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Smoo Cave

Durness, Scotland
Ranked #1 of 7 attractions in Durness
4.5 of 5 stars 39 Reviews
Type: Caverns/ Caves
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Yeovil, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 May 2012 NEW

You will enjoy your visit to Smoo Cave even without the guided tour. From the parking you can have a nice walk down to the cave, the are a lot of signs telling you everything about it and the tourist office is not fare too.

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Leeds, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2012

I really loved going to Smoo Cave. The walk down and up was a bit steep, but it was worth it. The waterfall created a rumble that was like a lions roar. Really nice vist.

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Glasgow, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2012

Really cool place. Make sure you go down the hill to the actual cave and do the boat trip inside the cave!

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Monmouth, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 May 2012

Not very often probably. Smoo Cave is the largest airtime cave in Europe. It is splendid to behold. But there's more. Half-way into this cave formed by the sea is another cave branching right, formed by fresh water. Above ground, Smoo Burn disappears into ty cave; below you take a rubber boat across a subterranean pond to the bottom of... More

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Leeds, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2012

I love this place.Takes a bit of hard work climbing down and up the steps but worth it for the interesting cave and waterfall (and boatride if you feel like it). Great scenery -feels very primaeval.

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Merseyside
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2012

Although a bit windy, we had a pleasant walk around the area.

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Thurso, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 May 2012
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This is free! Park above cave ( best just east of bridge and take footpath through gate on LEFT of road to walk over foot bridges that let you view waterfalls cascading into cave from above. Take path down to cave . Take care on foot ways as can be slippy. Cavern is Massive. Sometimes there are boat trips( payable)... More

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Milton Keynes
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 May 2012

Very easy to get to from the car park, with a wonderful little cave to explore

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Dornoch, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 May 2012

Quite a steep decent into the small bay, not very easy for arthritic knee but well worth the effort - interesting and much larger than expected.

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Edinburgh
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 April 2012

Incredible place! The caves are incredible and the walks, views and seabits were also more than worth the visit.

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