15 Things You NEED to Know Before Wild Camping in the Outer Hebrides

Wild camping in Scotland is totally accepted, but there are rules. If you’re planning on camping in the Outer Hebrides, make sure to follow them to keep it free for all.

This is your chance to go to sleep somewhere beautiful and wake up with the sunset looking stunning. I’d been wanting to go wild camping in Scotland for a few years, but what with the ‘current situation’ and the fact summer was ending and I didn’t feel like I’d had an ADVENTURE, I rounded up my friend, and off we went. 

Helen and I went wild camping in Scotland with a tent and a car, not a motorhome (next time!). More on that below. 

We went wild camping in the Outer Hebrides, to be precise, and in the middle of September.

– HARRIS: That pile of mud next to me really started to smell in the night… 

I’d originally planned for us to wild camp every night, but the weather, the wind and us being underprepared meant we just couldn’t. Honestly, the winds were wild. The locals were even talking about ‘the gales’ in the shops.