Scottish Highlands from Edinburgh
Written by Viator, August 2010
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Scottish Highlands from Edinburgh Reviews
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Reply by Viator, July 2012
Doing what: 5-Day Highland Explorer and Isle of Skye Small Group Tour from Edinburgh
When I shared my impressions of this trip with friends their comments were like “looks like you’ve found your country.” And that’s really true. I've travelled al over the world but the Highlands is the place where my heart stays. A special thanks for all that goes to our guide James. He is very passionate about his country, its people, land and history. Each day on this trip brought an unforgettable experience supported by a good story or tale. James made us feel a part of this proud heritage. The trip was very well-thought and organized with a good choice of B and B and hotels to stay for a night. Thanks again to James and Rabbie’s for the lifetime memories.
Reply by Viator, June 2012
Doing what: Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
Great trip! A must for anyone who wants to experience the beautiful Scottish highlands.
Reply by Viator, June 2012
Doing what: Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
Me and my dear mother traveled to Edinburgh for a weekend trip and wondered how we could make the best of our stay. The answer became one day of touring the beautiful city and enjoying its excellent shopping and eating out, and one day of exploring the highlands with Rabbie's Loch Ness day trip. All I can say is that it really gave us a great taste of Scotland! The tour was fun and interesting (I have never learn so much history in such a short time) and the buses was fresh and there were a lot of stops to take pictures of the beautiful surroundings. I don't think the Loch Ness and Fort Augustus stop was so special, it was rather the journey there that was superspecial! Our guide was amazing. What an energy, what a personality! I will book Rabbies again. That's for sure.
Our guide was the best of the whole tour.
Reply by Viator, June 2012
Doing what: Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
Excellent tour. Would recommend highly. Our tour guide was very friendly, amazingly well informed and really brought to life the lochs and the glens of the Highlands with her narrative. Had my 5 year old son with us, and he loved the trip and wasn't bored which is a great testimonial. The tour itself was very efficient in terms of having enough short breaks to take pics and I don't think anyone can cover more in a day. Once again, would highly recommend and would love to do a longer trip the next time.
Reply by Viator, June 2012
Doing what: Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
Our tour leader was an absolut wealth of knowledge! I traveled with my mum and dad and we all had an amazing experience! Gotta say Scotland, is a must and this trip was absolutely amazing and well worth it to get a day in the amazing highlands!!
Reply by Viator, June 2012
Doing what: West Highland Lochs and Castles Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
We LOVED our trip. Our guide, Michael, was so informative and very thoughtful. We wished we had time to take another tour the very next day! I think next time I will do the Sterling Castle and Loch Lomond tour. I hope there will be a next time. Even though the weather was not wonderful, it didn't really matter! We felt it just added to the ambiance of the Highlands.
Reply by Viator, June 2012
Doing what: Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
I thought that the trip was absolutely excellent. The young man leading the tour was extremely well informed. He was a complete mine of information about the total history of Scotland, told most interesting stories about the places that we were visiting, made us feel very involved with the people of Scotland, used wonderful bagpipe music to set the scene and to put into context the battles and conflicts that have occured between the clans and the numerous battles fought in different parts of Scotland. I feel that some of the information given was not understood by the particularly multicultural group that we had on our bus that day but he certainly made our day by emersing us totally into the scottish heritage. The route taken was excellent and we managed to see a great deal of the highlands in one day. Stops were made throughout the day at good vantage points and our guide also organised, from the bus, our places on a boat cruise in Loch Ness. For me the day was remarkable and was certainly made by our guide who is a credit to your company. This was our first time in Scotland and I would thoroughly recommend Viator to my friends. Timing was excellent all day.
Reply by Viator, June 2012
Doing what: Highland Lochs, Glens and Whisky Small-Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
It was a lovely day with our guide. He shows us a lot of nice spots in the beautiful highlands. His information during the trip was fantastic. We learned a lot over Scotland and history of the Highlands. The visit to Dewar was a little disappointed. Next time maybe an other distillery.
