The Glenlivet Distillery

Day 1 You head north through the Kingdom of Fife, to your first distillery; Lindores Abbey. This is a modern Scottish distillery built on the site of the first-ever recorded distiller in the country in 1494. Visit this site to discover the historic legacy of the area blended with innovation and sustainable practices all captured in their fine whisky. Continue north towards the UK's largest National Park, Cairngorms National Park. This will be a stunning drive, so keep your cameras ready. You stop in Braemar and have some time for lunch and a little explore. A bite to eat is a good idea though because your next stop is the Whisky Castle. This whisky emporium has been selling the finest malt whiskies for over 120 years and is stocking over 600 malts. Savour three Speyside whiskies to get familiar with a distinctive taste of this region. Once you’ve warmed with this dram of “the gentle spirit”, you continue through the Cairngorms National Park before reaching Grantown-on-Spey, your base for two nights. Day 2 Today you spend the whole day exploring Scotland’s most famous whisky region. Your first stop is Cardhu Distillery*,which is the first distillery pioneered by a woman, Helen Cumming. Today, Cardhu is the most important whisky in Johnnie Walker Black Label. After lunch in nearby Aberlour, you travel along the Spey River to Craigellachie for a visit to the Speyside Cooperage**, where you see another aspect of the whisky making process. After a scenic drive towards the coast, you head to Glen Moray, where you can try whisky matured in a wide selection of casks. Time permitting, your driver-guide might stop in at Sueno's Stone for a quick photo, where you can admire this incredible Pictish standing stone. From here you travel back to Grantown-on-Spey. Day 3 In the morning get ready for a whisky and chocolate tasting at Dalwhinnie Distillery, set in splendid mountain scenery at the heart of the Cairngorm National Park. You then leave the Highlands and journey south to Perthshire. Lying in the heart of Scotland, Pitlochry is a beautiful little town with plenty of shops, restaurants, and cafes. The time is yours to explore and have some lunch. Next, you stop for a walk among towering Douglas firs in the Hermitage, a lovely forest with a roaring waterfall. From here the route south takes you to the stunning wee village of Dunkeld, where you've got some time to explore before heading to your final whisky experience of the tour. You then over the Firth of Forth, take in the magnificent South Queensferry bridges, and head back into Edinburgh. *Itinerary and distillery visits are subject to change.

Enjoy a relaxing journey around some of the best scenery that Speyside offers while trying single malt whisky from some of our best producers. Your day will start will a tour and tasting at the exclusive Glen Moray Distillery in Elgin depending on availability where after the tour you will get to try some of the range of whisky's before next heading to Cardhu distillery here you will have a selection of 4 whisky's complementary of the tour you will be given the 4 corners of Johnny walker ( 4 of the single malts that go into making the blended whisky ). Finally to finish your day you can have 45 minutes to visit Glenlivit Distillery to shop buy and try some of the whisky that you might not be able to get at home.

Try a unique flavour of Speyside Whisky, sampling some of the Speyside's Finest Whisky's on a fantastic day tour from Inverness. This tour takes approximately 6 hours and will visit some of the Speyside's most popular Whisky Distilleries. Starting your day at 10 am with collection from your hotel in inverness by your driver. Your starting your day by taking your Legacy tour at Glen Moray Distillery, this will take about 90 minutes and you will try several Whisky's at the end of this tour. This is included to the tour. Your next Distillery will be Cardhu Distillery were you will have a complimentary tasting of the four Corners of Johnny Walker Blended whisky, this is complimentary with the tour. And finally you could have time at the Glenlivit to finish your day, you can have 45 minutes to shop try and taste the flavours of the famous Glenlivet.