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Outlander Film Locations Day Trip from Edinburgh
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Outlander Film Locations Day Trip from Edinburgh

By Highland Explorer Tours
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The crumbling castles and rolling highlands of Scotland provided a dramatic backdrop to scenes from hit TV show Outlander, but unless you know exactly where you’re going, they can be difficult to find. Travel between dispersed filming sites with ease on an Outlander location tour from Edinburgh, which lets you skip the stress of car hire and navigation.
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Ages 5-99, max of 16 per group
Duration: 9h 30m
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Live guide: English
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Highlights
  • Discover rural parts of Scotland used to film scenes from Outlander
  • Letting someone else drive allows you to enjoy the scenery
  • Receive personalized attention in a small group limited to 10
  • Benefit from the insider knowledge of your guide

  • Local English Speaking Guide
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
What's not included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Doune, Midhope & Blackness entry not included unless option selected. Can be purchased at check-in.
  • Gratuities
  • Entry/Admission - Midhope Castle
  • Entry/Admission - Doune Castle
  • Entry/Admission - Blackness Castle


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  • Highland Explorer Tours, 60 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1TB, UK
    This tour will depart at 8:45 am from 60 High Street, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 1TB. Meet 15 minutes before departure and look for the check-in staff wearing blue high-visibility vests there to greet you.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Near public transportation
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5211P20

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Most travellers can participate
    • A maximum of 10 people per booking
    • Unfortunately we are unable to carry children under 5 years old, and anyone under 17 must be accompanied by an adult. There are no maximum age restrictions.
    • It is recommended to book transport to the departure point in advance. Please also allow extra time to get to the departure point for check-in. We advise you arrive at least 15 minutes before the tour departure to allow time to check-in for the tour. Unfortunately, we are unable to hold the bus or refund for any late arrivals.
    • There are some instances when both Doune Castle and Midhope Castle are closed. In this case we will visit Linlithgow Palace and Callander House instead.
    • Return times are approximate and subject to road conditions and weather. Please ensure you allocate sufficient time for any onward travel plans, allowing at least 3 hours after the scheduled return time for connections or activities.
    • Midhope Castle will be closed November 2024 the following dates, and we'll visit Linlithgow Palace in its place: Tues 12th, Sat 16th, Mon 18th, Tues 26th,Thurs 28th
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travellers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5211P20

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      This tour will depart at 8:45 am from 60 High Street, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 1TB. Meet 15 minutes before departure and look for the check-in staff wearing blue high-visibility vests there to greet you.
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    • AmakihiCYWS
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      Exceptional tour beyond the city!
      Amazing tour! We got out of the city to beautiful countryside. Our first stop for a quick break in a cute town. Then on the road again to such breathtaking views. Our driver/guide Tiegan made are trip exceptionally special. Her knowledge, and history she shared made this tour interesting and kept you wanting more stories. I loved being on the bus listening to Tiegans fun history of the areas we drive through and stopped. Wish she could have come on the train with us to tell us more! Amazing guided tour is a must see!!
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      A day well spent. This tour allowed us to get out of the city and see the beautiful countryside. Our guide, Connor, was absolutely perfect, knowledgeable, and high spirited, making the day even better! His stories and humor helped to pass the long bus ride for sure.
      Written 13 October 2024
    • 980carinae
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      Great Tour with a fun Guide
      Our tour guide Connor was a delight. The stories and history of the places we visited were told by him in an engaging and fun way. The places we visited were even more memorable because of it. I would definitely recommend this tour. It was a one of a kind experience.
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      Tour guide Connor was very engaging and entertaining. Explained everything really well and was willing to answer questions. The route was very beautiful too. My only thing would be more time at some of the stops. Otherwise an overall great experience!
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      It’s absolutely worth attending! The drive (Connor) is funny and super friendly. It’s good even if you travel solo. We basically visit each of the iconic locations in the Highland, and the view is just amazing!
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      Thanks Connor
      One Day Loch Ness Bus Tour with Connor. Thank you so much, 12 hours, never boring! Great Guide, well organized. Had lots of fun
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      Great trip. Our guide, Sophie, was fantastic. She was full of local knowledge and interesting tales. We saw loads in the 3 days. Looking forward to booking on another haggis tour.
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      3 day haggis tour
      5* trip. Sophie was brilliant! The tour was fully packed in the best way possible and felt well taken care of. The scenery was incredible. Thank you Sophie for your knowledge and funny tales along the way. Loved my few days ❤
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      “Chilax” while taking in the beautiful Highlands.
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      Great Guide, Great Experience
      Torva was an amazing guide! He was personable and easy to talk to, which made the experience feel relaxed and enjoyable. The long drives flew by thanks to his great sense of humor, and his knowledge of Scottish history and culture added so much depth to the trip. I’ll definitely consider joining another tour the next time I’m in Edinburgh.
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      Great experience! It is a great tour to explore the Scotish Highlands and all the shooting spots from the Harry Potter movies. Our guide/bus driver, Torva, kept a light environment by cracking jokes, playing great music and telling us about the Scotish history in a more interesting way. He also recommended great places in all of the different spots we stopped by.
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    Addie H
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    Jul 2024 • Couples
    Accompanied my partner for this tour as she was a much bigger fan of Outlander than me. However, the locations we visited were beautiful and weather was great for the most part!

