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Tour of Skye

We want to do a one day tour of the Isle of Skye, either small group or private driver. Any suggestions?

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Hi-we drove ourselves around Skye in a rental car, but if you’re having someone else do the driving (not necessarily a bad idea at all), are you planning on starting in Portree or some other place? Have you picked a location to stay or meet your driver/tour, or would booking someone help decide that for you?

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We can’t rent a car, traveling around England and Scotland by train and ferry. We are staying in Portree and have one half day and one whole day to see the highlights of Skye.

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Portree is the biggest settlement on the Island, so it’s a good place to find a qualified tour guide. Have you consulted Rick Steves’ current book for any recommendations? Maybe that’s what you’re doing by posting your Mayotte here. We didn’t use a hired guide, following Rick’s booI instead, but you should be able to ring a tour that will pick you up in Portree.

When we have used a guide service, we prefer private guides, or at least small group tours, to bigger tours with bigger groups. Have a great time!

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Check the one-day Skye tour offered by this company
https://www.realscottishjourneys.com/tour_real_skye.html

We took a 4 day tour from Edinburgh offered by its partner company (Heartland) and it included 2 nights in Portree. Our itinerary on Skye looked very similar to this. I felt we got to see quite a lot. Some of the stops were just photo ops, but at other stops (like the lighthouse), we had time to explore at a leisurely pace.

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You could consider Skye Jeep Tours. They have both a modern Jeep and a World War 2 one! Great hosts and excellent knowledge of the island. They will tailor the tour to your requirements.

Skye Jeep Tours