The family holiday offers the best of Scotland’s fun-filled activities, including mountain biking, hiking, fishing and wildlife watching. You will visit world-famous attractions, such as Loch Ness, historic Urquhart Castle, the Glenlivet Distillery and Beinn Eighe Nature Reserve. On this trip, many of Scotland’s traditions are treated to a family-friendly twist as you’ll be taken for a kilt fitting, a visit to a whiskey emporium, served up a Burns Supper and have a fun day out at the Highland Games.
Your home away from home, this lodge based family adventure is the no-hassle way to see Scotland. You’ll be met at your point of arrival, whether it is Inverness Airport or Aviemore train station, and taken to comfortable Fraoch Lodge at Boat of Garten. There, you’ll explore the fabulous landscape on a self-guided mountain biking adventure of about 9 miles that takes in a famous steam train, Caledonian pine woods and a unique osprey hide.
You’ll be taken on a guided outing to visit the world famous Loch Ness and impressive Urquhart Castle, followed by a cycle along the scenic and wildlife-rich South Loch Ness Trail. You’ll have a guided day filled with Scottish traditions, including kilt fittings, whiskey making and tasting if you would like, a castle visit and a Burns Supper. There will be a self-guided day filled with family-friendly activities including “throwing a pot”, mountain biking and the chance to try a spot of fishing; another guided day in the Torridon area for a day of walking and a day at the traditional Highland Games events that take place on different days throughout the summer.
Read our review of this family experience and our day at the Highland Games!