| 5, 7 or 10 day tours in beautiful Argyll, Scotland's western gateway to the Highlands and Islands.
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Dramatic mountain peaks tower over moors dotted with tumble-down crofts and castles laid waste in clan feuds.  Icy streams ripple through wooded glens and into lochs teeming with salmon and trout -- the delight of anglers. Golden eagles soar above the rocky crags and red deer roam the moors, near scattered villages haunted by tales of murder and treachery in days gone by.
Argyll is covered in history, castles and monuments not to mention the breath taking landscape spread over mainland Scotland as well as some of the most beautiful islands, Arran and Bute. We also have several Towns, Oban, Campbeltown, Dunoon and many little quiet villages scattered around the glens and valleys some photos can be seen down the left side of this page.
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The Base : We have 3 hotels available in the Argyll area.
Tours will be going out on : May, June, July and August 2006 at the special price $280 per person, per day.
All Tours Include :
- Overnight Accommodations all 3 star or above and (all ensuite)
- Full Scottish Breakfast & 3 Course Dinner Daily.
- Admission to all major sites.
- All ground transportation while in Scotland in luxury People Carriers
- Your own driver/tour guide.
- ( Air fare Not Included )
On your tour of Scotland you may experience some Scottish Food.
Our Prices are based on 2 adults sharing either a double room or twin room. Single rooms are available but require an additional $50 per day charge. Child prices varie depending on room sharing.
The Cowal Peninsula
The Cowal peninsula is really a handful of peninsulas. It forms the bony wrist and hand extending southwest between Loch Long and Loch Fyne into the top of the Clyde waterway, gripping the Isle of Bute between thumb and forefinger.
Its landscape is bordered
by the drama of the Arrochar Alps and marries the great pass of Rest and Be Thankful in the north with the charm of the sheltered waterways of the Kyles of Bute and the village of Tighnabruich in the south. It includes the old Argyll forest, now part of Scotland’s first National Park, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs.
Its history is bloodier than many. Glencoe was not the only place where the Campbells did the dirty.
Cowal’s more recent history maintains the connection with conflict. The Holy Loch, running north from Dunoon, was a Royal Navy Submarine base in World War II and became the British base of the American Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet from 1961 to 1992.
The main towns are Dunoon in the southeast with Lochgoilhead in the northeast and Strachur in the west on Loch Fyne. Dunoon was one of the traditional seaside resorts for Glasgow, supported by the busy Clyde steamers. Today it annually hosts the largest Highland Games in the world, the Cowal Gathering and remains a centre for business and holidaymaking.
The name "Cowal" is from the Gaelic "Comgall", one of the four chiefs of the ancient Argyll Kingdom of Dalriada from which modern Scotland was born.
Cowal has been inhabited and invaded since Neolithic times. The evidence of its textured and often bloody history can be seen all over the area. Two hundred years ago, according to Tom Atkinson, the only person to speak Lowland Scots or English in Dunoon was the minister. The spoken language was Gaelic – but today, throughout Cowal, you’re not likely to hear it.
For all its proximity to Glasgow, Cowal remains relatively unexplored. It is an amalgam of peninsulas - hilly fingers reaching into the Clyde and creating a series of slender lochs: Loch Long, Loch Goil, the Holy Loch, Loch Striven, the Kyles of Bute, Loch Riddon, Loch Fyne.
There are the long, dramatic, inland waters of Loch Eck. There are the picture postcard views over the Kyles of Bute from the road south along Loch Riddon. There are high vantage points like Ballochandrain above Otter Ferry, looking west across Kintyre to the Atlantic islands of Jura and Scarba, separated by the Gulf of Corryvreckan. There is Ardlamont Point, south of Tighnabruich, looking across to the high mountains of the Isle of Arran and guarding the entrances to Loch Fyne and to the Kyles of Bute.
From Dunoon it's only a 40 minute drive to the Kyles of Bute, an area known world wide for its natural beauty. The drives takes in the A8003, which has some magnificent views, and brings you in to Tighnabruaich.
From here you can either turn left to historic Tighnabruaich pier or right to the village of Millhouse and on to the Kyntire ferry.
Argyll Forest on the east side leads to the so-called ‘Arrochar Alps’ dominating the area in the north. Straddling Cowal and its neighbouring area of Helensburgh and Lomond, they take their name from Arrochar, the picturesque town at the head of Loch Long, tucked in below the gothic skyline of The Cobbler and a traditional base for climbers and hill walkers.
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