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• Private Tour Not Private - but Vendor Made Accommodation

  Nancy M,

  Sep 30, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  3.00

  Although the listing specifically stated a private tour with no one other than our party involved, we met the guide and saw a large van loaded with other people. The guide said it was a group tour, but we insisted we booked a private tour (afterwards, I sent a copy of the original listing we booked that stated private tour). After some discussion and our intent to cancel and obtain a refund, the operator arranged to drive just our party of 4 in another van with our own guide. We were happy they were able to resolve this quckly and they are to be commended for responding as they did. That said, there is a lot of driving on bumpy roads (not good for anyone with even minor back issues) to get from one featured site to another. At one stop, a black house with restaurant nearby, there were thousands of midges (tiny bugs) in the restaurant, historic buildings, parking lot, everywhere. They could not be avoided. One guest had so many bites, she had welts that itched for days! Not the best location and tour, but OK. Would not book again. However, thanks to the vendor for correcting private tour booking error.

• Best Private Tour of the Isle of Lewis

  288janicewh,

  Sep 4, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  My husband and I LOVED this tour. We were lucky enough to meet Shonny, Angi’s husband, who drove us around the isle. We had free rein to explore the standing stones, the Black house, a church still in use from 1200 AD and much more. Shonny was kind and competent, and even shared his own experiences growing up on the Isle of Lewis. What insider information! We highly recommend this company for the very best private tour!! This place is magical and Shonny made it more so.

• An Insiders View of Lewis

  gdogg13,

  Sep 3, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  This was a fantastic tour. While not strictly-speaking ‘personal’ in the sense that I was joined by four other people, it was very personal in that our driver and guide, Shonnie, is a native of Lewis and was able to draw on his personal history and experiences to provide us with a rich and textured experience. Highly recommended!

  

  

  

• Best tour of our 2 week trip!!

  Jennifer H,

  Aug 31, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  We booked this tour simply to see the Callanish Stones. The visitors center is closed for renovation, and no ship tour busses can enter. What a delightful surprise this entire tour turned out the be! Shonnie was our guide. He was absolutely brilliant! I had no idea how interesting the other stops would be! The Butt of Lewis lighthouse scenery took my breath away. The black houses were a real unexpected wildcard! And we even saw President Trump's mothers house! Shonnie shared the history of the Gaelic people with such passion and was a wealth of knowledge on the history of the island. I cannot believe how much was packed into this 6 hour tour! It was so good that I almost forgot we were going to the Outlander stones. The Callanish stones was a bucket list for me and they did not disappoint. The best way to end the tour and they were not crowded at all. Do yourself a favor and book this!

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Tour guides were friendly...

  Paul S,

  Aug 30, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  2.00

  Tour guides were friendly and local to the area. They provided interesting local information. However, out of the 8 "inclusions" advertised, we can only really give them a check on 3. They advertised the following: Snacks (did not provide), Water (did not provide), Entry/Admission to Lews Castle (did not advise that it was closed), Entry/Admission to Whalebone Arch (we did drive past, but it is open to public on the side of the road), Entry/Admission to Callanish Standing Stones (we did go, again it is open to public and no entry or admission is required), Entry/Admission to Butt of Lewis Lighthouse (we did go, you cannot go in the lighthouse, and the area around it is open to public), Entry/Admission to Harris Tweed Shop (did not even go), and lastly, Entry/Admission to Moluag's Church (we did go, again it just feels misleading in terminology... it is open to the public, so the +$200USD does not "include admission" to this place) To be fair, we did go to Black Houses, several beaches, and an ancient tower ruin that were not advertised but were very interesting, and honestly some of the highlights of the trip. I guess I wouldn't be so disappointed with the places we did go to, if it hadn't said that Admission was included, when it was either free or we would have to pay. It felt misleading at best. Additionally, they did not accompany us at any of the sites. Many of the other tours we have been on, and the tours that were around us yesterday had their guide with them as they walked to the attraction. Our tour guides told us to walk to the site and read the placards along the path and be back in 15 minutes. For some of the sites, they did not even talk about it while we were in the van. In conclusion, if the +$200USD per person was just the cost of having them drive us around, that would be one thing, but it felt a little misleading and was disappointing to not even do all of the things that were advertised. They were very nice people and the van was clean. I just think that it falls short of other tours at this price point.

• The tour guide was nice,...

  Luis C,

  Aug 24, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  1.00

  The tour guide was nice, did not talk much or gave much insight into the areas visited. The bus was quiet for a long time even when we were traveling to a site. There was a problem with the speakers on the van, limiting the tour guide ability to talk about the sites. He just had us read the information on the binder.he passed around. He didn’t step out with us and explain what we were seeing . We had done other tours with Viator. And now we reconsidering our future tours with Viator.

• Great Tour!

  Gerry N,

  Aug 24, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We had a wonderful day with our tour guides. Shonnie and Anges made it a very special day. They showed us a lot of great things and taught us a lot about the island and Scottish history. Would highly recommend them.

  

  

  

  

• Stornoway and more

  Anne M,

  Aug 23, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  This was a wonderful tour that covered a lot of Shoonie's home country. There were mountains, beaches and lots of history. Angus was a wonderful driver and I'm glad I took this tour to be able to learn so much.

• A fantastic day with Marissa and Murdo - Outer Hebrides Private Tour

  Angela R,

  Aug 21, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Book your Outer Hebrides Tour ASAP. we had an amazing time, with two of the best people Marissa our guide and Murdo our driver what a duo, 😊 they took us to some awesome places on the Isle of Lewis, and told us so much information of each place. They even took us to Donald Trumps Mother’s home 😊 When we visited the Black House in Arnol and the Gearannan Blackhouse village this was very humbling. You could see what community was about and how hard life could be back in the day. Our final stop of the day was at the Standing Sones at Callanish which gave us our Outlander moment 😊 Having Marissa and Murdo with us on this journey made our day such fun, they are fantastic people and went above and beyond for us all in the Group, myself and my friend Stephanie can’t recommend this trip more. Book this trip you will not be disappointed 👌we will come back to the island. Angela and Stephanie x

• Take the Tour, learn all the things.

  platinumpam,

  Aug 9, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Our tour guide, Marisa is a local expert. She knew all the historical basics and all the intricacies of current local politics. She was raised here and raised her family here so she knew people at every stop on the tours. We spent two days with her, one touring Lewis and one touring Harris. I highly recommend taking this tour and supporting local family businesses.

  
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