Stirling Castle, Loch Lomond and The Kelpies Small Group Tour

With a maximum of just 16 passengers, a Small Group Tour provides a more personal and flexible travelling experience. You’ll enjoy more time off the bus, with freedom to explore free from the crowds.

While you will see all the highlights, these tours are carefully planned to travel off the highways, so you’ll discover quaint villages and picturesque vistas that other tours cannot reach.

Small group tours are operated by purpose-built mini-coaches with air-conditioning, panoramic windows and comfortable seating.

Each group is led by an experienced driver/guide who will entertain and inform you with stories of our history, nature and folklore.

Many travellers prefer small group touring as it’s considered more authentic and there is a better chance to connect with locals as well as their fellow explorers.

Admission fees are not included in the tour fare. Here are the attractions that are visited on this tour:

Loch Lomond Cruise
Stirling Castle

The links above provide more details, including prices. The tour itinerary has been carefully created to allow sufficient time for an interior visit, should you wish. In some cases, discounts are available to tour participants; your driver/guide will give you more information if this applies to this tour.

Some attractions don’t accept payment by credit/debit card, so it’s recommended that you bring sufficient cash should you wish to make a visit.

If you plan to visit Edinburgh Castle as well as Stirling Castle during your time in Scotland, you may wish to consider purchasing a Historic Scotland Explorer Pass. This ticket allows visits to more than 70 Historic Scotland attractions during the validity period of your pass.

Each tour is led by an experienced driver/guide who will provide an informative and entertaining commentary in English.

They are Outlander enthusiasts too so as well as discovering more about the history and nature of the landscape that surrounds you they’ll point out the locations that helped fire Diana Gabaldon’s imagination. 

The cruise will normally last for around one hour and will take you to see some of the 33 islands that are scattered across the loch.

You’ll enjoy wonderful views of magnificent Ben Lomond and of the many stately homes that line the banks of the Queen of Scotland’s lochs.

An engaging commentary will introduce you to the rich history of the area, it’s spectacular natural beauty and of the wildlife that call the loch home.

Most cruise boats have an open deck for enhanced sightseeing as well as a heated indoor saloon with a bar where you can purchase a wide range of drinks and snacks. 

The seating on the coach is not allocated so you are free to sit in any vacant seat.

We recommend that you and your party arrive at the boarding point together so that you can be seated in the same part of the coach.