- Prices displayed are based on two people sharing a Twin / Double room
- Single Supplements are subject to availability and cost an additional £15 per night, please select option below.
- Senior 60+
- Children 5-17. The minimum age for children travelling on this tour is 5
- Days of Operation: Saturdays: 5th May – 29th September 2012
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Highlights
- Loch Ness with optional boat cruise
- Urquhart Castle (entry included)
- Whisky Distillery
- Wallace Monument
- Cairngorms National Park
- Glencoe
- Rannoch Moor
- Culloden battlefield
Tour Includes
• One night’s accommodation in a 3* B&B/Hotel with full Scottish breakfast
Entrance to Urquhart Castle
• Two full day excursions in an air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz midi-coach
• Services of fully trained local guide throughout the trip
Tour Itinerary
DAY ONE
Tour Starts: 08:45 – 60 High Street, Edinburgh
Heading north, we make our way to the ancient capital of Scotland, Stirling and visit the mighty Wallace Monument, built in honour of our national hero. We continue our journey over the wilds of Rannoch Moor and through dramatic Glencoe, scene of the infamous massacre in 1692. Our journey passes through Fort William before following the Great Glen and finally arriving in the charming village of Fort Augustus, on the shores of Loch Ness, which is our home for the night. There is the opportunity to take an optional boat cruise to go Nessie spotting.
Overnight: Fort Augustus - accommodation in either Bed and Breakfast or Hotel.
Optional extra: Loch Ness Cruise. Adults £11.50, children: £7.00 (correct as May 2011)
DAY TWO
We start the day by following the shores of legendary Loch Ness with a stop at the stunning ruins of Urquhart Castle, where the monster has been spotted many times. Entry to this historic building is included in the price of the tour. Heading northeast, we make our way to Culloden battlefield and hear stories of the final Jacobite uprising led by Bonnie Prince Charlie and the last battle fought on British soil. Through the Cairngorms National Park we head into beautiful Perthshire, a land of forests, rivers and mountains, with a stop at the quaint Highland village of Pitlochry for lunch. There’s also the chance to visit a local whisky distillery to sample a dram of Scotland’s most famous tipple. Passing the famous Forth Bridge we return to Edinburgh.
Optional extra: Famous Grouse Experience Tour: £8.95 / £7.50 concessions (correct as May 2011)
Tour Finishes: 17.30 – 60 High Street, Edinburgh
Tour Excludes
- Lunches & evening meals
- Loch Ness Cruise & Admission to Visitor Attractions (except Urquhart Castle)
Highland Explorer Tours are the only tour company in Scotland to be able to offer foreign language audio translations on all scheduled tours. Tours will be conducted in English by the guides, however foreign language translations are available in German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French and Polish, with more languages to follow.
Translations are available to download for free once you have purchased your tour. When you receive your e-ticket, there will be a link to a page where you can download the zipped file and load into onto your own MP3 player, ipod or iphone.
There are also a number of units available for hire on the day of departure. These are issued on a first come first served basis at a cost of £5 per unit to hire. Please bring your own headphones if you can.
The audio guides provide customers who do not speak any English with the main stories which the guides will cover on the tour. Your guide will indicate which track to select as they are about to tell the story it relates to, so everyone on the tour can follow at the same time.
Bed & Breakfast (B&B) / Guest House
The great thing about a bed and breakfast or guest house is the local experience. In most cases you are staying with a family who let out 2 or 3 of the rooms in their home to visitors. B&Bs are renowned for being warm and friendly and many people feel that they offer a more authentic way to experience Scotland. Most offer a traditional Scottish cooked breakfast which is guaranteed to set you up for the day!
Hotel
Highland Hotels are smaller than typical hotels, with between 6 and 20 bedrooms, ensuring cosy and hospitable welcome. They are normally run by the owner and have their own personal style. They too serve traditional Scottish breakfasts and usually offer a dinner option as well.
Room Types
En suite Rooms These are rooms which have a private shower or bath and toilet.
Twin and Double Rooms A twin room has 2 single beds and a double room has 1 bed for 2 people.
Family/Triple rooms Family rooms tend to have one double bed and one single bed. Triple rooms (with 3 separate beds) are occasionally available in Hotels and Guest Houses but a double and single bed is more common.
Your guide will drop you at your accommodation each evening and pick you up again in the morning.