Boating holiday on the Caledonian Canal

Boating Holidays on the Caledonian Canal

The Scottish Highlands invites to long walks in the clear Celtic air, where eagles patrols in the air high above. During your trip, you can enjoy the finest local dishes such as wild salmon, game birds and deer - and you get the chance to taste the local Haggis, followed it with a dram of fine Highland Malt Whisky.

Caledonian Canal stretches 97km across Scotland. The construction of the canals was begun in 1803 and the shortcut from the Atlantic to the North Sea was completed in 1822, the idea was that the merchant would not have to sail north of Scotland, through waters which, at the time were described as treacherous.

But when the canal was completed after 18 years of hard work, the default size of merchant ships was now much larger than when construction began, and Caledonian Canal was never the great commercial success it was intended to be. Today it is used mostly for recreational boats and boating holidays.

It is easy to cruise on the Caledonian Canal.

Ten Secret gems on the Caledonian Canal:

• Banavie’s distillerierne
• Great Glen Water Park
• Urquhart Castle
• Clansman Centre in Fort Augustus
• Loch Ness Visitors Centre
• Inverness’s Fortrose Cathedral
• West Highland Railway
• Cycling on Ben Nevis
• Inverness’s Cawdor Castle
• Fort William’s West Highland Museum.