North Highlands & Orkney Guided Rail Tour
Best Time To Go
12-May-2024 - Limited availability09-Jun-2024 - Open for booking
23-Jun-2024 - Open for booking
18-Aug-2024 - Open for booking
01-Sep-2024 - Open for booking
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From Britain's oldest human imprints to Scotland’s geographical extremities, this small group tour mixes breathtaking vistas with great rail trips
This exclusive week-long small group rail tour has been carefully designed to curate the best of Scotland’s North Coast and Orkney. Spectacular yet relaxing rail trips paired with short ferry crossings and guided tours will help you reach far-flung corners and uncover fascinating history, culture and local stories. Learn about the infamous Highland Clearances when once-thriving communities were evicted in favour of sheep. Visit – and stay on the estate of – the Queen Mother’s castle. Imagine pagan ceremonies and Neolithic everyday life while surrounded by mighty stones pre-dating the pyramids. You will be accompanied throughout by McKinlay Kidd’s knowledgeable tour leader plus spend a day with an expert local guide on Orkney.
With a maximum of 15 passengers per group, you can be sure of highly personal service from your knowledgeable tour leader on a McKinlay Kidd small group rail tour. Early booking is strongly advised as places are strictly limited.
Do not hesitate to let us know if we can assist with tailor-made arrangements for you pre or post this scheduled tour.
The tour begins in Inverness then onward to Scotland’s North Coast by train on the Far North Line, before hopping over to Orkney for two nights, finishing with one night in Dornoch before a final coach journey returns you to Inverness.
From £2345 per person in May to September. Single supplement is £600.
The price per person includes:
From time to time we may need to make minor changes to the itinerary, such as the specific places visited, but will always replace with alternatives of equivalent or higher standard.
Not included:
All accommodation is carefully-selected and researched by us, predominantly featuring small, family-owned hotels – contact us for more detailed information. We will do our best to accommodate room preferences subject to availability at individual properties.
This tour will operate with a maximum of 15 passengers on each departure date.
Simply complete the form below to reserve your place(s). We guarantee to hold your place(s) for 48 hours to provide time for you to pay the deposit of 25% per person.
All our holiday prices include a service charge of £9 per person per night towards the costs we incur in researching, planning and designing your holiday.
We guarantee to refund this service charge if you believe that arranging your holiday through McKinlay Kidd has not met your expectations for value. All we ask is that you write to us within 7 days of your return and explain your reason for claiming the refund. This will ensure that we can improve the experience for all our future guests.
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The guides were fun, flexible and knowledgeable…the group size was just right. I appreciated the free time we had to explore on our own.Roberta, Massachusetts, USA
The whole holiday was organised flawlessly. We saw a variety of places and things without feeling hurried.Robert, St Albans, UK
We had a brilliant holiday in all aspects. The travel and accommodation arrangements were all excellent, as I had come to expect from McKinlay Kidd!Neal & Diana, Middlesex, UK
Departure Date | Starts From | Nights | £ per person (2 sharing) | £ per person (single) |
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Sunday 12 May 2024 | Inverness | 6 | £ 2445 - Limited places available | £ 3045 - Limited places available |
Sunday 9 Jun 2024 | Inverness | 6 | £ 2345 | £ 2945 |
Sunday 23 Jun 2024 | Inverness | 6 | £ 2345 | £ 2945 |
Sunday 18 Aug 2024 | Inverness | 6 | £ 2345 | £ 2945 |
Sunday 1 Sep 2024 | Inverness | 6 | £ 2345 | £ 2945 |
To reserve your place(s) on this tour, please call us or complete the form below, making sure to select your departure date from the dropdown menu and advise of any special requirements. We will hold your place(s) for 48 hours and contact you with details of how to confirm your booking by payment of the per person deposit.
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