    Our guide, Tiegan, was a very bubbly and energetic lass who did a fantastic job of keeping us engaged and entertained (while being very informative of Scottish history) throughout the trip! She was also considerate and slowed down at certain spots so that we could get a better look at some attractions. On top of the itinerary, we were brought to some additional photo op spots that were on the way as we were ahead of schedule.

    I would recommend to get the castle tickets through the tour group unless you were planning to visit other castles/sites of interest under the Explorer Pass. This would save you some time from buying tickets at the site itself, and there isn’t much to do otherwise if you do not go inside. Another tip is to bring a wired earpiece for the audio guide at Doune Castle, with some portions being voiced by the actor who played Jaime Fraser.

    If I had to nitpick about something, I felt the time allocated to Doune Castle and Culross (where the first food break was) was a wee bit short and could be improved. However, this would not discourage us from recommending this tour to other fans of the Outlander series, and we would not mind checking out the other tours offered by this group next time.
    Written 1 July 2024
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    Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to leave such lovely feedback of the tour, we appreciate your kind words and will be sure to pass them on to Tiegan. Your feedback is great for future passengers, too, so thank you! We look forward to welcoming you back on your next Scottish adventure! Best wishes, Ayla
    Written 15 July 2024
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    Kimberly T
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    Aug 2022
    If you want a day to "go through The Stones," this is the tour for you. The only thing missing is the actual Jamie Fraser. I suppose a Claire cameo would be nice, too, but really, it wouldn't matter when tour attendance is 90% women. (My tour guide, Euan, even admitted that Jamie is a pretty guy.)

    I had a really good time at this all-day event. The bus went to plenty of the bullet points of "Outlander," including Doune Castle, Cranesmuir and Inverness. Some of the spots were in small neighborhoods that afforded time to have lunch, shop, snack and explore. I loved touring Doune Castle and discovering its enormity, complete with an individual audio tape that explained the details of every nook.

    The bus was comfortable, included air conditioning and had USB plugs for every seat. As an American, I was happy to be in a bus that had passenger seat belts. The bus driver, Tony, did his job well, and peppered in his own sense of humor (when the bus was parked, of course).

    My tour guide, Euan, was friendly and witty. He knew his share of "Outlander" storyline, but what I enjoyed more was his knowledge of Scottish history. In between bus stops, he touched on the history of witch trials, the story behind terms like "graveyard shift" and the sad life end of Bonnie Prince Charles. It was great to learn background of "Outlander" narrative , a great tour pairing, since "Outlander" is meant to be an accurate depiction of Scotland's rough road to independence.

