Just through the bridge, which is much newer than it looks having opened in 1975, this anchorage is a nice spot (apart from the domineering orange house). But, because there are a lot of private moorings, it is very difficult to find a spot to anchor, almost impossible in the summer. With any luck there might be a free private mooring.
North Ballachulish is hardly an attractive village but in a small complex of craft enterprises just by the Loch Leven Hotel, you will find the F.W.Holroyd Art Gallery (ph 01855 821277). It majors on Scottish artists and themes. Also do visit Starfish. Dave Shepton and Davey Todd (who both once built boats) make more lever harps than anyone else in Scotland (also known as Celtic harps or clarsachs). You will find these master craftsmen just behind the art gallery where they are more than willing to show you around their workshop, and sell you a harp (or when I was last there an electric violin, viola or cello if that is your fancy).
The Loch Leven Hotel is prettily situated above the old ferry slipway, presumably it was much busier and touristic before the bridge was opened (ph 01855 821236). You can best walk to it along the foreshore, definitely not along the road. However, it was for sale in 2024 and I have not been back recently. The attractive path starts by the small isthmus joining the islet of An Dunain in the southwest corner of the bay to the mainland. En route take a turn round the islet to find the cup marks on a rock by a metal post, facing south. These are prehistoric and notwithstanding the effort that must have gone into carving them out of the rock their function is unknown.
