Activities in The Great Glen
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Davy the Ghost Tours
Davy the Ghost Tours offers 1¼-hour tours led by an ‘18th-century ghost’ in period costume. Expect tales of the city’s horrific past, including ghosts, witches, murders and hangings. Tours depart at 7pm from the blackboard outside the tourist office.
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Moray Firth Cruises
Offers 1½-hour wildlife cruises (adult/child £14/10) to look for dolphins, seals and bird life. Sightings aren’t guaranteed, but the commentaries are excellent, and on a fine day it’s good just being out on the water. Follow the signs to Shore St Quay from the far end of Chapel St or catch the free shuttle bus that leaves from the tourist office 15 minutes before sailings (which depart every 1½ hours). In July and August there are also departures at 6pm.
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Jacobite Cruises
Cruise boats depart at 10.35am and 1.35pm from Tomnahurich Bridge for a 3½-hour trip along Loch Ness, including visits to Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness 2000 Monster Exhibition (adult/child £26/20 including admission fees). You can buy tickets at the tourist office and catch a free minibus to the boat. Other cruises, from one to 6½ hours, are available.
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Orkney Islands Day Trip from Inverness
14 hours (Departs Inverness, United Kingdom)
by Viator
This day trip from Inverness visits some of the main attractions of the Orkney Islands including Skara Brae, The Churchill Barriers, Scapa Flow, The Ring of Bro…Not LP reviewed
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Glencoe Mountain Resort
A few miles east of Glencoe proper, on the south side of the A82, is the car park and base station for the Glencoe Mountain Resort, where commercial skiing in Scotland first began back in 1956. The Lodge Café-Bar has comfy sofas where you can soak up the view through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Great Glen Way
The 73-mile Great Glen Way long-distance footpath stretches from Inverness to Fort William, where walkers can connect with the West Highland Way. It is described in detail in The Great Glen Way, a guide by Jacquetta Megarry and Sandra Bardwell.
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Glencoe Mountain Resort Chairlift
The chairlift continues to operate in summer – there's a grand view over the Moor of Rannoch from the top station – and provides access to a downhill mountain-biking track. In winter a lift pass costs £30 a day and equipment hire is £25 a day/
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Lochaber Watersports
You can hire kayaks (£12 an hour), rowing boats (£15 an hour), sailing dinghies (£12 an hour), and even a 10m sailing yacht complete with skipper (£150 for three hours, up to five people) here.
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Nessie Hunter
One-hour monster-hunting cruises, complete with sonar and underwater cameras. Cruises depart from Drumnadrochit hourly from 9am to 6pm daily from Easter to December.
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Inverness Taxis
Wide range of day tours to Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness and Culloden, and even Skye. Fares per car (up to four people) range from £50 (two hours) to £200 (all day).
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John O'Groats Ferries
From May to September, daily tours (lasting 13½ hours; adult/child £57/28.50) by bus and passenger ferry from Inverness bus station to Orkney.
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Happy Tours
Offers 1¼-hour guided walks exploring the town’s history and legends. Tours begin outside the tourist office at 11am, 1pm and 3pm daily.
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Royal Scot
One-hour cruises on Loch Ness accompanied by the latest high-tech sonar equipment so you can keep an underwater eye open for Nessie.
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Witch's Trails
35km of forest road and singletrack. Hosts the annual cross-country world championships, and the annual 10 Under The Ben endurance event.
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