4-Day Islay & Whisky Tour Including Admissions from Edinburgh

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Edinburgh - Oban - Kilmartin Glen - Islay
4 stops
1
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
Here, you can admire Scotland’s scenic beauty and enjoy some local delicacies.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
Oban
The port town of Oban was once the strategic heartland of powerful, feuding clans. Today, however, it's celebrated as the “Gateway to the Isles” and is renowned for its fresh seafood straight off the boats. For an authentic taste of local flavor, visit the Oban Seafood Hut, located right by the ferry terminal. This local favorite offers affordable seafood platters featuring scallops, langoustines, crab, and lobster, all fresh from the sea.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
3
Kilmartin Glen
You then venture through the Kilmartin Glen where you see standing stones and strongholds that are over 1,500 years old.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free
4
At Kennacraig, you catch the evening ferry to Islay. The sail is around two hours; and if you peek out to the ocean, you may see the Paps of Jura.
2 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Sample Scotland’s peatiest whiskies
3 stops
5
Tour and tasting at Bowmore Distillery included in the tour price. After you’ve had an ample amount of breakfast, you enjoy a tour of Bowmore, the oldest licenced distillery on the island.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
6
Next, your driver-guide takes you to Kilchoman Distillery for a tour and a lunch of local treats. Kilchoman is known as Islay's only Single Farm Single Match Scotch Whisky, reviving traditional farm distilling of barley to bottle, making their whisky 100% Islay.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
7
Following lunch, we'll travel through Islay's scenic countryside to your third distillery of the day, Bunnahabhain, where you can experience the unpeated, salty notes of whisky in Islay's most remote distillery.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
Day 3
Today you explore the southern side of the island, home to the smokiest of all whiskies: Laphroaig, Lagavulin & Ardbeg.
3 stops
8
Exclusive tour and tasting included in the tour price (lunch not included). Please note that your lunch will either be at an outdoor food truck at Ardbeg (weather dependent) or in Port Ellen.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
9
Exclusive tour and tasting (inc. 2 drams of Whisky) at Laphroaig Distillery included in the tour price. You then visit Laphroaig, and if there’s time you can take a stop for a tasting at Lagavulin. On an island known locally as ‘The Queen of the Hebrides’, there is a regal quality to the distinctly peaty style of its single malt whiskies.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
10
On most tours it’s also possible to visit to the ruins of Kildalton church and see its famous 8th Century Celtic cross.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Get a sense of the old history of Inveraray
2 stops
11
Inveraray Castle & Gardens
Traveling along the coast, we'll reach the picturesque village of Inveraray. With its historic buildings, old boats, and a great whisky shop, this is your lunch stop. You can sample local specialties, explore the town, visit the 18th-century Inveraray Castle (open April–October), or tour the Old Jail
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
12
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
Enjoy the dramatic splendour of one of Scotland’s most famous lochs and the beautiful national park that surrounds it.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Unfortunately we don't carry anyone under 18 years old on this tour
• On this tour you will spend 3 nights in the beautiful Bowmore Distillery Cottages .The cottages have between three and six twin bedrooms, each with private bathrooms. Due to the shared nature of the accommodation, individual bedrooms don't have lockable doors. The kitchen and lounge facilities are shared with other passengers, and basic self-service breakfast ingredients are provided. Full Scottish breakfasts are available at the nearby hotels if you prefer, payable locally. *From 16th March 2026 , cooked breakfast options will be available at the Harbour Inn instead of the previous 'self-service breakfast' option.
• Booking three or more people? We can accommodate up to 8 guests in a group, please add each required room to your basket separately
• When booking three or more people, efforts will be made to book a combination of suitable rooms (double/twin/family). Preferences should be noted upon booking in the Special Requirements section

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