|
|
|
Guided Coach Tours
- Self Drive Tours
- Travel & Transport Tips
Private Transport
& Tour Guides in Scotland
| The Gathering in Edinburgh: 25 - 26 July 2009 |
|
This unique event will include a huge Clan Gathering with Parade, Clan Pageant and Highland Games.
Clans and Castles are one of the official tour operators for The Gathering and they can book tickets and accommodation for you.
A special 7-day coach tour and private tours of Scotland are options available after the main events.
|
- Absolute Escapes
A specialist Destination Management Company providing tailor-made travel packages for individuals, groups and corporate clients. A personalised itinerary can be arranged including accommodation, transport, tour guides and activities.
-
Albannach
Sandy Mitchell arranges custom private guided tours
around the Scottish mainland and all the islands from Arran to Shetland.
See wildlife and explore history. Driver-guide with 25 years experience.
Member of Highlands of Scotland Tour Guide Association.
- Albannach Guided Tours
Based on Lewis, 'Blue Badge' Gaelic-speaking driver-guide available for hire from 1 hour to 2 weeks, either for private car, minibus, coach or for guided walks. Private tours and tour planning (including accommodation) throughout the Hebrides, Scotland and other Celtic countries.
- Afternoon Tea Tours
Helen Fraser aims to provide you with 'memories of a truly unforgettable Scottish experience'.
Her unique tour takes you from Edinburgh to Lauriston Castle (including the Kyoto Japanese Friendship Garden), the historic village of Cramond and Rosslyn Chapel. The tour ends with afternoon tea at Cringletie House Hotel set in the rolling Borders countryside.
Half day and full day tours with a customised itinerary can also be arranged. Tours are in a Chrysler Voyager for 2 - 6 people.
- Ardoch Guides
Based in Perthshire, Alan Mitchell offers tailor-made tours (single day or multi day) throughout Scotland for individuals and groups of all sizes.
- Border Express Ltd.
A range of vehicles from 6 - 16 seats available for airport transfers, golf trips, VIP Travel, etc.
Sightseeing tours include Edinburgh, Rosslyn Chapel, Hadrian's Wall and the Borders abbeys.
Uniformed drivers. Based in Jedburgh.
- Castle Tours
Full day private sightseeing tours with a kilt-clad driver and private vehicle.
Departures from Inverness, Aberdeen and Huntly to explore Speyside, the north east coast and the Highlands.
Itineraries include distilleries, castles and gardens, as well as wildlife boat trips, Aberdeenshire's standing stones, Highland Games, Loch Ness, country shopping, etc. Collection from your accommodation.
- Celia Ffitch-Stewart
Fully insured driver-guide with Mercedes limousine for your tailor-made guided tour.
Half day, full day or extended tours. Services can include itinerary planning and accommodation reservations. Meet your clan chief, trace your roots, stay in a castle, tour the whisky distilleries. Themes to suit your interests can be arranged. Golf tours available. Airport collection (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen or Inverness). Also available for weddings. A founder member of HOSTGA (Highlands of Scotland Tour Guide Association).
- Celtic Trails
Experienced guide Jackie Queally offers unique half day and whole day personalised tours from Edinburgh to sites of prehistoric, Celtic and medieval/Templar interest, including Rosslyn Chapel and other sacred sites.
- ClansandCastles.com
Offering private tours of Scottish Castles with professional guides. Departures from
Inverness, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling for day trips or longer. Select an itinerary to see the most popular castles such as Eilean Donan on the west coast and Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness, or take the Castle Trail in Aberdeenshire. Customised trips arranged especially for you or themed tours to follow in your clan footsteps available on request. Small parties taken in cars or a minibus, or tours for larger coach parties also arranged.
Official tour operator for The Gathering 2009
- Claymore Travel
Stirling-based tour guide Derek Myles offers private tours with an informative commentary on Scotland's history, culture, wildlife, clan connections, etc. Minibus accommodating 2 to 12 passengers on day tours / up to 8 on extended tours.
Airport transfers also available.
- Doodlebus
Luxury minibus tours with a kilted guide. Day tours or longer. Itineraries can include the Trossachs, Stirling, Fife, Argyll and the Borders. Customised themes such as golf, castles, music or whisky can be arranged. Guides can be hired for corporate hospitality, cruise ship shore excursions, airport transfers. Information for self-drive packages also available. Winner of a 2007 Scottish Enterprise Tourism Innovation Development Award.
- Exquisite Scotland
Family business based near Inverness offering customised guided tours in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish.
Transport by 8 seater Volkswagen Caravelle. Pick up service from airport, bus or train stations. Accommodation can be arranged.
Runners up in the 2005 and 2006 Highland Tourism Awards ('Ceud mile failte' category).
