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 had long wanted to visit the Scottish Highlands. We wanted to see the purple heather, the yellow gorse, the green moss. We wanted to enjoy the Scottish Highlands slowly, hiking and communing with nature. While we love road trips and spent a few days road tripping through the Scottish Highlands by car visiting Scottish castles, distilleries, and cathedrals, we were excited to try out a different way of experiencing the Scottish Highlands, on a Scotland Cruise with Caledonian Discovery.
