Tours from Inverness · Run by Timberbush Tours
Eilean Donan Castle · Portree · Kilt Rock · Strome viewpoint
Skye in a day from Inverness: Eilean Donan, Portree and the Trotternish coast.
If you're short on time, this is the way to see Skye without staying the night. The coach goes down Loch Ness and through Glen Moriston to Eilean Donan Castle on its island, then over the Skye Bridge to Portree for lunch. The afternoon follows the Trotternish coast north for Kilt Rock, a walk to Lealt Falls and a view of the Old Man of Storr, with a last photo stop above Loch Carron on the way back. It's a twelve-hour day and you're back in Inverness at about 8pm, but you'll have seen a great deal.
The places it stops at, in order. Routes can change with the weather and the traffic.
The day
Where it starts
Railway Terrace, Inverness IV1 1NW
Leaves at 8am
Seen from the coach
The deep loch of the Great Glen, 23 miles from Inverness to Fort Augustus, with Urquhart Castle on its shore and a trail round the whole of it.
More about Loch Ness shoreA break
A stop
The castle on an island where three sea lochs meet, bombarded in 1719, rebuilt between 1912 and 1932 and reached by an arched stone bridge.
Entry optional
More about Eilean Donan Castle
Seen from the coach
The road bridge from Kyle of Lochalsh to Skye, opened in 1995 and free to cross since 2004.
More about Skye Bridge
Lunch
Skye's main town, on a sheltered east-coast bay, with a harbour built by Thomas Telford in the early nineteenth century.
More about Portree
A photo stop
Sea cliffs of dolerite columns like the pleats of a kilt, with Mealt Falls dropping to the sea beside them.
More about Kilt Rock
A walk · short walk
The River Lealt dropping through a gorge to the Sound of Raasay, seen from a viewing platform just off the A855.
More about Lealt Falls
A photo stop
A pinnacle about 50 metres high above Loch Leathan, two hours there and back on foot, seven miles north of Portree.
More about Old Man of StorrA photo stop
April to October
Where it ends
Back at about 8pm
Photographs: Timberbush Tours
Railway Terrace
Railway Terrace, Inverness IV1 1NW
Leaves at 8am. Opens 15 minutes before departure and closes 5 minutes before.
Children aged 4 to 16 pay less; their price shows when you book.
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 8pm from Inverness, from £63 an adult.
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
From Inverness9 hoursBack 5.30pm
Urquhart Castle · Fort Augustus · Falls of Foyers · Dores Beach
Loch Ness without the long drive: a relaxed day out from Inverness, back by teatime.
About 2½ hours of it on the roadUp to 37 on a coach
From £51 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
From Inverness11½ hoursBack 6.45pm
Urquhart Castle · Glenfinnan Viaduct · Mallaig · Dores Beach
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
From Inverness2 days
Loch Carron · Dunvegan Castle · Quiraing · Fort Augustus
Two days from Inverness with a night in Portree, the easiest way to see Skye properly.
About 8 hours on the road in allUp to 19 on a coach
From £156 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
