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The 15 Best Isle of Skye Tours from Edinburgh

38 tours  ·  from $157 a head

Skye is five hours each way, which is why almost nothing here is a day trip. The 15 below are two and three-day runs, compared on where you sleep, how much of the Trotternish and the Cuillin you reach, and what is included beyond the seat.

From Edinburgh: 3-Day Isle of Skye and The Highlands Tour - Morning departure, the Kelpies, and Callander
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From Edinburgh: 3-Day Isle of Skye and The Highlands Tour

1.3-Day Isle of Skye and The Highlands Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,405 reviews · 3 days · from $244Our pick

Explore Skye, Glencoe, Loch Ness, Glenfinnan, and Culloden on a lively three-day Highlands tour from Edinburgh with your own Inverness stay.

“The tour was the most exciting and scenic trip for me and my friends. The tour guide Rod is just amazing and got to learn so much history about places and interesting stories to listen from him. The photo spots were great. We all in all enjoyed it alot and would definitely would like to go on this tour again and will also recommend it to my friends and family.”

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3-Day Isle of Skye Inverness Highlands and Glenfinnan Viaduct Tour from Edinburgh - Day one: the Kelpies, Glencoe, and Glenfinnan
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3-Day Isle of Skye Inverness Highlands and Glenfinnan Viaduct Tour from Edinburgh

3-Day Isle of Skye and Scottish Highlands from Edinburgh - Portree for two nights: charming base, limited dinner supply
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3-Day Isle of Skye and Scottish Highlands from Edinburgh

3-Day Isle of Skye and Scottish Highlands from Edinburgh - Portree for two nights: charming base, limited dinner supply
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3 Day Isle of Skye and Scottish Highlands from Edinburgh

4.3 Day Isle of Skye and Scottish Highlands from Edinburgh

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,138 reviews · 3 days (approx.)

Explore Glencoe, Skye, Loch Ness, and the Highlands on a scenic 3-day coach tour from Edinburgh with lodging and breakfast included.

“We couldn't have asked for a better tour of the Isle of Skye. Tim was an amazing tour guide, along with Tegan. We learned so much and saw so many amazing views! The B&B they arranged for us in Portree was a perfect place to rest at the end of the day. The hotel provided a wonderful breakfast. Could not recommend this tour enough! :)”

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Edinburgh: Isle of Skye, Highlands and Loch Ness 3-Day Tour - Day 2: Skye’s cliffs, waterfalls, and Trotternish Ridge
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Edinburgh: Isle of Skye, Highlands and Loch Ness 3-Day Tour

5.Isle of Skye, Highlands and Loch Ness 3-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,002 reviews · 3 days (approx.) · from $235

Three days from Edinburgh to Skye, Glencoe, Loch Ness, and Ben Nevis, with small-group transport, accommodation, and expert local guiding.

“Paul Santa was the best tour guide - The entire experience was magical. Despite unpredictable weather, he came with several backup plans and allowed our small group to adjust the trip to our preferences. As a solo traveler, I felt like part of the whole group. The people of the highlands are so welcoming, kind, and funny. 100% worth it, remember good rain shoes. So much fun - I couldn’t stop saying “Yay!””

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Edinburgh: 3-Day Isle of Skye, Highlands, and Loch Ness Tour - Day one: Loch Lomond, Glencoe, and the road to Portree
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Edinburgh: 3-Day Isle of Skye, Highlands, and Loch Ness Tour

6.3-Day Isle of Skye, Highlands, and Loch Ness Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 975 reviews · 3 days · from $230

See Glencoe, Isle of Skye, Eilean Donan Castle, and Loch Ness on a scenic three-day small-group tour from Edinburgh.

“Jack was a ginger legend ! Just completed the 3 day tour and everything was amazing, great stories and fact of the areas we drove through. The provided accommodation was wonderful and all the staff and people we met along the way were lovely. Be mindful that winter is the off season so lots of shops in town were closed and streets a little dead. So it’s a great time if you like it a little more quiet and a tour with less tourist at each of main attractions.”

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3-Day Isle of Skye, 'Hogwarts Express' Train and Highlands Tour - Day one: Rannoch Moor, Glencoe, and the Hogwarts Express
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3-Day Isle of Skye, ‘Hogwarts Express’ Train and Highlands Tour

7.3-Day Isle of Skye, ‘Hogwarts Express’ Train and Highlands Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 972 reviews · from $926

Ride the Jacobite steam train, explore Skye, and see Glencoe, Loch Ness, and Eilean Donan Castle on a practical 3-day tour from Edinburgh.

“Isle of Skye is a gorgeous area .....lots of scenery (especially when it's sunny.... we were very lucky!) Our driver was very knowledgeable and friendly, despite the fact that she had only been driving this route for @ 6 months! Despite the long distance riding in a bus, I would definitely recommend this trip as a way to get out of the city and see the spectacular countryside of Scotland!”

