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By Grant Driving Tours; Scotland
Free cancellation available
Price is $1,078 per traveler* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travelers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

    • Discover the history and heritage of the Scottish Highlands at the museum
    • Enjoy a tour along the quieter back roads of Badenoch & Strathspey
    • See the Cairngorm Mountains and the UK's highest mountain railway
    • Visit the Cairngorm ski area and the UK's highest restaurant
    • Look for red squirrels and perhaps ospreys amid the Caledonian Pine Forest

Activity location

    • Inverness
    • Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Inverness
    • Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Inverness: Cairngorm Mountains and Highland Folk Museum Tour

  • Activity duration is 7 hours and 30 minutes7h 30m
    7h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
$539.08 x 2 Travelers$1,078.16
Total
Price is $1,078.17
Until Thu, Nov 5

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Private guided tour for small groups up to seven travelers
  • Inclusions
    Transport in comfortable Mercedes V-Class
  • Inclusions
    Chilled water and snacks
  • Inclusions
    Admission to the Highland Folk Museum
  • Inclusions
    Visit to Ruthven Barracks, Rothiemurchus, and Loch Morlich
  • Inclusions
    Opportunity to see wildlife and magnificent mountain scenery
  • Inclusions
    Visit to Grantown-on-Spey
  • Inclusions
    Dram tasting at a local distillery
  • Exclusions
    Cairngorm Mountain Railway ticket (£17 per person; £9.50 - £14 concession)
  • Exclusions
    Lunch and coffees
  • Exclusions
    Whisky flights at Tomatin or the Cairn Distilleries (from £5 per dram)

Know before you book

    • Not allowed: Pets, Smoking

What you can expect

  • Travel from Inverness to the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore. Discover the history and heritage of the Scottish Highlands. Enjoy a scenic drive through the Badenoch and Strathspey region, and visit the Cairngorm Mountain and the UK's highest restaurant.

    Head south from Inverness over The Slochd Summit and see the first view of The Cairngorm Mountains. Continue on to the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore.

    Enjoy a lovely tour along the quieter back roads of Badenoch & Strathspey. Visit Ruthven Barracks before passing through Rothiemurchus with a walk on the beach at Loch Morlich.

    Journey up to the Cairngorm ski area and the UK's highest mountain railway. Experience Cairngorm Mountain and enjoy panoramic views from the UK's highest restaurant, over 1000 meters up.

    Back down in Strathspey, go looking for red squirrels and perhaps ospreys amid the indigenous Caledonian Pine Forest by Loch Garten and Nethy Bridge.

    Continue on to Grantown-on-Spey and, if time allows, enjoy a dram or two of Scotch Malt Whisky on the way home at either Tomatin or the new Cairn Distillery.

Location

Activity location

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    • Inverness
    • Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Inverness
    • Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom