Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the color and energy of the unique Scottish Highlands Games on a day trip from Edinburgh. See men in kilts tossing the caber, putting the shot and throwing the hammer, and enjoy a memorable day out in the scenic Highlands.
Highland Games Programme for 2024:
Sun 26/05/2024 Blair Atholl
Sun 9/06/2024 Glamis
Sat 6/07/2024 Luss
Sun 4/08/2024 Bridge of Allan
Sun 18/08/2024 Crieff
Sat 07/09/2024 Braemar
Sat 14/09/2024 Pitlochry
Posted By : christycA6388JG
Alistar our guide had good stories but also didn’t over talk. Gave clear directions and was accomodating. Enjoyed the Highland Games!
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Posted On : 2024-06-09 12:32:40 
Posted By : M3724VGrichardr
This was a wonderful and fun experience. The games were fun and exciting to watch. The ground s were beautifully manicured and the castle beautiful! Our guide Alistair was a safe driver and was very knowledgeable of history.
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Posted On : 2024-06-09 12:18:42
Posted By : 346chanell
Alistair was amazing as a guide and driver. He was so knowledgeable and funny!!
The Highland Games were great but didn’t feel like we had enough time to see the games and the castle so the games won. What an amazing day!!!
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Posted On : 2024-06-09 12:13:41
Posted By : 588charityr
Alistair was great and friendly. Loved his stories and informative Scottish history.
The Highland games were fun to watch.
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Posted On : 2024-06-09 12:12:58
Posted By : Rhonda_L
The Highland Games were wonderful! If you have an opportunity to catch one, don’t miss it! The stops were timed out well for restroom breaks and leg stretching in Dunkeld. Our guide was knowledgeable and shared great stories of Scotland’s history.
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Posted On : 2024-05-27 16:20:30 
Posted By : Janet_W
Interesting and lively event. A great way to experience music, culture and entertainment. Thank you.
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Posted On : 2024-05-27 14:48:06
Posted By : kathrynmY2683KJ
Louise did a great job explaining the Atholl region and showing the history or the highlands! Additionally, the games were amazing! We had so much fun!
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 15:24:30
Posted By : shelliey2019
One positive, one negative. The guide was charming and funny and told wonderful stories - a true delight and I highly recommend her!!! The negative is that we had to leave well before the games were over. This is a once in a lifetime event for me and to have to leave before the caber toss is done is not what I expected at all. Seems like a little flexibility to accommodate the fact that the event does not run on a perfect schedule would have been the better way to do this.
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 14:40:10
Posted By : janesG6045RW
We had asked our travel agent to book us in for the Braemer Highland Games tour over 6 months beforehand. We were given 2 options 8am or 8:30am. We chose 8:30am.
We booked our flights and accommodation to work in with this as it was SUPER SUPER IMPORTANT for us to go. We arrived at 7:50am to the location to be told that out tour was cancelled. NO ONE IMFORMED US. Personally.
The 8am tour was still there but they had their hazard lights on. We were told that we could not board the bus because the hazard lights were on. We asked them to turn them off as the engine was not on.
They would not turn off the Hazard lights. We tried everything to work in the tour manager. She was not going to work with us. I had suggested if someone was able to drive us to where they would have morning tea to meet up with the bus. The answer from the Tour Manager was NO.
This is UNACCEPTABLE FOR THESE 2 companies to put us through this. We were left totally DEVASTED BY THESE APPALING ACTIONS BY Viatour and Highland Explorer Tours. Our whole tour was based on coming to this tour to start our Ancestral Tour off.
We came to learn about our Scottish Ancestry of Leckie's, Buchanans and MacGregor Clans. So, this was a very big deal for us. I travelled with my mother as well, so this was important for her as well.
We were given 3 options by the Tour Manager: Do Nothing (not a good option), go on the Outlander Tour (did not mean anything to us) or go on the Whiskey Tour. We Went on the Whisky tour and the Driver Guide really tried his best to cheer us up. We were DEVASTED BY THE LADY'S ACTIONS from Highland Explorer Tours (it felt like our hearts had been ripped out of us). The lack of care and understanding from her was obvious. We had flown from Perth in Western Australia for this.
If we had known what was going to happen, we would have left Edinburgh and stayed another night in Falkirk and in Dublin. We had only stayed these two extra nights for this specific tour.
If I were to book this tour again, I would book it myself personally and not through a middle company.
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Posted On : 2023-12-27 02:35:24
Posted By : Molly_B
The games were exactly as I was expecting- fun! Braemar is a cute little town complete with ruins! Bonus: King Charles and Camilla were there! And Paul was a great tour guide and incredibly helpful.
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Posted On : 2023-09-05 13:00:40
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