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.

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Paula_c
Aug 27, 2024
Loved our tour! - Fantastic tour and a great guide. We liked the pace and appreciated Ritchie’s commentary (including the “dad jokes”. Great day!
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Shelby_w
Aug 9, 2024
Tour guide Richie made this a great day. - This was a fun filled tour Richie was our tour guide and made the trip fun and memorable. He was full of knowledge and stories and his humor kept us engaged and laughing. It was a small group and we were lucky enough to meet some great people to spend the day with. This was a great half day tour.
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Chad_h
Aug 8, 2024
Perfect day - This is your is exactly what we were looking for and the right amount of time. The tour guide Richi was perfect and well knowledgeable on the history of the locations that our on the tour. The lock ness and castle were our favorite and really just speaks for itself. Thank richi for a wonderful time and unbelievable memories. Thank you accommodating the hairy coos.
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Kathryn_l
Jul 31, 2024
Perfect day in the highlands. - We had a lovely time on this tour enjoying the highlands. It was just the right amount of time. Our tour guide had amazing stories to tell.
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Sibel_b
Jul 25, 2024
Enchanting - Richie was a fantastic guide, knowledgable, funny and even offered a wee dram of whisky by Lochness. Culledon was an absolute highlight. Reserve time for the museum. Clava Cairns was also very interesting. Best of the three Highland tours we took.
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Stephen_h
Jul 9, 2024
Highly enjoyable half day - A great way to spend a half-day. Our guide was was very informative and funny. The sites were interesting, especially the castle. We enjoyed our dram of whiskey and gin. I would highly recommend this tour.
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Kim_l
Jul 7, 2024
Good tour - Richie was great. We enjoyed our day very much. Nice pace for touring the sites. Comfortable van. The group overall was also friendly.
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Jennifer_f
Jun 26, 2024
Richie was a GREAT tour... - Richie was a GREAT tour guide! He was knowledgeable and engaging. He went out of his way to ensure all had a great time and customized the adventure to make that happen. The Culloden and Kairns were incredible!
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Maggie_k
Jun 25, 2024
Great small tour - Great tour - just the right amount of time at each spot and a fountain of knowledge and information - really loved the small size of the group
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John_e
Aug 19, 2024
Not able to go! - We were not able to go on this tour. I was not feeling well. I’m sure it would have been wonderful. !
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From $104
up to 8 guests
2 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).