Top Inverness Day Trips

Ben was an excellent guide and kept the tour light and fun while teaching us plenty about the history and folklore of the region. The Isle of Skye, of course, is stunning, and Ben made sure we saw as much as you’re able in a day. Excellent trip all around.

Excellent tour of a beautiful area of the Highlands. Our guide, Charlie, did an excellent job sharing stories of the area and taking us to all the key sights. The small size of the tour made the logistics so much easier getting everyone to and from the stops. The boat ride o the Lich Ness was a perfect way to end the day.

We (family of 4 adults) LOVED our tour with Murdoch, aka "Mr. Fabulous"! We luckily enough had great weather on the day, saw a phenomenal set of sights (fairy pools were definitely the best part!!), and laughed at all of Murdoch's stories during the driving portions. One thing we did not realize when we booked this trip was that seats are assigned? We arrived really early (45min early) to make sure we'd be near the front, as someone in our party gets motion sick, but we discovered that we were assigned seats and we were assigned to the back. Luckily no issues but we found that surprising. Both sides of the bus are great, I think I liked sitting on the left side a little more (so the side opposite the driver) but both sides provide great views. We brought our lunches which we ate while exploring Portree -- but when we got on the bus we could have ordered a bagged lunch from a bakery/deli in Portree which is also a great option. These bagged lunches were paid for in advance and picked up, so those who ordered lunch could also eat while exploring Portree. Murdoch was kind, funny, entertaining, made you feel warm/welcome/cared for, and bursting full of knowledge/experience/information/stories. It's been a few days and we're all still quoting him. As far as the stops we made on the bus... you drive by Loch Ness, stop at the Eilean Donan Castle just to take a photo from the road, stop in Portree for an extended time for lunch/exploring (about an hour? there were some fun shops to explore and the coastline was pretty), stop at Kilt rock (get off the bus, take pics) to appreciate the rock formation (and look behind you at the "layers of time" and the memorial to the crofters!), unfortunately weather (fog) hindered our stop at The Old Man of Storr but allegedly it's a photo stop (we pivoted to stopping at a waterfall instead! get out of the bus & take pics), stop at Fairy Pools (that was the big one! highly recommend hiking the 0.9 miles to almost the end -- the actual end itself is quite boring, it's just the end of a dirt path with a small stream -- to see everything. and don't be afraid to dip your face in!), we drove to/from the isle on the Skye bridge, and Urquhart Castle (stop, get off the bus, take pics). We were all early/timely so got a bonus stop as well :) We had a ball and can't recommend this tour enough!