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Invergordon - A special port of call in the Highlands

SAILING INTO THE CROMARTY FIRTH TAKES YOU INTO ONE OF THE FINEST NATURAL HARBOURS IN BRITAIN - AND THROUGH A MAGNIFICENT GATEWAY TO THE HEART OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. SITUATED ON SCOTLAND'S RUGGED EAST COAST, INVERGORDON IS IDEALLY LOCATED AS A PORT OF CALL FOR ROUND-BRITAIN CRUISES, AND FOR CRUISES ORIGINATING IN SCANDINAVIA, THE BALTIC AND NORTH-WEST EUROPE.

The Kings Route

TAKE THE KING'S ROUTE AND FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JAMES IV... KING JAMES IV OF SCOTLAND, SOMETIMES KNOWN AS SCOTLAND'S RENAISSANCE PRINCE, ENCOURAGED A FLOWERING OF ART, POETRY, MUSIC AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE COUNTRY... WHEN YOU FOLLOW THE KING'S ROUTE TODAY YOU ARE PASSING ALONG AN ANCIENT HIGHWAY...

The Pictish Trail

LONG BEFORE THE SCOTS, VIKINGS OR ENGLISH DISCOVERED THIS FAR FLUNG CORNER OF EASTER ROSS, IT WAS THE HOMELAND OF ONE OF THE TRIBES OF THE PICTS... FIFTEEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO PICTLAND EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHERN ISLES TO JUST NORTH OF THE CENTRAL BELT OF SCOTLAND...

Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales of the Moray Firth

MINKE WHALES AND WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHINS ARE THE NEXT MOST LIKELY SPECIES TO BE ENCOUNTERED, USUALLY FURTHER OUT TO SEA, ALTHOUGH WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHINS HAVE BEEN SEEN FROM THE SHORE AT FRASERBURGH. PILOT WHALES, KILLER WHALES AND RISSO'S DOLPHINS ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THE MORAY FIRTH, BUT ONLY KILLER WHALES ARE LIKELY TO BE SPOTTED FROM THE SHORE, WITH SIGHTINGS REPORTED FROM THE COASTLINE AROUND ABERDEEN AND BANFF...

A Jewel In Wester Ross

IT IS DIFFICULT TO OVERSTATE THE DRAMATIC GRANDEUR AND SPECTACLE OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. ONCE WITNESSED YOU WILL REALISE WHY ALL WHO VISIT CONSIDER IT ONE OF THE WORLD'S RAREST AND MOST SPECIAL PLACES... EVERY CORNER TURNED BRINGS VIEWS WHICH ARE TRULY AWESOME - GLITTERING LOCHS, LUSH WOODLAND... AND THE MOUNTAINS, LIATHACH, BEINN ALLIGAN, SGORR RUADH, MAOL CHEAN-DEARG - A PARADISE FOR CLIMBERS, OR FOR ANYONE WITH AN EYE FOR FABULOUS BEAUTY.

SOON:

• Feis Rois
• The North West Highland Explorer
• Tailor Made Holidays - From your door to the Highlands & Back!
• ...and lots more

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