Loch Ness, Glencoe, and the Highlands Day Trip from Glasgow

This is basically a tour to Loch Ness. There is a 10 Minute stop at Glencoe to take some photos and that's pretty much it. I would re-name the tour: "Loch Ness tour with short stop in the Highlands" or something like that. This way people know what to expect. Most tourists have no idea that it is a bit of a drive to Loch Ness and the guide is always in a hurry as he/she has to make sure people are there in time to catch the ferry. Loch Ness is somewhat overrated in my opinion. I liked the Highland, Castle & Lochs tour a lot more. Kilchurn Castle, viewpoint Ballachulish, Bride of Orchy viewpoint, Balmaha Loch Lomond viewpoint are especially stunning. Loch Ness is pretty but not stunning like many, many other places.

Tour guide was friendly. However , this was more of a bus service rather than a tour. There were no stops that weren’t rest stops. Not much to see at a rest stop. A tour should involve getting off the bus and actually seeing something touristy. This wasn’t a cheap tour either. The only stop that we had where we did anything touristy was at Loch Ness where we paid extra 18£ on top of the tour to go on the Loch Ness cruise. A good tour isn’t just sitting on a bus and driving by something. Get out walk a trail or explore a castle. We drove through Inverness, stopped at a cafe in Fort William, drove past the war memorial, Ben Nevis, only saw Urquhart castle from the boat when we chose to pay extra for the boat cruise. We were sitting near the back of the bus, it was cramped and hot. I’m a well seasoned traveler who has used fabulous tour companies like Haggis, Contiki, Kiwi/Oz Experience in the past, this is not a good tour unless you like sitting for 12 hours and visiting rest stops.

This tour has false advertisement and was extremely rushed We got on the road and the first place we stopped Loch Lomond was decent stop then on the road again to Glencoe we passed 2 large beautiful vistas and then finally did stop but my opinion we stopped at an ok vista there were better ones we passed. We then moved on to what I thought was supposed to Fort Williams but ended up being a souvenir shop to get a quick bite (25 minutes ) and keep moving The whole thing is VERY rushed !!! On the road in the coach we had an unfortunate chance of the other passengers complaining about toilet stops temperature and comfort ( I understand that’s not something you can control just added to the annoyance of the tour) We had gotten behind on timing due to a minor accident and arrived just with 5 minutes to get to the Lochness boat it was blowing its horn and they were complaining that we were late but we had no control of when we arrived, there was also an elderly man who couldn’t walk quickly and they were harassing him to speed up. The Lochness boat trip was fantastic ( thankfully) Once off the boat we were then rushed back on to the bus to drive through Inverness to a small town of Pitlochly it would of been better to have a little bit of time in Inverness instead of Pitlochly Overall I think this tour should be called a Long drive to Lochness and then and even longer ride back You pass a lot of interesting places but stop at none of them except for Lochness. Thankfully that stop was worth the journey but nothing else was enjoyable about the trip. The only other good thing was our driver Stephen he was challenged most of the journey by select passengers and did a great job of keeping everyone as accommodated as he could He also gave interesting commentary as we drove.

It was an incredible day: beautiful scenery and great places to visit. James, our tour guide, is hilarious and knowledgeable, we love our day. We highly recommend this tour.

Driving by but not getting to actually visit anything. Visuals only. Glad we did it but don’t need to do it again.

Great trip! Even a damp, overcast day did not lessen the impact of the Highlands. Would do it again in a heartbeat!

Great tour. Very well organized and timed. Our guide/driver Charlie was knowledgeable, interesting, funny and kind.

First of all I want to make it clear that the Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands are full of scenic beauties which just blow both my mind and heart. But the travel arrangements were not upto the mark and the travel agency didn't provide it all which they promised. I. We were told after starting the tour that the river trip in Loch Ness was canceled due to their inability to book one for us. II. Most of the site scene places where the mini bus stopped, they were far from the actual spot. III. They driver did not inform us about the restaurants around leaving us with no choice except the one he wanted us to get into. IV. The driver kept showing his dissapoinment to someone or the other for being just couple of minutes late before departure from any site scene place.

Thank you Steven for such a wonderful day! We had a blast. The car ride didn’t seem as long because all the stops. Enjoyed all the history tidbits and the beautiful views!

Our driver, Andrew, told us stories and history the whole tour. Was a Great tour guide. The scenery was beautiful. Highly recommend doing this tour