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This trip has been discontinued. Instead see Walking in the Lake District and Scotland Scotland Golfing Private Best of Scotland in 10 Days Tour     From exploring Orkney's 9000 years of history, monster hunting on the waters of Loch Ness to travelling on the 'Hogwarts Express', this trip has something for everyone. From our Morag's Lodge base, we...
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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Enjoy the Jacobite Steam Train (aka the 'Hogwarts Express')
    • Visit to Clava Cairns and Culloden as seen in Outlander
    • Skara Brae Stone Age village
    • Visit a Highland whisky distillery
    • Explore Orkney and Tomb of the Eagles
    • Dramatic Glencoe
    • Ceilidh dance in Oban
    • Loch Ness free day with adventure activity options

What's this trip about?

    This trip has been discontinued. Instead see Walking in the Lake District and Scotland Scotland Golfing Private Best of Scotland in 10 Days Tour     From exploring Orkney's 9000 years of history, monster hunting on the waters of Loch Ness to travelling on the 'Hogwarts Express', this trip has something for everyone. From our Morag's Lodge base, we head north to Orkney and south to Oban for rugged scenery, bloody history, golden whisky and ceilidh dancing. You'll even get a day based at Loch Ness to try adventure activities, explore the local area or just chill out. One week, one amazing trip.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age range18 years and up
Flights and transport
Start CityEdinburgh
End CityEdinburgh

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Nature & Wildlife
  • National Parks

Destinations

Activities

  • Culture
  • Historic Sightseeing
  • Ruins & Archaeology
  • Whale Watching
  • Wildlife Viewing

Trip includes

    • Legendary local HAGGiS Guide
    • All transport around Scotland in the famous yellow HAGGiS bus
    • Ring of Brodgar Standing Stones

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1: Edinburgh to Loch Ness

Tour starts 8.30am. From Edinburgh, we head north to explore the forests and salmon packed rivers of Perthshire and Dunkeld with its mighty cathedral in the heart of Macbeth country. Then our chance to sample Scotland's national drink, a wee dram at a Highland distill...

Day 2: Loch Ness to Orkney

Today we journey to the tip of the British mainland where a ferry carries us from John O'Groats to St Margarets Hope in Orkney. Home to more archaeological ruins in one area than anywhere else in Europe, first we visit the Tomb of the Eagles, a Stone Age chamber that was filled with thousands of human bones and the remains of sea eagles many millennia ago.

Day 3: Orkney

Today we head off to explore Skara Brae, a stone age village dating from the late Neolithic period and inhabited between 3,200BC and 2,200BC. This incredible village still has some original furniture! Then the magnificent standing stones at the Ring of Brodgar and the Italian Chapel built by 550 Italian POW's in the Second World War.

Day 4: Orkney to Loch Ness

We bid Orkney farewell and make the ferry crossing back to the mainland and a journey south through Scotland’s rugged terrain. We travel through the sparsely populated wilderness of Sutherland and Caithness, via glens left deserted as a result of the Highland Clearanc...

Day 5: Free Day at Loch Ness

You have a free day to explore the charming village of Fort Augustus on the banks of Loch Ness and take advantage of one (or more) of the many activities the area has to offer. From canoeing on Loch Ness - an excellent way to get closer to the unique wildlife in the a...

Day 6: Loch Ness to Oban

We leave Loch Ness for the chance to travel on the famous Jacobite Steam train also known as the 'Hogwarts Express'. We take the 'Road to the Isles' to view Glenfinnan Monument where Bonnie Prince Charlie began his claim for the throne of Scotland back in 1745 .  From...

Day 7: Oban to Edinburgh

We head for eerie Glencoe, home to some of Scotland’s most iconic scenery and the setting of the infamous 1692 massacre and used as a backdrop for many movies. Further south we enter Rob Roy country where the landscape changes from the Highlands to the Lowlands. We pa...

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Leah

Nov 2019

Great one day tour up to Loch Nes

Great one day tour up to Loch Ness from Edinburgh. Greg was a great tour operator, gave us tons of insights on all of the things we drove by! Gave us recommendations...

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Mitch

Nov 2019

What a brilliant way to see the Scottish Highlands

What a brilliant way to see the Scottish Highlands. Our tour guide Michael was knowledgeable and friendly, with great recommendations for what to do and see in the s...

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Ann

Oct 2019

Great 5 day tour

Great 5 day tour with Ross Nicol to the Highlands. Met wonderful peop...

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