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Day 1: Arrival Edinburgh: Check into your 3-star hotel accommodations
July 24,2009: Individual arrival in Edinburgh and check into your hotel. Your welcome pack will be waiting at the reception area.
Overnight Edinburgh
Day 2: The Gathering Events: The Clan Gathering is a 2 day event celebrating the history and culture of the Scottish Clans. The main events of the gathering are the World Highland Games in Holyrood Park, the Clan Parade and Clan Pageant.
July 25, 2009: Enjoy participating in the Highland Games, which takes place on both days in Holyrood Park. Competitions include Highland Dancing, Piping, Heavy Events such as tossing the stone, the hammer, the caber etc, a hill race up and down Arthur's Seat, a Food and Drink Festival, an Artisian village feature traditional Scottish products, a genealogy tent where attendees can find out how to trace their Scottish roots, live music (Capercaillie, Red Hot Chilli Pipers etc).
Join in the Clan Parade taking place this first evening, which will feature approx 8000 clansmen and pipers marching up the Royal Mile from Holyrood Palace to the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle taking their seats on the castle esplanade for a spectacular Clan Pageant, which is a theatrical extravaganza training the history of the clans.
Overnight Edinburgh.
Day 3: The Gathering Events
July 26, 2009: Continue enjoying the Highland Games including Highland Dancing, Piping, Heavy Events, a hill race up and down Arthur's Seat, a Food and Drink Festival, an Aristan village feature traditional Scottish products, a genealogy tent and live music.
Overnight Edinburgh.
Day 4: Edinburgh City Tour
July 27, 2009: Enjoy free time before your Homelands Tour. Take a hop-on hop-off city tour of Edinburgh which is included in your package.
Overnight Edinburgh.
Day 5: Free day in Edinburgh
July 28, 2009: Enjoy some free time in Edinburgh. Take an optional day trip (not included in your package.)
Overnight Edinburgh.
Day 6: Depart on your Clan Cameron Homelands Tour:
Clan tours departs from 207 High Street (Royal Mile), Edinburgh at 09:00. Please be at the departure point no less than 10 minutes prior to departure.
July 29, 2009: STIRLING-GLENCO-FORT WILLIAM:
From Edinburgh we head west towards Stirling, an area steeped in Scotland’s history, and stop first at Bannockburn, where the Camerons fought bravely alongside Robert the Bruce, in 1314. Next stop is one of the jewels in Scotland’s crown – imposing Stirling Castle. Heading into the Highlands we will then pause for lunch before taking in the haunting mountain scenery of Glencoe. In the shadow of Scotland’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis, you will feel the presence of Camerons past, by visiting the clan burial grounds in Glen Nevis. Our final destination is the famous Highland town of Fort William where you will spend two nights.
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Overnight Fort William
Day 7: Continuing Tour
July 30, 2009: GLENFINNAN-LOCHABER-ACHNACARRY MUSEUM:
A day that will make you proud to be a Cameron as we take you to some of the clan’s most famous locations, concentrating on lovely Lochaber. First of all we take the scenic route along Loch Shiel to Glenfinnan. It was here, in 1745, that around 850 Camerons answered Bonnie Prince Charlie’s call and joined the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 – it’s a simply stunning location. Next we visit the ghostly ruins of Tor Castle, the 16th century home of the Camerons of Locheil, before a must see for any descendant – the hereditary home and Clan Cameron Museum at Achnacarry. To complete a fantastic day we stop at the Commando Monument before a visit to the romantic setting of Cille Choirill church, first built in the 15th century by Ewan MacAllan, one of the great Cameron chiefs.
Overnight Fort William
Day 8: Continuing Tour
July 31, 2009: LOCH NESS-INVERNESS-CULLODEN:
Our final day starts with a raid into neighbouring clan lands and past Loch Lochy, where the Cameron’s fought in the bloody Battle of the Shirts in 1544. As we continue our journey north we arrive at the mysterious shores of Loch Ness, home of the famous monster. We take in the full 23 miles of the Loch as we head towards the Capital of the Highlands, Inverness, for our lunch stop.
After lunch we make our way to Culloden where, in 1746, hundreds of Cameron’s perished in the last battle ever fought on the British mainland. You’ll have plenty of time to relive the battle at the new Visitor Centre and take a walk around the site to the Clan Cameron marker stone.
Heading south, our journey takes us through the Cairngorm National Park, to Pitlochry for our final stop before returning to Edinburgh.
Overnight Edinburgh.
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Day 9: Depart for home
August 1, 2009: Check out of your hotel and depart on your own to the airport.
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Package Includes
8-night accommodations in central 3-Star hotels
Daily Scottish breakfast
2-day Silver Gathering Passport
Edinburgh Hop-on Hop-off City Tour
3-day Clan Homelands mini-coach tour with driver/guide
Welcome Pack
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Notes
Your clan tour departs from 207 High Street (Royal Mile) in Edinburgh at 9:00am. Please be at the departure point at least 10 minutes prior to departure.
You will be advised of your specific hotels upon confirmation.
Restrictions
The following entrance fees are not included in the package price: Stirling Castle, Clan Cameron Museum, Culloden (approx £15.)
Lunches, dinners and drinks are not included unless otherwise noted.
Maximum group size for mini-coach Clan tours is 16
Airfare is not included but can be easily added for an additional charge.
Transfers to and from the airport are not included but can be easily added at an additional charge.
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Journey on a trip to Cameron country in the heart of the Scottish Highlands and enjoy some of the country’s greatest sights along the way. History, culture and folklore will abound as you explore famous locations such as Bannockburn, Stirling Castle, Glenfinnan and Culloden – not to mention the Clan Museum at Achnacarry. Combined with the spectacular Highland scenery of Glencoe, Loch Ness and Ben Nevis this is a truly memorable tour and a history lesson that will remind you of the Cameron Crest "Let us Unite."
