Private day trips and longer tours, planned around your group. Start with one of these, mix a few together, or bring a list of your own.
Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street Gardens
Choose a theme to read more. Every tour can be shortened, extended or combined with another.
Royal castles, ruined abbeys and the fields where battles changed the country. I tell the stories where they happened, so a pile of old stones becomes somewhere you can picture. A good first day if you’re new to Scotland.
For exampleStirling Castle, Bannockburn, Linlithgow Palace, Dunfermline Abbey, Doune Castle
Plan a castles dayA route through the places you know from the screen, from Castle Leoch to Cranesmuir. Along the way I’ll fill in the real eighteenth-century history behind the story, and the bits the series left out.
For exampleDoune Castle, Culross, Falkland, Blackness Castle, Midhope Castle
Plan an Outlander dayThe big landscapes, at a pace that lets you get out of the car and into them. We’ll stop at waterfalls and high passes, and at the quiet places most people drive past without knowing they’re there.
For exampleGlencoe, the Trossachs, Falls of Dochart, Rannoch Moor, Loch Lomond
Plan a Highlands dayA scenic drive paired with time on the water. That could be a cruise on Loch Lomond, the old steamship on Loch Katrine, or a seaplane flight if you’re feeling adventurous. I’ll arrange the timings so nothing feels rushed.
For exampleLoch Katrine, Loch Lomond, Loch Tay, Loch Ness
Plan a day on the waterOspreys, red kites, red deer and seals, depending on the time of year. This is a slower day, spent at the reserves and hides where you have the best chance of a sighting.
For exampleLoch of the Lowes, Argaty Red Kites, Loch Leven, the Isle of May
Plan a wildlife daySome of Scotland’s best history is in its small towns. Cobbled closes, harbours full of fishing boats, and merchants’ houses and market crosses that have stood for centuries. We’ll wander at an easy pace, with time for a coffee or lunch somewhere local.
For exampleCrail, Culross, Falkland, Dunkeld, Anstruther
Plan a day in the villagesHave a bucket list of your own? Tell me the places and I’ll build a route that brings them together.
Send me your listIf you’re travelling on to Inverness, Fort William, the Isle of Skye or a ferry to the islands, you could take a train or a coach. Or I can drive your group and all your luggage there on the most beautiful roads in Scotland.
You choose the stops, we have lunch somewhere good, and you arrive at your next stay having seen the country on the way.
Mountain viewpoints, waterfalls, remote castles and old kirks. Pick your favourites, or leave it to me.
A village inn, a café by a loch, somewhere with a view. Chosen for the road we’re on.
Collected from where you’re staying and dropped at your next hotel, luggage and all.
Tell me a little about your group and what you’d like to see, and I’ll reply with a suggested route and a price.