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WHISKYWHEELS PRIVATE HIGHLAND WHISKY TOUR

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+ We help you create your own tour to the Highlands

This private Whiskywheels tour is fantastic for those wishing to sample what the Highland whisky distilleries have to offer. Fully customizable tour.

+ We can usually manage around 4-6 stops depending on availability (more are possible if you want to break records)

We book and arrange the tour for you. Let us know what you want to do. The distilleries ask for a small fee for entry.

Choose a mix of whisky tastings and distillery tours.

Fantastic and entertaining tales from each distillery from local experts who know their whisky.

Message us to pick your own itinerary or let us create it for you with your requirements.

Travel in comfort in an air-conditioned vehicle with a reliable driver who can point out sights on the way and provide assistance all day.

We will have 45 to 60 minutes for lunch at a Scottish style pub or Inn depending on your requirements.

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Fantastic place to visit: Glen Ord - Singleton is a creation of the modern, 21st-century age of single malt – a determined effort by owner Diageo to create a brand vehicle to take on the might of Glenfiddich and The Glenlivet.
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A superb location and great staff. Currently celebrating the 175th anniversary of its founding in the Highland town of Tain, Glenmorangie was one of the pioneers of the modern malt boom – but was already marketing itself as a single malt back in the Victorian age.
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Situated in Pitlochry, the Perthshire town at the gateway to the Highlands, this distillery produces malt whisky that is added to the famous Bell’s blend, as well as a small selection of single malt bottles. The tour is engaging and well thought out, with the expert guides capable of answering even the most complex of questions.
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Visitors to Dalwhinnie get an unusual opportunity to do tastings not only of the distillery’s own single malt but of other whiskies that are paired with chocolate from the Scottish Highlands. Being in the Highlands it’s one of the highest distilleries in Scotland, though the water comes from a branch of the River Spey: the whisky river.
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Beautiful distillery. Based in Perthshire, Edradour only produces twelve casks a week and is the smallest traditional distillery in Scotland. For that reason its tours (from April to October) are unique and very personal. It opened in 1825 as a farm distillery and still operates on that basis.
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A trip back in time at this outstanding distillery. Perth’s Tommy Dewar understood the power of marketing. A globetrotting brand ambassador before that title had really been established, in the early years of the 20th century Dewar enlisted Thomas Edison to direct a film commercial for his White Label blend. It’s possibly why Dewar’s remains among the best-selling blends in the US.
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A great tour stop! A steady supply of water doesn’t automatically lead to whisky production. In Deanston, it once meant textile manufacturing. Which is why this distillery wouldn’t look out of place along the Rochdale canal. A Richard Arkwright-designed textile mill, Deanston was transformed into a distillery in 1966. Thanks to the River Teith, the distillery, as with the mill before it, generates its own power. Tour guides point out the ghostly remains of what was claimed to be the largest waterwheel in Europe – now replaced by turbines. Deanston is the location for film director Ken Loach’s affectionate whisky romp, The Angel’s Share.
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One of the best Highland malts. Squeezed between the coast and the cliff that separates the harbour from the suburbs above, the Oban distillery is a tight huddle of grey granite buildings. When the distillery was built in the 1790s, Oban was little more than a scatter of herring storehouses, but since then the busy port has grown around it. This pocket-size distillery’s tours offer a rare chance to sample a west-coast style (somewhere between a sweet Speysider and the smokey islands). When the drizzle descends, the lively dramming bar is the place to settle in and see it out before catching a ferry to recently reopened Tobermory distillery on Mull.
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Often described as "Scotland's Most Beautiful Distillery", Glengoyne is open all year for guided distillery tours, whisky tastings and special events. Just a short drive from Glasgow, Stirling and Loch Lomond, this traditional, hard working distillery has been flourishing since 1833. Glengoyne's range of in-depth distillery tours, whisky tasting sessions, private dining and unique hospitality includes the legendary Master Blender tour where guests create their very own individual whisky to take home.
