Daily Schedule | Trip Includes | Long Itinerary

Meals - Dinner
Lodging - 4* Hotel

Your adventure begins upon your arrival in Glasgow Airport. Meet your guide in the international arrival hall. Courtesy transfers are included with one coach departing at 11:00 am from Glasgow Airport to the Highlands, Fort William.

Settle into your hotel for a rest and then meet the group in your hotel’s lobby at 4:00pm for a Welcome Orientation and distribution of documents.

Dinner included tonight.

Overnight accommodations in 4 star hotels.

Meals - Breakfast
Lodging - 4* Hotel

Stretch your legs and get ready for our morning hike to Steall Falls, location for the dragon scene (Task 1 of the TriWizard Tournament in the HP movies). This is a beautiful hike taking approx. 1 – 1 1/2 hours each way from the trail head to the Falls. Hiking shoes are required. After reaching the Falls, there are plenty of opportunities for photos, having a snack break, perhaps even crossing the short “wire bridge” to get a closer look at the Falls.

For those not taking the hike to Steall Falls, the morning will include a visit to the filming location of “Hagrid’s Hut” and the pumpkin patch “Hippogriff” scenes in Prisoner of Azkaban. Take a short walk up the hill to where the buildings and other props were built and get a view of beautiful Glencoe as the actors did. (Props are no longer on the site.)

You might want to stop in at the Inn directly across the road from the filming location – surely the cast and crew had more than a few pints at this charming location while working on the film. Have a drink, or if space permits, lunch at this friendly Inn best known for its award-winning local brews.

Afternoon activities for those not doing the Steall Falls hike include a tour of the Ben Nevis Distillery, the back storage buildings of which have often been used as inside filming studios for movies such as Braveheart and Rob Roy. Stop nearby for a quick look at Old Inverlochy Castle.

Steall Falls hikers – after returning to the trailhead, travel to the Glenfinnan Viaduct for some wonderful photos of the viaduct which is featured in the Harry Potter films. Glencoe will be our last stop today (as described above) and then take a walk up the hill which was host to “Hagrid’s Hut”, pumpkins and magical creatures.

Dinner at leisure.

Meals - Breakfast
Lodging - Apex Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland

Enjoy a sleep-in as we have a late start this morning. Arrive at the train depot by 9:30am for a fabulous private ride on Olton Hall, Engine #5972! Travel through the Highlands, take loads of pictures, sit in the very cars used in the movies, and enjoy a fantastic day with all of the HP Fan Trip’ers! Entertainment during the journey will be provided by our HP Fan Trip professional Storytellers.

Return to Fort William at 4:00pm for the coach transfers to Edinburgh. Share stories of your adventures or just catch up on some sleep during the ride through the beautiful Scottish countryside.

Dinner at leisure.

Your accommodations for the next three nights will be enjoyed at the 4-star Apex International Hotel in the center of Edinburgh.

The excellent Apex International is contemporary, chic & stylish. Superbly situated in the heart of the Old Town overlooking the Grassmarket and the great drum tower of Edinburgh Castle.

Meals - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Lodging - Apex Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland

A 9:00am morning departure for a fun adventure at Alnwick Castle, a film location for the first two Harry Potter movies. Your coach will whisk you in comfort into England and the village of Alnwick. Here you will gaze upon the scenery used for Harry's first flying lesson. You will learn about the deadliest plants in the world at the new Poisonous Garden and take a lesson in herbology. There is plenty to do at this exciting location!

Competitions will be held throughout the day as fans play the very popular HP Fan Trips’ Wizarding Game, inspired by Harry's favorite sport (The Wizarding Game was developed for us by the National Governing Body for the Olympic sport of Team Handball). Our storytellers will delight you with events throughout the day.

Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited such structure in England after Windsor Castle, and has been home to the Percys, Earls and Dukes of Northumberland since 1309.

Lunch included.

Departure for Edinburgh at 4:00pm in time to prepare for our exciting movie night! We have reserved VIP seating at an historic Edinburgh theatre for our special viewing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. We’ll enjoy a light dinner before the movie and then snacks and drinks during the movie in our VIP leather lounge seats – perfect end to a perfect day!

Meals - Breakfast & Dinner
Lodging - Apex Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland

Today is your day to visit attractions on your own in Edinburgh in which you are particularly interested. Visit the Camera Obscura and its amazing optical illusion displays, dare to enter the Edinburgh Dungeon or take an Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour. Be sure to stop at the café where J K Rowling spent time while writing the first adventures of our favorite wizard.

Don’t forget to save time to prepare for our final night gala at Edinburgh Castle! The Castle is exclusively ours tonight as we hear tales from our storytellers in the Great Hall (the location where JK Rowling read from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as a kick-off to the worldwide book launch), take private tours of the Scottish Crown Jewels and other exhibition areas of the castle, and enjoy a fabulous banquet!

End the night with music and a party in Crown Square in the heart of the Castle!

Meals - Breakfast

Morning transfers are included to Edinburgh airport for your trip home!

Daily Schedule | Trip Includes | Long Itinerary

Refer a Wizard to HP Fan Trips
for a chance to win BBT Travel Bucks. Details can be found here.

Read what Fans are saying...

Currency Converter