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5 Day Christmas Caper

Mirelle said...

What an amazing 5 days! This doesn't even feel like a "tour" in the traditional sense, but more like a bunch of awesome people road tripping around the picturesque Scottish Highlands. Our guide Richard was so knowledgeable…
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  • Image for Only a bit more than a week till World Otter Day! Stay tuned for more otterly adorable stuff or check out @iosf_otters . . . #eurasianotter #otter #otters #ottersofinstagram #otterlyadorable #wildlife #scottishwildlife #charitytuesday #charity #fundraisin
  • Image for Welcome to the jungle! Wouldn't think at first that it's in Perthshire. If you look carefully, you can see the folly at the Hermitage. . . . #hermitage #folly #thehermitage #perthside #dunkeld #scotland #visitscotland #scotlandisnow #forest #jungle #natur
  • Image for Dolphins swimming in Armadale Bay.
  • Image for Jump into the Ultimate Scottish Adventure with us! Thanks for sending this brilliant photo Marty. Your t-shirt will be with you soon. . . . #cuillins #blackcuillin #sligachan #scotland #jumpshot #potd #greatshots #instagreatshots #hashtags #fromwhereistan
  • Image for Throwback to very picturesque day at Old Man of Storr. . . . #oldmanofstorr #skye #isleofskye #tour #scotland #storr #throwback #throwbackthursday #scotlandisnow #scotspirit #photographersofinsta #sun #blueskyes #shadow #scotlandsbeauty #pictureperfect #p
  • Image for Our 3 and 5 day tour dates are now online until May 2019!
  • Image for Stewart, the newest Chieftain in Clan MacBackpackers was adventuring around The Highlands and Skye with Mark and Richard the last weeks. Welcome to the Clan!
  • Image for Glencoe's starting to look green. . . . #spring #scotland #beautiful #glen #valley #bluesky #cloudporn #scotland #scotspirit #highlands #nature #naturephotography #scotlandisnow #amazingplaces #hahstags #wheretonext #travel #travellerofinsta #vacay #trave
  • Image for It's definitely spring when the pretty flowers start to appear in the Highlands.
  • Image for Look who Neil met on tour yesterday.
  • Image for Beautiful day at Brother's Point. . . . #brotherspoint #isleofskye #scotland #scotspirit #scotlandisnow #scotlandsbeauty #passionpassport #travelstoke #views #adventure #goexplore #
  • Image for Beautiful day at Brother's Point. . . . #brotherspoint #isleofskye #scotland #scotspirit #scotlandisnow #scotlandsbeauty #passionpassport #travelstoke #views #adventure #goexplore #
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  • Image for The blackhouses used to be very common in the Highlands and the Hebrides. Some of them were occupied until early 1970s. However, without the annual repairs they deteriorated rapidly. The blackhouses have increasingly been restored to use as holiday accomm
  • Image for Soaking in the sunshine at Old Man of Storr. . . . #oldmanofstorr #isleofskye #storr #scotland #visitscotland #touring #tripofthelifetime #hiking #walking #instagood #sunshine #spring #fromwhereistand #skye #scotspirit #landscape #fun #ultimateadventure #
  • Image for Mark took the 3 Day Loch Ness and Skye tour to explore Neist Point yesterday. The weather couldn't get better than this. Check out @markmacb to see live updates on our tours. . . . #neistpoint #lighthouse #neistpointlighthouse #travel #tourinspo #tourinsp
  • Image for An incredible view of a valley in the Western Scottish Highlands, somewhere near Inverlochy (I believe). Another snapshot I was able to capture because our tour bus pulled off, so the driver could have a smoke. The guys who own #macbackpackers were the mo
  • Image for We think that our guides should win some photography awards! Neil captured this amazing view of Storr, from a bit of different ankle than usually, this week. . . . #scotland #storr #scotspirit #hashtags #naturephotography #natgeotravelpic #hike #nodronesn
  • Image for Throwback to when we took the crew to Caribbean. Well almost... Bosta Beach is actually situated in Lewis and Harris. No matter how many times you visit different parts of Scotland, there's always something new to astonish you. . . . #bostabeach #greatber
  • Image for Neil took the 5-day crew around Wester Ross yesterday. The colours of Scottish nature are just phenomenal. . . . #westerross #highlands #scottishhighlands #naturelovers #spring #nofiltersneeded #scotland #naturephotography #wanderlust #wonderlust #wandere
  • Image for Beautiful day for a wee hike at Quiraing.
