Yorkshire Dales Day Tour Tours
Yorkshire Dales Day Tour Tours, with The Rural Chauffeur. Owner-driven from Knaresborough in a silver Mercedes-Benz V-Class, with prices fixed in writing.
Yorkshire Dales: roughly 110 miles over about 8 hours. Best season: May to September — winter passes can close..
A chauffeur-driven loop through Wharfedale and Wensleydale taking in Bolton Abbey, Aysgarth Falls and a tea-stop in Hawes. Built for two to four guests who want to see the Dales without driving them.
The day
- 09:30, Collection from Harrogate or Knaresborough: Coffee on board.
- 10:30, Bolton Abbey & Strid Wood: An hour to walk to the priory ruins and back.
- 12:30, Lunch at The Devonshire Arms or Burnsall: Pre-booked table.
- 14:30, Aysgarth Falls: All three falls within an easy walk.
- 15:45, Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes: Cheese tasting and a quick stop.
- 17:30, Return via the Buttertubs Pass viewpoint: Photo stop at the top.
- 19:00, Drop home:
The silver Mercedes-Benz V-Class seats up to 7 passengers with generous luggage space.
- Lunch at The Devonshire Arms
- Tea at Bettys after return
Good starting points: Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Skipton.
Wharfedale into Wensleydale
This is our longest regular Dales loop, around 110 miles over roughly eight hours. It starts from Harrogate or Knaresborough, runs up Wharfedale to Bolton Abbey and Strid Wood, then crosses into Wensleydale for Aysgarth Falls and Hawes before climbing the Buttertubs Pass on the way home.
Lunch is a pre-booked table, typically at The Devonshire Arms or in Burnsall, so there is no hunting for a pub at one o'clock with every other visitor.
Why May to September
The Buttertubs Pass is one of the highest roads in the Dales and winter weather can close it. We run this itinerary from May to September; outside those months we reshape the day around the lower valleys.
Car and group size
Couples ride in the silver Mercedes-Benz V-Class, which handles the pass comfortably. Parties of four and above travel in the V-Class and keep to the lower roads, stopping at the Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes for the cheese tasting.
The chauffeur waits at each stop, so walks at Bolton Abbey or around the three falls at Aysgarth can run long without anyone watching the clock. Many guests finish with tea at Bettys once back in Harrogate.
How The Rural Chauffeur works
Owner-driven from Hexagon House in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, in a silver Mercedes-Benz V-Class. Every journey is pre-booked with the price fixed in writing before the day.