Name: Loch Ness, Inverness & Highlands 2023/2024
Brand: DHTour
SKU: 1
Price: 430 pp
Availability: InStock

Loch Ness, Inverness & Highlands: 1 nt Inverness

Contact DHTour at 1-888-597-3519 or 905-639-9954 or dhtour@dhtour.ca to book.

Explore Loch Ness and the Highlands at a laid-back pace on this two day tour.

You learn about Scotland’s native forests on a tranquil walk. You travel through majestic mountains and quaint villages. And you get plenty of time to see if you can find the infamous Loch Ness Monster.

So join this tour, relax and let us show you the best of the Scottish Highlands.

2 DAYS / 1 NIGHT / MAX 16 GUESTS

Tour Details

Places you explore

Pitlochry – This wonderful little village was one of Queen Victoria’s favourite holiday spots.

Caledonian Pine Forest walk – Walk over mossy paths and under a dark green canopy in a gorgeous forest.

Cairngorms National park – Gaze in awe at Scotland’s most beautifully rounded peaks.

Urquhart Castle – Take a chance to explore a ruined castle overlooking Loch Ness.

Inverness – The ‘Capital of the Highlands’ blends Victorian architecture with a lively modern lifestyle.

Loch Ness – Take a chance to go on an optional boat cruise (April – October) or wander around the shores of this alluring and eerie loch.

Great Glen – A humongous fault line through the Scottish Highlands; a location that’s as historically important as it is stunning.

Glencoe – Be moved by the sheer beauty and tragic tale of one of Scotland’s most famous landscapes.

Pick Up Location & TIme

Edinburgh: Gate J and Gate K, Edinburgh Bus Station, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH1 3DQ (Google Map)
Check-in closes at 9:00am (tour departs at 9:15am)

Drop off Location & Time

Edinburgh: Gate J and Gate K, Edinburgh Bus Station, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH1 3DQ (Google Map)
7:00pm

Price Includes

1 night Bed 'n Breakfast accommodation or hotel accommodation
Transport in a 16 seat Mercedes mini-coach
Air conditioning as standard
Daily full Scottish breakfasts
The stories and services of an English-speaking driver-guide
Jacobite Cruise

Meals

1 breakfast
0 lunches
0 dinners
0 teas

Price Excludes

Entry fees to visitor attraction
Airfare
Transfers
Pre / Post hotel nights
Driver / Tour Leader gratuity is at your discretion
Travel Insurance

What to Expect

Explore in 16 seat mini-coaches, always taking the scenic route, you have great views through large windows, and you’re free to sample the local tipple without worrying about driving. Our driver-guides are world famous for their knowledge, facts, quirky stories, history, and fairy-tales. They truly take you beyond the guidebooks and into your adventure. You make your trip your own. We provide the timetable; and you can choose where you want to eat and which attractions you pay to see. So, if you want to skip a castle and read your book by a mountain view, you can.

Itinerary

Day 1Edinburgh - Inverness

You leave Edinburgh and head north across the River Forth towards the Highlands.

You make a short stop in one of the quintessential Scottish towns bordering the highland fault line, before crossing into the Cairngorms National Park.

There are numerous options on route including a famous whisky distillery, stunning caledonian forest walks, ancient standing stones, world-changing battlefields, and beautiful lochs. What you do today will be decided by your group and the ever- changing Scottish climate. Ample time for lunch will be given en route.

You then continue north and arrive in Inverness, where you’re dropped off at your accommodation.

The evening is free for you to explore the capital of the Highlands.

Day 2Inverness - Edinburgh

After a leisurely breakfast you’re picked up from your accommodation and taken into the surrounding countryside.

You travel to Loch Ness where you have the chance to take a boat trip along the loch or stay on shore and visit the impressive ruins of Urquhart castle overlooking the loch.

Our journey continues south through the Great Glen past Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in UK and Fort William. You stop for lunch along the way before arriving in Glencoe.

The return journey continues over the wild and remote Rannoch Moor and into the lowland scenery around Stirling, before finally reaching our starting point of Edinburgh. (B)

Dates and Prices - Authentic Bed 'n Breakfast accommodation

Departure Date	Double/Twin (pp)	Single Rate
2023: June to September – Daily	$440	$490
2023: October – Daily	$410	$460
2023: November to December – Daily (except December 24, 25, 26 & 31)	$380	$430
2024: January to March – Daily	$380	$430
2024: April to May – Daily	$530	$570
2024: June to September – Daily	$570	$600
2024: October – Daily	$530	$570
2024: November to December – Daily (except December 24, 25, 26, 30 & 31)	$490	$530
2025: January to March – Daily (except January 1)	$490	$530

All guaranteed departures.

Dates and Prices - Hotel accommodation

Departure Date	Double/Twin (pp)	Single Rate
2023: April to May – Daily	$470	$590
2023: June to September – Daily	$490	$620
2023: October – Daily	$470	$590
2023: November to December – Daily (except December 24, 25, 26 & 31)	$430	$560
2024: January to March – Daily	$430	$590
2024: April to May – Daily	$670	$950
2024: June to September – Daily	$710	$990
2024: October – Daily	$670	$950
2024: November to December – Daily (except December 24, 25, 26, 30 & 31)	$630	$910
2025: January to March – Daily (except January 1)	$630	$910

All guaranteed departures.

Pricing

Pricing is per person (pp) based on twin/ double occupancy.
Rates are in $ CAD.

Contact DHTour at 1-888-597-3519 or 905-639-9954 or dhtour@dhtour.ca to book.

Ask us for the best available pricing for your dates & choice of airline.

Notes
Mobility: All of our tours involve walking and require our guests to board and disembark our vehicles several times a day making this tour unsuitable for those with reduced mobility.

Luggage: You’re restricted to 14kg (31lbs) of luggage per person. This should be one piece of luggage similar to an airline carry-on bag (approximately 55cm x 45cm x 25cm / 22in x 17in x 10in) and a small bag for onboard personal items.

Loch Ness, Inverness & Highlands 2023/2024

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