Loch Lomond Tour: Scenic Highlands & Castles

Explore Scotland’s beauty with a Loch Lomond tour: cruise, majestic castles, and iconic sculptures. Discover history and stunning landscapes in one unforgettable day.

Duration: 9 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Kelpies & The Helix - The Kelpies are the largest equine sculptures globally. Standing at 100 feet tall, they offer a fantastic photo opportunity for both visitors and locals.
  • Balloch - The tour visits the village of Balloch, located on the beautiful banks of Loch Lomond.
    Passengers can purchase tickets for a 1-hour cruise on the loch,…
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Services of your Driver-Guide
What's Not Included
  • Loch Lomond Cruise: Adult - £15.50, Youth (13-15) - £12.50, Child (5-12) - £9.500
  • Meals and Refreshments
  • Stirling Castle - Adult £19.50, Concession £15.60, Child £11.70
Additional Information

The Loch Lomond tour departing from Edinburgh showcases a diverse array of Scotland’s attractions, including a relaxing cruise on the beautiful Loch Lomond, the ‘Highlands in miniature’ mountains, and the grand Stirling Castle.
Upon leaving Edinburgh, the tour quickly arrives at the Kelpies, the largest horse sculptures globally.
The stop in Balloch…

Location
Howies Restaurant
Waterloo Place
Our tour departs from Bus Stand ZE, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh (Opposite Howie's restaurant).Check in is at 08:30 for a 08:45 departure. Please ensure you check in on time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ttcheeser
Nov 7, 2024
Discover Scotland Guides are absolutely amazing! - My wife and I visited Scotland for our anniversary and Discover Scotland helped make some fantastic memories! We did the Loch Lamond, Sterling Castle & Kelpies Tour with our guide Gary and the Highlands, Glens & Castles tour with Kieran. Tour transportation was on time, comfortable and clean. Both guides were extremely friendly, courteous and engaging. Two different personalities but, two absolutely wonderful people that are obviously extremely proud of their heritage and rightfully so! The sights made for wonderful pictures and the countryside is the setting for fairytales. But Gary and Kieran were the jewels of these trips. Both tours not only delivered on showing us the advertised stops for ample time. They also both added additional stops not on the itinerary that made these adventures even better than advertised! I would highly recommend Discover Scotland to anyone coming to Scotland that is interested in taking a guided tour. Thank you Gary! No greater guide on the planet! (hope you're feeling better!) Thank you Kieran! Peace, Love and Mustard !
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Pavans972
May 10, 2023
Mesmerizing Scotland - We did the day tour to Loch Lomond kelpies sterling castle which was overall a great day Complete credit goes to Scott from the discover Scotland tours team I have never seen such a friendly and warm tour guide ever he made our day so much more fun Definitely recommended
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815ksenijad
May 1, 2023
Highly recommend - My friend and I were traveling. A wonderful trip. The views were amazing. Everything on time, clean and warm bus. Guide/driver James K. friendly, professional, ready to help. During the whole journey, he told the history and legends of the places we visited, accompanied by Scottish music, also readily answered every question. We took so many photos. I definitely recommend it.
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Kcove
Nov 9, 2022
Overall great time, especially if you love history. The driver was great and worked hard to make the outing fun - James, our driver was excellent. Very knowledgeable and lots of good conversation with everyone on the bus.
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Pkburnaby
Nov 7, 2022
Rabbies Stirling Caste & Kelpies Tour-Oct 1, 2022 - The driver was excellent. Gave us lots of information and pointed things out as we went along. Accompanied us when we were at the Kelpies and provided info as we walked along.
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Adventuresawait2do
Nov 5, 2022
Excellent Tour and Great Memories - I learned a lot of history from this tour. I highly recommend using Discover Scotland Tours when visiting Edinburgh. The group was small so it was very easy to ask questions. There was plenty of leg room on the van. James, the tour guide, was extremely knowledgeable. The Scottish music played on the van related to the areas we visited. I learned the story behind the Loch Lomond song. I learned about the standing stones of Calanais, the different clans in Scotland, the Massacre of Glencoe. I would certainly use Discover Scotland Tours the next time I visit Scotland. It was totally worth it.
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Nahomij561
Nov 3, 2022
Amazing trip, highly recommend - Highly recommend this trip and Company. We Saw so much in just one day! Our chaffeur Frank was the best, telling stories and backgrounds of many sightings. Very accommodating. Was all in all a lovely day, with many beautiful views and sightings and good picture spots.
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287maritp
Sep 22, 2022
A thoroughly enjoyable day! - We had a very nice tour of Loch Lomond and Stirling Castle. We enjoyed the smaller group and bus which had ample leg-room. The stops were frequent enough. Marco was a very informed guide and didn’t feel he had to constantly talk, musical breaks were nice, too. Might be useful in the future if Stirling Castle tickets could be added to the booking like the boat tour was. Our lunch break took a little longer than planned, because the kitchen was a bit slow, but Marco handled it well and everybody had time to finish lunch (it might be useful to stick to one course, though).
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Animadea
Sep 14, 2022
An experience I cherish and a tour guide I will miss - Okay so this trip was definitely worth every penny. We literally booked it the evening before and it was so much fun! Our tour guide Michael tells tales about the history and the places in such a charming way, his humor is impeccable and I his surprise for us was so adorable and cute You'll be visiting Balloch, we're I advise you to take a walk along the shore! Also Stirling castle, which has a bit of an expensive entry fee, but it's less costly of you book online beforehand so do that, the castle is worth it though!
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Carolynsn946wk
May 22, 2023
Great trip to the Kelpies - We went on this one-day tour and enjoyed it a great deal. We took the boat tour on Loch Lomond and it was a lot of fun. We visited the Kelpies and were awestruck by their size. But we do wish we had more time to really take a look at them. We had about 30 minutes but would have preferred maybe a full hour. The trip ended with a trip to Stirling Castle which was incredible. Our driver/guide was Scot and he was a lot of fun. Great facts about the the areas we visited and lots of good conversation to keep the trip lively. Would definitely use this company again.
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