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All photos (751)Full view About Scotland's Oldest Working Distillery based in the heart of Perthshire with experiences to suit everyone. We offer whisky to take home with all our tours, so nobody misses out on the complete experience. Facilities include, The Bar, The Restaurant...more Certificate of Excellence Open Now Hours Today: 10:00 - 17:00 See all hours Suggested Duration:2-3 hours Contact The Glenturret Distillery | The Hosh, Crieff PH7 4HA, Scotland Website Call Email Improve This Listing More exciting ways to experience The Glenturret Distillery Recommended Our most popular tours and activities Whisky and Highland Waterfalls Day Trip from Edinburgh Whisky and Highland Waterfalls Day Trip from Edinburgh (63) £45.00 per adult Southern Highlands and Whisky Distillery with Tastings Day Trip from Edinburgh Southern Highlands and Whisky Distillery with Tastings Day Trip from Edinburgh (8) £98.00 per adult Scottish Highlands Day Trip and Edinburgh Military Tattoo Scottish Highlands Day Trip and Edinburgh Military Tattoo (66) £146.00 per adult Highlands Day Tour from Edinburgh with Optional Whisky Tour Highlands Day Tour from Edinburgh with Optional Whisky Tour (42) £45.00 per adult 1 Day Complete Scottish Highlands Express 1 Day Complete Scottish Highlands Express (1) £726.00 per adult Perfect Perthshire Whisky Distillery Trail: Glenturret, Dewars, and Blair Athol Perfect Perthshire Whisky Distillery Trail: Glenturret, Dewars, and Blair Athol £315.00 per adult Scotland's Oldest Whisky Distillery Luxury Private Tour Scotland's Oldest Whisky Distillery Luxury Private Tour £285.00 per adult Stirling Castle Private Tour + Wisky Distillery Stirling Castle Private Tour + Wisky Distillery £520.00 per adult Tours & Sightseeing Browse our largest collection of experiences Transfers & Ground Transport No stress transit for your arrival and departure Shore Excursions All ashore for easy trips straight from port Browse All Ways to Experience ••• Reviews Write a review Traveller rating Excellent 947 Very Good 367 Average 71 Poor 18 Terrible 17 Selected filters Filter English Popular mentions All reviewsfamous grouseglen turretour tour guidegreat tourtasting experiencesingle maltwell worth a visitblended whiskygift shopbasic tourwhisky drinkerstake awaywhisky makingcafe restaurantcrieff hydrotasting roomtake homecakeswee drambottledistilleryprocess Search reviews PeggyJ wrote a review 7 Jan Newton Abbot, United Kingdom 8 contributions Interesting We had been to this distillery several times and each time the tour got better. Very informative. We were sad to hear they had sold out to another and hope the place does not close completely as it’s a good place to visit. Sadly when we were there the restaurant ran out of food… Read more Date of experience: March 2019 Helpful onepoet wrote a review 4 Jan Columbia, Missouri 599 contributions274 helpful votes +1 Tour of the distillery Interesting and informative. Bring a designated driver. There is also a cafe and a gift shop. Allow for 2 hours or so. Read more Date of experience: January 2020 Helpful Emily K wrote a review Dec 2019 1 contribution General distillery tour Our guide JJ did a great job explaining the processes so that the uninformed and the chemical engineers in our group all found it informative and entertaining. Read more Date of experience: January 2020 Helpful Gav freebairn wrote a review Dec 2019 7 contributions A great few hours out and good value for money Really enjoy the visit to the distillery the tour guide Anna was fantastic..the tour was just long enough and very interesting.. Read more Date of experience: December 2019 Helpful Lin M wrote a review Dec 2019 15 contributions4 helpful votes Brilliant! What a great , interesting, friendly, informal tour. Really nice humorous guide, friendly staff. Our daughters’ first time at a distillery and both thoroughly enjoyed the experience with the added bonus of handmade chocolates to taste as well. Delicious! Highly recommend a visit. Read more Date of experience: December 2019 Helpful PreviousNext123456…257 Nearby See all 3 nearby hotels See all 55 nearby restaurants See all 35 nearby attractions Related to items you viewed Drummond Gardens Drummond Gardens 395 Reviews Gardens Crieff Visitor Centre Crieff Visitor Centre 600 Reviews Visitor Centres Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery 963 Reviews Distilleries Macrosty Park Macrosty Park 178 Reviews Parks Buchanty Spout Buchanty Spout 57 Reviews Waterfalls Tullibardine Distillery Tullibardine Distillery 216 Reviews Distilleries Frequently Asked Questions about The Glenturret Distillery When is The Glenturret Distillery open? Do you need to book in advance to visit The Glenturret Distillery? What's the best way to see The Glenturret Distillery? What hotels are near The Glenturret Distillery? What restaurants are near The Glenturret Distillery? What