Inverness Half-Day Highlands Bucket List Tour: Visit Famous Landmarks & Distilleries

Embark on a half-day highland bucket list tour from Inverness and visit famous landmarks and distilleries. Discover the mysteries of Clava Cairns, experience the historic Culloden battlefield, capture a glimpse of Loch Ness, indulge in gin tasting at Great Glen Distillery, and explore the romantic ruins of Urquhart Castle.

Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Clava Cairns - Our first stop we find The Clava Cairns—or the Prehistoric Burial Cairns of Balnuaran of Clava—are all that remains of what was once a much larger Bronze Age burial complex. Dating back 4,000 years, the evocative cemetery site retains original features, including passage graves, standing stones, and ring cairns (stone circles).
What's Included
  • local guide
  • private transportation
  • air conditioned vehicle
  • bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Entry fees should be paid on site
Additional Information

Experience the highlands with our half-day essential tour from Inverness.
We’ll begin our journey at Clava Cairns, home to the famous standing stones depicted in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. Learn about the history and secrets of this 4000-year-old landmark with our experienced tour guide.
We then move to the site of the historic 1746 battle at…

Location
Royal Highland Hotel
Station Square
Richie your guide will be wearing Highland Bucket List Top *THIS TOUR DOES NOT PICKUP AT INVERGORDON CRUISE PORT
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Flyer46788776694
Nov 6, 2024
Awesome!! - Richie was a fantastic tour guide. Great communication before the trip began. It so happened that we were the only 2 people on this tour. Richie has a wealth of knowledge of the history of this area. We had the best day riding around the countryside and seeing the sights. Definitely recommend 👏👏
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Jackiedaytonaworldw
Oct 13, 2024
Best Tour Out of Inverness! - My wife scheduled us to take the 1/2 day tour and it could not have been a better trip with an awesome guide. Richie picked us up at our hotel and then we picked up the other 2 people as we made our way to Clava Cairns. Richie expertly navigated us across the Weak Bridge on our way to the Cairns for our Saturday trip. He got us there before the herds of other tourists arrived and we had a bit of quiet for the first 20 minutes there. He gave us the history of the Cairns as he walked us through the park. He then shuttled us over to Culloden Battlefield providing highlights on the way and then gave us time to explore the site. The site is well maintained and does an awesome job paying homage to everyone involved. Richie then drove us to the banks of Loch Ness with a quick stop to see the Harry Coos and then to Urquhart Castle. We visited the Great Glen Distillery on the way back to Inverness and the stop was well worth it. The gin was tasty and smooth and of course we could not leave empty handed. Urquhart Castle did no disappoint. We purchased our tickets to the Castle ahead of time to ensure we had access during the trip. We'd recommend anyone heading to the area to book a tour with Richie. We found their website to provide more information on all of their tours as well as the history of the company. Well worth the visit before you make the decision to book. Thanks again Richie, for making our first visit to Scotland that much better!
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A8094polisag
Oct 8, 2024
Half- day Inverness tour. - What a wonderful tour that gives a little history of Scotland. The guide is very knowledgeable and a great guide. I would highly recommend this tour.
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Charbin8749
Oct 4, 2024
Nothing short of wonderful! - This was quite the experience. If you have the time I would def do this tour! Richie is absolutely wonderful! He was funny, incredibly knowledgeable, the scenery was gorgeous! I wish I could give Richie more stars.
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Ccb21009
Oct 3, 2024
Wonderful Tour, Excellent Guide! - Our guide, Richie, was wonderful, giving us information along the way to every stop. Since our accommodation was on his way to the start of the tour, he offered to pick us up! This tour was so much fun and Richie explained everything, he's so full of information! This was our first time in Scotland and this day trip made it so interesting and I feel like we learned a lot about Loch Ness, Clava Cairns, Culloden Battlefield, Urquhart Castle and all the places in between! If you're going to be in Inverness for a couple of days, book this tour with Richie! You won't be sorry.
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Carol_m
Sep 25, 2024
Outstanding Tour - Richie is an excellent tour guide. He made a very rainy windy day fun. Day is the perfect amount of time and it is a small group tour. Perfect.
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Cathy_f
Sep 10, 2024
Had the best day ! - We received an absolutely wonderful personalised service from Ritchie, we had the best day exploring the area.
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Adele_s
Sep 10, 2024
Must Do in the Highlands - Ritchie was an excellent tour guide. He was very knowledgeable, personable and entertaining!! Very comfortable van! Would highly recommend this tour for those wanting to see the highlights of Inverness.
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Julie_g
Sep 10, 2024
Would highly recommend! - Wonderful tour. Tour guide courteous, informative, and professional. Sites as expected and interesting. Would recommend.
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Steven_d
Sep 21, 2024
Wonderful day trip - We were the first people to visit the Clava Cairns that morning. It was a wonderful place. The Culloden. Attlefield was, of course, very sad. Cawdor Castle was excellent, especially the remnants of the old Caledonian forest behind the castle. My only complaint was that the van was quite difficult for us old people to get into and, especially, to get out of.
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