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7-day tour - Western Lochs and Highlands
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Walkabout Scotland Excursions
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Prices from around $786
Our week long Western Lochs and Highlands walking holiday features a great variety of scenery found throughout the Southern and Western Highlands, mixing both stunning mountain walking on good paths and more relaxing low level trails. Reasonable fitness but no previous hiking experience is required.
The first half of your trip will be spent in and around the area of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs. This is an area of tremendous beauty, poised to become Scotland''s first officially designated national park. Loch Lomond itself is the largest freshwater loch in Scotland and Britain and has a rich variety in scenery throughout its length. Its southern half is surrounded by low hills and has many small rocky, forested islands and fine beaches. The northern half of the loch is surrounded by 3000ft peaks including Ben Lomond to the east and Ben Vorlich and the Arrochar Alps to the west.
The latter half of the week will be spent further north in the area of Glen Coe, which is altogether more rugged country. In addition to having some of Scotland''s most awe inspiring mountains, the Glen Coe area is rich in both history and culture, being the site of the famous massacre of the Clan MacDonald in 1692 as well as having featured in movies such as Highlander and Braveheart. Our journey into this area will include a days walking along part of the West Highland Way, giving us time to soak in the scenery as we move north and truly appreciate our arrival in this part of the country. As a challenging finale we will climb Ben Nevis - the highest mountain in the UK!
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| Days: 7 |
| Departs :
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