St. Kilda camping guide
Where to go
Village Bay
Hirta is the only island on which visitors can land. Here you can explore the remains of the island's only settlement at Village Bay, where there's a National Trust for Scotland’s ranger office (the NTS operates the small campsite on the island) and a small museum where you can learn about the unique lifestyles of the hardy St Kildians.
North Hirta
Head north of the village to explore Hirta’s natural sites. Just behind Village Bay, the Gap provides an excellent vantage point for views across to Boreray and to the island’s soaring sea cliffs, the highest in the UK. Further north, you can climb to the summit of Conachair, which at 1,410 feet (430 metres), is the island's highest point.
South Hirta
The southern part of the island is distinguished by lush green sloping fields usually dotted with Soay sheep, a unique breed native to the islands. From the southern coast you can see the island of Dùn, which is separated from Hirta by a shallow strait only around 50 metres (164 feet) wide.
Boreray
While you cannot land on Boreray, most boat tours take visitors to see the island’s tall cliffs in which around a million seabirds nest. As well as the world’s second-largest gannet colony, you’ll see puffins, guillemots, fulmars, storm petrels and great skuas.
