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Picturesque Cawdor Castle - Scottish castle with large maze
See Inverness, the capital of the Highlands
Culloden battlefield marker
Beauly Priory
Outlander scene at Culloden Battlefield

Cawdor Castle, Inverness, Culloden, Outlander and Loch Ness Tour

By Thistle Excursions - Invergordon Bus or Coach Tours
8.6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is $163 per adult
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Overview

This bus tour from Invergordon features highlights from Outlander, Culloden, Castles, Loch Ness & Nessie! It packs in a lot for one day's tour and is very affordable and good value for money. Entrance to castle is INCLUDED. Our website contains full details of all tours and booking.

Our tours are specially put together after taking feedback from YOU. We have surveyed your desires and requests and put them together in our tours. We provide a quality experience, with free rainmacs if required and a guide or driver guide on our minibuses or buses. Our guides will impart their knowledge of their local Highlands and answer any of your questions.

Please check the tour times on our website, as the times listed here are approximate. As a general rule tours leave 30 minutes to 1.5 hours after the arrival of the ship and return at least 1 hour before ship departure time.

This tour is usually in a bus unless it’s a small shop then it may be in an 8 seater minivan.

Activity location

  • Cawdor Castle
    • IV12 5RD, Nairn, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 37 Shore Rd
    • 37 Shore Road
    • IV18 0EH, Invergordon, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Tour 2 Cawdor Castle & Nessie
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30am
Price details
$162.98 x 1 Adult$162.98
Total
Price is $162.98
Until Mon, Apr 29

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance to castle cost is included in your booking price. Inverness castle is closed for refurb.

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wheelchair travellers difficult

Activity itinerary

Culloden Viaduct (Pass by)
After a half hour visit at Clava Cairns, we will pop around the corner to see the famous Culloden or Nairn viaduct, designed by Murdoch Paterson and opened as a railway crossing in 1898. It is a spectacle to behold – there will be photo opportunities.
Inverness Castle (Pass by)
Journeying onwards through the city of Inverness we will pass the historic town hall and the Inverness Castle. There will be photo opportunities for the castle and Inverness Cathedral. You’ll be able to visit the castle viewing gallery and the shops, cafes or historic bars. Photos only until 2024 as castle is being renovated.
Cawdor Castle
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Cawdor Castle is a lived in castle which is written about in Shakespear's MacBeth, when he refers to the Thane of Cawdor and the prediction. It has spectacular gardens and guided audio tours in your own language.
Culloden Battlefield
  • 45m
We will travel to the Culloden Battlefield, where the Jacobites lost many a soul in the 1946 uprising. This was the last battle to be fought on British soil. If time allows we will give guests a chance to walk on the battlefield. Depending on tour we may not stop but just drive by.
Loch Ness
  • 30m
Going over the River Ness onto Loch Ness, where you need to be ready to spot our legend, Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. Enjoy the comfortable ride by Loch Ness, which takes just around 30 minutes , searching for a sighting of Nessie herself. The last famous recorded sighting of her was a few decades ago, but we live in hope she will be photographed again soon. The scenery is second to none, so have your cameras ready. In recent months there has been footage circulated online of video recordings of an animal similar to Nessie playing in Loch Ness. We will stop at the Loch Ness lay-by for photos but it isn’t possible to paddle in Loch Ness due to the steep hillside location. You’ll travel past Loch Ness for 30 minutes enjoying it and waiting for a glimpse of Nessie. Drive by for 20 minutes
Inverness
  • 45m
Drop off in the city for shopping or seeing the historical churches and streets. It can vary between 30-90 minutes for this stop.
Beauly Priory (Pass by)
We will leave the castle around 2-2.30pm to journey via a scenic route to Beauly to drive by the historic priory, now a ruin, built in 1230 by a little-known French order of monks. It is also the location where Claire of Outlander fame, is supposed to have met Mairi. It is the true site of the burial ground for the chiefs of Clan Fraser of which the fictional character from Outlander, Jamie Fraser is related. If time allows we will stop.
Robertson’s Farm Shop Beauly
  • 20m
Go see a local farm shop but most of all see the two Highland cows Jamie and Katie-Morag

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESCawdor Castle
    • IV12 5RD, Nairn, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE37 Shore Rd
    • 37 Shore Road
    • IV18 0EH, Invergordon, Scotland, United Kingdom

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