Wee Coo campervan routes

Set off from our Glasgow base

Find your Scotland route

Start with the season, then choose how far you want to roam. Compare our campervan trips, with day-by-day stops, places to eat and overnight suggestions.

Three trips for October

For autumn into winter, keep the drives shorter and settle into a booked base. These four-day plans use year-round touring parks, with indoor alternatives and no ferries.

The Royal Palace at Stirling Castle

Š DeFacto ¡ CC BY-SA 4.0

4 days ¡ approx. 155 miles

4-day Callander & Stirling winter break

A Callander base for bakery mornings, Stirling Castle and a gentle riverside day. Three nights on one pitch keep winter packing and driving to a minimum.

Best for: Castle history, bakery stops and short winter walks

Driving
Gentle, with three nights in one base
Season
October to March, with a booked winter pitch
Ferries
Roads only
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Edinburgh Castle seen from the National Museum of Scotland

Š Geni ¡ CC BY-SA 4.0

4 days ¡ approx. 220 miles

4-day Edinburgh & East Lothian winter base

Leave the camper at Mortonhall for an Edinburgh museum day, then choose a North Berwick coastal outing if the wind allows. A city-and-coast winter break with no ferry.

Best for: Museums, a bus into Edinburgh and a coastal lunch

Driving
Gentle, with three nights in one base
Season
October to March, with a booked winter pitch
Ferries
Roads only
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Highlighted months are our recommended season for each plan. Winter departures depend on safe road conditions and a confirmed pitch. Driving times are planning allowances and exclude stops.

Compare all routes

Choose a hire length below or search for an area. Longer island and coastal trips include travel days as well as sightseeing; ferry time is additional to the driving estimates.

Loch Lomond
2 days ¡ approx. 60 miles

Loch Lomond first weekend

One night in Luss, a lochshore evening and a short return to Renfrew.

Best for: A first lochside overnight

Driving
Gentle
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Lochranza Castle, Arran
4 days ¡ approx. 205 miles

4-day Isle of Arran escape

Two Lochranza nights, a full island day and a mainland night after the ferry.

Best for: An island stay with a full day around Lochranza

Driving
Ferry logistics; light island driving
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
2 vehicle crossings
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Melrose Abbey
3 days ¡ approx. 250 miles

3-day Scottish Borders history loop

Melrose, the Eildons and Jedburgh, with town meals and two Borders pitches.

Best for: Abbeys, Border towns and quieter roads

Driving
Moderate
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Oban harbour
4 days ¡ approx. 290 miles

4-day Argyll & Oban coast

Inveraray, Kilmartin’s archaeology and an Oban harbour lunch over four hire days.

Best for: Kilmartin archaeology and Loch Fyne food

Driving
Moderate
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Loch Morlich, Cairngorms
4 days ¡ approx. 380 miles

4-day Perthshire & Cairngorms

Dunkeld baking, a Glenmore beach afternoon and a Blair Atholl finish.

Best for: Forest walks and Loch Morlich’s beach

Driving
Moderate
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Culzean Castle, South Ayrshire
4 days ¡ approx. 280 miles

4-day Galloway dark skies

Culzean, Kirkcudbright and the forest, with stargazing when the sky clears.

Best for: Harbour towns and dark-sky evenings

Driving
Moderate
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Tobermory harbour, Isle of Mull
6 days ¡ approx. 450 miles

6-day Mull & Iona slow tour

Tobermory and Calgary from Salen, Iona on foot and a mainland final night.

Best for: Mull beaches and Iona on foot

Driving
Slow island roads and two vehicle crossings
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
2 vehicle crossings
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Crail harbour
5 days ¡ approx. 340 miles

5-day Fife & East Neuk coast

Four nights at a Leven base for Falkland, St Andrews and the East Neuk.

Best for: East Neuk harbours from one touring base

Driving
Short outings after the approach drive
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Loch Morlich, Cairngorms
5 days ¡ approx. 440 miles

5-day Speyside & Cairngorms

Loch Morlich, Grantown and a booked Cooperage visit before the drive south.

Best for: Woodland, Speyside Cooperage and Highland towns

Driving
Moderate; longer southbound day
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Landscape on the Isle of Skye in Scotland
6 days ¡ approx. 560 miles

6-day Skye via Glenfinnan

For more time on Skye: Glenfinnan on the way in, the Mallaig ferry and three nights at a Portree base.

