TOURS The Lake District 2018 - 2019
Get off the beaten track
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Established 1972, Mountain Goat tour the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales & Hadrian’s Wall.
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I’d like to experience... I’m available on... Scheduled Tours Boat Cruise Ride Train History Local Food World Heritage Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday The Ten Lakes Spectacular Page 4 ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ The High Adventure Page 6 ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ 6 Lakes in a Morning Page 8 ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ Heart of the Lakes Page 9 ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ Beatrix Potter Page 12 ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ Ullswater & Inspired Landscapes Page 13 ✹ The Yorkshire Dales Page 14 ✹ Roman Britain & Hadrian’s Wall Page 15 ✹ Winter Southern Highlights Page 16 ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ Winter Ten Lakes Page 17 ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ Useful Information Page 18 Summer Tours: Winter Tours: ✹24th March 2018 to ❉ 29th October 2018 Pick up Information & T&Cs Page 19 28th October 2018 to 31st March 2019
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Ten Lakes FULL DAY TOUR Spectacular Tour
Providing a great introduction to The Lake District, this tour is our most popular and is “Spectacular sums up perfectly this tour, which took us along 10 available daily. lakes through mountain passes, traditional villages and valleys offering the most amazing views of what has to be England’s most beautiful landscape.” 26/08/2017 robbass, London, United Kingdom
Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! Tour Information > Lake cruise, included in your tour price. Sit back and enjoy uninterrupted views of the Daily Tours: 9.45 - 17.30 Lakeland fells from one of the famous lakes. 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018 > Buttermere, a picturesque lake and peaceful Adult £46 Child (5 - 16yrs) £37 area of the National Park. Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £44 > Grasmere, visit the village famous for William Wordsworth and Gingerbread. Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Grasmere, Newby Bridge & Kendal. See www.mountain-goat.com for details. > Castlerigg Stone Circle, at around 4000 years old it is one of the area’s historic gems. Lake Cruise included in the ticket price! > Keswick, where you will have time to have lunch whilst exploring this traditional Lakeland market town. Tour Description
The Lake District is renowned for being the “most beautiful corner of England” and this full day tour introduces you to just that. During your day, the ten lakes you will see are Bassenthwaite, Brothers Water, Buttermere, Crummock Water, Derwentwater, Grasmere, Ullswater, Rydal Water, Thirlmere and Windermere. You will travel over the famous Kirkstone and Honister passes, through beautiful valleys and traditional Lakeland villages. You have plenty of stops to admire the views and to take photographs. Grasmere Gingerbread Shop Honister Pass
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High FULL DAY TOUR Adventure
Journey to a remote and beautiful part of The Lake District. Available daily, this tour “The High Adventure Tour was brilliant - everything about it takes you off the was wonderful. Our driver and guide was knowledgeable, funny, beaten track. entertaining and a great driver.” 6 October 2017 Florence M, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Tour Information
Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! Daily Tours: 9.45 - 17.30 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018 > The Langdales, picturesque valleys surrounded by mountains. Adult £46 Child (5 - 16yrs) £37 > Hardknott and Wrynose mountain passes, the Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £44 steepest in England with stunning views. Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Newby Bridge, > A ride on the Ravenglass and Eskdale narrow & Kendal. See www.mountain-goat.com for details. gauge railway, included in your tour price.
