Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Boat Trips
Sweeney's Cruises
(
01389-752376;
www.sweeneyscruises.com
;
Balloch Rd, Ballock)
The main centre for
boat trips is Balloch, where Sweeney's Cruises offers a range of trips including a one-hour
cruise to Inchmurrin and back (adult/child £8.50/5, five times daily), and a two-hour
cruise (£15/8 departs 1pm and 3pm) around the islands. The quay is directly opposite Bal-
loch train station, beside the tourist office.
BOAT TOUR
Cruise Loch Lomond
(
www.cruiselochlomond.co.uk
;
Tarbet)
Cruise Loch Lomond is based in Tarbet and offers
two-hour trips to Inversnaid, Arklet Falls and Rob Roy MacGregor's Cave (adult/child
£12.50/7.50). You can also be dropped off at Rowardennan to climb Ben Lomond
(£14.50/7.50), getting picked up at Rowardennan seven hours later, or get picked up at In-
versnaid after a 9-mile hike along the West Highland Way (£14.50/7.50).
BOAT TOUR
Balmaha Boatyard
(
www.balmahaboatyard.co.uk
;
Balmaha)
The mailboat, run by Balmaha Boatyard, cruises
from Balmaha to the loch's four inhabited islands, departing at 11.30am and returning at
2pm, with a one-hour stop on Inchmurrin (£9/4.50 per adult/child). Trips depart daily (ex-
cept Sunday) in July and August; on Monday, Thursday and Saturday in May, June and
September; and Monday and Thursday only October to April .
BOAT TOUR
Other Activities
The mostly traffic-free
Clyde and Loch Lomond Cycle Way
links Glasgow to Balloch
(20 miles), where it links with the
West Loch Lomond Cycle Path
, which continues
along the loch shore to Tarbet (10 miles).
You can rent
rowing boats
at Balmaha Boatyard (
Click here
)
for £10/40 per hour/day
(£20/60 for a boat with outboard motor).
Lomond Adventure
(
01360-870218; www.
lomondadventure.co.uk)
also rents out Canadian
canoes
(£30 per day) and
sea kayaks
(£25).
Can You Experience
(
01389-756251;
www.canyouexperience.com
;
Loch Lomond
Shores, Balloch)
rent out canoes (£12/17 per half-/full hour) and bicycles (£13/17 per
three hours/full day), and offer a full-day
guided canoe safari
on the loch (adult/child
£65/55).