Guide to Caithness

One of the delights of travelling with NorthLink Ferries from Scrabster to Stromness is the journey from Inverness. During the journey northwards you will travel a distance of 110 miles, passing through Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland and finally Caithness.

Caithness is a lovely place – a land of open moorland and blanket bog (the largest in Europe; known as the Flow Country) with very few trees, some farmland and scattered settlements. It is surrounded by a dramatic coastline, much of which you’ll see on the road. The A9 and the A836 cross Caithness, as does one railway; the Far North Line.

In this guide we will cover the many lovely attractions of Caithness (and further south, to Inverness) for our passengers using the Pentland Firth service!