> Wastwater, England’s deepest lake, once voted Train ride and entry to Muncaster Castle ‘Britain’s favourite view’, and the chance to see grounds included in the ticket price! the highest mountain, Scafell Pike. > Muncaster Castle Gardens, entry included in your tour price to visit the beautiful & extensive grounds. Tour Description
This classic adventure tour of the Western Lakes uses a route pioneered by the Romans! The tour focuses around the Western Lake District travelling over the Lake District’s famous mountain passes; Hardknott and Wrynose, which are two of the steepest in Great Britain. During your day you will have time to enjoy a narrow gauge heritage train ride, see England’s deepest lake and visit the grounds of 14th Century Muncaster Castle. This tour is a chance to see the real Lake District! Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Hardknott Pass
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A delightful tour exploring this wonderful Learn the Lake District’s story as you travel Special UNESCO World Heritage Site. through beautiful valleys & Lakeland villages. Offers on the Website
Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! < View 6 lakes in a morning, including beautiful < The Langdale Valley is a hub of Lake District Ullswater. Heritage. < Grasmere, The home of Wordsworth < Spot many of our famous Herdwick sheep. & Gingerbread. < Tarn Hows, the inspiration for many artists < Castlerigg Stone Circle, 1000 years older than and writers. Stonehenge. World World Heritage Heritage focused focused Tour Description Tour Tour Description Tour Start off by travelling over the famous Kirkstone Pass, the highest For those arriving at lunchtime this tour is the perfect way to mountain road in the Lakes, before dropping down to Ullswater. make the most of your afternoon. You’ll have chance to stretch your legs at Castlerigg Stone Circle, Touring the central lakes, you will enjoy a variety of scenery whilst taking in the panoramic views of the fells. including Coniston Water, The Langdale Valley & Tarn Hows. There The tour returns south alongside Thirlmere. Lastly, there is time to is even time to explore Hawkshead village. Discover the many wander around the historic village of Grasmere before travelling aspects which make this a UNESCO World Heritage Site, all before back to Windermere. returning in time for dinner. Tour Information Tour Information
Daily Tours: 9.30 - 13.30 Daily Tours: 14.30 - 18.30 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018. All Seats £25 All Seats £25 Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness & Ambleside. Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness & Ambleside. See www.mountain-goat.com for details. See www.mountain-goat.com for details.
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Buttermere Glenridding 39 Borrowdale Helvellyn Buttermere Ennerdale Honister Brothers Water Water Pass Thirlmere Haweswater LAKE DISTRICT Shap Abbey Dove Cottage Orton NATIONAL PARK Great Gable Great Scafell Pike Langdale Grasmere Kirkstone Pass Rydal Mount Bowfell Grasmere 38 Rydal Water Elterwater Elterwater Ambleside Gosforth Wastwater Troutbeck Hardknott Roman Fort Yewdale Tarn Boot Hows Ravenglass Eskdale Ulpha Windermere Coniston Hawkshead World of Beatrix Potter To the Muncaster Old Man Bowness on Castle Esthwaite Windermere Yorkshire Water Near Hilltop Dales Coniston Brantwood Sawrey Key Dunnerdale Kendal Sedbergh Gummers 37 Hawes Reeth The High Adventure Coniston Oxenholme Water Howe Ten Lakes Spectacular Winter Ten Lakes Spectacular Broughton Lake in Furness Grizedale Windermere Beatrix Potter’s Favourite Country Heart of the Lakes Rusland Lakeside M6 Dent Winter Southern Lake Highlights
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Ullswater & Inspired Landscapes Haverthwaite Roman Britain & Hadrian’s Wall 36
Six Lakes in the Morning Visitor Attractions Cartmel Towns & Villages
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Beatrix Potter’s HALF DAY TOUR Ullswater and THURSDAY TOUR Favourite Countryside Inspired Landscapes A lovely tour of the central lake District, Experience the tranquil lands and inspiring including a Windermere Lake Cruise. scenery of the Eastern Lakes.
Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! < Hill Top, you will have chance* to visit the Gardens, Shop & House < Ullswater, cruise on the ‘most beautiful’ lake < Hawkshead, a picturesque medieval village and in England. where Wordsworth once studied. < Kirkstone Pass, travel over the Lake District’s < Tarn Hows, a tranquil Lake District beauty spot. highest mountain pass. < Lake Windermere, cruise on the largest Lake in < Shap Abbey, where the impressive 15th century England. Included in the tour price. tower and other remains can be explored.World Heritage Tour Description Tour Description focused Tour Taking in many places associated with the famous children’s This full day tour explores some of the remote but beautiful, author, Beatrix Potter, this tour is an ideal opportunity to see some parts of the Lake District, focusing on the Eastern Lakes. of the scenery which inspired her. Travel over the famous Kirkstone Pass to Ullswater, where This afternoon tour takes in a lake cruise on Windermere, you will have chance to enjoy a lake cruise and see the area Hawkshead, Tarn Hows and Hill Top House Gardens. that inspired Wordsworth’s Daffodil poem. Later you will *Hill Top Entry is extra. £10.90 adult/senior/student, £5.45 child, explore Martindale, a picturesque and remote valley and (closed Fridays except June - August). take in beautiful Haweswater. Tour Information Tour Information Daily Tours: 12.00 to 16.30 Thursday Tours: 9.45 to 17.30 10th February 2018 - 28th October 2018 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018 Adult £37 Child (5 - 16yrs) £33 Adult £46 Child (5 - 16yrs) £37 Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £36 Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £44
Pick ups in Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside & Oxenholme. Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness & Ambleside. See www.mountain-goat.com for details. See www.mountain-goat.com for all pick up details. Lake Cruise included in the ticket price! Lake Cruise included in the ticket price!
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WEDNESDAY The Yorkshire Dales TOUR Roman Britain FRIDAY TOUR See the best of the Yorkshire Dales & Hadrian’s Wall National Park in a day. Journey along the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! < Roman Army Museum, entry included, step into < Aysgarth Falls, view the spectacular the life of a Roman soldier. Lanercost Priory, established nearly 850 falls made famous by Hollywood. < years ago. < Hawes, we stop at the famous Vindolanda, a Roman auxiliary fort and Wensleydale Creamery. < settlement. The site, which is still being Reeth, you will have time to have lunch excavated is brimming with Roman history. < World whilst exploring this small market town. Heritage Tour Description focused Tour Tour Description This tour travels out of the Lake District for the day and up towards the Scottish borders. The main focus of the day is The tour covers many famous Dales locations including the Hadrian’s Wall. We travel alongside, stopping to view points of Buttertubs, a picturesque route used in the 2014 Tour de France. interest along the way. During your day you will also see Bolton Castle, where Mary During your day you will have time to enjoy the Roman Army Queen of Scots was once imprisoned. The tour also takes in some Museum and the remains of Vindolanda. Both attractions are of the Settle to Carlisle Railway viaducts. included in the price. Tour Information Tour Information
Wednesday Tours: 09.15 to 17.30 Friday Tours: 09.15 to 18.00 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018 Adult £46 Child (5 - 16yrs) £37 Adult £50 Child (5 - 16yrs) £42 Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £44 Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £48 Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside & Kendal. Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside. See www.mountain-goat.com for details See www.mountain-goat.com for details
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Winter Southern HALF DAY TOUR Winter Ten Lakes FULL DAY TOUR Lakes Highlights Spectacular Tour Short on time? We have got the ideal scenic Providing a great introduction to the Lake District, this tour for you! tour is our most popular and available daily.
Tour Highlights - to tick off your list!
Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! < Grasmere, visit the village famous for < Windermere, cruise on the largest lake in England, William Wordsworth and Gingerbread.
