Cruise Loch Ness Reviews Summary

Experience

Pros:

• "One of the best Scotland's experience!"
• "Really enjoyed our speedy boat tour on Loch Ness!"
• "Inspiring and entertaining tour."
• "Brilliant! Educational, fun and it snowed!"
• "What a fabulous trip."
• "Such an amazing time on the RIB boat today."
• "A great cruise experience on Loch Ness."

Cons:

• "On the cruise as I type this, waste of time."
• "Don't bother doing this waste of time and money. Spend your time enjoying the drive and find better stuff to see around."
• "Was a little disappointed it didn't go further a loch ness cruise should be a cruise of the whole loch ness not just a tiny part of it...."
• "Overall a good tour, but I wish I'd gone for a quieter, smaller boat instead."
• "The loch is very dull indeed. But for the famous myth (destroyed pretty quickly in the boat's commentary), there's precious little to see here."
• "While the mini cruise ship was excellent and the staff were friendly, The entire trip is over-rated."
• "I am afraid I have to give this a 1 star review."

Value

Pros:

• "This cruise is definitely worth the money! I highly recommend the experience."
• "The cruise was reasonably priced, it was both entertaining and informative, would recommend to everyone visiting the loch."
• "Prices were solid, we had 3 adults and 1 kid. We paid 69.00GBP so was one of our cheapest tours and we learned a ton!"
• "Excellent value for the money paid. £15 for 50 minutes."
• "However, the price is fair (just 14£ per person) and it takes 50 mins, which is all we could afford at the time."
• "Brilliant absolutely well worth £19 you get on a beautiful boat, and you see only a part of the loch, but the tour is really worth it!"
• "I was pleasantly surprised at just how reasonably priced the tickets, drinks and souvenirs were on the boat."

Cons:

• "Expensive for what it is. Ride on the lake but good to do once."
• "A bit pricey at £19 per person, but good nonetheless."
• "The entire trip is over-rated. Especially the price."
• "Worth every penny, great fun, great skipper in Marcus."
• "We were not thrilled about this as it meant that we paid the same price as other people, and got there earlier than they did, but had a lesser experience."
• "This is a vessel which runs at a very slow pace, it only covers 1/4 of the lake's area, and there is not much to see."
• "The boat was so full that there wasn't really an opportunity to move around and get a better view."

Staff & Guides

Pros:

• "The person doing the commentary was extremely knowledgeable and humorous."
• "Nice staff and welcoming. We took the Express cruise."
• "Captain Ricky guided us with descriptive information, while Rory, the assistant, surprised us even more with a lot of mind-blowing details going from myth to religion and scientific research."
• "The guide Shaun was excellent and entertaining, well worth the money"
• "The crew were brilliant, and the commentary was fascinating with a bit of Scottish humor thrown in."
• "Each member of staff was friendly, welcoming and polite."
• "The staff were very polite, helpful and entertaining, they told the story of Loch Ness in a very amusing manner and even the children on the boat were listening with great interest."

Cons:

• "The lack of address information on any of the emails and on the roads is terrible and so very unhelpful."
• "The guide was funny and talked about interesting facts about the Loch Ness."
• "The loch is beautiful and the guides have a lot of fun talking about the legend of Nessie."
• "Great views of the mountains around the lake."
• "The actual trip was really interesting, a crew member gives you a talk and there's big screens to look at."
• "The staff on the cruise if very funny and take everyone with them get them involved in the story of Loch Ness monster."
• "Our guide Al was very knowledgeable about the Loch's geography and history."

Facilities & Amenities

Pros:

• "Nice clean facilities."
• "Toilet facilities clean and were being mended while we were visiting. Didn't cause any queues."
• "Take cash as card machine does not work. Pushchairs etc... can be locked in shed for trip duration."
• "They actually had Wi-Fi which was really handy."
• "The bar was well stocked with different types of drinks, both hot and cold and the seating was very comfortable."
• "The boat itself is amazing with great amenities; bars, toilets and heating downstairs."
• "A lovely cruise but better was the story about the 'Fake' monster. The cruise is quite comfortable and equipped with a washroom at the ground floor."

Cons:

• "You need to be lucky to get into the top floor for the good views. Due to covid-19 measures they have reduced the seating capacity, if you're going to the ground floor you don't get good view."
• "Very full boat (they called it a ship)."
• "Drinks, snacks available on the cruise."
• "The glass goes top to bottom so you still get a good view whilst kept warm and dry :)"
• "Drinks to purchase and toilets on board."
• "The boat was clean and had a little bar on the lower deck."
• "We took our dog so we made sure that the trip allowed them on (they are permitted on certain sailings only)."