Scottish Islands & Lochs Cruise

Following your individual travel to Edinburgh, your Tour Manager meets you at your hotel. After arriving, you are at leisure in Edinburgh, perhaps to explore its historic centre, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.

As you wander through the narrow streets of the medieval Old Town and the elegant terraces of the Georgian New Town, it is easy to see why the city was awarded this accolade. Stroll past award-winning modern architecture and majestic old buildings, built in the area's typical grey stone, or amble down the winding alleyways which fan out from the beautiful Royal Mile, named because it runs between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace.

Edinburgh Castle itself might be an excellent place to explore. The building serves a mighty symbol of Scotland's turbulent past, and overlooks the city from its perch on an extinct volcano.

• Dinner

Transfer from Edinburgh Waverly station to Inverness today, travelling through some of the Highland's most fantastic scenery. On arrival, we board our ship, the MV Lord of the Glens. On Day 3, set sail across mystical Loch Ness, famed for its 'monster' as well as its serene beauty.

• Day 2 - Breakfast, Dinner
• Day 3 - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today, sail onwards towards pretty Banavie, where you disembark our vessel for a fantastic rail excursion on the West Highland Line to Glenfinnan. This evening, the ship moors in Banavie.

• Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today, begin by ascending through the incredible feat of engineering that is Neptune's Staircase, which lowers the vessel to Corpach. From here, continue through the myriad of lochs and rivers out towards Tobermory, on the Isle of Mull.

• Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today, we arrive in Craignure, where we take an excursion to stunning Duart Castle. After some time here, return to the ship for lunch, continuing to Oban where we take a tour of the whisky distillery. Enjoy a 'wee dram', then visit McCaig's Tower, which was built to resemble the Colosseum in Rome. This is your final evening on board, and tonight, you indulge in a captain's farewell dinner.

• Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Disembark in Oban after breakfast, where you are free to return home at your leisure.

• Breakfast