What can I expect on this Small Group Tour?

With a maximum of just 16 passengers, a Small Group Tour provides a more personal and flexible travelling experience. You’ll enjoy more time off the bus, with freedom to explore free from the crowds.

While you will see all the highlights, these tours are carefully planned to travel off the highways, so you’ll discover quaint villages and picturesque vistas that other tours cannot reach.

Small group tours are operated by purpose-built mini-coaches with air-conditioning, panoramic windows and comfortable seating.

Each group is led by an experienced driver/guide who will entertain and inform you with stories of our history, nature and folklore.

Many travellers prefer small group touring as it’s considered more authentic and there is a better chance to connect with locals as well as their fellow explorers.

Can you tell me more about the optional extras on this tour?

To give you complete choice, admission fees are not included in the cost of this tour. The tour itinerary has been designed to provide sufficient time for you to visit these attractions:

The Singleton Malt Whisky Distillery
Culloden Visitor Centre

If you click on the links above they will provide you with more information on each attraction including current admission prices. In some cases a special discount is offered to tour passengers, your driver/guide will provide details if this applies.

Please note that credit/debit cards are not always accepted so it is recommended that you carry sufficient cash with you should you want to make a visit.

Tell me about the Loch Ness Cruise and visit to Urquhart Castle?

This two-hour experience includes a sixty-minute cruise across the mysterious waters of Loch Ness, followed by time ashore to visit ancient Urquhart Castle and explore its turbulent history.

Standing proudly on a rocky promontory overlooking the deepest part of the loch, Urquhart Castle has witnessed over 1,000 years of history. Once a key fortress during the Wars of Independence, it changed hands between the Scots and English, enduring raids and sieges.

On your visit, explore its impressive ruins, including the towering Grant Tower, remnants of the great hall, and the medieval prison cells.

The cruise boat is equipped with on-board sonar, perfect for some Nessie spotting, comfortable seating inside and out, as well as toilets and a well-stocked bar serving hot and cold refreshments.

A fascinating commentary is provided, full of facts and legends about the loch and its most famous resident.

Tell me what the visit to a whisky distillery will be like?

A visit to a traditional whisky distillery is a feast for all the senses. After a warm welcome you’ll normally have a short audio/visual presentation on the the history of the distillery and the traditional methods used in the distilling process.

Next is a tour of the distillery where you you will experience all stages of the whisky making process from mashing and fermenting to distilling and maturation.

Your tour will end with a tutored tasting of a malt whisky and the opportunity to buy a souvenir of your visit in the distillery shop.

Do you offer a hotel pick-up service on this tour?

We know that you will want to start your tour straight away rather than spending valuable time travelling around hotels.

By offering a single centrally located departure point we can get you to Scotland’s best scenery as quickly as possible .