The 4 Best Full-Day Whisky Tours Worldwide

1.Full Day Scottish Highlands and Whisky Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 136 reviews · 9 hours · from $72Our pick

Spend nine hours with Highland Explorer Tours visiting the Kelpies, Glenturret Distillery, Dunkeld, and the Hermitage. Your English-speaking guide drives through Perthshire, shares Scottish stories, and leads a short walk to Black Linn Falls. Audio guides are available in six languages, and the distillery tour and whisky tasting may cost extra.

“Driver was friendly and very knowledgeable. Had plenty of time to look around the stops. was a bit on the pricey side but overall very good.”

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2.Speyside Whisky Full Day Private Tour from Inverness

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 50 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) Top rated

Spend about nine hours touring Speyside from Inverness with a private kilted guide such as Robbie, Craig, Bill, or Tony. Visit Glen Moray, Glenfiddich, Cardhu, and Glenfarclas, with tastings, a pub lunch, family whisky stories, and views across the Spey Valley. Distillery fees and lunch cost extra.

“Loved the tour. The guide from Happy Tours was fantastic! Will definitely book a different tour with the same team if I am back in Inverness.”

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3.Private Full Day Whiskey Tour from Dublin with Tullamore D.E.W.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 28 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $589

Leave Dublin at 8:30 a.m. with a private whiskey specialist, then visit Old Kilbeggan Distillery, Sean’s Bar in Athlone, and Tullamore D.E.W. Expect tastings, an Irish coffee, countryside views, and private transport. Guides including John and Colm add history and local stories, while lunch is your responsibility.

“We thoroughly enjoyed our whiskey tour with John. Our focus originally had been to tour Tullamore Dew since we are from San Francisco and use that whiskey to make our Irish coffees after having many from the famous Buena Vista Cafe; however we enjoyed the juxtaposition of touring a very old distillery (Kilbeggan) with a much more modern (Tullamore Dew). Visiting Sean’s Bar was a treat and we had a very enjoyable lunch on our own in Athlone that John had recommended. The pacing of the tour was excellent and John provided the perfect balance of historical commentary when driving and leaving us time on the individual tours. Would highly…”

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4.Full-Day Private Speyside Malt Whisky Trail Tour from Grantown-on-Spey

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $514

Spend about eight hours with a private driver-guide exploring Speyside from Grantown-on-Spey. Visit Cragganmore, Glenlivet, Aberlour, Glenfiddich, and the Speyside Cooperage, with time for tastings and tours. John and Chris are among the guides used, but admission fees and lunch are extra.

“Chris was a brilliant guide and took us to both Glenlivet and Glenfarclas distilleries for tours and tastings, Speyside Cooperage to see the skills in barrel making and refurbishment, Cardhu distillery visitor centre and also various local points of interest during the tour.A full but very rewarding day out.Highly recommended.”

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