Full dayfrom £79
Loch Ness & Glencoe
Loch Ness, Glencoe & the Highlands
The classic Highland day: Urquhart Castle, the Caledonian Canal, Ben Nevis views and the drama of Glencoe.
Full day, about 11 hours Max 16
Small groups. Local guides. Daily from Inverness
Highland tours from Inverness
Loch Ness, Glencoe, the Isle of Skye, the Cairngorms and the North Coast 500. Day trips and multi-day adventures in minibuses of 16 or fewer, with guides who grew up in these glens.
- Max 16 guests, often fewer
- Tours every day, all year
- Free Inverness hotel pick-up
Choose your adventure
A morning, a day or a whole wild week
Every Wildmoor tour leaves from Inverness, the capital of the Highlands. Pick how long you have and we will show you how far it can take you.
Watch the road unfold
Every route starts in Inverness
Pick a tour and watch the minibus trace its way across the Highlands, from the Great Glen to the Trotternish Ridge and the far north coast.
Stylised map, not to scale
Inverness · Urquhart Castle · Fort Augustus · Commando Memorial · Fort William · Glencoe
The classic Highland day: Urquhart Castle, the Caledonian Canal, Ben Nevis views and the drama of Glencoe.
Most booked
Popular tours from Inverness
- Multi-dayfrom £449
Isle of Skye & West
Isle of Skye 3-Day Adventure
Eilean Donan, the Old Man of Storr, the Quiraing and the Fairy Pools, with two nights in Portree.
3 days, 2 nights Max 14 - Multi-dayfrom £629
Far North & NC500
North Coast 500 Highlights
Four days on Scotland's great road trip: Ullapool, Assynt, Smoo Cave, John o' Groats and Dornoch.
4 days, 3 nights Max 12
Why travel with Wildmoor
Small groups. Big country.
Coach tours see the Highlands through a window. We stop where they cannot, walk where they will not and know which viewpoint is empty at 9am. Our guides grew up in Plockton, Aviemore and Inverness, and it shows.
Meet the guides16
guests at most
Often 8 to 12. Never a 50-seat coach.
30+
Highland stops
From Urquhart Castle to Dunnet Head.
365
days a year
Loch Ness and Culloden tours run all year.
£2
per guest to paths
Given to local footpath and peatland projects.
When to visit the Highlands
Weather, daylight and midges by month
Long June days, purple August heather or snowy January peaks: there is no bad month for the Highlands, just different kit. Choose a month to see what to expect.
Daylight in Inverness (hours)
Typical long-term averages for Inverness, rounded. Wet days are days with more than 1 mm of rain.
| Month | Daylight hours | Average high °C | Wet days | Midges |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2 | 7 | 13 | None |
| February | 9.3 | 8 | 10 | None |
| March | 11.6 | 10 | 11 | None |
| April | 14.1 | 12 | 9 | None |
| May | 16.6 | 15 | 9 | Low |
| June | 18.1 | 17 | 9 | High |
| July | 17.5 | 19 | 10 | High |
| August | 15.4 | 19 | 11 | High |
| September | 12.8 | 16 | 11 | Moderate |
| October | 10.2 | 13 | 13 | Low |
| November | 7.8 | 9 | 13 | None |
| December | 6.6 | 7 | 13 | None |
The Highlands in
May
- Daylight
- 16.6 h
- High
- 15°C
- Wet days
- 9
Midge forecast: Low
Long, bright days, bluebells and gorse in flower. Our favourite month.
Your guides
Local guides. Still exploring.
Four guides, 42 years of Highland roads between them, and not one script.
- Ewan MacRaeFounder and lead guide
- Isla MunroNaturalist guide
- Callum GrantHistory guide
- Ailsa RossNorth Coast guide
From the back seat
What our guests say
Ewan timed the Storr walk perfectly. We had the top to ourselves while the car park filled up below.
Hannah, Leeds
Isle of Skye 3-Day Adventure
Glencoe in the rain was somehow even better. Small group, real stories, no rushing.
Marco, Bologna
Loch Ness, Glencoe & the Highlands
Two golden eagles, a red squirrel at arm's length and the best shortbread I've ever had.
Priya, Toronto
Cairngorms Wildlife Day
We'd never have managed those single-track roads ourselves. Four days that felt like a fortnight.
Sam and Jo, Brighton
North Coast 500 Highlights
Callum made the battlefield feel real. Clava at sunset was something else.
Erik, Gothenburg
Culloden & Clava Cairns
Perfect for our last morning in Inverness. Easy, friendly and back in time for the train.
Mei, Singapore
Loch Ness & Urquhart Castle
Before you go
Highland tour questions
What to wear, winter tours, hotel pick-up and the dreaded midge. More in our full FAQ.
Read all FAQsLayers, whatever the forecast says. A waterproof jacket is essential all year, plus a warm fleece or jumper and comfortable shoes with some grip. On the Skye and NC500 tours bring walking boots and waterproof trousers. Highland weather can change four times in a day, which is half the fun.
The glens are calling
Seats go fast from May to September. Check dates for your tour, or call the Basecamp team for help choosing.
Wildmoor Highland Tours
7 Heatherbank Lane, Inverness IV2 3WM