Cawdor Castle, Inverness, Culloden, Outlander and Loch Ness Tour | La Vacanza Travel

Cawdor Castle, Inverness, Culloden, Outlander and Loch Ness Tour

Duration: 6 to 8 hours
Destination: United Kingdom, Scotland, Invergordon
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  • 6 to 8 hours
  • Invergordon
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

This bus tour from Invergordon features highlights from Outlander, Culloden, Castles, Loch Ness & Nessie! It packs in a lot for one day's tour and is very affordable and good value for money. Entrance to castle is INCLUDED. Our website contains full details of all tours and booking.

Our tours are specially put together after taking feedback from YOU. We have surveyed your desires and requests and put them together in our tours. We provide a quality experience, with free rainmacs if required and a guide or driver guide on our minibuses or buses. Our guides will impart their knowledge of their local Highlands and answer any of your questions.

Please check the tour times on our website, as the times listed here are approximate. As a general rule tours leave 30 minutes to 1.5 hours after the arrival of the ship and return at least 1 hour before ship departure time.

This tour is usually in a bus unless it’s a small shop then it may be in an 8 seater minivan.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Culloden Viaduct, Inverness IV2 5EJ Scotland

After a half hour visit at Clava Cairns, we will pop around the corner to see the famous Culloden or Nairn viaduct, designed by Murdoch Paterson and opened as a railway crossing in 1898. It is a spectacle to behold – there will be photo opportunities.

Pass By: Inverness Castle, Castle Street, Inverness IV2 3EG Scotland

Journeying onwards through the city of Inverness we will pass the historic town hall and the Inverness Castle. There will be photo opportunities for the castle and Inverness Cathedral. You’ll be able to visit the castle viewing gallery and the shops, cafes or historic bars.

Photos only until 2024 as castle is being renovated.

Stop At: Cawdor Castle, Nairn IV12 5RD Scotland

Cawdor Castle is a lived in castle which is written about in Shakespear's MacBeth, when he refers to the Thane of Cawdor and the prediction. It has spectacular gardens and guided audio tours in your own language.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Culloden Moor IV2 5EU Scotland

We will travel to the Culloden Battlefield, where the Jacobites lost many a soul in the 1946 uprising. This was the last battle to be fought on British soil. If time allows we will give guests a chance to walk on the battlefield. Depending on tour we may not stop but just drive by.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Loch Ness, Scotland

Going over the River Ness onto Loch Ness, where you need to be ready to spot our legend, Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. Enjoy the comfortable ride by Loch Ness, which takes just around 30 minutes , searching for a sighting of Nessie herself. The last famous recorded sighting of her was a few decades ago, but we live in hope she will be photographed again soon. The scenery is second to none, so have your cameras ready. In recent months there has been footage circulated online of video recordings of an animal similar to Nessie playing in Loch Ness. We will stop at the Loch Ness lay-by for photos but it isn’t possible to paddle in Loch Ness due to the steep hillside location. You’ll travel past Loch Ness for 30 minutes enjoying it and waiting for a glimpse of Nessie.

Drive by for 20 minutes

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Inverness, Inverness, Scottish Highlands, Scotland

Drop off in the city for shopping or seeing the historical churches and streets. It can vary between 30-90 minutes for this stop.

Duration: 45 minutes

Pass By: Beauly Priory, Beauly IV4 7DY Beauly IV4, Beauly Scotland

We will leave the castle around 2-2.30pm to journey via a scenic route to Beauly to drive by the historic priory, now a ruin, built in 1230 by a little-known French order of monks. It is also the location where Claire of Outlander fame, is supposed to have met Mairi. It is the true site of the burial ground for the chiefs of Clan Fraser of which the fictional character from Outlander, Jamie Fraser is related.

If time allows we will stop.

Stop At: Robertson’s Farm Shop Beauly, 11/13 Tomich, Beauly IV4 7AS Scotland

Go see a local farm shop but most of all see the two Highland cows Jamie and Katie-Morag

Duration: 20 minutes

Inclusions
  • Entrance to castle cost is included in your booking price. Inverness castle is closed for refurb.
  • Entry/Admission - Cawdor Castle

Exclusions
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Stroller accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    • Near public transportation
    • Infant seats available
    • Most travelers can participate
    • Wheelchair travellers difficult
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 53 travelers
    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    Departure Point

    37 Shore Rd, Invergordon IV18 0EH, UK


    Return Details

    Returns to original departure point

    Voucher info

    You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

    Duration

    6 to 8 hours


    User's Reviews

    Susan_R

    24 Apr, 2024

    We had a wonderful time on our tour! Mo was a very knowledgeable tour guide. We learned a lot about each of the places we visited and had fun doing it as well. It was a great experience! Highly recommend!

    GwenCurtis

    15 Apr, 2024

    My husband and I had a wonderful time with JUNE on this excursion. We loved seeing the the ancient stones, the very old aqueduct, and of course, Loch Ness. We felt like we had known JUNE for a long time. We even shared recipes and stories. We would definitely recommend this tour!

    trickiw2024

    15 Apr, 2024

    The tour was great! the nice Maxime picked us up in the morning right across from the port. She gave us a lot of information during the tour and we had enough time to look around. Punctually one hour before the ship departed we were back again. Everything worked out great. We are very satisfied and can recommend Thistle Excoursuíons.

    Kim_R

    11 Oct, 2023

    Loved our guide, Culloden & the stones. Enjoyed Inverness. Appreciated mentions of the Outlander series during tour experiences.

    Joan_P

    30 Sep, 2023

    So many points of interest and a wonderful guide, Mo, who made sure everyone had a great experience! And operators who helped get us on tour even when date was incorrect! Highly recommend and again, La Vacanza Travel has never let us down!

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