Isle of Bute - departures from the Scottish Central belt 10 hour full day tour is £240 (if group of 8 is £30 per person), so a 5 hour half day tour works out £120 (if group of 8 is £15 per person) + ferry return ticket for Caledonian MacBrayne
For travel between 4th November 2021 - 18th February 2022
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Isle of Bute
1 day tour
-stops and route along the way flexible and personalised depending on your preferences, interests, the weather and your tour start off pick up/drop off location
Isle of Bute
1 day tour # 15
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1D#15 - Isle of Bute - 1 day tour - Unicorn Tours
Price for a full 1 day tour
(if only 1 person = £240 for the tour / for a couple it is £120 per person / for 3 it is £80 per person / for a group of 4 is £60 per person / if 5 = £48 pp / if 6 = £40 pp / if 7 = £34 pp / for 8 passengers is £30 per person - these are the discounted winter prices up to February 2022)
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inexpensive ferry return ticket for Caledonian MacBrayne, footpassenger (as Unicorn Tours covers the vehicle ferry rate)
Bute: Wemyss Bay - Rothesay | CalMac Ferries
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1D#15 – Isle of Bute – 1 day tour1 day tour
for your private, flexible tailor-made small group
sample past itinerary 1D#15
(the group was based at Stirling Uni, which was our start/end point)
Scenic day tour to the Isle of ButePlaces, we will visit on the Isle of Bute:
(*** sample past itinerary/timings see below***)
Optional, also subject to opening hours (generally closed throughout the winter low season/advance bookings required):
Key point to remember
Extras to pay on top of the tour price::
* + £6.30 per person for the return ferry to the Isle of Bute, food, drink, entrance fees (castles, museums, attractions, etc.)
View some of our past tour photos to Bute
Optional scenic route to the Wemyss bay ferry1.5 hours journey time, including the scenic coastal Gourock – Lauderston – Inverkip route
whereas on the itinerary below,
we are offering the very best & many places & most stunning itinerary on our way back:
Sample round trip route – out on the Wemyss Bay/Inverclyde to Rothesay/Isle of Bute ferry and return via the Rhubodach/Isle of Bute to Colintraive/Cowal peninsula ferry
*** Sample past itinerary/timings***:
(1) Scenic drive along the coast and Ascog gardens to Kilchattan bay 30 minutes
(2) Arriving into Kilchattan Bay around 10.10 am
(3) Beach and southern end of the West Island Way, great walking options / leave by 10.30 am
(4) Around the coast by the ancient St. Blane’s church (that is the same saint Dunblane is named after) and Dunagoil Fort you have an absolutely spectacular view south and across to the Isle of Arran and Goatfell its highest 900 m high mountain, optional walk arriving there around 10.45 am / leave by 11.15 am (the alternative is just a photostop from the main road and gain an extra 30 minutes for all else)
(5) Around 11.25 noon we arrive at Scalpsie Bay and
(6) We should give ourselves 1 hour+ for this, aiming to leave Scalpsie bay around 12.30 noon
(7) It is another 20 minute drive to Ettrick Bay, with the Ettrick bay & beach tea room / for a photostop / leave by 1pm
(8) We head via the stunning coastal route along picturesque Port Bannatyne and would arrive into Rothesay for a late afternoon lunch, around 1.20pm to include a walk along the pier, the esplanade, the “famous Victorian WC”, the tourist info has a great exhibition, the castle, the historic precinct, the wee shops, soaking up a bit of the atmosphere and leave by 2.40 pm
(9) Scenic drive towards the Kyle of Bute, stunning mountains all around, coastal scenery is awesome, we arrive around 3 pm in Rhubodach for the 3.10 pm ferry
Return journey(a) Same route as on the outbound journey, so from Rothesay/Bute back to Wemyss/Bay on the mainland.
Depending on the weather and if still have one more Ayrshire/Clyde coast beach or another stop or so after arriving back on the mainland at Wemyss Bay
(b) Alternative return route for a more scenic round tour*** On the way back we also have another optional alternative return route via the Cowal ferry and via Loch Lomond back to Stirling – we could return the same route via Greenock/Inverclyde/Glasgow but this is Scotland’s largest urban area and on the way back on a Sunday afternoon roads are a busier and our quiet 1.5 hour journey outbound is likely to be closer to 2.5 hours after we arrive back off the ferry in Wemyss Bay on the mainland and stuck in traffic on motorways and on the motorway right through the big city,
(10) 300 m ferry journey – arriving on the dramatic Cowal peninsula at 3.15 pm in Colintraive
(11) Spectacular drive to one of the most spectacular viewpoints in Scotland overlooking the Isle of Bute, the Kyle of Bute, the mountains and the sea all the way to the horizon above Tighnabruich 3.35 pm to 3.45 pm
(12) Dramatic journey through the Cowal peninsula, up rest and be thankful, the Loch Long seafjord, Arrochar and up to Tarbet/Loch Lomond to Luss – great place to go for a beach/pier/village/church/Viking stone/pilgrimage way – walk / arrive 5 pm – it is starting to get dark – leave 5.30pm
(13) Sunset overlooking Loch Lomond and the islands
(14) If there is still any daylight left, drive via thescenic route via the Campsies and Fintry back to Stirling, but it is dark
Back in Stirling around approx. 7.15 pm – 7.30 pm
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