Guided Leisure Cycling Tour - Lochs and Glens - Scotland

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Highlights

Watching the sun rise over Loch Lomond
The beautiful lochs of Venachar, Lubnaig and Tay
Cycling through the dramatic Cairngorms National Park
Scottish wildlife at its best including deer, red squirrels, eagles and osprey
Castles and Distilleries galore
Tasting traditional Scottish fayre

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Day	Description	Distance	Ascent	Meals
1	Arrival into Balloch	Non Cycling Day
2	Balloch to Callander	34 Miles / 54 Kms Approx	950m	B L
3	Callander to Killin	25 Miles / 40 Kms Approx.	550m	B L
4	Killin to Pitlochry	38 Miles / 61 Kms Approx.	750m	B L
5	Pitlochry to Kinguissie	44 Miles / 71 Kms Approx.	700m	B L
6	Kinguissie to Inverness	51 miles / 82 Kms Approx.	800m	B L
7	Depart Inverness	Non Cycling Day		B

Meals: B = Breakfast L = Lunch D = Dinner Please keep in mind the distances and ascent information provided are intended to be indicative and may vary from the actuals due to accommodation changes or when compared on different GPS devices and software

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Trip Information

Scotland is renowned for its glistening lochs and majestic glens, and the Lochs and Glens is a wonderful fully guided cycling holiday that enables you to experience it all by bike! We follow National Cycle Network routes and enjoy riding on traffic-free paths and quiet roads with some sections on cinder trails and well surfaced off-road trails.

Cycling from the pretty village of Balloch, also known as the gateway to Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, to Inverness, "capital" of the Highlands, the route winds its way through the beautiful rolling hills and forests of the Trossachs, passing tranquil lochs and secluded wooded glens. It’s easy to see why they call the Trossachs ‘The Highlands in Miniature’. Stunning scenery abounds as you enter the Highlands and Cairngorms National Park with magnificent views of the Grampian Mountains along the way. Picturesque Highlands villages and ski resort towns lie ahead, with a terrific diversity of well-surfaced forest tracks, quiet scenic roads, and plenty of off-road cycle paths allowing you to comfortably take in the gradual changes in landscape.

You will cycle through historic battle sites, past ancient castles and bronze age burial sites, as well as Britain's first open air museum dedicated to Highland life through the centuries, all directly on our route. There are also many opportunities to see Scottish wildlife at its best including deer, red squirrels, eagles and osprey, so don’t forget your binoculars! If you get a tad thirsty you could always visit a local whisky distillery for a wee dram, with the route passing through some famous whisky-producing areas like Speyside.

Enjoy the very best of Scottish hospitality in the bed and breakfasts and small hotels that provide our overnight stops, as well as the legendary Skedaddle picnic lunches provided by our guides.

If you would prefer to do a self-guided trip then you could look at our Scotland - Lochs and Glens self-guided cycling holiday

For more information download our trip notes

Trip Feedback

Excellent!

Excellent service, accommodation, hosts, excellent holiday! Alison is always super-efficient and helpful with our pre-holiday service. I am constantly recommending Saddle Skedaddle to people in UK and here in Canada.

Helen, Canada
Each day had its high points...

Each day had its high points – mainly the mix in scenery and how our own Scotland can favourably compare with Europe – be it alpine-type meadows, woodlands or mountains!

Christine, York, UK