The Jacobite Highlander

from Edinburgh

This tour includes a trip on a steam train, a night by the banks of Loch Ness and the beauty of Glen Coe: essentially the very best of Scotland!

Day One: Edinburgh to Fort William

Our coach tour continues with fine views of Blair Castle, the seat of the Duke of Atholl, the only man permitted to have his own private army, The Atholl Highlanders. The scenery changes to wilder mountain panoramas as we climb the Drumochter Pass, the main route since the earliest of times into the Highlands.

Overnight: Fort Augustus

Day Two: Fort William to Edinburgh

After a hearty breakfast, we make the short journey to board the Jacobite Steam Train on the renowned West Highland Line for an unforgettable journey to Mallaig. This is one of the world's great train journeys and takes you past Britain's highest mountain, deepest loch, shortest river and most westerly station.

We cross the famous Glenfinnan viaduct, featured in the Harry Potter films, and pass the monument to Bonnie Prince Charlie, who raised his standard here at the start of the 1745 Jacobite Uprising.

There’s time for lunch in the fishing port of Mallaig before we head back to Fort William by train.

The outstanding beauty of Glen Coe sits in stark contrast to the tragic tale of the Massacre of Glen Coe in 1692, when Campbell soldiers slaughtered forty of their MacDonald hosts. This infamous act of treachery remains a matter of controversy.

From Glen Coe, we travel over Rannoch Moor, one of the most unspoilt areas in Europe, and descend the Black Mount with its views over Loch Tulla to our last stop in the Highland village of Tyndrum.

The final part of our journey takes us through Rob Roy McGregor Country to the village of Strathyre, as the Pass of Leny brings us from the Highlands back into the Lowlands and Edinburgh.

Tour Highlights: Dunkeld, Perthshire, The Hermitage, Cairngorms National Park, Culloden Moor, Inverness, Loch Ness, Drumnadrochit, The Great Glen, Fort William, Jacobite Steam Train, West Highland Railway Line, Glenfinnan Viaduct and Monument, Mallaig, Glen Coe, Rannoch Moor and Callander.