  • Image for Happy Earth Day!
  • Image for Doesn't Loch Ness look amazing in the spring sun?
  • Image for Oh deer! Look who was guarding the bus while guard while the tour group wandered Torridon yesterday. . . .
  • Image for Happy Coosday! . . . #hairycoo #coosday #scotland #highlands #highlandcalf #scotspirit #scottishanimals #fromwhereistand #travelstoke #beautifuldestinations #travelgram #scotlandsbeauty #cute #animalbabies #highlandcattle
  • Image for The course of British, European and world history was changed on 16 April 1746. This year marks the 272nd anniversary of the Battle of Culloden. Fought in 1746, it marked the end of the Second Jacobite Uprising. . . . #culloden #battle #jacobite #history
  • Image for Neil captured this sensational sunset at Kyleakin this week.
  • Image for Our 7 Day Best of the West will be back next month!
  • Image for The Picturesque Cuillin. . . . #cuillin #thecuillin #skye #isleofskye #scotland #scotspirit #mountains #clouds #mirror #fromwhereistand #passionpassport #traveldeeper #liveauthentic #travelstoke #travelgram #thisisscotland #wherenext #potd
  • Image for Inverlochy Castle and the famous Ben.
  • Image for Happy Unicorn Day!
  • Image for Happy Tartan Day everyone! Tartan is one of the most recognisable patterns ever. Did you know that the world's first colour photograph, taken in 1861 by James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish theoretical physicist, was of a tartan ribbon? Or that in 1969 Alan B
  • Image for Happy Coosday everyone! . . . #coosday #hairycoo #coo #highlands #highlandcow #scotland #visitscotland #scotspirit #scotlife #cute #scottishanimals #cowsofinstagram #coogram
  • Image for From the April 1st, you can hire sunglasses that record your entire trip. The MacPlayBackers have several amazing functions. You can stream the tour live on your social media channels, and replay your favourite moments again and again. You can also view
  • Image for Happy Easter everyone! Here's Mark enjoying a lovely spring day probably in the best picnic spot in Scotland. . . . #Glencoe #Macbackpackers #scotland #visitscotland #scotspirit #picnic #guidelife #spring #mountains #easter #publicholiday #longweekend
  • Image for Stunning red broch. . . . #broch #scotland #visitscotland #historicscotland #history #travel #travelgram #stone #historic #potd #historyphotography #highlands #lovescotland
  • Image for There's still space on this weeks Loch Ness and Skye tour. Join us for a great spring weekend this Saturday. . . . #nessie #ibelieveinnessie #lochness #nessiehunting #privatebeach #loch #lake #scotland #visitscotland #scotspirit #scotlife #sun #spring #lo
  • Image for If you're in the UK, just a wee reminder, that clocks were turned forward an hour last night. Nothing to worry about though, if you forget to change your clock at least you'll early. . . . #daylightsavingtime #daylight #spring #daylightsaving #scotland #
  • Image for Coos don't get cuter than this
  • Image for We had a pipe band playing right in front of the Maccy B’s HQ. Very Scottish
  • Image for Happy first day of spring everyone! Just a reminder that the clocks will go forward one hour on Sunday, 25 March. That means that on Monday 26th March our tours will start to depart again at 9 am. Yay for the longer days!☀️ . . . #meadows #edinburgh #park
  • Image for Ooft what a cracking pair. Of copper stills that is. . . . #macbackpackers #dalwhinniedistillery #copperstill #scotch #whisky #scotland #scotspirit #scotlife #wateroflife #carpark
  • Image for Happy St. Patrick's Day to all our Irish friends!☘️
  • Image for Nothing like a bit of Nessie hunting.
  • Image for Our newest guest blogger @natpacker takes you for a tour around Edinburgh. If you have couple of days before or after our tour, be sure to check out some of these interesting and free places to visit. The link for the blog post is in our bio.
