Guided Tours of Scotland
Private Tours With Driver-Guide Greg Kain
Edinburgh Day Trips
Day Tours From Edinburgh - Private, Flexible & Fully Guided
Discover Scotland’s most iconic landscapes, castles, and historic towns with unforgettable day tours from Edinburgh. Whether you’re looking for a relaxing scenic escape, a whisky‑themed adventure, or a custom itinerary built around your interests, enjoy a personalised experience with driver‑guide Greg Kain.
​
My private tours from Edinburgh are perfect for couples, families, small groups, and solo travellers who want comfort, flexibility, and expert insight — without the rush and rigid structure of a large bus tour.
Scotland Tours From Edinburgh — Top One‑Day Itineraries
Choose from a selection of popular Scotland tours from Edinburgh. The following Edinburgh day trip itineraries are flexible and can be tailored to your interests.
​There's too much to see in one day - castles, coast, lochs and mountains all feature heavily on this two day trip around the West Highlands, which includes Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park, Rannoch Moor, Glen Coe, Castle Stalker, Loch Awe and Inveraray, with an overnight stay in 'Scotland's Seafood Capital', Oban. This is one of the best short Highland tours for outstanding scenery.
Take a journey through some of Scotland's finest Highland scenery in the Trossachs & Perthshire Highlands. Enjoy forest walks, mountain and loch views, ancient monuments, whisky distilleries and quaint Highland villages, all of which feature can in one of the best day trips from Edinburgh. Visit the delightful Highland towns of Dunkeld, Pitlochry and Aberfeldy to complete the trip.
Enjoy this Edinburgh one day tour from the capital to explore Scotland's largest city. Glasgow is blessed with more parks than any other European city, including the beautiful Pollok Country Park, home to the Burrell Collection, Pollok House and their famous herd of Hielan' Coos (Highland Cattle). The music scene in this UNESCO City of Music is as varied as the architecture, and the number of galleries, museums and festivals adds up to a cosmopolitan cultural mix.
Take a road trip around the Loch Lomond National Park, one of the best Scottish Highlands tours from Edinburgh. The Trossachs area is often described as the Highlands in miniature and Loch Lomond is the largest lake on the island of Great Britain, by surface area. Pretty villages like Luss, Killin and Callander, as well as waterfalls such as the Falls of Dochart and the Falls of Falloch will have the camera lenses clicking.
Join me for one of the best distillery tours in Scotland to see how our national drink is made and sample some of the finest Lowland or Highland single malts on site, and you don't have to worry about driving!
Glenkinchie, Rosebank, Glengoyne, Deanston, Auchentoshan, Borders, Aberfeldy, Glenturret and Kingsbarns are just some of the fantastic malt whisky distilleries you can choose from. Scottish gin tours available too!
If your port of call is one of Edinburgh's four cruise ship ports - Leith, Newhaven, Rosyth or South Queensferry - join me for an exciting day trip to one of the following; Edinburgh & surrounds, North Berwick & the Golf Coast, the Borders Abbey Trail, Stirling & Braveheart, Glasgow City Tour, St Andrews & the Fife Coast, the Scottish Highlands or an Outlander tour.
Take to the Borders Historic Route or the Abbey Trail to discover rolling green hills, ancient abbeys charming market towns, famous salmon rivers which make the Scottish Borders such a unique place to visit. Some of the highlights of this day trip include; Melrose and its abbey, Scott's View, Peebles, Abbotsford House and Floors Castle.
Take a tour and hike day trip from Edinburgh to Scotland's hills, mountains & walking trails, including; the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park, the Borders, the Arrochar Alps, the Lost Valley in Glen Coe, the Perthshire Highlands, the West Highland Way and the Fife Coastal Path.
Come with me to follow in the footsteps of Claire and Jamie as we explore some of the many historical and natural heritage film locations from the Outlander series. Doune Castle, Hopetoun House, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow Palace, Deanston Distillery, Culross, Aberdour Castle, Falkland are just a few of the many highlights of an Outlander day trip from Edinburgh.