Scottish Day Tours

  We took the Loch Ness tour from Edinburgh on Tuesday, 10 October, 2023. Our driver Stewart was very safe and professional and our guide Brian was fantastic. Both were… read more full of information and easy to talk to. We would definitely ride again.

  Fantastic day trip! – What a day! Left Edinburgh at 7.45am and travelled through the Highlands via Callander onto Glencoe and Fort Augustus for an amazingly scenic Loch Ness boat trip (price not included… read more in coach tour but well worth the money! £16). Back via A9 and Pitlochry. The sun was shining and Scotland looked stunning. Our tour guide and driver, Joe and Kyle, were knowledgeable, professional and had great banter with the group. Would thoroughly recommend this tour, great value for money!

  Great experience!  – Great tour! We took the day tour to Loch Ness and The Highlands. Dave, the driver, and Brian, the guide, were absolutely amazing. This tour was cheaper than other… read more similar tours and we had a great time and learned a lot about Scotland and enjoyed some breathtaking scenery.

  Memories forever!! – For my first time in Scotland, Brian was extremely informative and personable! I felt safe in the hands of our driver, Dave! I was overwhelmed by how close… read more the vehicles come while passing. But Dave was one of the best drivers I’ve ridden with. Thank you both!! If you’re on the edge on deciding to venture out with them, just do it!!! You’ll love seeing half the country in a day! Thank you for a memory of a lifetime!! Doug

  Excellent Loch Lomond and Trossachs day trip – Excellent day trip. We had plenty of time on the boat and at the castle. Comfortable temperature coach even in the summer heat. Friendly knowledgeable guide Gwen and super helpful… read more coach driver Colin both ensured that a limited mobility passenger had a safe and enjoyable trip with access to all the sites visited. Great service, good value with an excellent team.

  Great experience – Had a enjoyable trip to the Highlands with Gary and Brian.
Gary was very knowledgeable and funny, and we are local we learnt some new facts.
Brian… read more was a very careful driver and it was a pleasure to have him as our driver.
The Trip was very good .maybe could have spent a bit more time in places to take in the atmosphere but that is just a personal thing but not to take anything away form the day it was really good .

  Gary and Brian were amazing on our Loch Ness tour. Knowledgable, entertaining, and incredibly friendly and helpful. They made a long day enjoyable

  very generous guide and driver – We had a terrific trip, thanks to Scott and Cammy!! A very good balance of humor and information. My son and I had a great time discussing with… read more Scott in between his interventions. He gave us some tremendous cues about where to go in town to listen to live music. Thank you so much Scott!!!!

  Outstanding!!! – Our guide Scott was Hilarious and extremely informative. Even though we encountered some unexpected road issues due to weather, he kept us all in good spirits with his stories and… read more sense of humor. The driver, Cammy was also amazing. Very cautious and attentive. Thanks so much to you both for a wonderful day to the Lochs!

  Great Edinburgh day trip – It was a great day trip from Edinburgh with Scott who made the day fun and easy. Very well organised, clean coaches with a toilet inside, well versed and knowledgeable… read more tour guide it definitely became the highlight of my trip.
For Edinburgh day trips, don’t look elsewhere.

  A fun and informative way to get a taste for what Scotland has to offer. – I was staying in Edinburgh for little under a week, visiting friends. It being my first time in Scotland (Shameful to admit, as I’m from Ireland, just a short hop,… read more skip and a jump across the Irish Sea), I wanted to see as much of the country as I could within a limited timeframe and budget. I was therefor delighted when I discovered this day trip with Lothian Coaches in a tourist office just off Princes Street. Booking at the tourist office was extremely easy, and more straightforward than trying to research various package deals online.

The tour began just before 8am, in that wrist refreshing morning mist that Scotland is oh-so famous for. I was greeted by Scott a gentleman of the highest calibre, and superb tour guide. Charismatic, funny and deeply passionate about the history, geography and storytelling tradition of his native land. From there, the 12 hour excursion took us to some of the most magnificent highlights of the Highlands, foremost of which being perhaps a boat tour of Lock Ness, a true wonder of the natural world.

The only criticisms I have of the tour are quite minor and personal. For instance, the boat tour of Loch Ness and lunch in the nearby Fort Augustus cost extra (albeit it, discounted) which I hadn’t fully realised when I booked the trip. Still a very good deal overall, but something worth keeping in mind. As an avid walker/hiker, I would like to have spent a bit more time wandering and exploring some of the landmarks we stopped at for breaks. Granted, this is a purely personal qualm, and a compromise that is perfectly understandable given the impressive geographical area the tour covers within such a tight schedule.

Overall, I would highly recommend this tour to almost anyone wanting to get a taste of the Scottish highlands and lochs. Comfortable coaches, qualified drivers and a particularly passionate and engaging tour guide in Scott. When I’m next in Scotland, I hope to revisit some of the same areas by foot, but this tour provided an excellent initial taste for all the wonders rural Scotland has to offer. I would strongly recommend it!