- G & C Touring
Husband and wife team offering tailormade itineraries throughout Scotland to suit your interests. Transport by VW transporter for 6 people. Christa is a member of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association. French, German and Swiss-German spoken.
- Go-Orkney / Puffin Express
A regular schedule of day trips by minibus from Inverness (including castles, standing stones, gardens and wildlife) to Skye, John o'Groats and Wester Ross. Tours of Orkney with accommodation are available. Private tours can be arranged.
- Gordon Tait
Driver/guide with a luxury Mercedes Vito (up to 6 seats) available for half or full day tours, as well as extended tours.
Services include airport “meet & greet”, tailor-made theme tours, ancestor research, etc.
Over 25 years of experience throughout the UK and Europe. Member of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association and International Association of Tour Managers.
- Guide Power
Sylvia Power is a professional Blue Badge driver-guide available for personalised private tours for independent travellers or for group tours in luxury coaches. Itinerary planning and accommodation can be arranged. Half day, full day or extended tours. Choice of vehicles. Fluent in Spanish.
- Heavenly Highlands
Paul Cannavan operates half and full-day tours of Speyside by Land Rover specialising in wildlife, whisky and local history. Distillery tours, castle visits, walks, picnics and whisky tastings can be included. Maximum of 8 people.
- Highland Chauffeur Drive
Personal guided tours or airport transfers in Mercedes-Benz cars or a people carrier. Based in Inverness.
Drivers are uniformed at all times and Highland Dress may be worn for if requested.
Wedding car hire also available.
- Highland Journeys
Nicola Fraser of Beauly (near Inverness) has a luxury 7-seater vehicle to take small groups of 2 - 6 on personally guided tours of the Highlands including Skye, Wester Ross, Loch Ness & Glen Affric.
A day trip around Royal Deeside can be made from Aberdeen. Itineraries can be tailor-made from 1 day to 7 days with departures from Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow or Edinburgh. Holder of Welcome Host award. Winner of Best New Tourism Business in 2002.
- InvernessTours.com
5-star quality private tours from Inverness by Tony Harmsworth - the expert on Loch Ness.
Variety of tours (2 hours, half day, full day, 2 days) covering the Inverness area including castles, standing stones and historic sites. Longer tours can include the Oban and Isle of Mull, or John o'Groats and Orkney.
Luxury Mercedes vehicle (max 7 passengers). Collection from hotel, station or airport.
- J A Johnstone Chauffeur Drive
Chauffeur driven customised tours (for a day or a month!) by car or 6-7 seat people carrier for individuals or small groups.
Over 20 years experience. Member of the Highlands Of Scotland Tourist Board and the American Society of Travel Agents.
- Janet Honnor is the Secretary of HOSTGA (Highlands of Scotland Tour Guide
Association). Her rates are from £121 for a full day and from £77 for a half day. Personal tours or coach parties.
She has lived near Culloden Battlefield since 1996 and also operates Westhill House B&B. E-mail: j.honnor@bigfoot.com.
- Kathleen Cameron
Professional Scottish tour guide living in Inveraray, Argyll. For walking or driving tours in cities, towns, or countryside, she can accompany groups of any size, from independent travellers (up to 7 in her own vehicle) to coach parties. Tours can be started from any destination including Edinburgh or Glasgow. Fluent in Spanish.
- Kilrannan Guides
Ed Deeley, experienced Scottish tour guide, offers personalised guided tours throughout Scotland, including driver guide services, custom-made itineraries and city walking tours of Edinburgh, Glasgow and other Scottish cities, in English and French.
- Lea-Way Walking Holidays
Former Countryside Ranger, Chris Lea is an experienced walking guide and specialises in stress-busting breaks in the Highlands.
- Mini Tours Scotland
Craig McCall Flynn offers unique private guided driver tours of Scotland for up to 8 people lasting from 1 day to 1 month.
Based in Edinburgh, but can cover any part of Scotland, including the Highlands and Islands. Cruise liner passengers welcome. Member of the Scottish Tourist Board
- Morag Dunbar
A Scottish Blue Badge Tourist Guide with a degree in Scottish History.
Day tours for up to 6 people and extended tours for up to 4 people using a Ford Galaxy people-carrier.
Also available for larger groups and coach parties. Member of the STGA, Guild of Registered Tourist Guides in Britain and the Driver-Guides Association.
- More Than Golf Tours
Based in Fife, Barbara Millar is a qualified 'Blue Badge' tourist guide offering a range of days out (full-day or half-day) using a VW Sharan carrying up to 6 people. Tours can be themed, e.g. whisky, culinary, shopping, historical.
Places to visit include Fife, Perthshire, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Royal Deeside. Extended tours also available.
