There really seems little particular to do or see around this loch. Furthermore, the main road between Oban and Lochgilphead runs along one shore which makes it noisy. But the entrance is quite fun, much easier since it was buoyed some years ago. Not like in the old days, when Frank Cowper advised "As this loch is barred in two places, and twists considerably with a very narrow channel, I don't think it is suitable for a general cruise" (Sailing Tours: The Yachtsman's Guide to the Cruising Waters of the English and Adjacent Coasts, Part V, The West Coasts of Scotland, the Orkneys, and the west coast of the North sea. Frank Cowper, Upcott Gill, London, 1896).
On the port side, just before the suddenly shallow bit, the single white cottage was used for the film of Ring of Bright Water (based on the classic otter book by Gavin Maxwell). It is now a pricey holiday cottage. Ardoran Marine in Ardentallen Bay is a smallish boatyard and there are visitor moorings (ph 01631 566123). You can walk from here up to 'The Barn' — through the farm, up the road, and then up a track to the left, just over a mile. It is a slightly eccentric pub in a converted cattle byre, and holiday chalets (at Cologin on the OS map) (ph 01631 564618).
