Inverness Tour: Explore Loch Ness, Culloden Battlefield, and Cawdor Castle

Embark on a historic and scenic tour of Inverness, exploring Loch Ness, Culloden Battlefield, and Cawdor Castle. Discover the beauty and cultural significance of these iconic landmarks with a friendly local guide.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Inverness Cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew - St. Andrew’s Cathedral, also known as Inverness Cathedral, is our next destination - a beautiful cathedral church dating back to 1869 located near the centre of Inverness. The Anglican Cathedral is the most northerly in the UK, and is an excellent example of local architecture and the Gothic style….
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Live commentary on board
What's Not Included
  • Urquhart Castle entry fee costs £13 -£14.50 per person
  • cawdor castle entry fee cost £12 per person
Additional Information

HERITAGE AND PICTURESQUE EXCURSIONS
Whether you are interested in day-trips from Inverness or are eager to soak in the maximum number of stunning vistas, our Inverness-based Loch Ness tour is guaranteed to fascinate unprecedentedly. Our amicable local guide will collect you from your residence and escort you on an unforgettable journey around some of the…

Location
Inverness Cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew
Ardross Street
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Janet_d
Sep 27, 2024
Inverness sites - We thoroughly enjoyed our full day tour seeing all the exciting things around Inverness. It was a jam-packed day- and our tour guide was lovely and very knowledgeable.
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Michael_a
Sep 23, 2024
Exceptional trip and guide - First of all, viator kept in touch as the payment date approached. Felt very comfortable about booking. Actual tour company did as well. Our guide Lewis was superb. Decked out in proper kilt, he was knowledgeable, thoughtful, and helpful. We put ourselves in his hands, and saw everything we had planned and then some. Do not miss Cawdwer Castle and plan for a wonderful lunch in the Cafe with everything homemade. We would use Viator again. More than worth the money for a private tour for four in a comfortable van.
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Iva_m
Sep 22, 2024
The perfect private cruise excursion!!! - What a great day! Our guide, Lewis, was so well versed on all the sites we visited. We were able to explore all stops as promised in the tour, and he even managed to throw in a few extra. He has an obvious pride in his country and it shows. I would recommend this tour for anyone hoping to get the most out of a one day visit. Thank you again Lewis for my Hairy Coo stop!!!
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Allison_d
Sep 18, 2024
Wonderful, informative day! - We had a wonderful day with Mike on our tour of the Highlands. He was extremely knowledgeable and very kind and accommodating to my mother-in-law, who has limited mobility. We saw everything around the area of Inverness that we were interested in, and Mike tailored the tour based on what we wanted to see. We thoroughly enjoyed the day!
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Pedro
Sep 16, 2024
Great tour for the whole family - Super tour!! Thanks to Mike for his hospitality, his stories and facts, for being a great Guide. Super attentive and child friendly. The places we visited were amazing, they are very comfortable with water and snacks. His recommendations for shops and very wise food/restaurants. We had a great time.
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Catherinepu6411ds
Aug 30, 2024
The best excursion of our whole trip - My husband and I booked a one day shore excursion tour from Invergordon. Our guide, Jamie , from Spirit Journeys picked us up at the cruise port gates and whisked us off for a wonderful day visiting several Highland sites : the Culloden Battlefield, the Clava Cairns and Cawdor Castle, which was exquisite. It was only us, so it was like a private tour that he customized for us and even added several extra stops such as Inverness itself, Fort George, the Culloden Viaduct, as well as a drive along Loch Ness, and through Beauly. It was the most fantastic tour, and Jamie avoided the big tour bus groups, and pointed us to the best things at each site, so that we used the time well and saw lots. Jamie was very friendly, knowledgeable, and adjusted the time at each site to suit us, and then delivered us back to our cruise ship on time. It was the best excursion of our whole cruise. Thank you, Jamie, your were the best guide ever!
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Robert_s
Aug 29, 2024
Lewis was excellent! - Culloden and Curdow gardens. (Spelling) Lewis had astonishing grasp of the history and explained everything to us.
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Onair53912452420
Aug 28, 2024
You won’t be disappointed! - We had booked a maximum 6 person van tour and were fortunate enough to find it was just the two of us. Our guide Stuart Lovell was absolutely fantastic. He was engaging in all the right ways & understood our humour. He let us make decisions on what was most important to us and guided us expertly with his vast knowledge. Great history class. Walking the Culloden battlefield with him was so moving & left you with a true sense of what happened between the Jacobites & British govt forces leading up to & after the battle. We cannot commend him enough. As must do for sure.
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Y6547kdtiffanys
Sep 9, 2024
Every stop is worth it - Good variety of activities. Would like a bit more time on Loch Ness - maybe another stop and photo op. Really enjoyed Cawdor castle - is there an accompanying village? Got to see a hairy coo, and really liked the cairns.
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Colleen_d
Sep 1, 2024
Lovely Tour of Inverness and Surrounding Area - Susan was a lovely guide, very helpful and supportive of our small family with a young child. We enjoyed our tour.
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