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 - £16.50, Youth (13-15) - £14.50, Child (5-12) - £11.50
  • Meals and Refreshments
  • Stirling Castle - Adult £20.50, Concession £16.50, Child £12.50
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). what3words:///proof.person.proven. Check in is at 08:30 for a 08:45 departure. Please ensure you check in on time. IMPORTANT: There are 2 Howie's in Edinburgh, we depart from Waterloo Place only.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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11sandim
Oct 29, 2025
Perfect day. - We wanted to take a moment and share with you our experience for our day tour to Stirling Castle, Cameron was our guide, personal guide if you would as we were the only people on the bus. We had a PERFECT day! He shared historical facts, stories, pointed out many beautiful sites and shared his love of the countryside with us! While we know being only two people on the tour is not the norm, we appreciate that the tour was not cancelled and we were still able to see more of this beautiful country.
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Resort11355106310
Oct 7, 2025
Great tour from Edinburgh - Just back from this fabulous tour with Gary. Helpful insights, wonderful knowledge of all relevant history, pleasant careful and caring. Peter and Joyce, North Fremantle, Western Australia. 5 Star!
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66terit
Oct 6, 2025
Love this company!!!! - Loch Lomond, Stirling Castle & the Kelpies was the 2nd one day tour I booked and we had Cameron for a tour guide. He is pretty new with the company, but man! He loves history of Scotland so he had so much information that we just ate up. Because of him, we found out that my mother in laws family had a castle. We went to Scotland to do a pilgrimage of her family, celebrating her 75th. Cameron made it extra special so thank you to him!!! He was my MILs favorite tour guide, with good reason. I absolutely love this company! They are the absolute best!! You will not regret booking with them!!!
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Courtneysj8686jp
Sep 11, 2025
Great day tour with amazing guide! - We had an amazing tour with our tour guide - Kyle! He was awesome from start to finish, not only a wealth of knowledge but also super fun and kind. We wish we had him for every tour on our trip! The tour itself was super well planned out, with a perfect mix of stops, and never too long spent in the van at any one time. My personal highlights were the guided tour in Sterling Castle and feeding some highland cows. Would highly recommend this tour to anyone trying to get out of the city and enjoy the “gateway to the highlands” for a day!
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Terrilyn
Sep 9, 2025
Beautiful scenery, exceptional customer service, expert guides, and comfortable vehicles. Highly recommend. - Highly recommend this tour. Kyle is a friendly, humorous, professional guide with extensive knowledge of Scottish history and points of interest. His anecdotes gave context to the sites and made the travel time fly by. 10/10 Also, this company provided excellent customer service. Their vehicles are clean, comfortable, and well maintained. 10/10
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Nadinegh6125fi
Aug 30, 2025
Honeymoon - Tour with Gary - top!!! - We had a great day alone with Gary - only at Sterling Castle I would have liked a little more time. The Kelpies were mega, the boat trip on Loch Lomand absolutely recommended but in 1.5 hours you can not manage to visit Sterling Castle completely. Nevertheless: a successful day all around.
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Richard_m
Aug 27, 2025
Family travel - Very well done our tour guide John was very friendlyand had a good knowledge of Scotland History spent plenty of time with each stop
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Geoffreyjacket
Aug 8, 2025
And Outstanding Tour - I have just returned from this tour. What an outstanding tour with Gary S today. He certainly looked after me! It was just myself and Gary on this tour. So many thanks again mate!
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Prometheus1974
Jul 21, 2025
A beautiful day in the Lowlands - Very interesting and entertaining tour of the Lowlands. The stops are set up so that you never spend too long on the (by the way comfortable and new) bus. Of particular note is the guide Fionn (yes, the name is really spelled that way), who apparently enjoys his job and has entertained us with his refreshing manner, his humour and knowledge and his colourful playlist of Scottish folk and pop.
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819urvik
Jul 19, 2025
- Recently did this tour and absolutely loved it! Gary S was an amazing guide. Kept us entertained and engaged with stories and facts about Scotland throughout the day :) Would definitely recommend this tour and Discover Scotland tours to anyone wanting to explore Scotland in a fun, comfortable and fact-filled manner :)
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From $74
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).