Forest bathing at Lough Navar Forest

Lough Navar covers more than 2,600 hectares on top of the Magho cliffs, and with the neighbouring forests forms the largest continuous forest in Northern Ireland. It's mostly conifer, with oak, birch and beech planted after felling and spruce and pine on the poorer high ground. A seven-mile forest drive links viewpoints, the best being Magho, looking over Lower Lough Erne to the Sperrins, the Blue Stacks and the Atlantic.

For walking under trees, the four-mile Blackslee Trail from the Aghameelan viewpoint car park runs on forest roads through the oldest part of the forest to a waterfall. The short Whiterocks and Lough Slawn trails suit a brief stop, and a path circles Lough Achork. Across the road from the entrance, the Correl Glen nature trail goes through part of the Largalinny nature reserve. The forest is open 10am to sunset. Big and remote, it is usually quiet.