Scottish Highland Tours

Explore some of the most iconic locations in the north Highlands with our Scottish Highland Tours. Designed in collaboration with our local partners, Highland Explorers, our full and half-day trips will take you to some of the best sites along the North Coast 500 and beyond.

Half-Day Tours

Journey to beautiful locations with our half-day Scottish tours. Guests can choose from the following trips to explore fairytale castles, local distilleries, nature trails and more.

Black Isle Tour

Our Black Isle Tour includes trips to:

Cromarty Eco Ventures Boat Tour
Chanonry Point
Black Isle Brewery

Dunrobin Castle

Visit the fairytale-esque Dunrobin Castle with our half day trip which includes:

Loch Fleet
Dunrobin Castle and Falconry Display
Dornoch and Clynelish Distillery

Highland Whisky Trail

Savor the drams of your dreams with our Highland Whisky Trail. Guests can choose to visit two out of the following three distilleries:

Cynelish distillery
Balblair distillery
Glenmorangie distillery

Before making your decision, you can visit our local distilleries page to find out more information about each of the fantastic distilleries.

Highland Shooting Centre

An adventurous half-day tour, try your hand at some traditional Highland activities with:

A clay pigeon shooting session at the Highland Shooting Centre
A visit to Shin Falls
A tasting session at either Balblair, Glenmorangie or Clynelish

Dornoch Firth Nature Trail

Explore the great outdoors with a half-day tour of local nature spots, including:

Shin Falls
Ledmore and Migdale Woodland Trust
Loch Fleet

Full-Day Trips

Immerse yourself in your surroundings and embrace the pace of the Highlands with our full-day trips to iconic locations. Guests can choose from the tours below.

Loch Ness, Inverness and Culloden/Cawdor Castle

Select this day trip to visit three iconic Highland locations. Before visiting Loch Ness, you’ll stop at Beauly to visit Priory, Old School and Campbells of Beauly. Then to Loch Ness where you have the option of Jacobite Cruises or Beastie Boat, or you can visit the Urquhart Castle Visitor Centre. Then to Inverness for lunch, followed by either Cawdor Castle or Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre.

Speyside

Stop off in the picturesque Grantown on Spey before you visit two of the major Speyside whisky distilleries where you will learn about the historic distilling process and savour some delicious drams. Stop off at Johnstons of Elgin on your journey back to Brora and treat yourself to some luxury cashmere clothing.

Wild West

Journey to the northwest of Scotland for an adventure packed day. Take a tour of Wester Ross, stopping at Strathpeffer, Ben Eighe NNR Visitor Centre, Badachro Inn for lunch, Inverewe Gardens and Corrieshalloch Gorge.

Kylesku

Another option for those looking to take a day trip to the northwest Highlands, our tour takes you to the iconic NC500 destination, Kylesku, via Loch Shin and Laxford Bridge. Guests can also enjoy an optional short coastal walk near Scourie, before enjoying lunch at our award-winning sister hotel, Kylesku Hotel. You will then take the scenic route back to Brora via Oykel Bridge.

Outlander Tour

Visit some of the top attractions related to the acclaimed Outlander TV series. Feel like Claire and Jamie Fraser for the day as you explore Beauly Priory, Urquhart Castle, Inverness, Clava Cairns and Culloden Battlefield.

What to Expect from our Scottish Tours

Asides from lasting memories of a day spent exploring the beauty of the north Highlands, both our full and half-day Scottish tours include:

Pick up and drop off at our hotel
An immersive tour with an experienced driver/ tour guide
A delicious, packed lunch provided by our hotel
Water bottles in the vehicle

Our tours are available all year round, subject to availability and dependent on the attractions opening times. Entry costs to distilleries, castles, gardens and other attractions, as well as additional food and drink, are not included.

Contact our team today to book your Scottish Highland Tour adventure!