Scottish Guided Tours

Tours of Scotland

Guided Tours of Scotland - Private Day Tours & Multi-Day Tours

Scottish Guided Tours specialise in unique private tours of Scotland. Exclusive fun and relaxed small group tours for your family, friends or travelling companions. Experience a magical Isle of Skye Tour & the wonders of the ‘Misty Isle’ Enjoy the ultimate Loch Ness & Scottish Highland Tours or Outlander Scotland Tours inspired by the hit TV Show. Explore the very best of Scotlands Highlands & Islands with your own local tour guide.

Browse our tours of Scotland below. Plan a bespoke tour that matches your time frame and interests. Explore Scotland with a private tour guide and itinerary planning. Experience the best of Scotland – Enquire about Private Guided Tours of Scotland

Private guided tours depart from any location in Scotland - Contact us

‘Niall is an experienced Scottish tour guide. Raised in the mountains and glens of Scotland and inspired by his father, renowned Scottish author and historian Dr Rennie McOwan, Niall feels passionately about his role as a bespoke private tour guide.

Directly descended from legendary Highland stalker Donald Ross, Chief Stalker to the Duke of Portland, Niall aims to give clients the best possible experience whether it be heritage related , historical, cultural or perhaps a mixture of all three – the best that Scotland has to offer’ Read more….

Why Scottish Guided Tours?

Door to Door Service

Your private tour guide shall greet you at your chosen location. Hotel, B&B or even Cruise Ship Terminal. The most convenient start possible to your private tour of Scotland. Complete Door to Door service from Scottish Guided Tours.

Your Guide

Transport

Our brand new vehicles ensure great views, comfort and plenty of room for all travellers and luggage. Private Small Group Tours of Scotland exclusively for your travelling companions.

Private Tours of Scotland

Scottish Guided Tours deliver fantastic private tours of Scotland exclusively for your group of travellers. No travellers shall be mixed with any other private groups. Bespoke tours of Scotland designed around your time frame & interests.

Covid-19 Precautions

All guides are vaccinated and vehicles are meticulously cleaned. Face masks and sanitiser are provided. Private guided tours are exclusively for family or fellow travelling companions. Private small group tours of Scotland are the safest way to travel.

You Won't Regret a Tour with Niall! In the spring of 2018, our party of 3 adults visited Scotland for the first time. We arranged a day-long private tour outside of Edinburgh with Niall McOwen. Before arrival, we exchanged emails about our expectations. Some attractions the three of us asked to see were probably the usual tourist fair for first time visitors, but Niall also took us to places we didn't even know to ask about! Mr. McOwen was considerate, interesting, knowledgeable and truly concerned about the desires of our group. Around mid-day, the restaurant he chose provided us with good food, a bit of shopping and some time for us to get to know each other better. Getting to see this beautiful country through his eyes helped me to understand more of Scotland, its history and its citizens. If we are ever blessed to visit Scotland again, Niall will absolutely be included as part of our trip.

An Epic Day to Remember! Scottish Guided Tours offers some preplanned itineraries, but their specialty is in working with you to customize a single or multi-day tour to fit your specific needs. We’d been to Scotland in the fall of 2017 and started planning our second trip as soon as we got back. We wanted to go to places a bit off the beaten track this time, so contacted Niall McOwan of Scottish Guided Tours. Niall built on our “must see” request, and suggested some other sites that worked well with our schedule. He picked us up from our hotel, and gave us an absolutely epic day to remember! One highlight was visiting an Old Kirk that is the final resting place of the famous Highlander Rob Roy MacGregor. Just behind the Kirk, we hiked up a trail that took us to a rallying point overlooking Loch Voil. A stone cairn at marked the place where Clan MacLaren would have lit a fiery cross to summon their men to battle. The view from this spot was just breathtaking! Throughout the day, Niall filled us in on the significance, history, and lore related to our stops. In addition to taking us to absolutely stunning viewpoints and ruins, he knew the best places to stop for lunch, coffee, and restrooms. 🙂 Our entire experience with Scottish Guided Tours from planning to the drop off back at our hotel was smooth, professional, friendly, knowledgeable and fun! I can without any hesitation recommend this service to anyone looking for a custom tour in and around Scotland.

First guided tour, Don’t often write reviews but felt the need to for our trip. We live in Spain and decided on a little trip back to the motherland,we were not disappointed and our trip was made even better by Niall,his knowledge and passion for his country and what he does is evident,not your bog standard repitive tour guide,there was not one day of our trip that he didn’t have us laughing. Can highly recommend Scottish guided tours,we will return and when we do,we will definitely be booking with Niall.

Best of Scotland & Edradour Distillery Day Tour We spent a really entertaining and informative day with our guide, Niall ( Neal in Gaelic). He took us north to see the three bridges from different eras that span the Firth of Forth. It was fun to see a train go over the old one. Then we were off to Dunkeld, the river Tay, a wee hike in the woods to find a salmon ladder (alas,, no salmon running at that moment), coffee at a charming shop in Dunkeld, a tour at Edradour Distillery, the only remaining hand made single malt whiskey in Scotland, and the smallest to boot. We had a quick look at the village of Pitlocry, and ended the day at Loch Tummel to see The Queen's View. One more coffee stop, and it was back to Edinburg. But the best part of this fine day was the time we spent with Niall, who was a font of information, jovial and witty. As one does, we compared cultures, talked about everything under the sun, and laughed together much of the time. If you are looking for a tour guide with a warm demeanor and a kind and helpful personality, Niall is the best.

