Outer Hebrides Tours & Private Hire
Scotland
- 5 to 6 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
What's Included
- Snacks
- Bottled water
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Arranged start time
Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.
- 07/11/2025 - 10/13/2027
Monday - Sunday : 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Itinerary
1
Calanais Standing Stones & Visitor Centre
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
2
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
3
The Blackhouse, Arnol
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
4
Whalebone Arch
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
5
Lews Castle
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
6
Gearannan Blackhouse Village
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
7
Harris Tweed Shop
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
8
St Moluag's Church
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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Reviews
4.1
based on 19 reviews
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Our driver was very knowledgeable and fun to be with for the day.
We had booked a private 6 person van and Viator added two additional people to our van which made it very uncomfortable . Not only physically but with their attitudes toward the tour we were trying to enjoy.
The driver and the clients need to be taking into consideration however Viator did not honor this,
Will not book thur Viator in the future.
Although this tour is listed as Outer Hebrides tour and Private Hire it is not a private tour!!! We were in a van with a group of 6 other tourists who also believed they had booked a private tour!!! After 4 ½ hrs of driving around with stops that included Trump’s mother’s house, the driver’s mother’s house, hairy cows, thatched houses, etc. we finally got to the Hebrides and there was no explanation of the Hebrides! The driver instead passed a notebook back and told us we could read the explanation ourselves! WTAF?
Response from Host, Sep 2026
Nowhere in our advertising does it state that we do private tours. Outer Hebrides Tours does offer private hires and tours but not private tours. I understand your frustration and if you can send me paperwork that shows you were offered a private tour I will contact the company you booked through and raise this as misadvertising. The tour is advertised and you booked the North & West Lewis tour. It is impossible to cover the Hebrides in 6 hours. The tour description is very clear and the option to visit Donald Trumps mothers house is offered on the day of the tour as an added option and is only added to the tour should the majority of the group wish to see it. In this case 6 out of 8 folk on the tour wanted to see it. The note book is in addition to what the tour guide shares about the Island, again as it is impossible to cover every detail of the tour and should clients want to read more information they can but it is NOT a requirement just an added benefit to the tour. It was interesting to see that the other 6 on the tour shred excellent reviews and stated it was one of the best tours they had ever been on. I am sorry you didn't appreciate your day as the others on the same tour as you did. I hope you enjoy the rest of your cruise.
Marissa was our guide and Angus was our driver - they gave us water and snacks and I think it’s ample time that we were able to take lots of photos and take in the views we saw as we drive by. Marissa is very knowledgeable and so funny!
Tour operator very helpful .gave a lot of information about all the places we visited highly recommend .
Friendly and knowledgeable driver. Better than the cruise excursion. Took us to places above and beyond the list and gave it a personal touch.
Absolutely wonderful experience. Matisa & Anji were awesome! Super informative and got us everywhere in a timely manner...never rushed. We learned a ton about the area. Thanks you for a great tour!
Although the listing specifically stated a private tour with no one other than our party involved, we met the guide and saw a large van loaded with other people. The guide said it was a group tour, but we insisted we booked a private tour (afterwards, I sent a copy of the original listing we booked that stated private tour). After some discussion and our intent to cancel and obtain a refund, the operator arranged to drive just our party of 4 in another van with our own guide. We were happy they were able to resolve this quckly and they are to be commended for responding as they did. That said, there is a lot of driving on bumpy roads (not good for anyone with even minor back issues) to get from one featured site to another. At one stop, a black house with restaurant nearby, there were thousands of midges (tiny bugs) in the restaurant, historic buildings, parking lot, everywhere. They could not be avoided. One guest had so many bites, she had welts that itched for days! Not the best location and tour, but OK. Would not book again. However, thanks to the vendor for correcting private tour booking error.
