H1 Loch Ness Tour - 4 hours 
H2 Glen Affric Tour - 4 hours H3 Loch Ness Circuit - 6 hours H4 Eilean Donan Castle Tour - 6 hours H5 Beauly, Distillery & Black Isle - 4 hours H6 Fort George & Culloden Tour - 4 hours H7 Macbeth & Cawdor Castle Tour - 4 hrs H8 Moray Firth, Dolphin & Cromarty - 4 hrs H9 Aviemore & Cairngorms Tour - 4 hours H10 Brodie Castle & Distillery Tour - 4 hours H11 Loch Ness Scenery & Pottery - 4 hours H12 Clava Stone Circles & Culloden - 3 hrs Homecoming 2009 Clan Tours from 4 hrs
A tailored tour picking you up from the airport, station or
your Inverness Hotel
and building in the very finest half day. You choose your itinerary which
can include a cruise, the Loch Ness Centre exhibition, Urquhart Castle and many
other local attractions. If you prefer to avoid the tourist traps we can do that
too, taking you to isolated prehistoric stone circles, magnificent viewpoints,
waterfalls and other fascinating locations.
A typical itinerary would begin with an Inverness Tour explaining the history of the castle, the natural history of the river and esker scenery, the story of city-status and the spire-less cathedral. Good photo-opportunities too.
Then
we cross the Caledonian Canal, pass the site of King Brude's
sixth century
fortress and approach the dramatic scenery of the world's most famous body of
freshwater.
After a beach stop on the loch-side, your guide will use a short sequence of DVD to help explain the bad news about the monster, but don't panic, there will more positive material later.
If you are taking a cruise you will now join the boat for a cruise
which can even be combined with a waterborne arrival at Urquhart Castle where
your guide will meet you to provide some insight into some of the idiosyncrasies
of this ruined medieval fortress.
After the good (relatively anyway) news about Nessie there are other options open to you like Loch Ness Centre for the insatiable Nessie Hunters or stunning hilltop scenery. Perhaps you'd prefer to see a prehistoric stone circle. Making the choices can be as good an experience as the actual visits.
Throughout the day your guide will provide a gentle understanding of the violent past of this beautiful country.
During the months of October to April the tour can also be extended to include a deer-hunt, but no rifles, only cameras. This picture was taken on the tour by ten year old passenger, Nelson Harris, at the beginning of March 2007. No telephoto lens was used and this is the entire picture. It has not been cropped! On that particular day we encountered more than a dozen beasts as close up as this one.
So if you'd like to spend a day of your vacation in the company of a local historian, an author or a history enthusiast, one of our guides will be perfect for you.
Price: £132 for up to six passengers.
