Isle Of Skye Tour Companies

Rose was an amazing guide. She went beyond all expectations to ensure her group were looked after. I thoroughly recommend this tour

Fantastic experience, loved the commentary from Paul, he really made sure we all had a great time.

Everything from the ease of the booking process to the comprehensive itinery was great! Tour Radar demonstrated excellent customer care with regular updates, reminders and useful information. Would thoroughly recommend using them as I will be in the future.

Winter conditions restricted some activities, but otherwise a good trip.

Very interesting trip, excellently led by our competent tour guide Tony, who didn't let himself be put off, even when something didn't work out at the beginning of the trip through no fault of his own (train only had 2 carriages instead of 5). We learned a lot about the country, its people and history without stress and experienced a different way of traveling, which we really enjoyed (small group/participants from 3 continents/5 countries). Lots of interesting conversations among the tour participants. We are thrilled!

I recently traveled with a friend to Scotland. We included a week long tour with Intrepid, booked through Tour Radar. We paid a very healthy sum for the tour, $3,460 each. The description said the trip was appropriate for ages 15-99. It also described two nights in Portree on Isle of Skye with a private van tour on the full day on Isle of Sky. My friend and I chose this tour because of the time spent in Portree and on Isle of Skye, the small group size, and that if it was okay for ages 15-99 then I’d be fine six months post a major knee surgery. What wasn’t included in the description and what happened: -No where did it say that we’d be expected to walk/transport our luggage on foot from Points of transportation to our lodging ranging from 10-20 minutes. My 94 year old father-in-law lives with us and is able bodied, but there’s no way he could have done these distances While also carrying/pulling luggage. My 87 year old mother could not accomplish this either. I could do it with my recovering knee, but I was slower and it also used up some of the energy I needed for enjoying walking portions of the tour. I didn’t anticipate having to schlep my suitcase for 15 minutes at a time over uneven sidewalks, etc. I would have packed differently had I known or we would have looked for a different tour. -My friend and I still wonder why Fort Williams was included on the itinerary as a place to stay?
The only thing Intrepid provided was a walk to a castle that wasn’t open for visitors. The rest was on our own and there really wasn’t much happening other than a nice, little museum. We would have preferred more time on Isle of Skye. -We were notified prior to departure that our time on Isle of Skye would be at Kyleakin - not in Portree- and we’d have to arrange our own tour. Phone numbers were provided but no one on the tour had any luck booking anything prior to arriving, calls not returned, no availability, etc. So, 3-4 of our tour group spent 2 FULL hours or more on their phones while we were in Fort Williams trying to come up with some options for us. They pieced together a public bus ride to/from Kyleakin to Portree and a private taxi tour at our own expense! (After paying for it in the cost of our tour.) This should have been done by Intrepid!! Not once were we offered reimbursement. We didn’t have any time in Portree. We’d hoped to have lunch before our taxi tour, but all the restaurants were full. I found a to-go cup of tea and scone at a bike shop, then time in cue to use a bathroom. I’d looked forward to staying in Portree and had many places I had planned to walk to when not on the private van tour we were sold but didn’t get. Also, While staying in Kyleakin, the guest house did not provide a cooked breakfast, just light snacks in our rooms. Breakfast was provided, but we had to walk to/from the restaurant that was a mile each way. This used up time we could have been site seeing. Also, it would use up my knee energy for the days site-seeing. My friend went to breakfast but I skipped the walk to reserve my energy for site-seeing. Oh, and the whiskey tasting…we passed distilleries but we Were given a private lesson on tasting with our tour guide. While he did a fine job, the setting was not the same as a distillery setting. The room was bare, we used wine glasses, we were Supposed to take notes but no hard surfaces to write on, etc. Just wasn’t what any of us were expecting. I found Intrepid’s disregard for the changes and the misleading descriptions as to be very unprofessional. I use tours so that I don’t have to do all of the arranging. Why pay you if I’m going to have to do it myself? Next time I book a tour, I’ll be sure to avoid Intrepid. Many friends have asked about my trip. Unfortunately, the biggest disappointment was the tour. I’ve shared that multiple times now. I’m not the only member of the group that walked away Disappointed. We didn’t want to “blame” the tour guide, I don’t think he was responsible, he was just trying to keep us happy as he could sense how displeased we were. His answers too our questions were not satisfying at all. He seemed to be trying to cover for the company best he could.

Cara went above and beyond to give a lifetime experience touring the Highlands and Isle of Skye. She is an excellent storyteller and strove to provide our tour with all the best gems on route. Can’t wait to return!

Great trip to highlands with HAGGiS. We had a great 3 days, accommodation was good, well organized trip. Our tour guide Charlie did fantastic job.. keep up the good work!

Our guide, Graeme, was excellent! He shared a ton of history, some good jokes, and kept us entertained the entire time. We were even able to experience some unexpected stops because of his expertise. Definitely will use Rabbie’s again!

Micheal our driver was a fantastic tour guide and story teller. He went above and beyond to show us around even with road and snow conditions being challenging. The 3 stars is due to the accommodation arrangements Rabbies organised. At Broadford there was only one place open to have dinner that required a long walk on a dark frozen pathway that was quite treacherous and scary. We chose to stay in our room and had tea and toast our first night, then Micheal took us to the co op the next evening to buy supplies for dinner. The seat belts on the bus kept coming undone, and there was nowhere to even put a drink bottle.

I loved it! I will definitely be visiting Scotland again.

The tour was very lovely! Marita was a very welcoming and kind guide. She took the time for us to take pictures and provided us with knowledge about the points we crossed. It was an excellent tour.

Thank you our guide, Sandy, leading us to travel safely around Isle of Skye and Inverness. We enjoyed so much!