Exploring the Scottish Highlands on a Barge Cruise
The Scottish Highlands have two separate travel components. One includes castles and distilleries and other touristy sites. We found these were best enjoyed on a Scottish Highlands road trip. The second is the natural beauty of the Scottish Highlands. This second aspect of the Highlands is best enjoyed slowly. We found that the best way to enjoy the Scottish Highlands was on an active holiday on a Scotland cruise. We joined a seven-day Caledonian Canal cruise with Caledonian Discovery, a company that runs barge cruises along the Caledonian Canal and through the lochs of the Scottish Highlands, including the famous Loch Ness. The cruise is kind of like a Scotland river cruise, except you travel through lochs and canals instead of a river. The following are some of the things we did and saw on our Scotland cruise to give an idea of what it’s like to explore the Scottish Highlands on a barge cruise. Our barge cruise along ...