Highland Experience: Scenic Tour from Invergordon

Experience the best of the Scottish Highlands on this small group tour to Cawdor Castle, Gardens, and Inverness. Explore historical landmarks, breathtaking scenery, and have free time to discover Inverness. Book now!

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Clava Cairns - Fans of Outlander will be captivated by the enigmatic burial chambers and standing stones at Clava Cairns. These stones, dating back approximately 4000 years, are even older than the pyramids. Touch the largest one, just like Claire did! It’s a challenge worth taking.
  • Culloden Battlefield - Our next destination is the…
What's Included
  • Great Craic
  • Bottled water
  • Local Guide
What's Not Included
  • Cawdor Castle Entry Fees
  • Culloden Battlefield Exhibition Entry fees
  • No guaranteed Sunshine - This is Scotland :)
Additional Information

This tour can commence from either Invergordon Cruise Port or Inverness. It features stunning landscapes, historical sites, castles, gardens, and free time to explore the Highland Capital, Inverness. The tour offers an authentic Scottish Highland experience. Don’t forget to bring your camera.

Go Highlands accommodates small groups of up to 7 people on our tours, ensuring a personalized experience.

Location
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Rose Street
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sara_m
Oct 7, 2025
This was a really great... - This was a really great tour. Our guide was knowledgeable, passionate, fun, and full of wonder and reverence for our destinations. This was one of our favorite tours during our trip! At each location we felt like we were given enough history, culture and context to really get a good feel for the big picture, which made our appreciation for the sites that much more profound and enjoyable.
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Elizabeth_t
Sep 29, 2025
Great Day Around Inverness - George, our tour guide, was full of wonderful information, as well as being prompt, helpful, and friendly. Clava Cairns was more than I expected and George had plenty of facts and information and stories about it. Colin was very interesting. The exhibition center provided information from both sides of the battle. We spent only a short time outside on the battlefield because it was extremely cold and windy, but it gave great perspective. My favorite part was Cawdor Castle. It’s a beautiful estate, including gardens and having a nice café for lunch. Mainly though, it was full of interesting history which involved.my ancestor and made it especially fun for me. George even drove by a Clydesdale farm that belongs to a friend of his life, and we got to see him feed the beautiful horses. All in all a wonderful day.
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Cindyf
Sep 26, 2025
The best day in Scotland - Today was our most enjoyable day in Scotland. Luckily, I switched from my original bus tour to a smaller tour group (just six of us), which allowed us to meet Alastair and George. Their company, Go Highlands, arranged a fantastic itinerary. Alastair was incredibly knowledgeable and tweaked our itinerary so we didn't have to wait in line with other large groups to see all the sights. He also led us to many unique places, allowing us to see even more of Scotland's beauty. Today was another lucky day, with beautiful weather. We've already fallen in love with Scotland and hope to return again. We are so grateful to Alastair for arranging an unforgettable vacation for us.
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James_s
Sep 25, 2025
Cawdor castle and battlefield - When we booked the excursion, we did not know what to expect. Our guide, George Murray brought the passion and insight to each of the stops. The stories and history that were told felt like he was giving first hand knowledge. This tour is the best selection for your time in Inverness.
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Steven_k
Sep 13, 2025
Guide, George MURRAY was... - Guide, George MURRAY was excellent…. Very knowledgeable and engaging. Small group size of six made the tour more enjoyable than larger group tours.
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Sandra_w
Sep 7, 2025
What an amazing Day and tour for this VA lady!! - Words cannot express the day I had with our tour Guide Roger! He was amazing and the whole tour was exciting and something I will never forget. My Granddaughter couldn’t stop talking about how much she enjoyed the day. I would definitely suggest this tour… and Roger..
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Dan_l
Aug 29, 2025
Excellent 1 day tour out of Inverness - Our guide, Alistair was very knowledgeable and friendly. He took the time to explain in enough context what had gone on historically at the Culloden Battlefield, Clava Kairns and Cawdor Castle. The tour is worthwhile to get a well rounded view of Scottish history.
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Kent_c
Aug 25, 2025
Great local knowledge - Great day with our tour guide George. He was really informative and had lots of great local knowledge. Well worth the full day tour. Highly recommend it.
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Robin_w
Aug 22, 2025
The tour had all of the... - The tour had all of the sites we wanted to see, our guide, George, made it great, he was very personable and knowledgeable of the history.
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William_s
Oct 1, 2025
Tour from a cruise ship perspective - This is a good tour for a cruise ship excursion. The small group (six person) tour is in a comfortable van. We were able to travel where the large tour buses could not. Our guide, Alistair, was personable and knowledgeable about the tour highlights. We were able to comfortably visit Cawdor Castle, the Culloden battlefield, Clava Carnes, Loch Ness, and see a few other attractions and the countryside.
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