Inverness Isle of Skye Day Tour

This is the only group tour from Inverness to the Isle of Skye that takes you to The Fairy Pools , The Fairy Glen , The Quiraing , Kilt Rock , The Old Man of Storr plus Portree in one day.

Meeting Point

Columba Hotel Inverness by Compass Hospitality

7 Ness Walk, Inverness IV3 5NF, UK

We will meet everyone outside the Columba Hotel , Ness Walk , Inverness.

What to expect:

Duration: 11 hours, 30 minutes

Urquhart Castle

A82, Drumnadrochit, IV63 6XJ

Travelling out of Inverness for 20 minutes we stop here at Urquhart Castle for 15 minutes for a photo opportunity.

15 minutes

Eilean Donan Castle

A87, , Kyle of Lochalsh, IV40 8DX

It takes us 1 hour and 15 minutes to travel from Urquhart Castle to Eilean Donan Castle , this is the most photographed Castle in Scotland and we stop here for a photo opportunity and a rest room break.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Fairy Pools

IV47 8TA

Travelling from Eilean Donan Castle it takes us 1 hour to reach our first stop on the Isle of Skye which is The Fairy Pools , here you can hike for 75 minutes and enjoy the beautiful landscape. It is a 20 minute walk to the first pool so people should have a reasonable level of fitness.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Portree

Portree

Following your hike at The Fairy Pools we travel for 40 minutes to Portree. Portree is the main town on the Isle of Skye and we stop here for 45 minutes to enable you to get some lunch and see the pretty little harbour with its painted houses.

45 minutes

Fairy Glen

Sheader Road, IV51 9YG

Twenty minute drive from Portree we reach The Fairy Glen which is our next stop and the landscape here will take your breath away , some locals say the little conical hills are the fairy houses and and the top is Castle Ewen ,the Fairy Castle. We stop here for 30 minutes for you to take in the beauty of this place.

30 minutes

Idrigil

Idrigil

We stop at the Idrigil Bay viewpoint above the ferry port of Uig where you get fantastic views of Idrigil Bay.

10 minutes

Quiraing

Portree, IV51 9LA

Travelling for 20 minutes across the top of the Trotternish ridge we reach The Quiraing , the views from the top are outstanding , we stop here for 20 minutes.

20 minutes

Kilt Rock

, , IV51 9JE

Twenty minute drive from the top of The Quiraing we reach Kilt rock which is so called because the rock formations of the basalt columns resemble the pleats of a kilt , you will also see Mealt falls as the water drops down 180 feet in to The Sound of Raasay.

20 minutes

The Old Man of Storr

A short 15 minute drive from Kilt rock we reach The Old Man of Storr , a 160 foot high rock pinnacle sitting on Storr Mountain , we stop at a nearby parking place where you get the best view of this iconic landmark.

15 minutes

Portree

Portree

A 15 Minute drive from The Old Man of Storr takes us back in to Portree where we stop at The Skye Candle Visitor Centre for a rest room break for 15 minutes before we start our 2 hour and 30 minute drive back to Inverness.

20 minutes