bays for pitching. Activities include hiking around the coastline from Gott Bay to Vaul Bay, and wild swimming to some of the offshore rock, reefs and islets.
Balevullin Beach & Around
The jewel in the crown of the North Tiree shoreline has to be surf haven Balevullin Beach, a sweep of white-gold beach with a highly regarded surfing and kitesurfing school and the idyllic Sunset Campsite close by with its luxury glamping pods, hook-ups and regular tent pitching space. Hikes lead to several other big arcs of dune-flanked sands, and up to island high point of Beinn Hough at 390 feet.
Southwest Coll
An hour’s ferry ride from Tiree is the Isle of Coll, and a 10-minute drive (or 1.5-hour walk) delivers you to the island’s southwestern end, where you’ll encounter the only proper campsite with facilities, Garden House Camping. Outside your tent flaps are the island’s best experiences: a 15th-century castle, a nature reserve frequented by some of the UK’s only corncrakes in spring and summer, and a smorgasbord of delightful dunes between sandy Crossapol and Feall Bays.