    It was wonderful to mix show locations with present-day neighborhoods. You'd never think that Jamie's childhood took place in an actual living space where people sell ice cream and kick back a pint.

    The only negative of this tour is its strong push to watch "Outlander" all over. So, thank you,Highlander Explorer Tours, (Tony and Euan) for enabling a lot of unhealthy couch time. Nothing wrong with hearing men throw around a bit of Scottish accent, though. Maybe if I'd done more listening to what they said instead of listening to how they said it, I wouldn't have failed the quiz on the bus ride home.
    Written 1 September 2022
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    Sue L
    St Helens, UK7 contributions
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    Sept 2020 • Couples
    Had an enjoyable day out visiting sites where Outlander was filmed. Unfortunately we are still with Covid about we were unable to access one of castles . We had Caitlin as our tour guide. Caitlin is so enthusiastic with her story telling and history of the Jacobites. The highlight of the day was Lallybroch. But had a good time walking around Falkland and the cottage craft shop. The owner showed us photos of the cast and the work that was done to the outside of his shop.
    Written 28 September 2020
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    Thank you so much for your lovely review, I am glad you had a fantastic tour with Caitlin. We hope to see you again soon! Best Wishes, Maggie
    Written 1 October 2020
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    Ellen McDermot
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    Oct 2023 • Couples
    We had a brilliant time doing the Outlander tour. Our driver was Dusty and he provided lots of information both about the show and Scottish history. He was funny and clever and kept our spirits high even though it was a very rainy day! The weather didn’t make a difference as he made sure we saw everything we wanted to see and managed to make it fun. Really recommend whether you watch Outlander or not as it was very interesting, lots of lovely sights to see and very fun learning about the history. Nice music too!
    Written 19 October 2023
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    Jul 2023 • Friends
    The tour was great, Paul was fun and informative. The bus was comfortable and clean, and Paul had a great playlist 🎶 we had a full bus of 16 on the tour, but never felt crowded and we had time to talk to Paul whenever we wanted. The timetable was perfect, we never felt rushed at the locations and we kept the time perfectly. We recommend buying tickets to enter the castles, they were nice to visit, and interesting historically, not just because of outlander. Paul also arranged for a special guest surprise, which made for some great photo opporuntites ;)
    Written 8 July 2023
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    Sara Langvik B
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    May 2022 • Solo
    Culross was a real highlight! And the guide at Blackness Castle, with the face of Dougal and the body of Jamie (in his own words). He reenacted every scene with invisible knifes and swords while yelling all the lines in both men's and women's voices. I also appreciated all the non-Otlander related storys the very knowledgeable guide told us throughout the day. A perfect experience!
    Written 7 May 2022
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    Jan W
    Wolfsburg, Germany1 contribution
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    The tour has been an absolute blast! Totally enjoyed it. Louise is such a loving, kind and entertaining person. She was so caring and telling so many and wonderful stories about Scotland and it‘s history whilst sharing personal recommendations. Totally recommend it- Thanks Louise!
    Written 23 April 2022
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    Julia W
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    Getting to see all the real-life backdrops from my favorite television shows was amazing (GOT and Outlander). We had the very best weather - no rain and bright sunshine - a blessing in Scotland. Bailey is the BEST tour guide!! He was cheerful and bright. We all had the best time. Who knew we would get a private show with bagpipe music from our own tour guide. How special!! So glad I booked and went on this tour.
    Written 7 July 2022
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    Kimber F
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    May 2023 • Couples
    Jada was an amazing guide and driver. Her energy and passion are invigorating, and she made everyone feel welcome. It was nice to have time to chat with her a bit as we walked, and I really enjoyed the Outlandern and general history facts she supplied at our stops and along the way.
    Written 18 May 2023
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    April M
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    Jul 2023 • Couples
    Steve went out of his way to make our tour memorable, he was really knowledgeable and was the best tour guide we have had! We saw so many great locations and got some amazing photos. He really knew what he was talking about and has a captivating way of telling stories!
    Written 2 July 2023
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