We booked this tour simply to see the Callanish Stones. The visitors center is closed for renovation, and no ship tour busses can enter. What a delightful surprise this entire tour turned out the be! Shonnie was our guide. He was absolutely brilliant! I had no idea how interesting the other stops would be! The Butt of Lewis lighthouse scenery took my breath away. The black houses were a real unexpected wildcard! And we even saw President Trump's mothers house! Shonnie shared the history of the Gaelic people with such passion and was a wealth of knowledge on the history of the island. I cannot believe how much was packed into this 6 hour tour! It was so good that I almost forgot we were going to the Outlander stones. The Callanish stones was a bucket list for me and they did not disappoint. The best way to end the tour and they were not crowded at all. Do yourself a favor and book this!
Tour guides were friendly and local to the area. They provided interesting local information. However, out of the 8 "inclusions" advertised, we can only really give them a check on 3.
They advertised the following: Snacks (did not provide), Water (did not provide), Entry/Admission to Lews Castle (did not advise that it was closed), Entry/Admission to Whalebone Arch (we did drive past, but it is open to public on the side of the road), Entry/Admission to Callanish Standing Stones (we did go, again it is open to public and no entry or admission is required), Entry/Admission to Butt of Lewis Lighthouse (we did go, you cannot go in the lighthouse, and the area around it is open to public), Entry/Admission to Harris Tweed Shop (did not even go), and lastly, Entry/Admission to Moluag's Church (we did go, again it just feels misleading in terminology... it is open to the public, so the +$200USD does not "include admission" to this place) To be fair, we did go to Black Houses, several beaches, and an ancient tower ruin that were not advertised but were very interesting, and honestly some of the highlights of the trip. I guess I wouldn't be so disappointed with the places we did go to, if it hadn't said that Admission was included, when it was either free or we would have to pay. It felt misleading at best.
Additionally, they did not accompany us at any of the sites. Many of the other tours we have been on, and the tours that were around us yesterday had their guide with them as they walked to the attraction. Our tour guides told us to walk to the site and read the placards along the path and be back in 15 minutes. For some of the sites, they did not even talk about it while we were in the van.
In conclusion, if the +$200USD per person was just the cost of having them drive us around, that would be one thing, but it felt a little misleading and was disappointing to not even do all of the things that were advertised. They were very nice people and the van was clean. I just think that it falls short of other tours at this price point.
The tour guide was nice, did not talk much or gave much insight into the areas visited. The bus was quiet for a long time even when we were traveling to a site. There was a problem with the speakers on the van, limiting the tour guide ability to talk about the sites. He just had us read the information on the binder.he passed around. He didn’t step out with us and explain what we were seeing . We had done other tours with Viator. And now we reconsidering our future tours with Viator.
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you for your review. May I ask who your guide and driver were please so we can resolve this.
Many thanks
Outer Hebrides Tours
This was a wonderful tour that covered a lot of Shoonie's home country. There were mountains, beaches and lots of history. Angus was a wonderful driver and I'm glad I took this tour to be able to learn so much.
Book your Outer Hebrides Tour ASAP. we had an amazing time, with two of the best people Marissa our guide and Murdo our driver what a duo, 😊 they took us to some awesome places on the Isle of Lewis, and told us so much information of each place. They even took us to Donald Trumps Mother’s home 😊 When we visited the Black House in Arnol and the Gearannan Blackhouse village this was very humbling. You could see what community was about and how hard life could be back in the day. Our final stop of the day was at the Standing Sones at Callanish which gave us our Outlander moment 😊 Having Marissa and Murdo with us on this journey made our day such fun, they are fantastic people and went above and beyond for us all in the Group, myself and my friend Stephanie can’t recommend this trip more. Book this trip you will not be disappointed 👌we will come back to the island. Angela and Stephanie x
Excellent tour through the Northern villages of the Isle of Lewis. We visited the Callanish stones, Arnol black house, Garenin village, Butt of Lewis light house with its fantastic coast, and Lew Castle with a brief drive through of the city. The first 2 highlights were not available from a large coach ship tour at this time, and is our highlight of the day. Our driver guide Shonnie was a local, giving us a wonderful information about the town that he grew up in.
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