  • Image for Dawn at the Faerie Pools.
  • Image for Congrats @seansmithvideo for winning the first photo contest of the year!
  • Image for Look who’s just emerged at the Highland Wildlife Park! After spending two and a half months cosy in the cubbing den, the first polar bear cub to be born in the UK for 25 years has ventured outside with mum Victoria for the first time. Mother and cub are c
  • Image for Glencoe wildlife.
  • Image for The Beast from the East made even the waterfall at Kilt Rock froze this weekend.❄️ . . . #kiltrock #isleofskye #skye #rugged #cliffs #frozen #frozenwaterfall #waterfall #ice #winter #magic #whomadeelsamad #Scotland #scotspirit #scotlife #rocks #beastfromt
  • Image for Snowy old man.❄️ Beast from the East has brought lot of fresh powder to Scotland. We'll go tomorrow to explore snowy Highlands and Isle of Skye if anyone wants to join us.
  • Image for Down by the river and storming castles. . . . #macbackpackers #sligachan #snowcoveredmountains #scotlandisamazing #fairypools #fairiepools #nervoustourguide #eileandonan #isleofskye #skye #tourguidelife #snow #ScotSpirit #Scotland #scotlife #mountains #ri
  • Image for We’re all set up for All-in-One Travel Show. We’ll be at Ibis Hotel Earls Court tomorrow between 10 am and 6 pm. Come to grab great travel deals or just for a blether and wee dram.
  • Image for You can get now up to £40 off our 3 Day Isle of Skye tour when booking through our website. Be quick though because the tour will depart tomorrow.
  • Image for We had nothing but the best guide in this amazing tour. Mark, thank you so much for your funny stories, your music, your incredible knowledge of Scottish history and your time to satisfy my fanaticism for Outlander and Harry Potter ❤️ @macbackpackers ❤️
  • Image for Mark was lucky to meet this wee poser on tour. #stag #reddeer #ontour #wildlife #Scotland #ScottishWildlife #Highlands #wilderness #VisitScotland #Scotlife #loveUK #Scotspirit #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
  • Image for Snow, blue sky, loch and majesic Slioch. We were spoilt with the weather this week. #Slioch #Scotland #bluesky #ScotSpirit #loveScotland #botd #potd #instagood #travelgram #destination #trip #independenttravel #solotrip #greatshots #wanderlust #snowymoun
  • Image for Throwback to the super blue blood moon over Skye Bridge couple of weeks ago.
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  • Image for The winter doing its magic on Loch Morlich right now.❄️ #liveontour . . #winter #frozen #loch #Scotland #lake #bluesky #ScotSpirit #frozenlake #naturephotography #Scotlife #Scotlandlover #Scotlandtravel #adventuretime #nature_perfection #ice #natureshots
  • Image for Hidden Valley Glencoe, Scotland. #hiddenvalley #glencoe #scotland #august #2017 #macbackpackers
  • Image for Snowy mountains and calm loch. #5DaySkyeandHighlandFling #tour #Scotland #reflections #loch #mountains #snowymountains #cloud #ScotSpirit #traveldreams #instagoof #potd #bestofinsta #naturetravel #photography #traveldream #adventuretrip #travelblogger #g
  • Image for Happy International Scotch Day!
  • Image for Besides all the great memories, marvellous adventures and new friends 2017 brought us, we also won some fantastic awards. We're utterly delighted that our 3 Day Isle of Skye Tour won Tour Radar's Quick Getaway 2017 Award.
  • Image for Scotland is just simply picture perfect.
  • Image for Thanks so much everyone who have taken time to write these phenomenal reviews and @tourradar. We're beyond excited to be the number 1 tour company in Europe!
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  • Image for Beautiful summer day at Orkney.☀️ If you're in London this weekend, come to meet us at TNT Travel Show. You can get great discounts on all our tours including the 6 Day Orkney Stravaig. #Orkney #Scotland #august #2017 #macbackpackers #cliffs #throwback
  • Image for Wee stravaig in mystic Glen Nevis... #GlenNevis #Scotland #VisitScotland #Scotlife #ScotSpirit #frozen #dusk #mystic #magical #travelphotography #naturephotography #wanderlust #travelgram #potd #instatravel #instatravellers #travelpics #travelinspo #nofil
  • Image for Our 5 Day Highland Flingers posing in front of mighty Ben Nevis.
