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Highland Games Tour

Experience a brawny cultural carnival in the airy Highlands of Scotland

Start time 08:00
Duration 9h 30mins
Audio guide Mandarin, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese
Live guide English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Max group size 30

Included

Admission to the Highland Games
Audio guide (available in German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French & Mandarin)
Local Scottish guide
Souvenir map

Not included

Food & drinks

Starting point

60 High Street, EH1 1TB, Edinburgh

Show your smartphone ticket at the Highland Explorer Tours office at least 15 minutes before departure time
If you want to have an audio guide, please request it from a member of the check-in team

The hills are alive with the sound of bagpipes! Throw on your kilt and experience this one-of-a-kind highlight of the Scottish culture calendar.

Treat yourself to a tour of the famous Highland Games. View the villages and hillsides of the Highlands, and witness Olympic-level feats of strength, agility, and high-spirited festivity as tartan-clad laddies and lassies compete and dance to an epic chorus of bagpipe music.

A friendly local Scot will guide you around some of the most spellbinding highland scenery, regaling you with the myths and legends of the area, and giving you insider tips on how best to hurl a hammer!

From the wild hillsides to charming villages, your adventure will take you into the heart of the Highland Games.

As in centuries past, the games commence with a traditional clan gathering. Outsiders and visitors are more welcome these days than in the tribal days of old, so you can expect the warmest of Scottish greetings.

As bagpipe music fills the air, you'll see traditional dancing, running races, hammer throwing, caber tossing, and the occasional dram of Scotch whisky disappearing.

Highland Games Programme 2025