Orkney Travel

Orkney Travel

Orkney Travel
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We provide both private and group guided tours around the Orkney Islands. We pride ourselves in offered quality tours and giving you a day to remember. We also offer a taxi service around the Orkney Islands.
Kirkwall, Scotland

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Travellers' Choice
2024

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Margaret M
8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Friends
We requested 2 days of touring Mainland and Roussay for a group of 7 friends and family from Australia. Garry's tour was excellent - giving relevant history and insights into modern life in Orkney. He accommodated our specific requests. We appreciated his good humour and willingness to do airport pickups/dropoffs as well. Would highly recommend Garry and his team.
Written 7 January 2024
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April K
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022
Gary’s tour took us places we would not find by ourselves even with guide books. His knowledge and love of Hoy were infectious. Gary was able to adapt to older guests yet the tour was very full and more than worth the price. I would pick Orkney travel again
Written 18 August 2022
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Hi April Thank you for the wonderful review! Hoy is amazing! Garry takes great pride in being able to show anyone the sites around Orkney, and as many as he can squeeze in, in the time he has! Kind Regards Jamie, OrkneyTravel Ki
Written 6 September 2022
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Anne J
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 • Family
A thoroughly enjoyable day on Hoy. Dougie our guide is extremely knowledgable and the tour more than met expectations. Favourite points in the day were a picnic lunch at Rackwick Bay and the tour of the Longhope Lifeboat Museum. We also enjoyed trips to a viewpoint on Lyrawa Hill, the Dwarfie Stane and Lyness Museum. We recommend this tour to give you an experience of all of Hoy.
Written 15 September 2023
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Denver2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022
The six-hour Orkney Highlights tour with Garry was outstanding. He is very knowledgeable about the history of the various sites we visited, was flexible based on what we wanted to see, and took us (a party of 3) to some favorites of his own that were fun and interesting (make sure to ask to see the two hairy pigs). I would recommend Garry and Orkney Travel for a private shore excursion instead of those offered by the cruise lines (in our case Viking) enthusiastically and without reservation. The best tour of our entire trip!
Written 2 July 2022
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Thank you so much for your kind words about Garry, I will be sure to pass your comments along to him! I am very glad you enjoyed your tour of Orkney with us (the hairy pigs are indeed fantastic!) (Sarah-Jane, Administrator)
Written 30 July 2022
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Keith H
17 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Couples
The company Venture Ashore is the rebranded name of a failed travel company. Do not us this company. They are only interested in taking your money then providing the worst possible tour and refusing to give a refund. They are only brokers and book the cheapest local operators they can. The operators don’t care and provide the basic and treat people like cattle.
Read other reviews on the web and the google reviews and you will truely see how bad this company is.
Written 6 March 2023
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This review is not aimed at my business. My company is not Venture Ashore and I have never done any work or have any association with this company. I am a local tour company based in the Orkney Islands called Orkney Travel. We are not a broker. We provide high quality guided tours of the Orkney Islands only. We do not sub contract any work to any other company. I pride myself in the quality of tours that we deliver. All our guides are trained by myself to a high standard to ensure that guests receive a great experience of Orkney. I ask that you remove this review as it is clearly not aimed at my company.
Written 7 March 2023
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Stephen F
Leamington Spa, UK29 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2023
My wife and I very much enjoyed our Standard Tour of Hoy. Our guide, Dougie, was an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and friendly host. Hoy has a fascinating history and there is a lot to see. One of the highlights was the Longhope Lifeboat Museum at Brims. The tour lasted six hours including a break for a picnic lunch at Rackwick Bay. The guided tour enabled us to see and learn much more than we could ever have done on our own
Written 31 May 2023
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Jane
33 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2023 • Friends
In May Chris and Lindsay drove nine friends around Mainland Orkney for four days sightseeing. Both were great company and helpful in every way. They told us all about the history of what we were seeing and hepful in answering our questions. I would happily use this company again. Thanks Lindsay and Chris you made Orkney!
Written 9 June 2023
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Johanne B
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2022
Our tour guide Dougie was very welcoming and friendly upon meeting us at the Lyness ferry terminal. He showed us around various parts of the island we would not have come across ourselves. His knowledge of the history and the current day was very interesting and educational. Dougie's passion for the island and sharing island life was good to hear. We had a very entertaining and enjoyable day.
Written 2 September 2022
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Hi there thank you for the lovely review! amazing that in such a small place like Hoy, there is anywhere to hide. but what is there, our guides will find! Kind Regards Jamie, OrkneyTravel
Written 6 September 2022
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A M
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023
We did the one day tour of Hoy. Garry our guide arranged magnificent weather for our tour. He was an excellent and very knowedgable guide and took us to a number of very interesting places we would never have discovered on our own. A great incentive to take our own car over to the island next time we visit Orkney so that we can spend more time concentrating on some of them. Highly recommended and excellent value.
Written 25 June 2023
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Cheryl Q
Greenville, SC28 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 • Friends
What an amazing day! Our driver, Dougie met us right at the ship. There were seven of us in the van. We got to see more than we had even counted on. Had extra time so we went to Yesnabi , Cliffs, and Saint Magnus Cathedral. That was in addition to the sites that were planned: Scara brae, stones of Stenness, Ring of Brodgar…. Having a local share history, stories of daily life and take us places the big buses can’t go was well worth it! And cheaper than similar excursion offered by the ship. We told him last call was 1:30 and we wanted to get back by 1:00… arrived at 1:00 exactly!!!! Highly recommend!!!!
Written 28 September 2023
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