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Ullapool Tours was born from a passion to offer something fresh and exciting for curious explorers like you – people who wish to discover beyond the obvious and connect with the richness of our heritage, culture, landscape and stories.
You will love our tours if you like to go on an adventure and explore, appreciate captivating storytelling, and cherish an eclectic range of topics with real insights. We offer a friendly local private guide for you who enjoys to share their expert knowledge in a relaxed way. All tours are carefully designed to ensure you have a first-class experience, time to enjoy the wonderful scenery and room for any questions you might have. Nothing makes us happier than ensuring you will have a memorable, enriching experience!
Our enthusiasm and passion have been contagious to our guests and we love welcoming people from all over the world. With years of experience in the tourism industry, in tour guiding, working in Ullapool Museum and managing one of the local book shops, we have poured all our knowledge into crafting tours that mix insightful facts with entertaining stories, answer questions and provoke new ones, inspire curiosity and offer new perspectives on our beautiful part of the world.
What do our guests love most? The variety of tours we offer, our expertise and thorough research, the maps and old photos we bring along, our hand-picked routes and venues, the friendly and relaxed vibe we bring to every tour, and our humour! Don’t just take our word for it, our glowing 5 stars reviews on Tripadvisor speak for themselves.
Ullapool Tours is locally run. We are two women, best friends, and always on the hunt for new books, articles and stories about history, geology, folklore, nature and wildlife, and archaeology. Some of our research has gone into our ‘This is Ullapool’ guide book, published in 2020 and available in a brand new 2026 version now. You can pick up a copy in the Ullapool Bookshop and the Ceilidh Place Bookshop. Right now, we are working on a new book project, available end of 2026 (hopefully).
When we are not working you can often find us at a beach or up a hill amidst the breathtaking beauty of the landscape. And, on a lazy Sunday morning, we enjoy going out for breakfast, or making home-made oat bannocks and eggs for brunch, doing Kakuro puzzle competitions, and studying maps and walking paths to plot our next adventure.
Sustainability is at the heart of what we do. At Ullapool Tours we believe in slow, eco-friendly tourism that fosters a deep, meaningful connection between you and the places you visit. By booking with us, you are not just supporting a local business, you are also supporting green tourism and help preserve the beauty of the place we call home.
We are also committed to reduce the carbon footprint of our business and tours, for example by walking to the start point of our tours. Besides being good for the environment, booking a tour on foot with us in these beautiful surroundings is a great way to be active, get some fresh air and exercise, unwind, and leave all your stress behind while you immerse yourself in the magic of Ullapool and the Highlands.
We can’t wait to meet you on one of our tours!
Learn about the history of Ullapool from its creation as a planned fishing village to the popular tourist destination that it is today. Follow our self-guided Walk through Ullapool that combines a detailed route description with information on the local history. Step back even further in time to discover the remains of the area's rich archaeological past. Find out about the geological events that shaped this beautiful part of the world. Two walks with accompanying maps, the River and Hill Walk, take you on a journey to explore the natural setting and savour the breathtaking views Ullapool has to offer. Experience the surroundings of Ullapool by venturing out on our short excursions that can all be reached within 30 minutes from Ullapool by car. Things to do in Ullapool and useful information are also included in this travel guide. Enjoy your visit to our lovely village!
'This is Ullapool' is stocked by the Ceilidh Place Bookshop and the Ullapool Bookshop.
We are happy to post our guide book to you if you live in the UK, please send us an email for details.
New for late 2026 is our fabulous collection of selected stories from Lochbroom, Coigach and Assynt. Years of research, lots of passion, sweat and a few tears, as well as many chocolate cakes led to this book of our favourite tales of the past. Many of these fantastic stories sound like folklore, but in fact they are all true! Meet the extraordinary people who lived here and follow their colourful adventures. Some tales will amaze you, some will make you smile, some are tragic - a mirror of life in the area. An unmissable read full of stories of courage, mischief, resistance, vanity and lies. If you love a good story, are interested in local characters and history, and want to find out about life through the centuries at the northwest coast of the Scottish Highlands, this is the book for you - great for a rainy day by the fire with a wee dram!
'Characters & Tales from Lochbroom, Coigach and Assynt' will be available from late 2026.
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