Eas a' Chùal Aluinn

Eas a' Chùal Aluinn stands in the Assynt parish of Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It is a waterfall set in wild moorland near the north-west coast. The land around is boggy and open, with few trees. A single-track road runs south of Kylesku, five kilometres away. The waterfall’s name comes from the Gaelic for ‘waterfall of the beautiful tresses’. The waterfall is the tallest in the United Kingdom, dropping two hundred metres in one unbroken fall. A six-mile walk across wet ground leads from the road to the brink. In fine weather a boat leaves from Kylesku Hotel slipway to Loch Beag. From the loch the full height of the fall can be seen. Visitors reach the viewpoint after a long walk through heather and moss. The water plunges straight down a steep cliff into a narrow gorge. The sound of the fall carries far across the moor. On calm days spray rises like a veil above the lip. The scene is remote and quiet, with only the wind and water breaking the silence.