A4 Inverness Tours Private Guided Highland Tour to Fort William, Mallaig
and the Harry Potter Viaduct - Eight
Hours
We will collect you from your Inverness hotel, the station or airport
and we depart Inverness along the northern road, seeing Urquhart Castle and
Fort
Augustus Abbey en route. All places mentioned can be visited, but this
tour is very much an either/or tour. If you spend a lot of time at, say,
Urquhart Castle, then you will have to reduce the time spent on
other parts of the tour. Urquhart Castle, for instance, is a
good photo stop on this tour, but a visit is better organised as part of one of
our Loch Ness Tours.
The giant valley which splits Scotland in two is called
the Great Glen and we are travelling most of its length today.
This tour is also a good tour for those who would like to end
their day on the west coast of Scotland as this would extend the number of
places visited too.
As well as travelling the length of Loch Ness we pass through
the village of Fort Augustus, named after the infamous William Augustus
Cumberland who defeated Bonnie Prince Charlie at
Culloden in 1746 and then
committed some awful war crimes upon the Highland people. Next we view Loch Oich,
crisscross the Caledonian Canal at various points and then see the stunning
Loch
Lochy ... also reputed to have a monster called Lizzy! Further on our westward journey we see
the famous Commando War Memorial set in isolated splendour.
Time for a coffee and an optional woollen mill visit at Spean
Bridge. For those interested in ice age features we may be able to fit in an
excursion to visit the parallel roads of Glen Roy.
As we approach Fort William we could briefly visit the medieval
Inverlochy Castle. From Fort William we branch northwest taking the pretty
"Road to the Isles". Here we'll see the monument which marks the
raising of the '45 standard by Charles Edward Stuart, but for those interested
in the real story it is more interesting to see the actual spot which
also provides the most stunning views of the Harry Potter viaduct.
For those who just enjoy sightseeing, there could be time for a hurried look at Loch Morar, Britain's deepest loch
and, another loch supposed to host a monster, called Morag! Again, depending on
your interests we could head on to Mallaig. Note that the Mallaig and Loch Morar
extensions to this tour may need to be curtailed during a major series of
upgrades to the "Road To The Isles" over the next two
years.
On the return to Inverness, depending on time available, we
may be able to take some back-roads. Alternatively we can take you on to your west coast
accommodation if this is a one-way tour.
A brilliant day for those wishing to see as much as possible
during their Highland visit.
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Price:
£270 for up to six passengers.
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