Destinations
Whisky trail and distillery day tours.
The point of a private driver on a distillery day is simple: everyone in the group can taste. The pages below cover the distilleries we drive to, the realistic number of visits in a day given the roads between them, and how tour and tasting timings shape the route.
AberlourPrivate transfers to Aberlour Distillery in Speyside. Build a whisky trail with nearby distilleries and let your driver handle every leg.
View Aberlour Distillery transfersDufftownPrivate transfers to Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, Speyside. Combine it with other Speyside distilleries on a private whisky day.
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BallindallochPrivate transfers to The Glenlivet Distillery in Speyside from Inverness, Aberdeen or Edinburgh, at a fixed fare and with no need to drive after tasting.
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CraigellachiePrivate transfers to The Macallan Distillery at Craigellachie in Speyside. Arrive in comfort and enjoy the tasting while your driver waits.
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Port EllenPrivate travel to Ardbeg Distillery on the south coast of Islay, arranged around your ferry or flight. Taste freely while your driver takes the wheel.
View Ardbeg Distillery transfersBowmorePrivate travel to Bowmore Distillery on the Isle of Islay, arranged around your ferry or flight, so you can taste without worrying about the drive.
View Bowmore Distillery transfersPort EllenPrivate travel to Laphroaig Distillery on the Isle of Islay, arranged around your ferry or flight. Taste freely while a professional driver handles the roads.
View Laphroaig Distillery transfersClydebankPrivate transfers to Auchentoshan Distillery near Clydebank, a short drive from Glasgow. Enjoy the tasting while your driver handles the journey.
View Auchentoshan Distillery transfersPencaitlandPrivate transfers to Glenkinchie Distillery in East Lothian, the closest malt distillery to Edinburgh. Taste freely and let your driver take you home.
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AlnessPrivate transfers to The Dalmore Distillery on the Cromarty Firth, easily reached from Inverness, with a fixed fare and a driver who waits while you taste.
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TainPrivate transfers to Glenmorangie Distillery near Tain in the northern Highlands, from Inverness and beyond, with a driver for the whole visit.
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ObanPrivate transfers to Oban Distillery in the heart of Oban on the west coast. Combine your tour with a day out in Argyll with your own driver.
View Oban Distillery transfersThe reason to book a driver for a distillery day is straightforward: nobody in the group has to stay sober to drive, and nobody has to hand back a tasting.
Drink-drive limits in Scotland are lower than in England and Wales, which catches out visitors planning to drive between sites themselves.
Standard tours run 60 to 90 minutes, tastings add time, and the roads between distilleries are single-carriageway and slow. Three visits is a full day; four means rushing all of them.
Tours also need booking directly with each distillery in advance. Tell us your confirmed slots and we build the driving around them.
Speyside packs many distilleries into a small area, so a day there covers more ground per hour than one on Islay or in the western Highlands, where distances between sites are much longer.
Each distillery page notes the drive from the nearest cities and which neighbouring sites realistically pair with it.
Bottles bought on site travel in the car rather than being carried between stops, and we allow for boot space when a group intends to buy.
If you are flying home the same trip, remember bottles must go in checked luggage; tell us if the day ends at an airport so the timing accounts for bag drop.
Your driver covers the whole day, so every passenger can take part in tastings and tours.
Tours run 60–90 minutes and the roads between sites are slow. We plan a realistic day rather than an over-packed one.
You tell us the door, entrance or bay when you book, and the driver confirms it by message before setting off — no hunting for a car in a queue.
Two or three, depending on the region. Tours run 60 to 90 minutes and the connecting roads are slow, so a fourth visit usually means cutting the others short.
Tours are booked directly with each distillery, which also lets you choose the tour and tasting level. Send us the confirmed times and we plan the driving around them.
We quote per journey from the pick-up and drop-off you enter, the vehicle class you choose and any extras such as additional stops or child seats. The figure is shown before you confirm, and it is the figure we hold you to — there is no meter running in the car.
Yes. Contact us with your booking reference as early as you can and we will move the time, route or vehicle subject to availability. Cancellation terms are set out on our Booking & Cancellation Policy page.
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