Private Day Tours from Edinburgh

Explore Scotland's history, castles, and landscapes on a private day tour departing from Edinburgh, planned around you from start to finish. From the Stone of Destiny's new home at Perth Museum to the soaring Falkirk Wheel and Kelpies, or a dram at one of Scotland's finest whisky distilleries, each tour is exclusively yours, with a maximum of eight guests and no one else along for the journey.

Tour Guide Scotland is run by Lesley and James, a husband and wife team who guide every tour personally rather than handing you off to a rotating roster of drivers. Lesley spent 17 years as a police officer and brings a sharp eye for Scottish history and wildlife to every stop, while James is a Scottish Whisky Ambassador with a background in hospitality. We'll collect you from your hotel, the airport, or the train station, so there's no need to worry about logistics on the day.

Every private day tour from Edinburgh is priced at a fixed £695, covering your vehicle, your guide, and every stop on the itinerary, whichever tour you choose. Pick from castles, Highland scenery, Outlander filming locations, or a genealogy tour tracing your own family roots, and if none of our listed itineraries quite fit, we're glad to adapt one or build a bespoke day entirely around your interests.

Come as a guest, leave as a friend. Take a look at our full selection of private day tours from Edinburgh below, and get in touch to start planning yours.

Choose Your Private Edinburgh Day Tour

Scone Palace & The Stone of Destiny

Visit Scone Palace, historic seat of Scottish coronations, on a private day tour.

St Andrews & The Fife Coast

Explore St Andrews, home of golf, and the fishing villages of the Fife Coast on a private day tour.

Isle of May Puffin Tour

Cruise to the Isle of May to see its famous puffin colony on a private day tour, one of Scotland's best wildlife experiences.

Midhope Castle, a stone tower house in Scotland, seen down a tree-lined path leading to its entrance

Outlander Day Tour

Visit Midhope Castle, known on- screen as Lallybroch, on a private day tour built around the show's real Scottish filming locations.

Stirling Castle in Scotland, with visitors walking through terraced gardens and countryside views in the background

Stirling Castle & The Trossachs

Explore Stirling Castle before heading into the Trossachs' lochs and glens on a relaxed private day out from Glasgow & Edinburgh.

The Kelpies, giant steel horse-head sculptures in Falkirk, Scotland, viewed from below against a blue sky

The Falkirk Wheel & Kelpies

See the Falkirk Wheel, the world's only rotating boat lift, alongside The Kelpies' towering steel horse heads on this private day tour.

Inveraray Castle & Loch Lomond

Tour Inveraray Castle and the shores of Loch Lomond on a private day trip departing from Glasgow.

Glencoe & The Highlands

Discover the dramatic scenery of Glencoe and the Highlands on a private day tour departing from Glasgow.

Culzean Castle & Burns Country

Visit the clifftop grandeur of Culzean Castle and explore Robert Burns' Ayrshire on a private day tour

Stirling Castle & Bannockburn

Trace Scotland's fight for independence at Stirling Castle, the Wallace Monument, & the Battle of Bannockburn site on a private day tour.

New Lanark & Bothwell Castle Tour

Step into Scotland's industrial and medieval past at the UNESCO village of New Lanark and Bothwell Castle on a private day.