Skye Tour Guides and/or Transportation Options

If you do decide to go for a private guide, I can personally recommend Mark Purrett of Skye Geography Tours. I know him well, I teach piano to his wife and son, and my husband & I have also been on one of his 'geography tours' as paying customers. I've since recommended him to some female friends from America who had a marvellous day out with him exploring one particular area of Skye, and to an American Choir who were visiting Skye - who I know really enjoyed being out on the hills with Mark. He's the geography teacher at the local High School, but now teaches part time so he can share his love of the landscape of Skye with others. I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending him to you as a solo, female traveller. He would do the driving, and would tailor his tour to your particular interests. You would focus on one area, exploring off the beaten track. I know he does multiple day tours too if asked.

Skyegirl - Thanks for the recommendation. I checked out Skye Geography Tours' website and will be contacting him.

In case you are not aware, there are public buses traveling in both directions around the Trotternish Peninsula. I cannot do rural hikes, so I don't know whether the buses would get you close enough to the areas you want to hike.

Thanks! I read there were some public buses but that they run infrequently. I will check out the schedule and stops.

This is the winter bus timetable for Trotternish- rather more frequent in the summer ie- June-

Anticlockwise- https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/North%20Scotland/Bluebird/1025/SCOT%201024%20Service%2057A%20Winter.pdf

Clockwise- https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/North%20Scotland/Bluebird/1025/SCOT%201024%20Service%2057C%20Winter.pdf

There are a lot more stops than this, which gives principal stops only.

Currently a Skye Day Rider ticket for unlimited travel on the island and to Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland costs £10. However some time in the 2026 to 2027 Fiscal Year £2 maximum single fares are expected to be introduced.

Wow! That's great. I'm excited that there are more options for me to explore Skye. Thank you.

You really don’t need a guide to do the walks you have listed…they are all very well pathed and busy.You’re issue is getting to them but as said, the two on the Trotternish ridge are in an area served by bus though you’d have to carefully look at times.
The Old Man of Storr hike is about 45mins - 1hr one way to the best viewpoint over the pinnacle, less if you are young and a brisk walker! If you want to follow other paths around the pinnacle then obviously add on more time for that.
The Quiraing - time allocated depends on if you are doing the full loop or perhaps only venturing part way along.

We did both of the above walks most recently last August and my own favourite route re the Quiraing is to go up onto Meall na Suiramach initially (taking the obvious left fork near the walk start, on an excellent paved path initially, like a stone staircase.) I’ve done the whole look but enjoy the high level view from the hill itself .We then tend to just retrace our steps.About 2- 3 hours all in including a lunch stop.

Both are superb shortish hikes with fantastic views.

The Fairy Pools area would be trickier to get to though the intercity buses that go from Uig to Fort William/Glasgow etc do stop at Sligachan. A taxi potentially could get you from there to the Pools car park which is down Glen Brittle but it would be expensive.Taxis operate from Portree and Broadford and you would need to book in advance.

Traveline Scotland is useful to check timetables….

https://www.travelinescotland.com/cms/home