Meet outside Starbucks at Rose Street Retail Park:

Rose Street
Inverness
IV1 1NQ

Use the blue Google Maps directions button at the top of this page to navigate directly to Starbucks.

No. Some older Scotland's Wild information referred to Home Bargains beside the meeting point, but that store has moved from Rose Street.

Please use Starbucks at Rose Street Retail Park as your current landmark instead.

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Once you enter the retail park, head to Starbucks. The Google Maps link at the top of this page targets the Starbucks meeting location.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your scheduled departure.

Your guide needs time to check everyone in before the vehicle leaves Inverness.

No.

Our current Lewis & Harris and Orkney tours have slightly different check-in and departure times. Always use the details shown on your booking confirmation rather than assuming another Inverness tour has the same departure time.

Call us as soon as you realise that you may not reach the meeting point in time.

Tours need to leave Inverness at their scheduled departure time. We cannot guarantee that the vehicle can wait, that you can join elsewhere or that another departure will be available.

Contact us immediately if the vehicle has already departed.

We will check whether any practical alternative exists, but joining the tour later or transferring to another departure cannot be guaranteed.

Missed departures and no-shows are subject to the cancellation terms applying to your booking.

Scheduled group tours use the fixed Rose Street meeting point rather than individual hotel collections.

Private tours can have different collection arrangements agreed as part of the itinerary.

There is privately operated parking at Rose Street Retail Park, where the meeting point is located.

There is also a separate Highland Council Rose Street multi-storey car park nearby on Railway Terrace. It is currently open 24 hours a day and has no listed maximum stay, which can make it more relevant for multi-day parking.

Scotland's Wild does not operate either car park. Check current charges, restrictions and conditions directly with the operator before travelling.

Do not assume that the Rose Street Retail Park car park is suitable for leaving a vehicle throughout a multi-day tour.

It is privately operated and its current terms apply. If you need multi-day parking, check a facility that specifically permits the length of stay you require.

Highland Council's nearby Rose Street multi-storey currently lists no maximum stay.

Yes. Inverness railway station and Inverness Bus Station are both in the central area close to Rose Street.

Allow enough time to leave the station, find Rose Street Retail Park and locate Starbucks before your check-in time.

No luggage-storage service is provided by Scotland's Wild at the Rose Street meeting point.

Both current Inverness departures are multi-day tours, so arrange storage for excess luggage before arriving for check-in.

If using a third-party luggage facility, check its opening hours carefully because they may not suit an early tour departure.

Yes. Both of our current scheduled 3-day tours from Inverness are designed to return to the original Inverness meeting area on Day 3.

The current expected return is approximately 5–6pm.

This is an approximate time. Both journeys involve ferry travel and can also be affected by weather, traffic, road conditions and other operational circumstances.

We recommend allowing plenty of time between the expected tour return and any fixed onward journey.

The Inverness tours involve island ferry crossings, so return times can be affected by ferry schedules, weather and road conditions.

Avoid tightly timed onward travel immediately after the scheduled 5–6pm return window.