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3-Day Guided Isle of Skye and Highlands with Stay from Edinburgh - Day 2: The Isle of Skye’s best-known viewpoints
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3-Day Guided Isle of Skye and Highlands with Stay from Edinburgh

8.3-Day Guided Isle of Skye and Highlands with Stay from Edinburgh

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 904 reviews · 3 days (approx.) · from $416

Explore Loch Lomond, Glencoe, Skye, Loch Ness, and Culloden on a guided three-day Highlands trip from Edinburgh with B&B stays.

“The trip was very nice, beautiful scenery, excellent accommodations. There were a couple of issues I would like to address. We joined the trip a day late as our plane from Dublin to Edinburgh was canceled. Your company was great about letting us join the tour in Inverness. I think it would be nice to have a buss driver and a tour guide. Our bus driver Craig was very nice, but he didn't tell us very much about what we were seeing. He was also very difficult to understand. We skipped some stops because of parking issues, and did not cover all the stops listed in the itinerary. The bus…”

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From Edinburgh: Isle of Skye 3-Day Tour with Accommodation - Edinburgh to Glencoe, with castles before the mountains
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From Edinburgh: Isle of Skye 3-Day Tour with Accommodation

9.Isle of Skye 3-Day Tour with Accommodation

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 526 reviews · 3 days · from $629

Review of Rabbie's 3-day Edinburgh to Skye tour, with Glencoe, Eilean Donan Castle, Portree, expert guides, and B&B stays.

“My tour guide David was the best! Very fun, knowledgeable, helpful, chill, and easy going. I loved the whole experience. Definitely worth it. Also, he has good taste in music, he played some David Bowie and Velvet Underground, which is a huge plus for me. We stopped at the most beautiful places ever 🥹 I’ll forever remember this trip.”

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5-Day Isle of Skye, Loch Ness & Inverness From Edinburgh - Kilt Rock, the Old Man of Storr and Skye’s weather
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5-Day Isle of Skye, Loch Ness & Inverness From Edinburgh

From Edinburgh: Isle of Skye & Highlands 3-Day Guided Tour - Day 1: Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor, and Glen Coe
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From Edinburgh: Isle of Skye & Highlands 3-Day Guided Tour

11.Isle of Skye & Highlands 3-Day Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 352 reviews · from $538

Explore Skye, Loch Ness, Glen Coe, Culloden, and Eilean Donan on a scenic 3-day Highlands tour from Edinburgh.

“This tour is a fantastic way to experience the highlands of Scotland. Rory was our guide and he was witty, funny, flexible, easygoing and very knowledgeable. Thank you so much much Rory for a great experience! We very much appreciated your fantastic storytelling!!”

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3-Day Budget Backpacker Isle of Skye and the Highlands Tour from Edinburgh - Day one: bridges, Glencoe, and the road to Portree
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3-Day Budget Backpacker Isle of Skye and the Highlands Tour from Edinburgh

12.3-Day Budget Backpacker Isle of Skye and the Highlands Tour from Edinburgh

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 273 reviews · 3 days (approx.)

Review of HAGGiS Adventures’ 3-day budget tour from Edinburgh to Skye, Loch Ness, Glencoe, Eilean Donan, and the Highlands.

“Louise is the best!!! I couldn’t have asked for a better tourguide and trip. The carefully chosen route, stories, playlists (and jokes ;) were creating a beautiful atmosphere. Felt amazing to be part of the group!”

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6 Day Outer Hebrides, Isle of Skye & optional 'Hogwarts Express' - Day 2: From Corrieshalloch Gorge to Stornoway
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6 Day Outer Hebrides, Isle of Skye & optional ‘Hogwarts Express’

14.6 Day Outer Hebrides, Isle of Skye & optional ‘Hogwarts Express’

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 223 reviews · 6 days (approx.)

Explore the Outer Hebrides, Isle of Skye, ferries, castles, beaches, and an optional Jacobite Steam Train on this six-day Scotland tour.

“Tour guide Sophie made this an amazing trip. Not only was she an amazing driver but she was knowledgable,kind and made the driving time so fun. Some on the tour stayed at actual B&B which i was expecting but the hotels did serve breakfast. All with friendly and accommodating staff.”

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Edinburgh: Eilean Donan, Loch Ness & Glenfinnan 2-Day Tour - Loch Lomond and the village of Luss
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Edinburgh: Eilean Donan, Loch Ness & Glenfinnan 2-Day Tour

15.Eilean Donan, Loch Ness & Glenfinnan 2-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 205 reviews · 2 days · from $157Best value

See Loch Ness, Eilean Donan Castle, Glenfinnan Viaduct and Glencoe on a scenic 2-day Highlands tour from Edinburgh with a Fort William stay.

“Jamie was our guide for 2 day tour on Loch Ness, Glenfinnan and Eilean donan route. His stories are worth listening to without getting bored. He has a special trick of being humourous and keep the atmosphere of the tour very light hearted. He went above and beyond at many places for us to have an amazing experience. Timberbush is really lucky to have Jamie as their one of their guides. I am definitely gonna recommend him to anyone who wants to visit Scotland”

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