Spied: a James Bond-themed driving adventure in Scotland
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Bespoke travel company Pelorus has devised a 007 drive in the Highlands as part of a collection of Bond-based adventures.
Your mission starts with a flight to Inverness and high-speed driving lessons on a private race track under the tuition of a stunt driver. Next you’ll be able to pick from a selection of supercars to tackle sections of the North Cost 500, as featured in Skyfall. The all-action trip also involves helicopter rides, kayak and RIB rides, and abseiling down cliff faces, before pausing to sample some single malts (or a dry vodka martini) and staying on a private island.
The adventure costs around £13,000 for two people, and if you think that’s expensive wait until you hear what else Pelorus has in its 007 portfolio. An explosive 12-day Greenland-based trip aboard a luxury yacht costs over £400,000 for a group of 12 or you could go wild in the jungles of Thailand for £10,000 per person, while heli-skiing in the Dolomites and flying on to Venice is around £8,000 a night.
Scotland’s mountains and lochs dwarf those to the south, its beaches rival the best in the world, and the roads that weave between them are among the most spectacular on the planet.