Beaches

Being situated on a peninsula, means we’re only a couple of miles walk or cycle from an amazing coastline- ‘Argyll’s Secret Coast’. Whether rock-pooling, building sandcastles, snorkeling or watching, otters, waders and divers; you can find your very own stretch of beach within a coupe of miles of us.

Walk 1 mile down the lane to Kilbride Bothy for lunch snacks or icecream. Then trundle down the track to the most stunning sandy beach over looking Arran- Ostel Bay.

Hop on the ferry to Tarbert, drive 25 mins to Tayinloan, walk onto the ferry to Gigha– stunning Hebridean Island with fab beaches, food & cycling

Lovely Scalpsie Bay, Bute for sand & a seal colony

Catch the Tarbert-Portavadie Ferry (2.7 miles from us) and cycle 13 miles to Skipness estate. Find a quaint Scottish village, village shop, seafood cabin, smokehouse and shop, 13th century castle and chapel, organic tannery and beautiful, rugged beach, ahh…

The Kintyre peninsular is famed for its wild windswept beaches, miles of sand, surfing and sheer natural beauty. Catch the Portavadie ferry and allow your jaw to drop!

Culture & Wildlife

• Argyll Botany shop for locally made beautiful skin products & natural snacks at Tighnabruaich Community Forest
• Picturesque Tarbert Fishing Village is a short passenger ferry away from Portavadie. With castle, galleries & cafes
• Wonderful Knapdale Beavers
• All aboard the Waverly at Tighnabruaich, the last sea-going paddle steamer in the world
• Giants of Benmore Botanical Gardens
• Puck’s Glen, waterfalls & gorge
• Eye-catching Inverary and Castle
• Rothesay, Bute Mount Stuart a beautiful house & gardens. Walk up to spiritual St Blane’s Monastery overlooking Arran. Bute Museum, Rothesay & Rothesay castle. Follow the poetry trail at Moss Wood & delight in Syrian fine patisserie at Helmi’s Cafe
• Walk to Millhouse & stock up on presents from Crossroads Pet & Garden shop

It is very exciting to be close to the Knapdale beavers! These charismatic giant rodents make their home in the beautiful woods and waterways. Gnawed trees and disorderly piles of branches damming streams are all signs that they are close. Dawn and dusk are the best times for seeing them, you can also head out on a guided walk from the Argyll Beaver Centre.

Eating & Drinking

Although Auchgoyle farm may feel wild and remote, an array of unique independent culinary experiences await you nearby!

Here are a few of the options in order of distance from the farm gate!:

• The Bothy Snacks, ice cream & cake
• Choose a home-cooked organic meal from ‘Venison & Vetch’ delivered to Auchgoyle
• Tide & Tyme Bistro Restaurant
• The Station Cafe, Kames
• Kames Hotel
• Fyne Raja Restaurant
• Five West Cafe
• Portavadie Marina Restaurant & Pub
• Kilfinan Hotel Bar & Restaurant
• The Oystercatcher pub, on the shore of Loch Fyne
• Colintraive Hotel
• Inver Restaurant Michelin Green Star

Stroll down the farm track and head south towards the beach. Stop off at the Bothy for homemade snacks, before you head on to the wide sandy expanses of Ostel bay.

At Andy’s, village shop, Kames (just across the golf course), you can buy Eve’s Argyll Coffee head on up the hill to Kilfinan Community Forest to Argyll Botony’s shop full of scented plant-based skin care.

Walk through the fields to the Cowal Way, dip your feet in Asgog loch and pass the remains of Asgog Castle on your way to Portavadie Marina & Spa for dinner & swim.

Receive a warm welcome at the Colintraive Hotel. Sit back and enjoy delicious home-made food and ales, while overlooking the Isle of Bute. While you’re in Colintraive visit the sculpture gardens (April-Sept)

Follow the beautiful coastal road north along Loch Fyne and arrive at the culinary masterpiece that is Inver. Delight in taster menus, A la carte and fine wines. With a Green Michelen Star, Inver has taken the meaning of local, fresh & sustainable to dizzying heights

Adventure

Run along rugged coastline & through Tolkienesque forests, walk the Loch Lomond & Cowal Way or scale a Munroe in the Arrochar Alps.

• Book onto Auchgoyle Farm nature & wellness retreat HERE!
• Book an Auchgoyle Farm wood-fired Sauna with rainforest waterfall pool
• Book on a guided run from the farm or a rewilding walk around the farm.
• Have your very own yoga class in our new ‘Round House’ with Kate Gray
• Known as ‘Scotland in 53 miles’ the Loch Lomond & Cowal Way passes the farm
• Cycle the beautiful Ardlamont 10 mile coastal loop with cafes and the Kames village shop to fuel you!
• Stroll across the fields to Kyles Golf Course overlooking the sea
• Walk to Glenan Woods
• Head to Otterferry to the spit by the Oystercatcher pub, where, on a low tide you can wander across the loch in the company of foraging waders!
• Wander the Kilfinan Community Forest trails
• Book a yoga class overlooking Loch Fyne in the magical dome at West Coast Wellness

• Carry Farm sailing school
• Sea kayak Loch Fyne or join a boat trip on Scotland’s longest loch in the company of grey seals & porpoises
• Head to Dunoon for some of the best mountain bike trails in Scotland
• Catch a ferry from Colintraive and walk/run 25 miles along Bute’s West Island Way
• Cycle or Paddle the Crinan Canal
• Scale a Munroe in the Arrochar Alps, the most spectacular mountain range in the southern Highlands, an hour’s drive north
• Walk/run the Kintyre Way, 100 miles of beaches, hidden coves, villages and forests.

Glenan Woods is a relic of the temperate rainforest that once shrouded much of Scotland’s west coast with wizened oak trees, dripping in lichens and mosses. You can walk from the farm along the Cowal Way to this community woodland. Scramble over boulders to beaches, climb mighty oaks or head hill-wise for far reaching views over Loch Fyne.