Invergordon Shore Excursions & Tours from Invergordon Scotland - Loch Ness, Urquhart Castle & the Scottish Highlands
Invergordon is the cruise port for the Scottish Highlands - a small town on the Cromarty Firth whose position on the north shore of the Firth gives cruise ships direct access to some of the most dramatic highland scenery and castle history in Scotland. Invergordon shore excursions from Private Shore Trips are private tours in a vehicle exclusively for your group - not shared coaches or bus tours. Our most popular Invergordon shore excursion is the Loch Ness, Cawdor and Urquhart Castles private tour - an 8-hour day that travels southwest from Invergordon into the Great Glen, the geological fault that cuts diagonally across Scotland and holds Loch Ness. Loch Ness is 37 kilometers long, 230 meters deep at its deepest point, and holds more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined - a body of water whose dark peaty colour and extraordinary depth have sustained the legend of the Loch Ness Monster since the 6th century. The tour includes a cruise on the loch and a visit to the ruins of Urquhart Castle on the western shore - one of the largest castles in medieval Scotland, held alternately by the English and Scottish crowns throughout the Wars of Independence, and deliberately blown up in 1692 to prevent it falling to Jacobite forces. The tour also visits Cawdor Castle - the 14th-century castle associated with Shakespeare's Macbeth, still occupied by the Cawdor family today, with formal gardens and the famous thorn tree around which the original tower was built according to family legend.
For guests who want to combine a Highland castle with Scotland's whisky heritage, our Dunrobin Castle and Dalmore Distillery private shore excursion travels north from Invergordon along the Sutherland coast to Dunrobin - the largest house in the northern Highlands, with 189 rooms and a French chateau roofline visible from the sea - and the Dalmore distillery in Alness, producing its distinctive 12-year expression in copper stills that have been in use since 1839. For guests with a shorter port call, our Highlights of Loch Ness private shore excursion covers Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle in 4 hours. All Invergordon shore excursions include a licensed English-speaking guide and our back-to-ship guarantee. Reserve with a $50 deposit.
