Loch Ness & the Highlands
from Edinburgh and Glasgow
INCLUDES: Transportation by superior air-conditioned midi-coach; services of a tour host; service charges and taxes.
Cued Mile Failte - a hundred, thousand welcomes! This is the definitive Highland experience that will introduce you to the very best of the Highlands in just one day. This really is Essential Scotland!From Edinburgh: Our day will start with a stunning drive across the Forth Road Bridge and through the Kingdom of Fife to the Fair City of Perth.
From Glasgow: We’ll make our way northwards to Stirling. There are wonderful views of majestic Stirling Castle before we drive through Strathallan to Perth.
There is a stop for morning coffee in the delightful Victorian resort of Pitlochry before we travel through the dramatic scenery of Glen Garry to reach the wilderness of the Cairngorm National Park.
From Dalwhinnie we will leave the main highway and head for Glen Spean. This is “Monarch of the Glen” country. It was here that the popular BBC TV series was filmed. You’ll get a good view of Ardverikie House – Glenbogle in the series – standing proudly beside Loch Lagan.
At Spean Bridge we enter the Great Glen whose three lochs offer spectacular vistas at every turn. Firstly Loch Lochy then Loch Oich and lastly Loch Ness. We will stop in the pretty little village of Fort Augustus, our gateway to Scotland's largest and most famous loch. Here we can have an relaxing stroll by the lochside or enjoy a cruise on the loch - could that shadow be the monster?
After our visit to Loch Ness we will travel to Fort William, which sits in the shadow of Ben Nevis - Britain's tallest mountain. A real highlight is our time in haunting Glen Coe, the "Glen of Weeping". In 1692 40 of the resident MacDonald clan were massacred in cold blood by the Campbells for not forswearing the Jacobite cause. It is said that you can still hear their cries! We’ll make a stop in this awe-inspiring place so that you can marvel at the natural beauty of the glen for yourself.
The barren wilderness of Rannoch Moor extends for some 50 square miles and is one of the most desolate and unspoilt areas in Europe. Our descent of the Black Mount will afford wonderful views of Loch Tulla before we arrive in the little community of Tyndrum.
To Glasgow: Our return will take us along the “bonnie, bonnie banks” of Loch Lomond to Balloch and then journey’s end in Glasgow.
A wonderful day out and maybe, just maybe.......
