Falls of Foyers and the Loch Ness shore

From the car park in Upper Foyers, cross the road by the shop and café and follow the stepped path down to the upper and lower viewpoints facing the main fall. Back at the junction, a fenced path runs down above the gorge, with views of the lower falls and Loch Ness, to the road by the Craigdarroch Inn. Lanes lead down through Lower Foyers to the iron bridge over the River Foyers. Beyond it a path follows the river to the loch, then runs above the pebbly shore through the woods to a memorial to a landowner's wife and daughter. A track past the cemetery returns to the bridge, and the walk climbs back up the gorge path.

It is 4.4 km with 214 m of ascent; allow about 1¾ hours. The grade is Easy: short, but with long flights of steep steps, down and then back up.

Walkhighlands describes steep paths with many steps and a pebbly shore. It reported in 2025 that a bridge on the link path below the viewpoints was closed, which adds only a little distance: follow any signs on site. Keep dogs and children close at the gorge, which is fenced but deep.

The car park in Upper Foyers is free. Buses from Inverness stop in Foyers.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.