Great Glen Cycle Route

GREAT GLEN CYCLE ROUTE

Map

Included
Hire of 21 speed trekking cycles and equipment
B&B accommodation
in standard grade twin/double rooms
Tour information including maps and detailed routes
Emergency support

Excluded
Lunches and Dinners
Castle entrance fees

Train tickets

Extras
Single rooms
Luggage transport
Rooms with shower/wc
Hotel Accommodation

Access: by air to Edinburgh/Glasgow
/Inverness Airports airport collection service available
by train with Scotrail and GNER: by bus with Citylink: car parking available(not secure)

Duration: 7 Nights/8 Days

Start:: Friday, Saturday, Sunday April to October: other days by arrangement
Minimum two persons

Level 3

Tour Code: TFI

Price £360 per person
Luggage carrying £80 p.p. rooms with shower/wc £5 p.p. per night, single supplement £8 per night standard room and £18 per night ensuite room

Option: Spend an extra few days in Edinburgh

This tour is also available as a Group Tour

Day 1. Arrive INVERNESS: Inverness now a thriving modern town has historical links going back to Neolithic times. Many battles have been fought for control of this strategic site. A visit to the Garrison Castle Encounter will take you back to 1745 and the Jacobite Rebellion. Evening: collect cycles and equipment, route briefing and instruction.

Day 2. INVERNESS - DRUMNADROCHIT 24ml(39km)

Leave Inverness following the river: across moorland and quiet country roads to Drumnadrochit. Visit the Loch Ness Monster Exhibition Centre and ruined Urquhart Castle.

Urquhart Castle >>>

Day 3. DRUMNADROCHIT - FORT AUGUSTUS 23ml(37km)
Follow the Cycle Way of the Great Glen. Some steep hills are rewarded with beautiful views of Loch Ness and the mountains beyond. In the forest you may see deer or golden eagles before you reach the south end of the loch at Fort Augustus.

Day 4. FORT AUGUSTUS - FORT WILLIAM        34ml(55km)
The Caledonian Canal tow path and forest tracks keep you safe from traffic until you reach the locks of Neptune’s Staircase at Banavie. A short ride to the busy tourist town of Fort William in the shadow of mighty Ben Nevis.    Loch Oich >>>

Day 5. Rest Day FORT WILLIAM
Take a trip on the steam train of the scenic West Highland Railway to Mallaig, climb Ben Nevis or explore the many trails in Leanachan Forest.

Day 6. FORT WILLIAM -TUMMELBRIDGE 24ml(39km)
Avoid the busy roads with a scenic train journey across bleak and desolate Rannoch Moor to Rannoch Station. Cycle the quiet road along the beautiful south shore of Loch Rannoch to Tummel Bridge. Rannoch Station >>>

Day 7. TUMMELBRIDGE - PITLOCHRY 13/23ml(20/37km)
A short day's cycle by Loch Tummel to the delightful Victorian town of Pitlochry or alternatively strike northwards to Calvine and Blair Atholl. Visit Blair Castle and enjoy the magnificent display of arms and armour and the thirty two fully furnished rooms. These display beautiful furniture, fine paintings china, lace and embroidery. At Pitlochry there is a chance for some shopping, visit one of the two distilleries or the Dam and Fish Ladder. Loch Rannoch >>>>

Day 8. Depart PITLOCHRY