- Ochils Tours offer guided day trips in a 16-seat Mercedes Mini Coach. Trips include Glamis Castle, Fife and St. Andrews, Pitlochry and Loch Tay, Glencoe and Oban, Crieff & The Famous Grouse Experience. Pick-ups in Perth, Crieff, Comrie, St Fillans and Callander.
- Orkney Tour Guides
Experienced and fully qualified native Orcadian guides. Special interests include farming, wildlife, archaeology, genealogy, crafts and the history of the islands. Available for private tours and coach parties. Members of the Orkney Tour Guides Association.
- Out And About Tours
Based on Great Bernera (Lewis). Personal guided tours of Harris & Lewis (half day, full day or longer), as well as 4-night walking and sightseeing packages with hotel accommodation for individuals and/or small groups.
- Pure Dead Brilliant Tours
Customised and bespoke vehicle and walking tours of the City of Glasgow. Tours include visits to the hidden and unseen parts of Glasgow.
- Scot AnSgeulaiche
A professional traditional Highland Storyteller, or Seanachaidh, akin to the clan bards of times past. He shares clan tales and Scottish history, with those visiting their ancestral land or wishing to know more of their history, genealogy or family tree.
In effect, he is a 'Native Guide'. Based in Argyll.
- Scottish Highland Tours
Based in Fort William, Peter MacGillivray offers private tours which can include Inverness, Oban, Skye, Ardnamurchan, Mull, Iona, etc. All tours are chauffeur-driven in an executive saloon car or people carrier.
Collection from airport, ferry, coach or rail terminals can be arranged.
- Scottish Ancestral Trail
Specialises in exclusive private tours based on your Scottish ancestry with customised itinerary, chauffeur driven transport and accommodation all arranged.
- Scottish T@lespinner
Highland author, historian and raconteur, Hugh G Allison offers tailor-made tours using an MPV for up to 4 persons.
He specialises in clan land tours and historical insights. Walking tours around Culloden & Clava Cairns, 18th century weapons demonstrations, research, talks, storytelling sessions and itinerary planning are also available.
- Secret Safaris
Based near Fort William, Nairn McArthur offers full day or half day guided tours to the hidden heart of the Highlands. Fully insured top-of-the-range vehicles such as Land Rover, People Carrier, Prestige Saloon.
West Highland Way transport, executive taxi service and airport transfers available.
- Serenity Scotland
Private tours for up to 7 people run by Iain Stewart who has a background in traditional music, history and folklore. Tours can start or finish in England if required.
- Shore Excursions
Half day and whole day sightseeing tours from the cruise liner port of Invergordon or from Inverness.
Transport by 7-seater minibus with local driver/guide. Destinations can include Dunrobin Castle, The Falls of Shin, Dalmore Distillery, Loch Ness and Urquart Castle.
- Skye Tours
Private sightseeing service offering personal tours of the Isle of Skye and the West Highlands with Alasdair Ross, a local Gaelic-speaking driver/guide with years of experience.
- STAGS - Scottish Tours and Guiding Services
Team of professional guides throughout Scotland offering airport "meet and greet" services, cruise ship excursions,
tailor-made private tours, theme tours, planning for incoming tours, incentives and packages, etc.
- Templar Trails
Unique experiential tours with esoteric material on Templar mysteries led by Jackie Queally. Five-day workshops / study tours of energetic sites based in Rosslyn.
- The Taxi Tour Experience
Taxi tour service for cruise liner passengers at the port of Invergordon (near Inverness). Each driver is a knowledgeable guide.
Tours can include castles and distilleries in the Highlands, Loch Ness, Inverness, Culloden Battlefield. Minimum 3.5 hours.
Choice of vehicles including multi-seaters for up to 8 people.
- Touring Scotland
'Blue-Badge' driver-guide Fiona Maxwell conducts tailor-made tours throughout Scotland.
Based in Edinburgh, she can also arrange accommodation, and has a people carrier for up to 6 passengers (she can organise tours for larger groups if required). Half-day, full-day and extended tours. French spoken. Member of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association and the Guild of Registered Tour Guides.
- Western Isles Wildlife Tours
Based in the Uists, former RSPB officer Steve Duffield offers guided tours throughout the year, ranging from half day or full tours, to 6-night all inclusive packages including accommodation. Discover the birds, mammals, insects and flora of the Hebrides.
- Wilderness Scotland
Tailor-made holidays for private groups in the Highlands & Islands. Activities can include walking, mountain biking, kayaking, canoeing and bird watching. Themed holidays (wildlife, whisky, history, etc.) and luxury breaks can also be arranged. A range of accommodation is available.
|
Scottish Tour Guides Association
and
Highlands of Scotland Tour Guides Association
and
Argyll Islands Tourist Guides Association
These associations provide searchable directories of professional qualified tour guides
who are available for private tours, coach parties, wildlife walks, etc.
|