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    Find Your Next Scottish Adventure

    Discover our expertly crafted small group tours of Scotland through inspiring guided holidays and vacations. Choose from the best tour packages featuring nature-based, cultural, and historical experiences in the most stunning and untamed regions of the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

    Whether you’re drawn to walking, cycling, wildlife, winter adventures, photography, sailing, or sea kayaking, we offer unforgettable holidays in Scotland.

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    Small Group Tours of Scotland

    We take care of every detail so that you have the most inspiring experience possible. That means we take the worry out of finding the local hidden trails to explore, the most friendly accommodation to stay and the tasty eateries that know how to treat fresh seasonal ingredients. Don’t take our word for it though, we have over 6,500 customer reviews so you can see what other travellers thought of the trips you’re interested in booking.

    What to Wear on Your Vacation in Scotland Read More

    See below for advice on what you should wear on each of our holidays:

    Walking

    Road Cycling

    Sea Kayaking

    Scottish Weather Read More

    Scotland is renowned for its ever-changing weather, where you can experience multiple seasons in a single day. It’s not just about the rain—wind, sunshine, and shifting skies are all part of the charm. One moment, you might find yourself under clear blue skies with the sun shining warmly; the next, a brisk breeze or a passing shower might sweep through, only for the sun to reappear shortly after.

    The best advice? Be ready for anything! Pack a reliable waterproof jacket, sunglasses, and even some sunscreen to make the most of your adventure, whatever the weather may bring.

    Read our page about the Climate in Scotland to gain insight about our weather and what to expect.

    You can also dive into our specific season pages to learn all you need to know before coming.

    How Many People Join Our Holidays? Read More

    In the broad, range of small group, fixed-date tours run with a maximum of 8 people.

    Of course, there are some exceptions to the rule, and a small number of our guided holidays run with extended capacity, such as some of the cycling and photography tours and our guided West Highland Way, which has a maximum capacity of 16.

    Our custom tours, by their nature, can be customised to your own requirements, and therefore, the size of the group is entirely dependent on who you’d like to travel with.

    How Many Guides Will Lead Our Tour? Read More

    For the vast majority of our tours you will have the service of one of our expert guides on a 1:8 ratio.

    Our guides are highly trained, not only in the activity they are guiding but also in many other aspects that make up an incredible travel experience. Those include, landscape interpretation, history and storytelling, the night sky, gaelic in the landscape and of course in the high level of service we provide.

    On the water for our sea kayaking trips that ratio drops to 1 guide for every 4 travellers and for our West Highland Way tours (where we have a larger group size) we add an extra guide when the group size reaches 11.

    Travelling to Scotland Read More

    See below for our guide on various travel links within the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and Australia and New Zealand:

    Travel to Scotland

    Solo Travel Read More

    Whether travelling solo on a group holiday or journeying on a self-guided walking adventure, we can provide you with advice about solo travel. Check out the articles below for more information:

    Travelling Solo on a Group Adventure: A Guide’s Perspective

    Solo Travel: Making New Friends on Arran, Islay and Jura

    5 Reasons to Solo Travel

    Self Guided Walking Holidays – Your Questions Answered

    5 Tips for Self Guided Walks

    Fitness Levels Read More

    Our holidays are open to people with various levels of fitness – all our trips are graded by difficulty; green trips are the easiest, while blue trips offer an intermediate challenge and red graded activities are the most challenging. Click the link below to view our guides and videos on grading for each activity holiday that we offer.

    Our Trip Grading Explained

    While our grading system caters for a range of fitness levels it is good to get your body prepared before heading on your adventure:

    How to Get Fit for a Long Distance Hike

    Getting Fit for Sea Kayaking

    Accommodation Read More

    A warm Scottish welcome awaits you at every stop on your journey. We carefully select all our accommodation, working with locally run B&Bs, Highland inns, guesthouses, and boutique hotels, as well as indulgent castle hotels. Each stay offers a unique experience, whether it’s relaxing by the fire in a cosy hotel, soaking in the history of a grand castle, or enjoying a chat with your friendly hosts at a traditional guesthouse.

    Our dedicated team works closely with our accommodation partners to ensure consistently high standards. We’re also passionate about sustainability, prioritising providers with Green Tourism credentials and encouraging them to reduce, reuse, and recycle wherever possible.

    Wherever you rest your head, you’ll find comfort, character, and the kind of hospitality that makes your trip truly unforgettable.

    Further Information Read More

    Our holidays are led by fully qualified and very experienced guides, who will lead you on all of our small group trips, as well as looking after all of your requirements while you are on vacation with us.

    Our nature-based, cultural, and historical guided tours in Scotland are not for everyone. They are not regular sightseeing trips of the Highlands and Islands. All of the holidays involve outdoor activity, so you will need to have the appropriate level of fitness to join any particular small group tour. Even our ‘easy’ graded trips require a reasonable level of fitness.

    Furthermore, our trips venture into wilderness areas and national parks, so you need to expect the unexpected and accept that the weather and other factors sometimes mean a change of plan. This is all part of adventure travel. Please do call us if you would like to discuss any aspect of our small group holidays.

    Most of our adventure holidays in Scotland focus on one activity. We offer walking, sea kayaking, cycling, sailing, photography, winter walking and family outdoor holidays.

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