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SCOTLAND TOURING

$ * 16

From 4950 per person twin share
8 DAYS | EDINBURGH TO EDINBURGH
TRAVEL TYPE: Escorted coach
DEPARTS: Sunday (24 May – 20 Sep 26)

HIGHLIGHTS
• Culloden Battlefield
• Stones of Stenness
• Isle of Skye
• Jacobite Steam Train
INCLUDES
Dunrobin Castle • 7 nights 3 star accommodation
• Meals as specified
ISLE OF SKYE, ORKNEY, NORTH COAST 500 & JACOBITE • Visits to the Italian Chapel and Skara Brae
STEAM TRAIN 8 DAYS • Whisky distillery tour
• All ferry crossings
EDINBURGH – INVERNESS – KIRKWALL – ORKNEY – ULLAPOOL – PORTREE – OBAN – EDINBURGH
• Expert local guide
Day 1: Edinburgh to Inverness Day 5: Ullapool to Portree (B) • Travel by climate controlled midi-coach
Today, depart Edinburgh for the Highlands. Visit Dunkeld Travel through awe-inspiring landscapes to the Isle + Some departures will stay in Stromness due to
and travel through Cairngorms National Park to Culloden of Skye. Pass Eilean Donan Castle, before crossing
Battlefield. See the mysterious standing stones of Clava the Skye Bridge. Visit Kilt Rock with its impressive accommodation availability.
Cairns. Later, arrive in Inverness for an overnight stay. cascading waterfall before an overnight stay in Portree.
Day 2: Inverness to Kirkwall (B) Day 6: Portree to Oban (B) START/FINISH ORKNEY
Depart Inverness and join the spectacular North Coast Visit the stunning Sleat Peninsula and drive through OVERNIGHT ISLANDS 2 Kirkwall
500 trail along the stunning coastline. Visit the fairytale the magnificent Cuillin Mountains before taking a ferry FERRY Thurso
Dunrobin Castle and a local whisky distillery before a to Mallaig. Enjoy a ride on the Jacobite Steam Train. Durness John O’Groats
ferry journey to Orkney. Spend two nights in at Kirkwall. Continue to Oban for a two night stay.
Day 3: Orkney (B) Day 7: Oban (B) Ullapool 1
Today, visit the Italian Chapel. Spend time exploring Enjoy a free day to explore Oban at your own pace.
Orkney’s Neolithic history with stops at Skara Brae, Ring Day 8: Oban to Edinburgh (B) Isle of Skye 1 Inverness
Portree 1
of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness. In the afternoon Today, travel back to Edinburgh. See the ruins of SCOTLAND
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explore the stunning Yesnaby Cliffs. Return to Kirkwall . Kilchurn Castle, pass the Wallace Monument and visit Fort William
Day 4: Kirkwall to Ullapool (B) the iconic Kelpies before arriving in Edinburgh in the Glencoe
Take a ferry back to the mainland to re-join the North early evening. Oban 2 Perth St Andrews
Coast 500 trail. Stop at Smoo Cave and Knockan Crag (B = breakfast) Edinburgh
before arriving in Ullapool for an overnight stay. Stirling
From 2111 * ^ per person twin share
$
8 DAYS | EDINBURGH TO EDINBURGH
TRAVEL TYPE: Self drive
DEPARTS: Daily (Apr – Oct)

HIGHLIGHTS
• Stirling Castle
• Tranquil beauty of Loch Lomond
• Iconic Eilean Donan Castle
• Loch Ness & ‘Nessie’
• ‘Home of golf’, St Andrews
Stirling Castle
INCLUDES
CLASSIC SCOTLAND SELF DRIVE 8 DAYS • 7 nights 3 star accommodation
EDINBURGH – STIRLING – OBAN – ISLE OF SKYE – INVERNESS – PERTH – EDINBURGH • Meals as specified
• Admission to Edinburgh Castle
Day 1: Edinburgh to Stirling Day 5: Inverness to Perth (B)
Pick up your rental car in Edinburgh and drive to The This morning take a cruise on Loch Ness and explore • Loch Ness by Jacobite Freedom Cruise
Kelpies and on to Stirling. Explore Stirling Castle, visit Urquhart Castle. Later continue to Pitlochry and visit • Local taxes and service charges
Bannockburn and the Wallace Monument. Overnight the smallest distillery in Scotland, the Edradour Whisky ^Does not include rental car or associated costs. Refer
in Stirling. Distillery. Overnight in Perth. to page 10 for vehicle rental details. Suggested tours and
Day 2: Stirling to Oban (B) Day 6: Perth to Edinburgh (B) admissions to sites and castles are not included, unless
otherwise specified. 4 star accommodation prices also
Depart Stirling and drive west via Loch Lomond, the Explore the ‘home of golf’, St Andrews, before available.
largest lake in Great Britain. Continue along Loch Fyne continuing along the coast via the small fishing villages
and pass by Inveraray Castle, the charming home of of Elie and Pittenweem. Cross the Queensferry Crossing
the Duke of Argyll. Alternatively, travel via the rugged with its spectacular views of the Firth of Forth. Return
landscape of Rannoch Moor and Glen Coe, one of the your rental car in Edinburgh and transfer to your hotel. Isle of Skye 1 1 Inverness
most scenic valleys in Scotland. Overnight in Oban. Spend the next two nights in Edinburgh.
Loch Ness
Day 3: Oban to Isle of Skye (B) Day 7: Edinburgh (B)
This morning drive north and take a ferry from Mallaig to Spend the day at leisure discovering all that Edinburgh
the Isle of Skye. Alternatively, continue via Loch Lochy to has to offer. Visit Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Mile and Fort William Pitlochry
Kyle of Lochalsh and take the bridge to the Isle of Skye. the Palace of Holyroodhouse (extra charge). Glen Coe
Overnight on the Isle of Skye. Day 8: Edinburgh (B) Oban 1 Perth 1 St Andrews
Day 4: Isle of Skye to Inverness (B) Your self drive journey concludes today after breakfast.
Depart the Isle of Skye and travel to Eilean Donan (B = breakfast) Loch Lomond 1 2 Edinburgh
Castle, one of the most iconic images of Scotland. START/FINISH Stirling
Continue to Inverness for an overnight stay. OVERNIGHT

* FROM PRICES ARE A GUIDE ONLY, subject to change and availability and are in New Zealand Dollars. Prices are per person twin share, unless otherwise specified and based on the lowest room category and travel in low season.
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