Falls of Foyers
Local highlightA tall fall on the River Foyers above Loch Ness, roaring after rain but slack when the hydro scheme upstream holds the water back
The River Foyers drops around 165 feet on its way down to Loch Ness, falling in stages through a steep wooded gorge below the village of Foyers. Robert Burns came in 1787 and wrote a poem about the roaring water. A path with steps leads down to viewpoints over the gorge — it’s steep, so mind your footing. These days the river is tapped upstream for hydro-electric power, so for much of the year the fall runs thin. It is at its best, thundering the way Burns saw it, after heavy rain.
