The Ardnamurchan Traverse

Join Sup2summit for a wild Scottish coastal paddling adventure around the Ardnamurchan peninsula!

This is a five day four night expedition! The total cost of this trip is £700. A £100 non refundable deposit is to be paid at time of booking with final payment due 6 weeks prior to the trip.

The Ardnamurchan in Gaelic means - The headland of the great seas, it is a 50-square-mile peninsula in the Lochaber area, known as the outdoor capital of the UK, noted for being very unspoiled and undisturbed. The most westerly point of mainland Britain!

Carrying all our camping equipment and food on our boards, this is five days of challenging paddle boarding and wild camping around some spectacular scenery and wildlife. This adventure is not suitable to beginners and even intermediates should be paddling to a very confident level. We would expect that participants can comfortably paddle up to maximum of up to 20km per day in less than ideal conditions.

This is a full expedition with no support and very committing. Customers should be comfortable paddling this distance before taking on this challenge. Full coaching and guiding will be done throughout the trip.

Your safety is always our primary concern, for this expedition we are using a 1:6 ratio. Our trip leaders are highly qualified SUP Expedition Guides with advanced first aid qualifications. Our guides are some of the most experienced sup guides in Scotland, operating in multiple locations across Scotland all year round!

What’s included?

Boards -We use top quality 14 X 30 MCCONKS Expedition boards, Quick release waist leashes, Carbon 2 piece paddle, PDF and coiled leash.

Food -We provide breakfast, lunch and evening meals while out on expedition. These are in the form of expedition style porridge packs and rehydrated expedition foods. Meals are supplied on the basis of your dietary requirements filled out on questionnaire at the booking stage. We use Real Turmac expedition foods for evening meals and a combination of dehydrated expedition foods for lunches. We supply a group stoves for cooking.

We carry 20 litres of water at a time and have the ability to purify up to 10 litres of water with our purification system. (Not chlorine tablets).

Camping -As well as spectacular wild camping sites, we also provide tents, thermarest style air bed and dry bags to carry all this plus your own kit. All you need to bring is your own personal paddling gear, clothing and a 2/3 season sleeping bag.

A kit list will be sent out to you.

We don’t supply wetsuits, drysuits or split Cag/trousers.

For all our trips we set up a WhatsApp Group chat, this will let you get to know who else is on your trip, ask questions to your guide and liaise with travel plans!

Guide -Expert guide, fully equipped with VHF radio, Garmin Inreach GPS, full first aid and emergency equipment.

We are happy for you to bring your own SUP but it must have the ability to carry all equipment with front and back loading capabilities and be suitable to four days touring!

Please feel free to contact us if you have anymore questions