IT can take you a trip from Staffa to Iona via Glencoe and the Glenfinnan Monument without leaving your living room.

Thanks to the intrepid and pioneering work of the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), some of Scotland's most remote and beautiful places are now available in virtual reality.

Using a 360-degree off-road version of Google Street View, NTS wildlife filmmaker Simon Goodall went for a walk, covering more than 150 miles in two months with a portable Street View camera on his back.

Usually fixed to the roof of cars to film roads for Google Maps, the 18kg camera was mounted on a rucksack-style harness worn by Mr Goodall as he explored mountain ridges, waterfalls and cliffs including St Abb's Head, Inverewe Gardens and the top of Ben Lomond.

Mr Goodall braved blizzards to capture the footage on 16 of the Trust's countryside properties. More often associated with urban roads and streets, mounted onto cars to record, Simon used a Street View trekker, supplied by Google, to capture his unique footage which will now be available to view from anywhere in the world.

Also now available to view from the comfort of your armchair are Culzean Castle and Country Park in Ayrshire, Grey Mare’s Tail in Dumfries and Galloway, Coire Gabhail and Buachaille Etive Beag in Glencoe, the Falls of Glomach in Ross-shire, Kintail and West Affric Estate in the Highlands, Linn of Tummel in Perthshire, Aberdeenshire's Mar Lodge and the Isle of Mull.

Mr Goodall said: "We had the loan of the camera for two months and deciding which properties to feature was difficult given the extent of the Trust's countryside properties, but we have captured mountains, waterfalls, islands and sea life.

"Like a normal camera, a spot of rain on the lens can completely ruin a shot, so using a camera like the Google Trekker with several lenses at 360 degrees in a notoriously wet country like Scotland - all while struggling to the top of a Munro - was a challenge.

"We were caught in a blizzard near the summit of Beinn a Bhuird at Mar Lodge, and I relied on the Trust property guide's mountain knowledge to continue, despite the fierce wind. But the results are breath-taking."

NTS head of digital media Colan Mehaffey said: "As part of the Trekker loan programme, what you could do was apply to Google to borrow a big piece of kit to essentially do Street View for whatever you liked or whatever you owned.

"We came into our own with that because we're Scotland's third biggest landowner.

"People all over the world will suddenly be able to be on the top of a mountain in Glencoe and they'll be able to be on a boat looking at Staffa.

"So we want people from all round the world to engage with it."

Laurian Clemence of Google UK said: "The Google Trekker is a backpack camera with 360-degree views that captures imagery of some of the world's most remote places so that anyone with an internet connection can enjoy and experience nature's best.

"We are delighted to have worked with the National Trust of Scotland to bring Street View to their pristine areas of beauty."