Tours from Inverness · Run by Timberbush Tours
Dornoch · Loch Fleet · Dunrobin Castle · Brora
The far north to John o' Groats with your own guide, by Dornoch and Dunrobin.
This private day goes all the way to the north-east tip of mainland Scotland. You stop in Dornoch and at Loch Fleet, visit Dunrobin Castle and its gardens, have lunch at John o' Groats and walk out to Duncansby Lighthouse, where the stacks rise from the sea. On the way back there's the Emigrants Monument at Helmsdale and a stop in Brora. With your own vehicle the day can bend around what you enjoy most. You're back in Inverness at about 7.45pm, and the price is for the whole vehicle.
The places it stops at, in order. Routes can change with the weather and the traffic.
The day
Where it starts
Leaves at 8am
A photo stop
A Royal Burgh of honey-coloured stone on the Dornoch Firth, with a 13th-century cathedral, a bishop's palace turned hotel, a famous golf links and long beaches.
Comfort and photo stop
More about Dornoch
A photo stop
Pinewoods and sand dunes surround this large tidal basin between Dornoch and Golspie.
More about Loch Fleet
A stop
The largest house in the northern Highlands, a castle of conical spires like a French chateau above formal gardens on the Moray Firth, open April to October.
Castle, gardens and museum optional
More about Dunrobin CastleLunch
Cliff path and signpost
A stop
A stop
A stop
Where it ends
Back at about 7.45pm
Photographs: Timberbush Tours
Your hotel, or any address in the city centre
Leaves at 8am.
Run by
Timberbush Tours has been taking visitors round Scotland since 1998. June and Gary Voy, a husband and wife team, started it with a single coach, and it now runs its own fleet, with driver-guides who have been with the company for years. Their tours leave every day from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness, and from Portree on Skye, and you book with them directly.
Timberbush Tours answer them, and you book with them directly.
8am to 7.45pm from Inverness, from £1000 a vehicle.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before a day tour, and up to 7 days before a tour of several days, by Timberbush’s own terms.
Booked with Timberbush Tours, or call them on +44 (0)131 226 6066
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About 2½ hours of it on the roadUp to 37 on a coach
From £51 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
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Loch Ness, the Glenfinnan Viaduct and the Road to the Isles to Mallaig, all from Inverness.
About 6 hours of it on the roadUp to 37 on a coach
From £60 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
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About 3 hours of it on the roadUp to 53 on a coach
From £75 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