included in the price. < Castlerigg Stone Circle, at around 4000 < Hawkshead, time to explore this village, dating years old it is one of the area’s historic back to the 14th Century. gems. < Tarn Hows, a tranquil Lake District beauty spot. < Keswick, you will have time to have lunch < Travel through the Langdales, famous World whilst exploring this traditional Lakeland picturesque valleys. Heritage market town. focused Tour Description Tour Tour Description This tour introduces the culture and famous characters of The Lake District is renowned for being the “most beautiful corner The Lake District, which created the landscapes you see of England” and this full day tour introduces you to just that. today. Begin the tour with a Windermere Lake Cruise. From During your day, the ten lakes you will see are Bassenthwaite, here the tour heads to the picturesque village of Hawkshead, Brothers Water, Buttermere, Crummock Water, Derwentwater, followed by peaceful Tarn Hows, with the Lake District Fells Grasmere, Ullswater, Rydal Water, Thirlmere and Windermere. in the background. Tour Information Tour Information Daily Tours: 12.00 to 16.30 29th✹ OctoberPeak Season2018 - Middle Tour of FebruaryInformation 2019 Daily✹ Tours:Peak 09.30 Season to 16.30 Tour Information 29th October 2018 - 31st March 2019. ❉Adult Winter £44 Tour Information Child (5 - 16yrs) £35 Adult £44 Child (5 - 16yrs) £35 AdultSeniors £30 (60+) Child & Students (5 - 16yrs) (NUS) £25 £42 ❉Seniors Winter (60+)Tour Information & Students (NUS) £42 Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £30 Adult £30 Child (5 - 16yrs) £25 Thursday Tours: 9.45 to 16.30 March 24th to Oct 30th 2017 SeniorsThursday (60+)Tours: 9.45 & Students to 16.30 March (NUS) 24th £30 to Oct 30th 2017 Pick ups every day from Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside & PickOxenholme. ups from Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Newby Bridge, PickPick ups ups every from day Windermere, from Windermere, Bowness, Bowness, Ambleside, Ambleside Newby Bridge, SeeKeswick www.mountain-goat.com and Kendal. (Details for on details. pg1 & website) & KeswickOxenholme. and Kendal. (Details on pg1 & website) See www.mountain-goat.com for details. LakeLake Cruise Cruise included included in thein the ticket ticket price! price! Lake Cruise included in the ticket price!
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Mountain Goat have been driving people around the Lake District, Directions to over high passes and narrow lanes since the 1970s. Looking to meet the requirements of all our customers, we now offer a range of transport services. Departure Location
Airport Transfers Victoria Street, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1AD Private direct transfers to & from Cumbria & Lancashire to UK To Ambleside airports, train stations and ferry ports. Full details at mountain- Windermere goat.com. A 5 9 1 Hotel
Boat & Bus Service to Hill Top & Hawkshead A 5 9 1 To Kendal Tour Combined ticket for Windermere Lake Cruise & Mountain Goat Departure shuttle service to visit the western shore of Lake Windermere, Hill Point Top & Hawkshead. Purchase tickets from the bus driver or cruise High Street Windermere Bus & ticket office. Full details at mountain-goat.com. Railway Station
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Wherever you are going to next, why not make a tour of it? Booths Windermere to York, Edinburgh or Manchester. Make the most of your time & enjoy every journey! Windermere Quality Mountain Goat Vehicles Town Centre
Mercedes Vianos - Designed for super comfort (6 passengers). Mercedes Sprinter Minibuses - Powerful and safe, the perfect Windermere Tourist Information Centre is 100 metres combination for the Lake District (16 passengers). from Windermere Bus & Railway Station.
A Service To Remember Pick Up & Drop Off Service Hotel pick ups from Windermere & Bowness. Always happy to help, the office team deliver a stress-free Central pick ups available in Ambleside, Ings, Staveley, Grasmere, booking whilst the drivers take great care of passengers as they Kendal, Newby Bridge & Oxenholme. travel on tours or from A to B. Additional Information Passengers must be aged 5+ and have their own seat. @MountainGoatTours Luggage storage available at the Windermere Info Centre. Seats can’t be reserved. @MGoatTours There are photo, refreshment and toilet stops en route. Parking available in Windermere village. @MGoatTours Cancellation Policy You may cancel 48 hours prior to departure & receive a full refund. After 48 hours no refund will be issued.
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Price is inclusive of driver/guide, Mercedes Viano & entrance fees where applicable. Price List Ten Lakes Spectacular £395 (8 Hours) The High Adventure £395 (8 Hours) 6 Lakes or Heart of the Lakes £275 (4 Hours)
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