Small Group Scotland Day Tours

  Sterling and Brilliant - We seized the opportunity for a private tour with bespoke tour guide Graeme Johncock with “Scotlands-stories”. Graeme communicated well over email and over Zoom. He listened to our vocations... read more and avocations and customized one day to the Scottish Highlands and a second day to the Scottish Lowlands. He blended our interests in engineering, history, arts, people and even agriculture.Throughout both days,

Graeme had unbounded energy and piqued our interests with vibrant and well-timed Scotland’s Stories. Moreover, he was a safe, smooth and courteous driver.

He maximized one day with the Falkirk Wheel, Kelpies tour, Stirling Castle, Highland Hairy Cows, a toast to Rob Roy, Glencoe and James Bond photo shoot, Fort William and Neptune’s Staircase, and even searched for Nessie! On our second day after Rosslyn Chapel, he surprised us with the Templar Cemetery. As we returned to the car, I spotted an important glass sculptor and modern glass engraver studio with the artist outside. She invited us in for a lovely and warm-hearted tour. Graeme sensed our level of interest and responded well with our diversion from our planned second day.

We give Graeme top marks and highly recommend his grand tour guiding and his extensive story telling services.

  This taylor made tour was an amazing experience. Graeme has so much knowledge and he tells it in a very special way. I would highly recommend this tour to... read more anyone who would like to learn more about the rich Scottish history in an exceptional way.

  Bonnie Price Charlie and Highland Cows  - Hands down the best tour guide in Scotland! His passion for Scotland's history, coupled with his love for story telling ensures those touring with him get an experience like... read more no other! He doesn't do generic tours! He builds each tour to what you are interested in seeing and makes sure you walk away knowing the history and stories behind each location, guaranteeing you will come away with like long memories. He is the master of finding the hidden gems to visit. He kept the kids entertained and made us feel like we were spending 3 days with uncle Graeme. My kids won't stop telling me how much the miss him.

  Best guide in Scotland - Graeme is a fantastic guide, book a personal tailored tour with him and you will be guaranteed a wonderful experience. From tracing ancestral roots, story telling, whisky tasting and a... read more recitation of Robert Burns poem ‘Address to a Haggis’ it was pure fun and a wonderful full day. Scotland is beautiful and Graeme has a knack for making history come alive with his story telling and wit.

  Terrific tour!  - We did a one day tour with Graeme from Edinburgh. We had a blast! He planned the perfect variety of stop including castles, nature, archaeology, and hidden gems that served... read more tasty local pies. His stories brought history to life and left us feeling like we’d learned a lot while also having fun. Molly (his dog and copilot) was an extra special highlight! We would highly recommend him, it was a highlight of our trip. Thanks Graeme!

  Best Tour in Scotland - In short, the time we booked with Graeme was fantastic! Would we recommend booking time with him? Yes! Would we book time with him again? Absolutely!
He took the... read more time to talk with us over Zoom before our visit to get to know us and understand our interests. Throughout our time, we felt like our tour was built just for us. He told us countless stories and taught us so much about Scottish culture. We certainly got to see little gems across Scotland that we wouldn’t have seen without his expertise. Even on the days we ventured out on our own he gave us recommendations as to what we should do and he was able to tell us more about what we had seen.
Definitely a highlight of our Scottish adventure.

  Highly recommend! - Graeme FaceTimed with us before our trip to ask about our interests. History, botony, and bugs were on my list as a teacher. Spirits and local cusine were... read more on my husbands.

Graeme was prompt. He took us to the highlands the first day. The second day was Fife and St Andrews. We experienced gourmet chocolate, ancient churches and burial sights, the oldest tree in Europe, an outstanding lunch and a whiskey toast in the middle of a waterfall the first day. Day 2 we headed to the costal villages and St Andrews ruins and the gardens at Kallie castle. The day ended again with another scenic toast!

Graeme is very likable and has a generous spirit. We enjoyed hearing his stories of sheep shearing and lambing with his girlfriends family in addition to his wealth of knowledge about Scottish history. It seemed like we had made a dear friend by the end of our time together.

Each tour lasted from 9 am to 6 pm or so.

I will most definitely ask him to tour us again next time we come. We felt complete comfortable and safe with him even though he drives on the wrong side of the road:)))

Thank you Graeme, and watch out for those butterflies😉

  We were lucky enough to spend 3 days with Graeme in Sept 2022. He was the perfect, host, his love of Scotland shone through as he shared history, stories, and... read more answered my many questions. The depth of his knowledge of the country is astounding. We wanted to go to Achnacarry on our first day, which made for a very long day for him, but his kindness, wit and charm did not waver in the least. In the 3 days we spent with him he took us places we would have never even known to look for, which made the experience so special. He very quickly learned what each of us liked and adjusted each day to make sure we all had something special to look forward to. I have shared the story of our tour with many friends and even strangers and am always telling people that if they are going to Scotland they must have a tour with him and Molly, it's a truly life changing experience. I have been to Scotland many times, and I didn't think I could love it more than I already do, but spending the 3 days with Graeme has deepened my love for it & shown me a side of it that was heretofore unknown to me.
If you are going to Scotland, book a tour with Graeme, it will be the best travel decision you have ever made.

  Please book with Graeme you will not regret it! - Graeme set up our tour of Skye for my wife and I.
For 4 days he took us to the popular and even the small off the beaten path places.... read more With stories and history there was never a boring moment with him. He even went so far as to plan a picnic on a hill top which was fantastic. And at the end of our trip he took me to Highland Titles Sanctuary were we walked around to find my small plot of land. I will never forget the time we spent with this wonderful gentleman and plan on booking with him again.