点评:I cannot recommend the Highland Tour Company highly enough! We booked a one-day Highland custom tour and got a taste of everything the region has to offer—rich history, delicious whisky, kind people, and breath-taking landscapes. Our guide was Lewis, an incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, and hospitality-minded Inverness local. We departed the tour with a deep knowledge of Scottish history, including the Jacobite rebellion, an era incredibly important to the fabric (tartan pun, intended) of Scottish life and pride. We worked with Lewis’s father Iain for a few weeks leading up to our tour, and he crafted an itinerary that hit everything on our list. To be honest, I thought the first itinerary he proposed was “too history-focused,” but I cannot stress enough how important these stops were to understanding the Highlands. I’m very grateful for Iain and Lewis’s guidance to ensure that the tour was entertaining and educational. The tour was well-balanced, we kept to time, never felt bored, and shared many laughs. Lewis also helped us find a very specific whisky we were on the hunt for—now we are headed home with an amazing souvenir.
We also greatly appreciated the tour company’s efforts to promote conscious/sustainable tourism through their use of local businesses, their PHEV, and work to plant trees in the area for each tour group.
Lastly, I want to mention that Lewis is a terrific driver. I always manage to get car sick on tours, and I did not feel ill once, despite the wind roads. The vehicle is also pristine and comfortable.
The tour had a higher price point than most, but the value cannot be matched. Seeing loads of Timberbush coach buses and guides sticking firmly to a schedule really drove home this point for us.
翻译:我强烈推荐高地旅游公司!我们预订了一日高地定制游,体验了该地区的一切——丰富的历史、美味的威士忌、热情好客的人民和令人叹为观止的风景。我们的导游是路易斯,一位知识渊博、热情友好、待客周到的因弗内斯当地人。旅行结束后,我们对苏格兰历史有了更深入的了解,包括詹姆斯党叛乱——这段历史对苏格兰人的生活和民族自豪感至关重要(此处双关,意指苏格兰格子呢)。在旅行前的几周,我们与路易斯的父亲伊恩沟通,他精心设计了一份行程,满足了我们所有的愿望。说实话,我一开始觉得他提出的行程“历史性内容太丰富”,但我必须强调,这些景点对于了解高地至关重要。我非常感谢伊恩和路易斯的指导,确保了这次旅行既有趣又有教育意义。整个行程安排得井井有条,我们严格按照时间进行,全程没有感到无聊,而且笑声不断。刘易斯还帮我们找到了我们一直在寻找的一款特别的威士忌——现在我们带着这份令人惊喜的纪念品回家了。
我们也十分赞赏这家旅行社为推广可持续旅游所做的努力,他们使用当地企业、提供插电式混合动力汽车,并为每个旅行团在当地植树。
最后,我想特别提一下刘易斯,他是一位非常棒的司机。我每次旅行都会晕车,但这次即使在风大的路上,我也一次都没觉得不舒服。而且,车辆干净整洁,乘坐舒适。
这次旅行的价格比大多数旅行团都要高,但绝对物超所值。看到那么多Timberbush旅游巴士和导游严格按照行程安排,我们更加深刻地体会到了这一点。