Best Day Ever!!!! My family and I had the good fortune to have Niall as our personal tour guide for a day during our vacation to Scotland. We found that one day wasn't enough! Niall taught us more about his country in 10 hours than a professor in History could have done in 10 weeks. He was an absolute pleasure to be around. He made sure our day was spectacular from beginning to end. We can't wait to go back and let Niall show us more!

Extraordinary and outstanding! With all the great tour guides I have hired, Niall stood out. He was with our family from Nov. 21-25. He picked us up at the Edinburgh airport and we started touring immediately. seeing the Kelpies, South Queensferry and the Forth Bridges all in the first afternoon. After that, we spent four more days together while he regaled us with history, legends and fairy stories. He listened and did not interrupt. Niall seemed to know how much to talk and how much to listen. He played the most beautiful Scottish music as we drove. We felt immersed in Scottish history and culture. He even wore his kilt for two of the five days. He went out of his way to accommodate our dietary needs. (It really helped that he is vegan himself.) We traveled through ancient woodlands, burial sites, battlefields, castles, fairy pools and fairy glens, mountain ranges, Outlander, Harry Potter and other film sites. We ended up enjoying him so much that we considered him part of the family and wanted him for the rest of our stay. Finally, we all noticed how kind Niall was with not only us, but with everyone including other drivers, restaurant staff and hotel staff. I only hope that he will be available when we return. We thought that Scotland was magical and that magic was mainly because of him. We would never tour with anyone else. Niall is the very best.

Private tours are the best! Spending a day doing what you want to do is the best tour option! We had been on many small group tours and found them enjoyable, but for the ultimate tour experience, choosing your day exactly how you want is definitely the way to go! Niall, at Scottish Guided Tours, is the man for the job! He picked us up at our hotel, and we spent the day exploring the Trossachs National Park. We visited four lochs (lakes), several historical locations, explored at our own pace and hiked to breathtaking locations that we wouldn't have known about if it weren't for Niall's expertise of the area. You don't need a headset to explain every step of the way when Niall is happy to provide you with history and insight into each location. He is also kind, funny and a great companion for touring around (he knows all the great food stops, too). During our last visit to Scotland, I felt the tour stop locations were a bit crowded, and I wanted to do a little more hiking into the depths of the beautiful forests of Scotland. We hiked to incredible mountain viewpoints, beside streams and along lochs. It was the best! Of course, if hiking isn't your thing, the beauty of Niall's tours is that you can do anything you want - well, with time and distance considered. 🙂 Don't hesitate, contact Niall to discuss 'your' trip. You won't regret it!

Small Group Tours of Scotland

Orkney Islands

Explore the beautiful Orkney Islands over 5 Wonderful Days on a private guided tour of Scotland

Isle of Skye Tour

The magical Isle of Skye & Loch Ness await on our wonderful 3 Day Private Tour of Scotland

Isle of Skye 4 Day Tour

Book our 4 Day Explorer Tour and experience more of Scotland

Fly a Broomstick at Hogwarts

Visit Alnwick Castle for a fantastic fun day out for everyone.

Stirling Castle Day Tour

Visit Stirling Castle and Loch Lomond for a fantastic private tour of Scotland

Alnwick Castle Day Tour

Small Group Tours of Scotland

The flexibility of small group tours of Scotland is one of the great bonuses of travelling exclusively with your family and friends. Bespoke itineraries, designed around your time frame and interests. Why not enquire about experiencing our world-famous Highland Games for example or our Scottish Island Tours. A great addition to any Scotland Tour. We love to help plan and deliver the best private tours of Scotland – Enquire about small group tours of Scotland

Scottish Island Tours

Scotland has over 900 islands, so allow us to plan and deliver the best Scottish Island tours. Our heritage, including our Viking past, is still very much evident on our islands. From the incredible Inner and Outer Hebrides to the outer reaches of Shetland and the neolithic wonders of the Orkney Islands. Scotland is an island paradise with history and folklore as abundant as our beautiful beaches and crystal clear ocean – Enquire about Scottish Island Tours

Luxury Private Tour of Scotland

At Scottish Guided Tours, there is no luxury private tour of Scotland that we can’t accommodate. Small group tours, exclusively for your family and friends, may include a mixture of historic, whisky, golf, fishing, fine dining, and walking. We pride ourselves on creating bespoke itineraries that meet your exact requirements. Your time frame and interests, coupled with our experience for an unforgettable luxury private tour of Scotland. Our small group tours progress at a pace that allows you to enjoy Scotland. Together we decide how long you wish to stay at each location – Enquire about Luxury Private Tours of Scotland

Airport Shuttle Service

Before a private tour of Scotland can begin or your small group tour of Scotland can get underway, you may have to get from the airport or arrival point to your hotel. Our shuttle service can sometimes be the most convenient way to travel to your accommodation on your arrival day in Scotland.

We are always on hand to help with any aspect of your Scotland travels. You may want to know what to pack, or what airport is best. You may just require a dinner recommendation – Say Hello!! Allow us to take care of everything

Scottish Guided Tours

Tours of Scotland

Guided Tours of Scotland - Private Day Tours & Multi-Day Tours

Private guided tours depart from any location in Scotland - Contact us

Private Day Tours of Scotland

Multi-Day Tours of Scotland

Bespoke Private Tours of Scotland

Why Scottish Guided Tours?

Door to Door Service

Your Guide

Transport

Private Tours of Scotland

Covid-19 Precautions

Small Group Tours of Scotland

Small Group Tours of Scotland

Scottish Island Tours

Luxury Private Tour of Scotland

Airport Shuttle Service