Secret Loch Ness, Inverness, Culloden, Cawdor Castle from port

Overview

Available languages

English

Mobile ticket

This bus tour from Invergordon features highlights from Outlander, Culloden, Castles, Loch Ness & Nessie! It packs in a lot for one day's tour and is very affordable and good value for money. Our website contains full details of all tours and booking.

Our tours are specially put together after taking feedback from YOU. We have surveyed your desires and requests and put them together in our tours. Our guides will impart their knowledge of their local Highlands and answer any of your questions.

Please check the tour times on our website, as the times listed here are approximate. As a general rule tours leave 30 minutes to 1.5 hours after the arrival of the ship and return at least 1 hour before ship departure time. Please check our website which has the exact tour departure and return times for every tour.

We try to take this tour in a 4, 8 or 16 or 33 seater vehicle. Thank you

Additional Info

Specialized infant seats are available

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Wheelchair travellers difficult

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Entrance to castle cost is included in your booking price.

What To Expect

Culloden Battlefield

Visit the famous historic battlefield featured in Outlander series and book plus the visitor centre.

30 minutes•Admission Not Applicable

Clava Cairns

We may sometimes visit Clava cairns which was the inspiration for the book and tv series Outlander

15 minutes•Admission Not Applicable

Options

Tour 2) Bus tours for cruise ships docking at Invergordon, Scottish Highlands

4-33 seater minibus

Reviews

4.79

98 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

A big chunk of Scotland
Susan W,
Jun 28, 2025
- Viator
5.00
June, our guide was fun, knowledgeable and a prefect hostess. The van was clean and spacious. I highly recommended this tour,
Great day!!!!!
Regina K,
Jun 22, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Eleanor was a FABULOUS guide!!! We saw EVERYTHING possible. Including some food-motivated Highland Coos!!! I enjoyed the beautiful Flower Gardens at Cawdor Castle. It was a PERFECT day. The only negative is that they have to work on the audio system in the large van. I heard NONE of what the guide was saying while we were in motion. It was totally not her fault. I was in the 4th single seat from the front and heard NOTHING!!! Have an audio expert figure out what to do about that!!!! Otherwise, a GREAT DAY!!! I SAW NESSIE!!!
Overall, this was a very...
Emily B,
Jun 22, 2025
- Viator
4.00
Overall, this was a very good tour. We got to see some really cool history and beautiful landscapes. Our guide, Seoris (spelling?) was incredibly knowledgeable about not only the history but the country and government itself. We were frustrated initially, because we had to shuttle from our cruise ship and wait for a very long time for group members to arrive, who never did. I would suggest Thistle could try to group people as they get off the shuttle as opposed to pre-grouping to create less frustration. Some of the "drive by" things we were not able to see from our seats on the bus, unfortunately. However, our guide and driver made sure we saw everything and made it back in good time.
Booked this tour thinking...
Stephanie P,
Jun 15, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Booked this tour thinking we were going to be on a large bus. Instead, we got a private tour for our family so the guide tailored the stops to our wishes. The instructions for meeting point off the ship were perfect. The guide was easy to find.
Poor experience
Shawna D,
Jun 11, 2025
- Viator
1.00
10 out of 10 don't recommend this tour. To start off the tour left almost an hour late. This caused the tour to eliminate the one stop we booked this for. So we didn't get to see/pet/feed the highland cows which was the one reason we booked this. We didn't leave any of our stops on time due to some people not following directions and never getting back to bus on time. Other tours will leave you if you do this. Not this one. Everyone else gets to suffer. The tour guide spent 30 minutes looking for 2 passengers after our 1st stop that were never on the bus to begin with. There were minimal 15 min stops that could have been eliminated so we could have made all the important ones. We stopped in town as our last stop which you need a good 2 hours for but only had 40 minutes which included a 10 minute walk back to the bus. Literally pointless stop as no time to do anything and then the bus wasn't even where it was supposed to be for pickup. Once again people were 15 min late back to bus and even though entire bus was yelling for them to leave them because they were going to cause us to miss our ship they continued to wait for them. They got us back to our ship 20 minutes AFTER the all aboard time. Never in my life have I ever had a tour group get us back to the ship late. Luckily we were still able to board only because the ships own excursions were late getting back. Otherwise the ship would have left us stranded in a foreign country sine we booked a private tour. This was an awful and anxiety filled experience and I would never book this again for any reason. We also asked tour guide to call the ship to advise of our late arrival and he refused to make the call.