Best for: Skye walks, island cafĂŠs and three nights in one base

Driving
Moderate, with two long transfer days
Season
Spring–autumn; ferry and campsite season dependent
Ferries
1 vehicle crossing
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Machrihanish beach, Kintyre
6 days ¡ approx. 360 miles

6-day Kintyre & Argyll coast

Tarbert, Campbeltown and Machrihanish’s beach, finishing back in Inveraray.

Best for: Kintyre beaches, Tarbert and Campbeltown

Driving
Long peninsula transfers
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Potarch Bridge, Deeside
7 days ¡ approx. 670 miles

7-day North East 250 from Glasgow

Deeside, Aberdeen and Portsoy, with a separate Moray outing from the coastal pitch.

Best for: Deeside castles and north-east fishing towns

Driving
A substantial circuit
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Culzean Castle, South Ayrshire
7 days ¡ approx. 380 miles

7-day South West Coastal 300

Portpatrick, Whithorn and Kirkcudbright, with a booked farm visit and a Moffat finish.

Best for: South-west harbours, gardens and relaxed bases

Driving
Moderate, with two local days
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Loch Lomond
8 days ¡ approx. 590 miles

8-day west coast & Skye

Loch Fyne and Oban before Glenfinnan, the Mallaig ferry and a full Trotternish day.

Best for: A varied west coast journey with a Skye day

Driving
Several transfer days
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
1 vehicle crossing
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Durness coast
9 days ¡ approx. 875 miles

9-day North Coast 500 highlights

Wick, Tongue, Durness and Wester Ross. Choose this for the far north, with several longer days behind the wheel.

Best for: A coast-to-coast sampler for confident road-trip drivers

Driving
Substantial driving
Season
Late spring–early autumn; seasonal pitches
Ferries
Roads only
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Scarista Beach, Harris
10 days ¡ approx. 710 miles

10-day Outer Hebrides island hop

Barra to Lewis by booked ferries, with beach days and a mainland buffer at Ullapool.

Best for: Island beaches and North Uist birdwatching

Driving
Multiple ferries and a long mainland return
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
4 vehicle crossings
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Glencoe
12 days ¡ approx. 925 miles

12-day Grand Scotland loop

A twelve-day Highland circuit through Skye, Wester Ross and the Cairngorms.

Best for: A broad Highland journey with time between bases

Driving
Longer trip, mixed transfers
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
1 vehicle crossing
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Glencoe
3 days ¡ approx. 190 miles

Loch Lomond & Glencoe Campervan Route

An evening in Luss, a Tyndrum food stop and the Glencoe Lochan walk. A good first trip in the van.

Best for: First camper trip; lochside evenings and a short woodland walk

Driving
Gentle
Season
Spring–autumn; winter with a confirmed alternative pitch
Ferries
Roads only
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Glencoe
5 days ¡ approx. 380 miles

5-day Scotland campervan route: west coast

Luss, Glencoe and the Road to the Isles, with a longer transfer through Oban.

Best for: Mainland beaches and west coast scenery

Driving
Moderate, with a long fourth day
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
Roads only
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Loch Lomond
7 days ¡ approx. 640 miles

7-day Scotland campervan route: west coast and Skye

Oban and Glenfinnan on the way to two full Skye days, then a Glencoe return base.

Best for: Two full Skye days within a west coast week

Driving
Several substantial transfer days
Season
Spring–autumn; confirm seasonal touring dates
Ferries
1 vehicle crossing
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The Royal Palace at Stirling Castle

Š DeFacto ¡ CC BY-SA 4.0

4 days ¡ approx. 155 miles

4-day Callander & Stirling winter break

A Callander base for bakery mornings, Stirling Castle and a gentle riverside day. Three nights on one pitch keep winter packing and driving to a minimum.

Best for: Castle history, bakery stops and short winter walks

Driving
Gentle, with three nights in one base
Season
October to March, with a booked winter pitch
Ferries
Roads only
Explore route
Edinburgh Castle seen from the National Museum of Scotland

Š Geni ¡ CC BY-SA 4.0

4 days ¡ approx. 220 miles

4-day Edinburgh & East Lothian winter base

Leave the camper at Mortonhall for an Edinburgh museum day, then choose a North Berwick coastal outing if the wind allows. A city-and-coast winter break with no ferry.

Best for: Museums, a bus into Edinburgh and a coastal lunch

Driving
Gentle, with three nights in one base
Season
October to March, with a booked winter pitch
Ferries
Roads only
Explore route