Seasonal highlights
October to early November – golden autumn colours, especially dramatic in Perthshire’s Big Tree country with its Enchanted Forest light show
October to February – best chance to see the Aurora Borealis/the Northern lights
October – April – great availability for accommodation – at your preferred hotel, guesthouse or hostel – with usually a lower off- season rate
October to April – highest student discount rates apply
November to mid-February – Sunrises around 8am and sunsets around 4pm – easy to include on our tours
November to February – lowest seasonal fares for our short day light hours tours
November to March – best tour availability with Coast, sea Highlands & Islands – Unicorn Tours throughout Scotland, incl. last minute availability (i.e. tomorrow you are off, tomorrow is glorious sunshine, with those wintry incredibly great light conditions, clear crisp views & snow-covered hills – you just want to get out on a tour tomorrow – you contact us and book next day’s private tour for a green available day with us on the night before)
November to March – a great time to explore, discover & experience the real Scotland without the tourist crowds, even on the otherwise overcrowded/very touristy Isle of Skye, Loch Ness & in Edinburgh#
November – March – great availability for the Clyde coast ferries to the Isle of Arran, Bute, Cumbrae & the Cowal peninsula – especially to the Isle of Arran (Scotland in miniature) which is a mandatory advance vehicle booking ferry service. The great news is that during off season, Coast, sea Highlands & Islands – Unicorn Tours throughout Scotland is able to book our minibus onto the Isle of Arran ferry at short notice for our private tours. Arran, even during the winter is the perfect 1 day tour destination, as around every bend and corner you have new stunning coastal views and the scenery is so varied, that Arran is truly Scotland in miniature, so even in the winter we offer a full 6 hours on the island island circuit plus the ferry. If you don’t mind an early start and 1.5 hour drive in the dark to the ferry, we also offer Arran sunrise tours, where you arrive just around sunrise and if you don’t mind a late return and drive back in the dark, we also offer Arran sunset tours, where we will depart just around sunset.
December – December – festive Christmas events, decorations, Christmas markets & Hogmanay celebrations
December to March – highest chance of stunning snow-covered mountain peaks on our tours
January – Celtic Connections music festival & Burns night events on 25th January
January to February – highest likelihood to have snow during our tours
late February to late April – there could still be lots of beautiful snow on the mountain tops, but with every passing week the length of daylight races ahead from still relatively short wintry late February daylight hours speeding ahead to already very long summery late April daylight hours – so
March is truly the month when our 2 day and multi-day tours kick off, as with 12 hours & more daylight and it is only getting dark later in the evening, you can fit so much more into an action-packed touring day, while you are away wanting to explore places on a tour
Private & personalised Winter tours
available on any green calendar days
our best availability is from October to April –
| ½ & short day private tours | 1 day private tours | 2 days private tours |
Low season tours from October – April
Standard season: Oct
Low season: Nov Dec Jan Feb
Standard season: Mar Apr
Student, senior & child discount: Sep – May 12.5%
All year round the full range of our private & personalised
small group tours
are available on any green calendar days
5, 6, 7 day tours 4 day tours 3 day tours
2 day tours Scottish destinations/Tour extensions & add ons 1 day tours
Activities, special interests & tour themes Walking tours ½ & short day tours
- Choose any private personalised & tailormade 7 day tour on any 7 consecutive available green calendar days.
- Choose any private personalised & tailormade 6 day tour on any 6 consecutive available green calendar days.
- Choose any private personalised & tailormade 5 day tour on any 5 consecutive available green calendar days.
- Choose any private & personalised tailormade 4 day tour on any 4 consecutive available green calendar days.
- Choose any private & personalised tailormade 3 day tour on any 3 consecutive available green calendar days.
- Choose any private & personalised tailormade 2 day tour on any 2 consecutive available green calendar days.
- Choose any private & personalised tailormade 1 day tour on any available green calendar day.
- Choose any private & personalised tailormade 1/2 day tour on any available green calendar day.
12.5% student discount from September – May
Upcoming – Scottish Islands & off the beaten track – tours for individuals with a per person price
| Main image | Tour title and date | Tour details | hf:tax:month-acf |
|---|
Tours during the winter will primarily be short day tours and 1 day tours, whereas summer tours will be for the most part longer extended tours throughout all of Scotland, incl. the far North & Westcoast, including the Shetland, Hebridean & Orkney Isles.
During the winter we also reserve the right to reverse the route
– for example swap the agreed itinerary of the morning and afternoon on a 1 day tour
or day 1 and day 2 of a 2 day tour around
– this can be for simply better weather / tour experience,
if route 1 from A to B is sunny, beautiful and dry on this side of the mountains
opposed to route 2 from A to B with dark, rainy, grey, windy bad weather
but also primarily for safety, especially if there are any winter weather (snow & ice) warnings and road issues (road-work or accident related road closures).