Borrowdale, Buttermere and Beyond: Spectacular Ten Lakes Day Trip from Windermere

Windermere, United Kingdom

This small-group full-day tour covers Ten Lakes, three mountain passes and a lake cruise, a beautiful waterfall, Castlerigg Stone Circle and the ancient township of Keswick for lunch. Certainly the most comprehensive, popular and satisfying tour in the Lake District, visiting central, north, north-west and north-east parts of Cumbria with so many stops for photographs and short walks.

The Lake District is renowned for being the “most beautiful corner of England” and this full-day tour introduces you to just that.

Your tour starts with a morning pick-up at Windermere railway station or alternatively at your accommodation in Windermere, Bowness-on-Windermere or Ambleside. You will then embark on a scenic journey into the magnificent scenery of the Lakeland fells, valleys and lakes from the south to the north. The tour includes a lake cruise (summer tour only), a visit to the 4,000 year old Castlerigg Stone Circle set high on the fells, and time in Keswick for lunch (own expense).

You travel over passes, through beautiful valleys, see waterfalls and traditional Lakeland villages. You have plenty of stops for admiring the views and taking photographs.

The tour highlights also include lakes and sights such as Kirkstone Pass - Lakeland's highest mountain pass -, Ashness Bridge and Surprise View, Borrowdale, Honister Mountain Pass, Buttermere Valley, Thirlmere, Grasmere, Rydal and Ambleside.