Isle of Skye Tour from Inverness, Skye Ferry, Clan Donald, Armadale Castle, Mallaig, Harry Potter Railway, Glenfinnan Viaduct, Fort William, Great Glen with The Hebridean Explorer

Isle of Skye Jacobite Tour including Eilean Donan Castle

and Glenfinnan ‘Harry Potter’ Viaduct

Isle of Skye Explorer Tour inc. Eilean Donan Castle A great One Day Tour from Inverness that gives you a real flavour of the Highlands. The tour includes the West Highlands, Southern Skye and a fantastic ferry crossing ‘over the sea from Skye’.

Clans, castles, rebellions and ‘Bonnie’ Princes provide a brilliant history of the Highlands while the ‘Road to the Isles’, Southern Skye and the Sound of Sleat provide the breath-taking scenery.

The Jacobite tour begins at Inverness where we follow the banks of Loch Ness down past Urquhart Castle. After a stop for photos we head along through Glen Moriston on the way to Glen Shiel and the five sisters of Kintail mountain range. The magnificent Loch Duich awaits us at the foot of the hills where we see the stunning Eilean Donan Castle in the distance. We take time to discover Eilean Donan’s ancient and historic past and enjoy a coffee stop before we head out over the bridge to the Isle of Skye.

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Tour Highlights

Museum of the Isles
Eilean Donan Castle
Isle of Skye Ferry
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Glenfinnan Monument
Ben Nevis
Fort William
The Great Glen

Tour Information

Depart Inverness 8.30am

Return Inverness 7.30pm

(11 hours)

Entrance to Eilean Donan Castle - £5 pp

Entrance to Clan Donald Centre - £5.25 pp

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Private Tour Price - £325

+ £4 per person ferry tickets

For your private group of up to 5 people.
For each additional person in your group from 6 to 8 add £50 on to Tour Price
Tour price includes a driver/guide and all taxes.
Prices do not include entrance fees and meals.

One Way Tour Option

The option to finish the tour in Fort William (or Mallaig) rather than return to Inverness is available. This would allow more sight-seeing time and the tour would finish around 7pm.

One Way Tour additional charge of £75 per tour

Glenfinnan 'Harry Potter' Viaduct, Lochabar

With nearly three hours in Skye we make our way down the Sleat peninsula in southern Skye towards the Clan Donald Centre - home of the Museum of the Isles. Here we take time to explore the medieval history of the Highland and Hebridean Clans and the Jacobite story of Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Next stop is a great ferry journey across the Sound of Sleat to Mallaig on a short 40 minute ferry crossing. Leaving Mallaig we head for Glenfinnan where we stop to admire the stunning monument commemorating the Jacobites and Bonnie Prince Charlie and the raising of the standard in 1745. Glenfinnan also has a magnificent Victorian viaduct now made even more famous after being used in the Harry Potter movie. If you don’t mind getting your shoes a bit muddy I can promise you a great view!

After a short late afternoon coffee stop at Fort William on the shores of Loch Linnhe we return to Inverness along the Great Glen. Along the way we stop at Fort Augustus to view the locks and the Caledonian Canal at Loch Ness.

Ferry sailings are weather permitting but are generally very reliable in the summer months. Please note that we may have to take alternative routes in the event of ferry cancellations or changes in ferry times. We generally recommend this tour between March and September to make the most of the daylight hours.