The Hairy Coo Reviews 

895
TrustScore 5 out of 5

4.9

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Looking at 489 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the guides and drivers for their extensive knowledge, making tours informative and engaging. Many highlight their entertaining storytelling, humor, and excellent music choices, which enhanced the journey. Reviewers also felt safe and comfortable due to the drivers' confident and professional skills. The tours themselves are consistently described as wonderful, well-organized, and memorable, offering an amazing experience. Customers appreciated the well-planned itineraries, which included numerous stops for exploration and enjoyment of the spectacular scenery. The service provided is often highlighted as excellent, with many noting the efficiency and ease of their overall holiday experience.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5 star rating for our guide today Fraser, for being efficient, attentive and knowledgeable and for having a really good playlist of music throughout the tour from Edinburgh to Inverness. Great stops,... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Three day tour from Edinburgh up to the Isle of Skye with Paul S, our guide and driver. The scenery is spectacular and there were plenty of stops in between the main events to stretch your legs. Paul... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Neil is absolutely fantastic! The tour was wonderful, full of great stories, lots of laughter and nice anecdotes. It was a wonderful day that we will remember fondly. Thank you and lots of love from t... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Mari was an excellent driver and guide. The only thing I would have appreciated was more time at the Glennfinnan stop, because that was for sure the most interesting part of the tour.

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About The Hairy Coo

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Experience the best of Scotland with The Hairy Coo coach tours. Enjoy one of our fun and fascinating day trips or multi-day coach tours of Scotland.

The Hairy Coo offers Scotland tours from Edinburgh. All tours are guided by one of our experienced Scottish tour guides.

We also offer private tours of Scotland for all sizes of groups from 1 - 100.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

3 Day Highlands and Isle of Skye Tour from Edinburgh

This was my second highlands tour but my first with the Hairy Coo and with Ross and while I thought I knew what we’d be getting into, I was not prepared for the absolute hospitality, knowledge, humor, and kindness provided by our guide. Ross was amazing, regaling us with stories of Scottish history in an easy to understand manner while keeping us all interested and entertained. I honestly couldn’t have imagined a better tour or a better guide. I know when I come back to Scotland in the near future, I’ll be reaching out to The Hairy Coo and Ross for a private tour! Would HIGHLY recommend this company and especially, Ross, if you find yourself wanting to go on a highland tour during your time in Scotland!

7 July 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional graduation trip to the highlands

My friends and I really enjoyed the 3-day Isle of Skye, Inverness and Highlands tour that we took in April. Louise was an exceptional guide and driver, sharing many interesting fairy tales with us and making the trip even more whimsical with her selection of Scottish music. I really loved how she added some stops that were not part of the itinerary (eg. some waterfall with black rocks) and would take the effort to engage us in conversation. Despite the long journey, Louise always greeted us with a huge smile and even drove around a town a few times to look for a missing passenger. I have been highly recommending this tour to all my non-driver friends as it gives a really good taste of what the Scottish highlands has to offer!

7 April 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fabulous day out

The driver Tom and guide Lucky were really funny and informative! The views were fantastic and we got to spend a good amount of time at the Viaduct which was great. A fun day, definitely learnt lots more about Scotland.

2 July 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Peter was an amazing tour guide

Peter was an amazing tour guide! Would highly recommend!

1 July 2026
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Brilliant to hear you had such a great time with Peter! Thanks for recommending us - we hope to see you again!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Recommend for views etc

Good welcome. Polite, friendly and knowledgeable guide (Marco). Good amount of things to do for 6 hours. Recommend for good views, guiding and fun.

1 July 2026
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Reply from The Hairy Coo

Thanks so much Aina! Great to hear you felt well looked after and enjoyed the balance throughout the day. We hope to see you again!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We went on the trip to the Highlands

We went on the trip to the Highlands, which were absolutely beautiful. Our guide, Mari, was excellent. She told interesting stories, played great music, and always made sure everyone was comfortable and enjoying the trip

28 June 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Honk honk hairy coo!! 😎

What an amazing experience with an amazing tour guide!!! 💯💯💯 Give that a 100x points!!! 😎

27 June 2026
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Reply from The Hairy Coo

Thank you so much! Thrilled to hear you had such an amazing time - we hope to see you again!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Three day tour from Edinburgh

Three day tour from Edinburgh up to the Isle of Skye with Paul S, our guide and driver. The scenery is spectacular and there were plenty of stops in between the main events to stretch your legs. Paul works incredibly hard and kept us entertained with stories, facts, music and incredibly bad jokes.
If you want a company to book your Scottish adventure The Hairy Coos are fab!

23 June 2026
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Reply from The Hairy Coo

Thank you for the brilliant review Kathy! We're delighted you enjoyed the 3-day Edinburgh to Isle of Skye tour and Paul will love the shout-out! So pleased you loved the scenery and stops along the way, we hope to see you again!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Rendered very good tour.

Rendered very good tour.
Adequate explanation.
Mixed with good jokes also.
Prompt in time.
Coach was clean.
Complementary water bottle is needed and mandatory in hot weather.
Overall enjoyed the trip.
Best wishes.

25 June 2026
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