  • Image for Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o the puddin'-race! Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye worthy o' a grace As lang's my arm. Today we celebrate the day of our national bard. Robert Burns is renowned fo
  • Image for These fresh snow banks just invite you to jump in! #snow #snowbank #snowfall #Scotland #VisitScotland #ScotSpirit #winter #travel #travelgram #wanderlust #wonderlust #scotlife #wonderlust #scotlandsbeauty #scotland_greatshots #scotlandlover #scotlandexpl
  • Image for Happy #Coosday everyone!
  • Image for There's been lots of snowfalls recently around Scotland, and we even got way more snow yesterday for the World Snow Day
  • Image for If you haven't yet, head to TourRadar's website to check their awesome Online Travel Expo deals. Here's a wee throwback to summer to give you some inspiration. #traveldeal #TourRadar #summer #tbt #throwbackthursday #throwback #IsleofSkye #scotland #scotsp
  • Image for If you haven't yet, head to TourRadar's website to check their awesome Online Travel Expo deals. Here's a wee throwback to summer to give you some inspiration. #traveldeal #TourRadar #summer #tbt #throwbackthursday #throwback #IsleofSkye #scotland #scotsp
  • Image for If you haven't yet, head to TourRadar's website to check their awesome Online Travel Expo deals. Here's a wee throwback to summer to give you some inspiration. #traveldeal #TourRadar #summer #tbt #throwbackthursday #throwback #IsleofSkye #scotland #scots
  • Image for Flying drones on the Isle of Skye #isleofskye #portree #storr #oldmanofstorr #dji #mavicpro #dronestagram #aerialphotography #drones #topview #winterwonderland #highlands #scotland #macbackpackers
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  • Image for Time to start the first photo contest of 2018! Many of us have gone back to work and uni already after the festive season. To make it more cheerful, next we'd like to see your best festive pics either from the Christmas Caper or Hogmanay Hootenanny. Does
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  • Image for Congrats @miss_dee_mells for winning the last photo contest of the year! That's dramatic double rainbow.
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  • Image for We hope that you have had an excellent start for 2018! Here’re some of the highlights from 2017.
  • Image for Bliadhna Mhath Ùr! Happy New Year 2018 everyone!
  • Image for What amazing photos! Thank you so much everyone who sent your stunning rainbow pics in November and December.
  • Image for Fancy a wee tour in between the Christmas and New Year? We have a couple of spaces left on our 3 Day Isle of Skye tour departing tomorrow the 28th December. Join us to explore the beautiful Scottish scenery and you will make it back to Edinburgh for Hogma
  • Image for Merry Christmas from everyone at MacBackpackers! We hope that you have a fantastic time!
  • Image for As a wee pre-Christmas gift, we give you £20 off from our Hogmanay Hootenanny. Join us for the best New Year celebrations in the world! There are only a few spaces left though so be quick. The discount is applied automatically when booking directly throu
  • Image for We get some truly fearless people on our tours. Why would anyone dip their face in the ice cold river? ...To find the eternal youth, of course!❄️
  • Image for On the way to Steall Falls near Glen Nevis. #GlenNevis #SteallWaterfalls #Steallfalls #Scotland #VisitScotland #ScotSpirit #winter #wonderlust #adventuretravel #solotravel #snowymountains #sunset #nature #travel #bestofScotland #backpacking
  • Image for Storm Caroline producing some sweet views at Old Man Storr ❄️ . . . . . . . #travels #isleofskye #oldmanstorr #braceyourselfforthecameraphotos #snow #scotland #highlands #macbackpackers
  • Image for Can you imagine a better way to welcome the New Year than with the impressive Hogmanay celebrations in the true Scottish style? Join us for the iconic Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party, admire the phenomenal fireworks, and we will even throw a wee welcome
  • Image for This just proves what a beautiful winter wonderland Scotland becomes every year. Mark captured these snowy mountains when he and the group headed to Steall Falls up Glen Nevis. #GlenNevis #SteallFalls #waterfalls #snowymountains #mountains #naturephotogr

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