  Magical Day in the Highlands – Take this tour!! My mother and I spent an absolutely magical day in the Highlands and Loch Ness. Beyond the unbelievable beauty of these landscapes, Scott – our tour guide… read more – made this an unforgettable experience. He had the entire bus laughing and engaged, telling us about the rich history of this area and the Scottish people. I learned and laughed a ton, danced a Scottish dance, and enjoyed the many twists and turns through the Highland landscape thanks to our driver Cammy’s careful driving. I’ll also mention that part of what made this tour so enjoyable is the forethought Scott and Cammy put into it; ordering Loch Ness cruise tickets and lunch ahead of time for those interested, to reduce waiting times when we got to our destination, for instance. I can’t recommend this tour highly enough, seriously – ask for Scott and Cammy. It really was a magical experience

  We very much enjoyed the this tour. Scott, our guide, shared his knowledge of the area and Scottish stories. He was very witty and personable. Cameron, our driver, provided a… read more smooth ride. Both were very professional when we had to double back to pickup one of the passenger’s forgotten items.

  Highlands and Loch Ness Tour – Great commentary on sites and history from Scott including all the jokes.
Liked the references to each country and will test the midge effect when back in AUS.
Thanks to… read more you and driver Cammy for a great trip. Felt very safe on the drive.
Cheers Daryl & Helen -Australia

  Stunning Scenery – We had a fantastic time on this tour!

Our tour guide, Scott, gave academic-quality description on sites, along with historical, religious and political relevance for the time. … read more He took the time to find out a bit about all of us, especially where we were from. Scott encouraged our questions. Many of his comments and discourse related to our home countries. His manner was light-hearted and humorous.

The trip itself boasted beautiful mountains, flowering fields, peat bogs, windmills, lochs, streams, canals, waterfalls, dams, villages, sheep, goats, cows, hairy cows, pine forests, castles and aqueducts. I took oodles of photos!

As seniors, we were pleasantly surprised by the number of stops for bathroom breaks, refreshments and meals. The on-bus toilet was a reassuring bonus.

Our driver, William, skillfully navigated our coach over 250 miles with complete safety, and avoided incidents with pedestrians, autos and very narrow passageways.

It was a long day, but well worth the journey. I can’t recommend it enough!

Sincerely,
Your friends from Kentucky!

  Amazing trip to the Scottish Highlands  – A truly amazing experience, both the guide Gary and the driver William were very professional, amusing and kind, I definitely recommend the services of this company which made our stay… read more in the Scottish Highlands very enjoyable 👌

  We loved this tour & Scott!! – This was absolutely the highlight of our trip to Edinburgh. Our tour guide, Scott, was hilarious, entertaining, and knowledgeable the entire time (a superstar). We made stops about once every… read more hour until we reached Loch Ness, which gave us many photo opportunities. We also saw highland coos!!! (though we warned that this is not guaranteed since they move around as they wish). Spring time was a really nice time to do this tour because of all of the beautiful yellow Gorse bushes everywhere and itty bitty baby lambs throughout the country side! We recommend the optional cruise on Loch Ness if you’d like cool wind in your hair, though do bring cash for that (or use the ATM at one of the stops, but it has a high markup). Again, Scott was the best- he answered all of our questions, was always open for a chat, and brought incredible energy the entire day. It was also nice to meet fellow passengers from across the world while learning more about this beautiful country (though be warned, some of the story telling might be just that ;)) We also loved William, our driver, who was very friendly and kept us safe. We would very much recommend the tour, it’s definitely worth the money and time. Enjoy!!

  Overall, I would highly recommend this guide to anyone looking for a fun and informative sightseeing experience. – I had the pleasure of being guided by a highly friendly, funny and informative tour guide,Scott and highly experienced and careful driver William who made my trip all the more… read more memorable. The guide was incredibly knowledgeable about the history and culture of the area, and was able to share interesting facts and anecdotes in a way that was engaging and entertaining. They also had a great sense of humor, and kept our group laughing throughout the tour.

  We all had a fantastic day with Lothian Motorcoaches . The day started bright and early and we were introduced to the driver Paul and the guide Gary . Commentary… read more was informative jokes included !
Plenty stops – dogs were grateful !
Lots to see ! And the recommendations for eats were spot on !!
The guys were great with all the passengers but were really good with us all – giving a wee bit extra time as some of our group had walking difficulties .
So there were two assistance dogs onboard one for canine partners and the other guide dogs .
We would certainly do this again ! Scenery amazing ! Loch Ness cruise – Brilliant ! Fish & chips – tasty !
Coach is clean and comfy with onboard loo .
Had such a great time and this is a really fantastic way to spot all the tourist stuff on a whistle stop tour !!

  Great tour on Sunday with Gwen as guide and Dave as our driverEverything was perfect and they both went the extra mile small things like providing shortbread and the personal… read more touches from Gwen and Dave were the unique selling point of the tour
Thanks
Helen and Kate