Local Highland Tour Guides Based in Inverness

Hop Highland Tours is a locally owned Highland tour company based in Inverness, Scotland — not a national operator, not a franchise, and definitely not a big coach company.

Instead, the business is run by experienced Highland guides who spend their lives exploring these landscapes, learning the stories, and sharing them with visitors from all over the world.

At its core, our aim is simple: to offer affordable, small-group Highland tours without cutting corners.

Our aim is simple:

Offer affordable, small-group Highland tours without cutting corners.

Our Approach

In our experience, the best Highland tours are:

• Small enough to feel personal

• Relaxed enough to enjoy properly

• Led by guides who genuinely care

For this reason, we cap our group sizes, avoid rigid timetables, and build in time for questions, photographs, short walks, and local recommendations along the way.

As a result, our tours feel unhurried, informal, and genuinely enjoyable — with no scripts, no rush, and no nonsense.

Our Connection to Sgùrr Tours

Hop Highland Tours is part of the same guiding team behind Sgùrr Tours, a premium private tour company operating across the Highlands and the Isle of Skye.

While Sgùrr Tours focuses on bespoke private experiences and transfers, Hop Highland Tours was created specifically for travellers who prefer fixed itineraries, smaller budgets, and shorter tours — without losing the benefit of local expertise.

As such, all Hop Highland Tours guides are:

• Fully licensed and insured

• Experienced Highland professionals

• Friendly, knowledgeable, and approachable

Most importantly, we love what we do — and it shows.