WHERE WE TRAVEL
Tours across the North East
Royal Deeside is the classic day out. Drum Castle and Crathes near Banchory, then on through Aboyne and Ballater to Balmoral and Braemar, with the Cairngorms opening up around you the further west you go.
North and west of the city, Aberdeenshire's Castle Trail takes in Castle Fraser, Craigievar, Fyvie and Haddo House. Keep going and you're in Speyside, where Dufftown, Craigellachie and Aberlour have more distilleries between them than anywhere else in Scotland.
South along the coast it's Dunnottar Castle and Stonehaven harbour, then on into Angus for Arbroath Abbey. We collect from hotels across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, from Aberdeen Airport, and from cruise ships at Aberdeen harbour.
Frequently asked questions
Address
28 Greenfern Avenue,
Aberdeen, AB16 6QR
Your Comfort. Our Priority
PRIVATE TOURS FROM ABERDEEN
Why Book With Wattabout
Built Around You
Your stops, your pace, your timings. Linger where you love it and skip what you don't.
A Local Driver
Aberdeen-based and family-run, with the stories, shortcuts and lunch stops to match.
Room for Six
Family, friends or a small group, all in one car with airline-style seats.
Enjoy the Dram
Nobody has to drive between distilleries. Everyone gets to taste
BESPOKE TOURS
What you get
A tour built around what you want to see, not a coach timetable
A local driver who knows the back roads, the best viewpoints and where to stop for lunch
Room for up to six, so family or friends explore together
Nobody has to drive between distilleries, so everyone can join the tasting
Collected from your hotel, home, the airport or your cruise ship at Aberdeen harbour
A fixed price agreed in advance for the whole day, whatever the route
Prefer to speak to someone?
Where we take you
Tours run across the North East and beyond: Royal Deeside, the Speyside whisky country, Aberdeenshire's Castle Trail and the coast road south to Angus. Half days, full days and longer trips into the Highlands are all possible.
Tell us what you'd like to see and we'll suggest a route. Or start with one of the example days below and make it your own.
Example itineraries
Royal Deeside in a day
9:00am: pickup from your hotel in Aberdeen
10:00am: Crathes Castle and its walled gardens near Banchory
12:30pm: lunch in Ballater, the Victorian village on the Dee
2:00pm: Balmoral Estate, when the grounds are open in season
3:30pm: Braemar, with time to wander the village and its castle
5:30pm: back to Aberdeen through the hills
Speyside whisky trail
8:30am: pickup from Aberdeen or Aberdeenshire
10:30am: Glenfiddich distillery tour in Dufftown
12:30pm: lunch in Craigellachie
2:00pm: The Macallan Estate
3:30pm: Speyside Cooperage, to see how the casks are made
6:00pm: home, with nobody having to drive
Castles and the coast road south
9:00am: pickup from Aberdeen
9:45am: Dunnottar Castle, on its clifftop near Stonehaven
11:00am: Stonehaven harbour for a coffee
1:00pm: Arbroath Abbey, then fresh Arbroath smokies at the harbour
3:30pm: Fettercairn Distillery
5:30pm: back to Aberdeen over the Cairn o' Mount road
Times are a guide only. Castle entry and distillery tours are booked and paid separately, and we'll help you plan them.
