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HIGHLAND TOURS 2020-2021 Glasgow departures 0131 226 6066 www.timberbushtours.com Let Scotland Inspire You Adventure Awaits Why travel with Timberbush? GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY: ESSENTIAL INFORMATION different options for accommodation. Optional extras including visitor attractions (distilleries, cruises etc.), ❯ The best guides in Scotland - friendly, TOUR DEPARTURES. It is very important you arrive food & drink and accommodation are not included, at your allocated check-in time, which is 15 minutes knowledgeable, and passionate about however we do negotiate discounted entrance fees prior to departure, as the coach must leave on their homeland for you. For our ‘optional extra’ prices, please call our schedule and cannot wait for latecomers. This is friendly Reservations Team or visit our website. ❯ Modern, air-conditioned coaches for the benefit of all guests and allows us to visit all stops for the full amount of time, offering you the CONCESSION PRICES are offered to children from ❯ Free digital translations of our tours most out of your tour. 5-16 years, students with a valid student card and on request seniors (60 years and over). We cannot carry children CHECK-IN CLOSES 5 MINUTES PRIOR TO under 5 years of age. ❯ Free accommodation booking service DEPARTURE – please check our Terms and for our 2, 3 and 5 day tours to suit all Conditions on our website as no refunds will be WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU ON TOUR. As we budgets: hostels, B&Bs & hotels offered to latecomers. like to give you as much time off the coach as possible, and you have the opportunity for walks, ❯ WHAT’S INCLUDED IN OUR TOUR PRICE? As we like Free full itinerary planning service we recommend you bring warm and/or waterproof to offer you as much choice as possible, the tour price for our private tours clothing, wear comfortable shoes and take a includes transportation and the services of your Driver- sun-block or a hat. ❯ Discounts offered on top visitor Guide only. On our tours you will be given the choice attractions whilst on tour of various tourist attractions, local restaurants and AND DON’T FORGET YOUR CAMERA! Highland Tours 2020 - 2021 www.timberbushtours.com Timberbush and the Environment At Timberbush Tours we are conscious of the importance of preserving and maintaining Scotland’s natural beauty, and how we operate within the natural environment. We have adapted and continue to evolve Life, and through our website we offer We have lots of exciting eco-ideas for our practices to ensure we minimise the our customers the chance to offset their 2020 and beyond! To get involved, visit environmental impact of our tours. carbon contribution by donating to our website: www.timberbushtours.com our grove. We are delighted to have been awarded Adventure Awaits! a Gold Green Tourism Business Award This year, we’ve introduced more eco- and a 5* Ecostars award for our ongoing friendly practices at Timberbush, such environmental efforts. We are also proud as water harvesting, eco-volunteering to support Trees for Life, a Scottish days and cutting down waste to landfill. conservation charity dedicated to the Our fleet of new coaches are fuel- restoration of the Caledonian Forest in efficient, and we allocate the appropriate the Highlands of Scotland. So far, we’ve size coaches to each tour depending donated over 2200 trees to Trees for on group size. Highland Tours 2020 - 2021 LOCH NESS & URQUHART CASTLE Tour 1 | 1 Day Tour Loch Ness, Glencoe and The Highlands Tour Highlights | Loch Ness Cruise & Urquhart Castle, Glencoe, The Great Glen & Loch Lomond INERNESS Urquhart Castle Loch Ness FORT AUGUSTUS Ben Nevis FORT ILLIAM 1.344m PITLOCHRY GLENCOE CRIANLARICH Loch Lomond GLASGOW GLENCOE Departing Glasgow, we travel to the along the well-known body of water shores of Loch Lomond for our first home to ‘Nessie,’ the Loch Ness monster. stop of the day and journey up into the You have the choice to take the award- Check-in opens 07:45 Highlands into the majestic Glencoe. winning Jacobite boat cruise and visit Here you will see the haunting glens Urquhart Castle£ located on the banks Departs 08:00 Returns 19:45 where the 1692 massacre of the of the Loch. MacDonald clan took place, and where Daily Passing through Inverness, we then start 007 himself walked the stunning our return journey through Inverness From £45.00 landscape in the film, Skyfall. and the Grampian Mountains, with a Optional extra After a lunch stop in Fort William, we refreshment stop in the Highland town continue north past views of Ben Nevis of Pitlochry en-route to Glasgow. Optional extra – price not included in the cost of the tour. PLEASE NOTE: If choosing to visit Urquhart Castle, you must also and the Caledonian Canals. Loch Ness take the half hour Jacobite Boat Cruise in order to meet your group. then appears as we drive the 24 miles 1 Day Tour 2020 - 2021 