Private Tours

MacBackpackers is proud to offer exclusive tours across Scotland.


Paired with one of our amazing guides, in our luxury 16 to 27 seater midi-coaches, we are able to offer a range of private tours from 1 day upwards. Choose from our existing itinerary of tours, or design your own custom adventure.
We have the knowledge and experience to showcase Scotland at its finest, making your adventure truly unique.
Contact us at groups@macbackpackerstours.com to start your adventure.


Blaze your own trail with MacBackpackers.

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3 Day Isle of Skye

Mattias Lybäck said...

3 day Loch Ness and Isle of Skye (Guide: Neil): If you are planning to spend a week in Scotland and want to see a bit more than just Edinburgh, I would definitively recommend that you use the opportunity to go on…
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  • Image for Oh deer! Look who was guarding the bus while guard while the tour group wandered Torridon yesterday. . . .
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  • Image for Neil captured this sensational sunset at Kyleakin this week.
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  • Image for The Picturesque Cuillin. . . . #cuillin #thecuillin #skye #isleofskye #scotland #scotspirit #mountains #clouds #mirror #fromwhereistand #passionpassport #traveldeeper #liveauthentic #travelstoke #travelgram #thisisscotland #wherenext #potd
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  • 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
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  • 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 #
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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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