2-Day Loch Ness and Inverness Small Group Tour from Edinburgh

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Spend two days exploring Loch Ness and Inverness, past and present, on a small group trip to the Highlands from Edinburgh. With a maximum group size of 16 passengers, you are sure to have a memorable and personal experience on this leisurely two-day excursion to Loch Ness and Inverness.

Highlights of the tour include:

• Views of Stirling Castle
• The wilderness of Glencoe, steeped in its grim history, where you can soak up the atmosphere during an afternoon walk
• Spooky Loch Ness
• Taking a walk in Glen Affric, featured in the TV series The Last of the Mohicans
• The stronghold of Urquhart Castle
• Spending a night in Inverness, capital of the Highlands
• Grampian Mountains

Winner of the Inaugural Scottish Thistle Award for Sustainable Tourism, October 2007.

Glen Affric, Scotland

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Unavailable Dates:

• January 01 (New Years Day)
• December 25 (Christmas Day)

207 High St, Edinburgh.

9:30am

Tour concludes at Waverley Bridge opposite Waverley Train Station at 7:30pm

Hotel pickups are not available, however please specify the name of your hotel and contact telephone number during your stay in Edinburgh.

Day 1: Edinburgh - Inverness

Depart Edinburgh at 9:30am passing Linlithgow Palace, Mary Queen of Scots birthplace on your way to Stirling, where you will pass by Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument. From here, continue past Doune Castle, set of Monty Python's "Holy Grail", stopping for refreshments either in Callander or Kilmahog.

Cross over the geological fault line, separating the Lowlands from the magnificent Highlands taking in the splendor of Loch Luibnaig, Loch Earn, through Glen Ogle and Glen Dochart, reaching wild and remote Rannoch Moor and into Glencoe. This haunting glen was the scene of a great massacre in 1692 where many of the Clan Macdonald were slaughtered. The tour will stop in this imposing mountain pass in order to fully appreciate the Glens unique atmosphere. Here or further north, depending on weather conditions, you will able to enjoy a walk in some fantastic mountain scenery.

Continuing on your journey, travel northwards up the "Great Glen" to Loch Ness, covering the whole 23 miles of the famous Loch giving plenty of time to try and spot "Nessie!"

You will arrive at today's destination of Inverness in the early evening where you will be dropped off at your accommodation. The evening is free for you to explore the capital of the Highlands.

Day 2: Inverness - Edinburgh

You will picked up from your accommodation between 9:00am and 9:30am (in Inverness) and travel south along Loch Ness, stopping on the way for some photos. Half way down the Loch, you continue west into Glen Affric. This is a very beautiful and unique area, being one of the last remaining pockets of native Caledonian Pine Forest left standing. This landscape will take you back in time, allowing a moment to consider how Scotland would have looked 500 years ago. This location was used in the TV series "Last of the Mohicans". Spend some time here to enjoy a walk through the ancient forest, beside the gurgling waters of the River Affric.

From Glen Affric, travel east to Drumnadrochit, stopping for photos of Urquhart Castle with it's mighty ruins overlooking Loch Ness. You will spend your lunchtime on the southern shore of the Loch in the charming village of Fort Augustus. Have lunch (own expense) in this charming village at the south tip of Loch Ness and even take a boat trip out onto the Loch to look for "Nessie". Journey south through the Grampian Mountains, along Loch Laggan, past Blair Castle, stopping for refreshments in Pitlochry before returning to Edinburgh, past Perth and over the Forth Road Bridge.

The tour concludes in Edinburgh at approximately 7:30pm.