Loch Ness and Inverness Highlands small group tour
2days/1night, Edinburgh/Edinburgh
2020 depart daily: 01 Apr – 31 Mar 2020 (except 11-12 Nov, 24 - 26 Dec and 31 Dec & 01 Jan)
Cost from: B&B from: $310 pp twin share (s/sup $55)
Hotel from: $350 pp twin share (s/sup $110)
** Please enquire about our many other tours in the United Kingdom
day 01 Edinburgh-Pitlochry-Cairngorm National Park-Inverness
You will depart Edinburgh at 08.45am and head north across the River Forth towards the Highlands. We make a short stop in the holiday town of Pitlochry where you have the option to visit the local whisky distillery. From here the tour takes you past Blair Castle into the Cairngorm National Park, where we stop for lunch and spend time taking in the majesty of this amazing area within the ancient Caledonian Pine Forests of the Rothiemurchus Estate. You then continue north and arrive at your destination of Inverness, where you will be dropped off at your accommodation. The evening is free for you to explore the capital of the Highlands.
day 02 Inverness-Loch Ness-Edinburgh
After a leisurely breakfast you will be picked up from your accommodation in Inverness and explore the surrounding countryside en route to Loch Ness. Here you have the chance to either take a boat trip along the loch with great views of Urquhart Castle or stay on shore and visit the impressive ruins of the castle, overlooking the loch. Our journey continues south through the Great Glen past Ben Nevis and Fort William, stopping for lunch along the way before arriving in Glencoe. This haunting glen was the scene of a terrible massacre in 1692, where many of the Clan MacDonald were slaughtered. The return journey continues over the wild and remote Rannoch Moor and into the countryside around Stirling, before finally reaching our starting point of Edinburgh. Arrive at approx. 19.00.
Inclusions: twin share in 3* accommodation, one breakfast, coach transport, driver/guide, local taxes and service charges.
Note: itinerary is subject to change
