| Scottish Highlander |
Rating  : Deluxe
Number of Passengers: 8
Number of Cabins: 4
Size of Vessel: 117 ft in length
Number of Crew: 4
Cruise Region: Scotland
Other Regions Sailed: None
Whole Boat Charters starting at $24,000
Prices (per person) starting at $3,150
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 Scottish Highlander |
The lovely Scottish Highlander has the atmosphere of a Scottish country house with subtle use of tartan furnishings and landscape
paintings. She is spacious and features every comfort for year round cruising.
The experienced crew of four ensures attention to your every need during your week long cruise. Delicious cuisine aboard Scottish
Highlander is traditional Scottish fare - salmon, game, venison and seafood, prepared by your own Master Chef.
Along the way, your vessel will anchor below castles and you'll explore the Glens, Munroes and Bens. You'll experience some of
Scotland's finest scenery on this extraordinary cruise.
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The Scottish Highlander offers three comfortable and spacious staterooms and one suite, all of which can be configured with twin
or double beds. Each features beautiful traditional Scottish furnishings, a private ensuite bath, and plenty of storage space.
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- Highest quality traditional Scottish cuisine
- Wines with lunch and dinner
- Open bar
- Lovely sundeck with chairs and a heated bridge with seating
- Central heating, no air conditioning needed
- Bicycles
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Sunday - Meet in the afternoon at the Glenmoriston Town House Hotel in Inverness and transfer to Scottish Highlander moored
at Dochgarroch. Enjoy a champagne welcome followed by a short evening cruise along the heather-lined canal to the winding hole.
Monday - This morning you'll visit the 14th century fairytale Cawdor Castle immortalized by Shakespeare with Macbeth, housing a
superb collection of tapestries, pictures and furniture with beautiful landscaped gardens. You'll also visit Culloden Moor, made
famous by the MacDonald and Campbell battle in the 13th century. After lunch, rejoin the barge and cruise Loch Dochfour to Fort
Augustus passing Urquhart Castle and the south shore of Loch Ness, where there is an abundance of wildlife, to the evening's mooring
near Fort Augustus Abbey.
Tuesday - After breakfast you'll cruise up the staircase of five locks through the village of Fort Augustus, which gives you
plenty of time to shop and look around this pretty Caledonian gem. After lunch you'll visit Urquhart Castle and Invermoriston
Falls. Fort Augustus has a charming heather-laced 9 or 18 hole golf course, where the official green keepers are sheep!
You'll dine out tonight at a local restaurant.
Wednesday - You'll leave Fort Augustus this morning for a cruise to Cullochy Lock via Kytra. After lunch you'll drive through
Glen Moriston and stunning highland countryside to romantic medieval Eilean Donan Castle, setting for the film Highlander. Eilean
Donan Castle has an idyllic island setting with commanding views of three sea lochs and frequent sightings of otters, dolphins and
the Isle of Skye. Following the abortive Jacobite rising of 1719, the ruins of the castle were abandoned for 200 years until the
20th century when a complete reconstruction was undertaken.
Thursday - Leave Cullochy Lock for a morning cruise via two locks at Laggan, and through Lochs Oich and Lochy to Gairlochy. In
the afternoon there is a chance to see either the World War II Commando memorial, the woollen mill at Spean Bridge, selling traditional
knitwear and tweeds, or the Clan Cameron museum.
Friday - This morning take a visit to the mystic battlefields of Glencoe. On the way back visit the Ben Nevis distillery for an
insight into the secrets of the various stages of Whisky preparation and taste a wee dram or two. In the afternoon you'll cruise to
Banavie and Neptune's Staircase, a flight of eight locks that is a spectacular feat of engineering. Then enjoy the Farewell
Captain's Dinner on board.
Saturday - You'll disembark for the transfer to Fort William by minibus after a hearty Scottish breakfast.
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