attractions are near The Glenturret Distillery? © 2020 TripAdvisor LLC All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy | Cookie consent | Site Map | How the site works EXPLORE About Us Help Centre CURRENCY/REGION £GBP United Kingdom Scotland's Oldest Working Distillery based in the heart of Perthshire with experiences to suit everyone. We offer whisky to take home with all our tours, so nobody misses out on the complete experience. Facilities include, The Bar, The Restaurant, The Cafe, The Shop and Tours. With 11 experiences to choose from, including 3 gift experiences which can be purchased as a present for that special person in your life. Expert Hosts will guide you through your choice ensuring you receive the perfect Scottish welcome. Slainte.
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Fantastic stop: a Highland Distillery Visitor Centre with a range of tours and award winning whiskies available. A great shop in which you can purchase Tomatin merchandise and various expressions of Tomatin, including filling your own bottle from one of the cask strength distillery exclusive whiskies. The Tomatin Distillery lies just 16 miles south of Inverness and 15 miles north of Aviemore on the A9 - extremely convenient for anyone travelling to or from the Highlands! Open 7 days all year round! April-September 9.30am-5.30pm October-March 10.30am-4.30pm
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Excellent whisky and a great tour experience: The Knockdhu distillery is a whisky distillery in Knock, Banffshire owned by Inver House Distillers Limited. The distillery was founded in 1893 by John Morrison, who bought the land from the Duke of Fife to produce whisky for Haig's after several springs on the southern slope of Knock Hill were discovered. Now known as a well respected single malt worldwide.
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A must stop when near to Inverness: The whisky reflects Balblair and the people who have been there for generations. Created with pride and a dedication to excellence. A gentle, hands-on approach is what gives the whisky its distinctive character.
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Lovely place to visit: Incorporated within Ben Nevis Distillery is The Legend of the Dew of Ben Nevis Visitor Centre, built into an old warehouse dating from 1862 and former bottling hall, which still retains some of its original features. You will encounter the mythical giant Hector McDram who will reveal the Legend of the Dew of Ben Nevis in a specially commissioned audio visual presentation. After your experience with Hector, a conducted tour of the production areas by a trained guide concludes with a complementary 'tasting'. After your tour around the distillery why not relax with a refreshment or if you are hungry, try some of our delicious home cooking in the coffee shop and restaurant. It will be an unforgetable treat.
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The luxury malt of the north Highlands: Dalmore is located along spectacular Scottish coastline, on the shores of the Cromarty Firth. On one of Dalmore's intimate tours you will discover our exceptional Single Malt whisky that we have had the privilege to make since 1839. The Dalmore Distillery is home to our collection of rare casks sourced from the world’s finest bodegas and wineries, that are essential to produce our legendary whisky.
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The Home of Glen Garioch The little distillery sits right in the sheltered heart of the Valley of the Garioch, from which it takes its name. Just 17 miles from Aberdeen in the very north-eastern tip of Scotland, Glen Garioch is the most easterly Scotch Whisky distillery not just in Scotland but the world. Precious few whisky travellers venture this far east in pursuit of the perfect dram, but those who do never turn back. Great to link in with Glendronach.
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A UNIQUE HERITAGE AND TRADITIONAL PAST As was the case in 1826, The GlenDronach Distillery patiently matures its single malt whisky in superior quality sherry casks. Our distilling methods may be old-fashioned, but they prefer to look on them as handcrafted techniques created through nearly 200 years of tradition. Over the years of extended maturation, their carefully seasoned casks help create the unique richly sherried style that The GlenDronach is famous for.
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Possible the most beautiful surroundings of any Scottish distillery. One mile from Balmoral Castle, it sits at the foot of the Cairngorm mountains, fed by the crystal clear water of the Scarnock springs.
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One of the best Highland distilleries only an hour from Edinburgh. Tullibardine distillery is a Scottish distillery since 1949, producing a single malt whisky. The whisky distillery is located in Blackford, Perth and Kinross, close to the Ochil Hills and the Danny Burn, their main water sources.

