Private guided minibus tours

Orkney Tours

There’s a variety of tours below, and if you’re looking for something different, let me know and we’ll work together to make your day an unforgettable Orkney experience.

In short

Choose your Orkney tour with local Green Badge guide Jean Ross: archaeology, wildlife, Scapa Flow, food & drink, plus tours from Stromness and Kirkwall. Every tour runs in a comfortable 8-seat minibus, private for your group or a small shared day out.

Jean Ross, Great Orkney Tours Tour Guide behind blue minibus

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Orkney Minibus Tours

Private and small-group guided tours of Orkney in an 8-seat minibus: standing stones, Skara Brae, wildlife, Scapa Flow and more, with pickups across the Mainland.

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Tours by interest

Skara Brae

Orkney Archaeology Tour

Skara Brae, the Ring of Brodgar, Stenness, the Broch of Gurness and Maeshowe: 5,000 years of history.

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A puffin on the Orkney Cliffs

Orkney Wildlife Tour

Puffins, gannets and seabird cliffs at Marwick Head and Brough of Birsay, plus seals and otters along the coast.

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Stanger Head Battery Flotta

Scapa Flow Tour

Wartime history: the Churchill Barriers, the Italian Chapel, Hoxa Head and the story of HMS Royal Oak.

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The Barony Mill at Birsay

Orkney Food & Drink Tour

Tearooms, the historic Barony Mill, the Merkister Hotel and gin & whisky at Deerness Distillery.

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St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall

Kirkwall & South Ronaldsay

St Magnus Cathedral in the heart of our capital, the Earl’s and Bishop’s Palaces, The Gloup in Deerness, then across the Churchill Barriers to the Italian Chapel and on to St Margaret’s Hope on South Ronaldsay.

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Open countryside on Orkney's West Mainland

Scenic Route

A casual drive through Finstown and Evie, stopping at the Broch of Gurness and the Woolshed, across to the Brough of Birsay when the tide is out, and the beauty spot at Yesnaby for geology, wildlife and the rare Primula Scotica in season.

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Arriving by cruise, ferry or plane?

Tours from Stromness

Collected at the cruise tender pier or ferry terminal, tailored to your time ashore.

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Tours from Kirkwall

Collected at Hatston cruise pier or the ferry terminal, shaped around your time ashore.

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Tours from Kirkwall Airport

Collected at the terminal when you land, planned around your flight times.

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Guest reviews

What my clients have said about my Orkney tours

Tripadvisor

“Jean met six of us at Stromness and delivered us safely back to St Margaret’s Hope four days later. She gave us a wonderful three and a half days of touring, was indefatigable, patient and extremely knowledgeable throughout, and showed us sights large and small with grace and friendliness. We all had a wonderful time – Orkney never disappoints but this was the best trip I have been on. Well worth while.”

— Reviewed by a Tripadvisor traveler

Looking for a totally bespoke tour?

I’m happy to organise a tour that takes in all your preferred Orkney sites. Please get in touch to discuss the options.