Reply by Viator, June 2012
Doing what: Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
I am confused about these ratings. This is the type of tour to NEVER book if you are wary of the stereotypical tour: being shut up in a bus all day and being forced to take pictures from a moving vehicle and making only a few rushed, 5 min stops for a bathroom break and vista point shots. For a 14 hour day (we got back late due to traffic), I spent about 3 hours outdoors (1 hour of which was on a boat). It would have been 2.5 hours, if not for traffic that forced our tour guide to make an unplanned stop (in a random boonies location with cheap food and gas). We took a 25 min break to grab snacks and use the toilet (couldn't even sit down to eat) at a place called Callender, before driving for hours through the Highlands. We should have stopped at a town like Stirling. We had two "photo opportunities" for about 5 min each during the whole 3+ hour drive to Loch Ness. When we got to Loch Ness, we were immediately shuttled on the boat (TIP: do NOT take the boat excursion, explore the town instead). Afterward, there was no time for exploration. We were immediately put back on the bus. We made a quick stop at a gift shop in the middle of nowhere on the back to buy souvenirs. We should have just done that in Loch Ness. Again, we only had about two short stops, one of pictures and one for the bathroom. Leaving little time to explore or walk about the scenery. And like I mentioned before, if it weren't for the unseen traffic, we would have missed out on eating a cheap dinner at a gas station. Lucky us.
Reply by Viator, May 2012
Doing what: Highland Lochs, Glens and Whisky Small-Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
This was a wonderful trip! The company was excellent and we all loved our tour guide, Sarah! I am so glad I took this trip; if not I would have missed a fab experience, seeing the Highlands and all its beauty! It was a worthwhile trip and I am so glad I booked it your company.
Reply by Viator, May 2012
Doing what: Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
A tour that's 12-hours long can risk getting, well, long. Thanks to Pete, our guide, this was a fascinating and fun tour. He was full of interesting information, history, personal stories, lore ... answered all of your questions and instilled his own love of the country into every hour.
If you have a limited time in Scotland and want to get a good view of the Highlands, this is the tour tour for you.
Reply by Viator, May 2012
Doing what: Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
This was my first trip solo and I loved it!!!! The highlands are so beautiful. We had a small group of wonderful people that made the tour much more fun. But the icing on the cake was our tour guide and driver. She makes the highlands come alive. Cheerful, witty, knowledgeable and just so much fun. She even had music to accompany her story of the highlands. You have to take this trip!!! =)
Reply by Viator, May 2012
Doing what: Full-Day Trip to Loch Ness and the Scottish Highlands
A long day and lots of sitting on the bus but it was worth it. The highlands are amazingly beautiful. Guide told interesting stories and was entertaining.
Reply by Viator, April 2012
Doing what: Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
We can't say enough wonderful things about our day tour to Loch Ness through the Scottish Highlands, especially about our tour guide, Audrey. She amazed us with her knowledge of the Highlands, as well as the history of Scotland - we all learned so much! A week later, we're still talking about her and what we learned and saw during our tour. We were lucky to see the Highlands on a day with near perfect weather, and still can't believe we visited Loch Ness - a truly magical place I always thought only existed in storybooks. Thank you Audrey for an unforgettable experience!
Reply by Viator, April 2012
Doing what: Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands Small Group Day Trip from Edinburgh
Trip was beautiful, I loved every second of it, the driver was full of knowledge and new all areas well and showed it all lovely in a relaxed time, I will book another one after getting all my friends to do as a group trip specially with our driver - as our guide and driver, it was one of the best trip I ever had, and hope to go again. I would recommend this trip to everyone who is going to Edinburgh. Highly to do and must do, if someone wants to have a wonderful day out from Edinburgh to Highlands and all then this trip has all five stars. Once again it is a must do trip.
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