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Posted By : cindytan4100
The trip arranged by Euan was very good. We could not get the distilleries we wanted (ie Balvenie or Macallan) but the options provided by Euan was a good alternative. Our driver, Stephen, picked us up early at our hotel at 6:45am and started the long drive up. We went to Glenfarclas, Aberlour and Cragganmore distilleries. The Glenfarclas visit was my favourite as the guide shared a lot of information and we get to see the fermentation process in the mash tuns (that was so fun). Sadly Aberlour is upgrading its facility and so we only went for the tasting.

As we had a jam-packed itinerary, Stephan was nice enough to keep us on the clock so that we don't end up being late for the subsequent visits. After Aberlour, we were surprised that Euan had reserved a table at Dowan Hotel 57 (Speyside) for lunch and we had a fantastic meal there. As there was a bit of time, we made our way to Glenlivet for tastings and then head to Cragganmore for the distillery tour. It was a comfortable ride back and we reached Edinburgh slightly before 8pm.

Overall, we enjoyed the trip and do recommend Whisky Wheels. However, please do note that responses from Euan can be slow. There were regular email exchanges when we were finalising the trip details and full payment was made in March. However, there was nothing from Euan 1-2 weeks before the tour, despite sending emails and follow up chasers. I was concerned that this was a scam, and started reading the review comments. Fortunately, the reviews I read did reduce my anxiety as most of the reviews were good with the comment on communication with Euan. With that, Euan did finally send me the details a few days before the trip, and we did have fun that day.
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Posted On : 2024-05-31 03:36:22

Posted By : Danielle_C
Our driver was the best. Next time, I'll book direct instead of booking through a third party. With how much it cost, I was expecting more. Our driver gets 5 stars though.
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Posted On : 2023-09-07 15:12:36

Posted By : Amy_G
This trip was horrible. We were picked up in a taxi after being told it would be a different vehicle. It was very uncomfortable. The driver barely spoke to us. Never pointing out what we were seeing along the way. The place they had planned for us to stop for lunch was closed so we had to backtrack to find a different place to eat. This put us about 45 minutes behind. This tour was over $1500 for 6 people. By far the most expensive we did on our 8 day trip and by far the worst. In the taxi, 3 of us had to sit on fold out seats-jump seats if you will. Horribly uncomfortable. The drive to and from the distilleries was beautiful but we had no idea what we were seeing because the driver didn’t engage in conversation at all. We did 6 different tours from Viator that were all wonderful, but this was just bad. Don’t recommend at all!!! Tomatin distillery was amazing. Ben Nevis was a total cluster as they had several bus loads of people they were trying to accommodate and were very rude to the 3 of us that just wanted a tasting. Singleton distillery was also wonderful but don’t waste your time at Ben Nevis.
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Posted On : 2023-06-14 15:44:21

Posted By : lizzorodizzo
I had an amazing tour with Euan's company. Our driver was Billy who was fun, funny, chatty and so informative. We had a couple of tight timelines but Billy made sure we got in to every spot we wanted to get into.

The ONLY downside to this was that our itinerary came late and I got a bit nervous. However, because it came in a little late, we were able to request a last minute change. Euan was extremely accommodating. It was fantastic to walk into a place, have our tasting scheduled. Billy did a great job guiding us through the different distilleries, highlighting different whisky.

