Loch Ness and the Scottish Highlands Day Tour from Edinburgh
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Stop At: Fort Augustus Abbey, Fort Augustus Scotland
After crossing Loch Leven at Ballachulish, we stop for lunch in the Fort William area before following the course of the Caledonian Canal up the Great Glen to Fort Augustus on Loch Ness. Here we will cruise on the loch for an hour or so, or enjoy the tranquil little village on the banks of Loch Ness. Please note, this part of the tour may be subject to change due to weather conditions in the winter months.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Rannoch Moor, Pitlochry Scotland
After our stop at Fort Augustus and Loch Ness, the tour will begin it’s return journey south. You will pass by Loch Laggan, the set for the internationally recognised ‘Monarch of the Glen’, before making a stop in picturesque Pitlochry, a delightful Victorian resort town.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Glen Coe, Scotland
sometimes referred to as the Glen of Weeping, was the scene of the infamous 'Massacre of Glencoe' in 1692. The Glen has a number of viewing stops on the road through the valley, and the National Trust for Scotland has a visitor centre along the main route.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Loch Ness, Scotland
Visit the world famous loch and join the boat trip if you are brave enought to look out for the the monster aka Nessie
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This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Fort Augustus Abbey, Fort Augustus Scotland
After crossing Loch Leven at Ballachulish, we stop for lunch in the Fort William area before following the course of the Caledonian Canal up the Great Glen to Fort Augustus on Loch Ness. Here we will cruise on the loch for an hour or so, or enjoy the tranquil little village on the banks of Loch Ness. Please note, this part of the tour may be subject to change due to weather conditions in the winter months.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Rannoch Moor, Pitlochry Scotland
After our stop at Fort Augustus and Loch Ness, the tour will begin it’s return journey south. You will pass by Loch Laggan, the set for the internationally recognised ‘Monarch of the Glen’, before making a stop in picturesque Pitlochry, a delightful Victorian resort town.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Glen Coe, Scotland
sometimes referred to as the Glen of Weeping, was the scene of the infamous 'Massacre of Glencoe' in 1692. The Glen has a number of viewing stops on the road through the valley, and the National Trust for Scotland has a visitor centre along the main route.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Loch Ness, Scotland
Visit the world famous loch and join the boat trip if you are brave enought to look out for the the monster aka Nessie
Included
- Driver/guide
- Hotel pickup
- Transport
Not included
- Gratuities
- Hotel drop-off
- Boat cruise
- Food and drinks
- Entry/Admission - Glen Coe
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum age is 5 years
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
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Cultural
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A fantastic experience: a beautiful landscape to admire while our driver guided us through the history of Scotland. Still day-dreaming about those Highlands. Big thumbs up for Jamie!!!
It's a long day and worth every minute! The tour guide - Jamie, is an incredible wealth of knowledge as we continued our day. Bring wet gear, it will rain. The tour buss was very clean, well maintained and has a bathroom. Places to stop and enjoy the towns and food as you go along.
As a whole, the trip was wonderful and the scenery awesome. Our bus driver / guide Brian was too neurotic according to costomer's speaking limits, and even positon of chair (it wasn't allowed to push your back to acomfortable position), smelly foods and all the hours he kept on speaking. He demandes silence when he was spaiking. And when he was playing music, too. His english was'nt the clearest one so all didn't understand his explanations very well. Sitting all day long silent in the bus was quite difficult for most. The atmosphere in the bus was overall very neuurotic. Othervice the information he shared with us was very interesting. I enjoyed listening to him. His instructions were very clear, too. Timetables during the stops were just fine.
The driver was nice. The reason I gave it a two star is because we spent the whole time on the bus. We got to Lochness and we were there for two hours. Nothing to see apart from the boat ride that we didn't take. then hop back on the bus and another long ride back.
Our tour guide Dougie was a riot. He provided an impressive amount of Scottish history as we drove north from Edinburgh to the Highlands. He was funny and informative and when I thought I didn't have enough cash for the Loch Ness cruise, he offered to pay for it himself and asked me to pay him back later. I certainly didn't expect that and fortunately I had enough cash to make it work. It's a long day but totally worth it. The visit to Glencoe, halfway to Loch Ness, is worth the cost of the trip. The view of the Scottish Highlands that you'll get in Glencoe is simply breathtaking.
I would have liked to spend more time at certain stops than just enough time for a meal or a restroom break.
Overall it was a great trip. One of the best things was they came and picked you up and dropped you off after the tour. Took a big bus around Scotland. Stopped off as some cool places. We did have some people on the bus that wouldn't stop talking but the bus driver asked them to respect others so we could all hear the history of what we are seeing.