The Outer Hebrides - Lewis & Harris
Through the Highlands to the Outer Hebrides. Private, guided tour, discover the lands over 6 days, 6 nights.
Tour Highlights
Visiting: Loch Lomond and Stirling, the Highlands, Outer Hebrides, Perthshire.
Towns & Cities: Stirling, Inverness, Stornoway, Pitlochry.
Tour Features
Private guided tour, guide and luxury vehicle
Duration: 6 days / 6 nights
Starting: Edinburgh or Glasgow
Finishing: Edinburgh or Glasgow (or wherever you wish)
Key Attractions
Stirling Castle, Glencoe, Loch Ness, Urquhart Castle, Isles of Lewis and Harris, Ardroil Sands, Culloden battlefield, Cairngorms National Park, Queen's View.
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Outline Itinerary
Our private, guided signature tour of The Outer Hebrides - Lewis & Harris
6 days / 6 nights
Day 1
Your tour starts in Edinburgh, travelling north to the highlands. Visit Stirling Castle, once home to Mary, Queen of Scots, where she was crowned in 1543. Continue north to the most scenically beautiful of the highland glens, Glencoe, scene of the 1692 massacre of the Clan MacDonald. Travel towards Fort William, built as a military post during the Jacobite rebellions, and past Ben Nevis, the UK's highest mountain. Continue up the Great Glen to Fort Augustus and Loch Ness. Stop at Urquhart Castle, and a chance to spot the Loch Ness Monster.
Day 2
Enjoy the ferry crossing from Ullapool to Stornoway and the Isle of Lewis. With its Iron Age and Norse heritage, Lewis is a fascinating and beautiful destination.
Day 3 & 4
Visit the renowned Standing Stones, before travelling west to the Island of Great Bernera, with its scenic landscape, Iron Age village and Norse Mill. Drive further to the Uig district, onto the Valtos peninsula, and Ardroil Sands, where the Lewis Chessmen were discovered in 1831.
The next day we'll journey further down Lewis, with its small townships, fishing villages and abundant wildlife. Travel through the rugged hills of North Harris with views towards the Atlantic.
Day 5 & 6
On day 5 we will return to the mainland via ferry to Ullapool and from there to Inverness.
The next day we'll go from Inverness, the route takes you to the Culloden Battlefield, where the last hand-to-hand battle on British soil took place in 1746. The journey south takes you through the Cairngorms National Park and through the Drumtochter Pass. The next stop is Queen's View, with its famous, stunning view across Loch Tummel. On the way back to Edinburgh, the final stop is in the beautiful Victorian town of Pitlochry.