The cost is very reasonable given the expense of renting a car and the time to drive between distilleries. The roads are a bit overwhelming. I will say, having a competent driver was fantastic. The roads can be a bit treacherous. Billy knew where he was going and often shared little trivia facts during the drive. Once you calculate the cost of a car, the fuel, the accommodations, the tastings, the actual cost is very nominal. They cover three tastings per days and anything more is out of pocket. It was unclear at first that Macallan was not included but I understand why. It is very expensive and honestly, I would skip it. There are so many other charming and warm places to visit. WW makes sure to highlight those places.

They drop you off for lunch (at your own expense) and both days were delicious! Obviously the locations change depending on your specific tour. The first day, we ate lunch in a beautiful courtyard filled with flowers. The food was superb. I didn't have to scramble to search a menu. It was so relaxing to get dropped off, have a great meal and relax.

When I think of everything we were able to experience, I was thrilled with the tour. We were able to go to a final independent distiller who was also able to ship whisky home. We just got back last Tuesday (as in 3 days ago) and our whisky is already here! 10/10 I would recommend this tour.

I have recommended this tour to several friends and family members.
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Posted On : 2022-08-26 14:44:05

Posted By : Pratap_S
Excellent tour with a lot of flexibility and no driving stress. We visited 3 smaller distilleries and in retrospect am glad we went down that route vs visiting a larger one. Our driver Mark was outstanding!!!
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Posted On : 2022-07-13 02:54:12

Posted By : DrNandini_R
Disappointing experience- We were booked in to see 4 different sights- Invereray castle, a distillery tour at Glengoyne and whisky tasting at Deanston distillery. The driver Steve was very polite and friendly. We wanted to cover Glencoe, Loch Lomond, Inverness and a distillery. We were booked to go to Glengoyne and Deanston already but were unaware of the distance between Loch Lomond/ Glencoe and the 2 distilleries already on the itinerary. We were driven to see a few Lochs, Doune castle and Glencow but were not informed that we would miss the distillery tour if we travelled to Glencoe instead. I wish this had been mentioned as we would have done the distilleries instead. The driver though friendly, did not seem very keen to cover too many sights and arrived at the wrong hotel at 8am inspite of giving the right address, leading to a delay. I have done the highlands tour before and the small groups/ mini bus tours are better as they cover more sights. Although we wanted to cover Inverness, the tour operator/driver did not agree to drive to it as it was ‘too far’. Considering all the sights we saw, I dont think it was worth spending 4 times the normal amount.
PART 2- We booked a SECOND tour with the same tour operator via Viator to view a distillery. Although Viator confirmed the booking, it had apparently not reached the tour operator. Since it was our last day in Edinburgh, this was VERY disappointing as despite booking, there had been some miscommunication. I may not use Viator or this tour operator again. Calling customer care (Viator) to claim a refund was extremely difficult as the 2 people we spoke to, had trouble with communication and understanding English.
I have used Viator before and this was the first time I have been let down badly 2 days in a row.
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Posted On : 2022-04-23 18:46:23

Posted By : Passport32502516534
My partner and I travelled to Scotland over New Years and decided that when in Scotland it was a must to do a distillery tour. We reached out to Euan and he prepared for us a wonderful 4 day Highlands Whisky Tour with some added attractions as well, as per our request.

The tour was seamless, great choice of distilleries, the distillery tours were brilliant and the chosen accommodation was lovely.

We were definitely thrilled with our tour and it was the highlight of our UK trip !
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Posted On : 2022-01-19 20:36:01

Posted By : mrN5045MF
Fantastic Trip, very well organised. Much recommended

I've done previous tours cheaper like Rabbies - they get you there. You wait in a big long queue. Do a tour, do the obligatory 'tourist' tasting...

With Whisky Wheels, there was much more thought. Everything arranged before you get to the distillery (Which is helpful if you're drinking drams)
You're taken from place to place - when you enter, everywhere is set-up and ready to go.

We had a fantastic time and felt like we really got an 'insider' experience. The Whisky guide was also a great addition to the experience
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