www.timberbushtours.com STIRLING CASTLE Tour 2 | 1 Day Tour Loch Lomond, The Trossachs National Park and Stirling Castle Tour Highlights | Loch Lomond Cruise, Stirling Castle, Aberfoyle & Trossachs National Park ABEROLE STIRLING BALLOCH GLASGOW LOCH LOMOND THE TROSSACHS Departing Glasgow, we travel to the Stirling Castle£ then awaits us high upon ‘bonnie’ Loch Lomond where you can its volcanic rock, offering tales of key enjoy an hour-long cruise£ on one of the historic figures such as William Wallace, largest Lochs in Scotland, taking in views Robert the Bruce and Mary Queen of Check-in opens 09:15 of the islands and surrounding mountains. Scots, as well as the stunning views of Departs 09:30 Returns 18:00 We then venture into the Trossachs the surrounding landscape. With lots National Park for a lunch stop in Aberfoyle, of interesting things to see and do, the Daily a lovely town nestled in the heart of Stirling Castle experience is well worth From £36.00 Scotland’s first national park. a visit before our return to Glasgow. Optional extra Optional extra – price not included in the cost of the tour. 1 Day Tour 2020 - 2021 INVERARAY CASTLE Tour 3 | 1 Day Tour Oban, Glencoe and West Highland Castles The Outlander, Palaces and Jacobites Experience Tour Highlights | Oban, Inveraray & Castle, Glencoe & Loch Lomond Leaving Glasgow, we head into the off your castle bucket list before reaching Highlands to the town of Inveraray, a the famous Glencoe valley. Here you quaint place perched on the banks of will experience the glen where the 1692 Loch Fyne. Here you can take time to visit massacre of the MacDonald clan took Inveraray Castle£ and Gardens or wander place. It also features in the Harry Potter the Georgian streets of the town itself. films and in the opening credits for the Outlander TV series. Heading north, we will witness many dramatic scenes such as Kilchurn Castle The final stop will be on the banks of Glencoe on Loch Awe. We stop for lunch in Oban Loch Lomond in the pretty town of Luss, OBAN for time to explore and visit McCaig’s Folly before heading back to Glasgow. Kilchurn Castle Inveraray Castle – Scotland’s version of the Colosseum. Loch LUSS Lomond Castle Stalker on Loch Laich is next to tick GLASGOW Check-in opens 08:30 Departs 08:45 Returns 18:30 Daily From £40.00 Optional extra Optional extra – price not included in the cost of the tour. GLENCOE OBAN 1 Day Tour 2020 - 2021 www.timberbushtours.com LINLITHGOW Tour 4 | 1 Day Tour The Outlander, Palaces and Jacobites Experience Tour Highlights | Doune Castle, Linlithgow Palace, Callendar House, Blackness Castle & Culross We venture north to Doune Castle£, also Claire grew her herb garden and Geillis known as Castle Leoch, the home of the Duncan lived. the MacKenzie Clan in ‘Outlander’, where We then travel to Callendar House to visit you can take an audio tour narrated by the famous kitchen, which was the set of Sam Heughan (Jamie Fraser). The Castle the Duke of Sandringham’s kitchen, and also featured in ‘Game of Thrones’ and enjoy its beautiful surroundings. Next is a ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’. stop at Linlithgow Palace£, or ‘Wentworth Our tour continues to Deanston Distillery Prison’ to the fans. for a short break before a photo stop near We finally visit the 15th Century Blackness the Wallace Monument. We continue Castle; the Headquarters of Black Jack Doune Castle in the footsteps of Jamie and Claire to Culross Randall, before journeying back to Palace Callendar House Culross, also known as ‘Cranesmuir Museum Blackness Castle Glasgow. Linlithgow Palace Village’ - a tiny, 17th century village where GLASGOW Check-in opens 08:15 Departs 08:30 Returns 18:00 Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun From £37.00 Optional extra CULROSS DOUNE CASTLE Optional extra – price not included in the cost of the tour. 1 Day Tour 2020 - 2021 RANNOCH MOOR Tour 5 | 2 Day Tour Loch Ness, Inverness and The Highlands Tour Highlights | Glencoe, Loch Ness, Inverness, Clava Cairns & Dalwhinnie Distillery INERNESS Culloden Battlefield Loch Ness KINGUSSIE Dalwhinnie FORT ILLIAM Distillery PITLOCHRY Glencoe TNDRUM EDINBURGH GLASGOW LOCH NESS & URQUHART CASTLE CULLODEN BATTLEFIELD Experience the beauty of the Highlands. DAY TWO: Enjoy a flexible itinerary; visit See rivers, lochs and mountains; Culloden Battlefield£, the Neolithic Clava experience Highland scenery and history Cairns or Dalwhinnie Distillery£ before Check-in opens 10:00 with an overnight stay in the highland your lunch stop. On our way home, Departs 10:15 Returns 20:30 capital of Inverness. we enjoy a break at the Highland Folk Museum to learn how Highland life was Mon, Thu, Fri & Sun DAY ONE: Enjoy magnificent views over 150 years ago, and the Victorian village of Loch Lomond, explore the Highlands and From £81.00 Pitlochry before crossing the Forth Road Rob Roy Country, take time to soak in the Bridge back to Edinburgh.
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