Highland clans
You might be one of the approximately 30 million people worldwide of Scottish descent, or simply have a desire to learn about history.
Whichever you are, we will use our local knowledge of the Highlands and its clan system to help you find out more. For example, we can take you to your original Clan lands, castles, battle sites, churches, graveyards and museums. We can also arrange a session with a professional genealogy expert. |
Should food and drink are your thing, how about sampling such Scottish delicacies like haggis, lorne sausage, fresh mussels, shortbread, black bun, or a wee dram from a local distillery.
If you fancy something more hands on, how about weaving your own piece of tartan... Be you Munro, Mackenzie, Ross, Sutherland, Mackay, Gunn, Sinclair, Fraser, Chisholm, Davidson, Urqhuart, Macdonald, Macleod... We can arrange a tour to suit! |
Outlander
Munro Highland Tours is delighted to offer fans of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series three specially created trips.
These will take them to real places featured in the books and help them to learn more about the Highlands of Scotland during this period of history. |
Your host is a lifetime resident of the area and even has ancestors who worked for notable local figures Viscount Tarbat, Lord Cromartie, and the Chief of the Clan Mackenzie.
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Pictish Scotland
The people who lived in the north and east of Scotland between the 3rd and 9th centuries were known as the Picts.
They have left no written records, but the legacy of their culture remains in their sculptures, jewellery and weapons. |
Munro Highland Tours can take you to visit these sites which are scattered throughout the region and on your journey.
Your guide will tell your more about these mysterious ancestors of modern Highlanders. |
Brahan Seer
Highland history is full of fascinating characters and stories.
Munro Highland Tours offers a unique trip which focuses on one particularly intriguing character - the Brahan Seer, a man also referred to as the Gaelic Nostradamus. Kenneth Mackenzie, known as Coinneach Odhar in Gaelic, is believed by many to have prophecised many significant events in history, such as the Battle of Culloden and the Second World War. |
It's believed he used an oval shaped stone with a hole through the centre, passed down to him by his mother in Western Isles, to predict the future destiny of mankind.
The tour will take you to a number of locations of significance to the Brahan Seer. Your guide will enlightens you about the life and death of this truly interesting figure. |