Invergordon Shore Excursion – Highland History by Spirit Journeys Worldwide

• Culloden Battlefield

• Clava Cairns

• Cawdor Castle

On our fabulous day trip, you will enjoy some incredible Highland scenery. Today we will take you on a tour of Culloden Battlefield, and hear all about the Jacobite rebellion. The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart were defeated by the Hanoverian troops commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.

After visiting Cawdor Castle, the romantic Highland castle, and the 14th-century home of the Thanes of Cawdor.

Finally, we will visit Clava Cairns, one of the most evocative prehistoric sites where sits the remains of an ancient cemetery, are set on a terrace above the River Nairn.

Scotland, land of Celtic myth, history, and breathtaking beauty, has countless treasures crammed into its relatively compact territory – from big skies to ancient architecture, from spectacular wildlife to superb seafood and to top it all incredibly friendly, hospitable, and down-to-earth people.

Outside the ancient and beautiful UNESCO World Heritage capital city, Edinburgh, and other urban centres like Glasgow, once home to the largest shipping industry in the world but now a lively city of art, culture, great dining, and bars, the visitor is entranced by mountains glistening with the silver threads of icy rivers and waterfalls tumbling from highlands to lowlands. Here you’ll find villages with stations where you need to put your hand out to request a train stops and then suddenly, around the next mountain corner, a landscape peppered with gleaming lochs and expansive vistas.

Scotland has some of the last significant wilderness areas left in Western Europe. Here you can see golden eagles soar above the lochs and mountains of the northern Highlands, watch minke whales off the coast of Mull and spot otters tumbling in the kelp along the shores of the Outer Hebrides.

Scotland is also an adventure playground: you can tramp the sub-arctic tundra plateau of the Cairngorms, sea kayak among the seal-haunted mystic isles of the Outer Hebrides, mountain bike on world-class trails near Scotland’s highest mountain, trek along the valley or mountain trails and balance along tightrope narrow ridges between the peaks of the great Cuillins on Skye or take a speedboat ride into the legendary white water of the Corryvreckan whirlpool.

Scotland is a land with a rich and multilayered history. A place where every corner of the landscape is steeped in the past. A deserted croft on an island shore is a testament to generations past.

• Entrance fees

• Driver/guide

• Local guide

• Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points

• Food

• Drinks

• Gratuities (optional)