Self Guided Driving Audio Tour Isle of Skye

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Download GuideAlong’s Isle of Skye audio tour to explore Scotland’s famous “Misty Isle”. Spectacular landscapes, rugged mountains, and dramatic vistas appear at every turn, from the iconic Old Man of Storr and the rugged Quiraing to the crystal-clear Fairy Pools and the cliffs of Neist Point.

The island's natural wonders are also soaked in mythology. Skye is full of fairytale castles and ruins straight from legend. Watching the seabirds circle above the waves or the seals relax on the rocks, it’s easy to see why this island has inspired so many tales of shape-shifting selkies and fairy princesses.

Enjoy the freedom to explore offline at your own pace, spending more time at places that interest you and bypassing any that don’t.

Stories, tips, and directions play automatically based on your location
Travel at your own pace
Tour offline using GPS. No cell service or WiFi is needed
Suggested itineraries for half, full, or multi-day use
No time limits or expiry, and free updates

Activity location

Skye Bridge
- A87
- Kyle of Lochalsh, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

Skye Bridge
- United Kingdom

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Provided by GuideAlong in English

6h
Opening hours: Thu 6:00 am-6:00 pm
English

Language options: English

Price details

AU$28.60 x 1 TravellerAU$28.60

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What's included, what's not

Support: Free phone, chat and email
Easy To Use: Pre-download and tour offline
Trip Planners: In-app, web and PDF
Location Based: Stories, tips & directions that autoplay
Includes an app-based self-guided experience, so you do not need any in-person guide.
Buy once, use forever! No expiry, includes free updates
GuideAlong (GyPSy Guide) Audio Tour: 220+ Points
Flexible Routes: Suggested itineraries or create your own
Entry Fees, National Park Passes, Reservations

Know before you book

- Public transport options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- How to Access: After booking you’ll receive an email and text with instructions (search “Download Audio Tour”). Click the link in the email/text to sign in with your preferred Apple or Google account and redeem your voucher code ahead of time.
- Download The GuideAlong App: Download the free app over WiFi or cellular data and sign in with the same Apple or Google account.
- Download The Tour: Download the tour in the GuideAlong app under 'My Tours' over WiFi or cellular data.
- Start The Tour: Open the tour in the GuideAlong app to preview the start locations, tour route and trip planner, or start the tour.
- Location-Based Stories: Audio commentary plays automatically as you drive using your phone’s GPS chip. Wherever you are and whichever direction you’re going, you’ll hear the best stories and tips.
- Flexible Travel Date: Tours are a one-time purchase with no expiry or date/time limit. If your plans change to a different day, there’s no need to change your travel date.
- Tour at Your Leisure: With GuideAlong, you control the pace. Start, stop, and resume the tour any day, anytime, adapting it to your schedule.
- Driving Tours: Group Savings: One purchase covers everyone in the vehicle, making it a cost-effective way to explore.
- Works Offline: No internet or cell service is required once the audio tour is downloaded to your phone, so you can relax and tour offline.
- Bring A Charger: Pack a USB/C car charger for charging and easy sound connectivity, and make sure your device is fully charged.
- Technical Support: The GuideAlong support team is available daily by free phone phone, online chat, and email.
- The app’s audio will play through your car’s Apple CarPlay and Android Auto display, while the app’s map will display on your phone. You can connect your phone to the car via Bluetooth to listen to the commentary through the car stereo.

Activity itinerary

Skye Bridge

Skye Bridge connects mainland Scotland with the Isle of Skye across Loch Alsh. The crossing offers striking views of the surrounding water, mountains, and rugged coastline.

Armadale Castle, Gardens & Museum of the Isles

4m
Admission ticket not included

Armadale Castle features romantic ruins, landscaped gardens, woodland trails, and the Museum of the Isles. The site explores the history of Clan Donald and the communities of the Scottish Hebrides.

Sleat

The Sleat Peninsula is known as the Garden of Skye because of its greener, more sheltered landscape. Scenic roads pass through coastal villages, forests, hills, and viewpoints overlooking the mainland.

Kinloch Forest

Kinloch Forest offers quiet woodland walks through native trees and open countryside. Trails provide views across the Sound of Sleat towards the mountains of Knoydart.

Leitir Fura

Leitir Fura is the abandoned remains of a traditional Highland farming settlement. Stone ruins scattered through the forest reveal how local families once lived and worked in this remote landscape.

Loch na Dal

Loch na Dal is a sheltered sea loch surrounded by wooded hills and distant mountain views. Its calm waters create a peaceful scene along the road through southern Skye.

Dunscaith Castle

Dunscaith Castle is a dramatic ruined fortress perched on a rocky headland above Loch Eishort. The site is linked with Clan MacDonald and ancient legends of the warrior Scáthach.

Caisteal Maol

Caisteal Chamuis, also called Knock Castle, is a ruined stronghold overlooking the Sound of Sleat. Its remains reflect centuries of rivalry between the MacDonald and MacLeod clans.

Teangue

Teangue is a small coastal settlement on the Sleat Peninsula. Visitors can enjoy open views across the Sound of Sleat towards the mountains of mainland Scotland.

Broadford

Broadford is one of the largest settlements on the Isle of Skye. Its waterfront, shops, restaurants, and visitor services make it a popular stopping point while exploring the island.

Elgol

Elgol is a remote coastal village known for magnificent views of the Cuillin Mountains. Boat trips also depart from here towards Loch Coruisk and nearby wildlife areas.

Elgol Beach

Elgol Beach features a rocky shoreline with panoramic views across the sea towards the Cuillin. The dramatic mountain backdrop makes it one of Skye’s most memorable photography locations.

Boreraig

Boreraig is an abandoned crofting village reached by a long countryside walk. Its ruined stone homes preserve the storey of communities displaced during the Highland Clearances.

Urray & Kilchrist Church of Scotland

Kilchrist Church is a ruined medieval church standing within an old burial ground. The peaceful site offers a glimpse into the religious and community history of southern Skye.

Beinn na Caillich

Beinn na Caillich is a prominent mountain rising above Broadford. Local tradition says a Norse princess was buried beneath the large cairn on its summit.

Torrin

Torrin is a small settlement surrounded by limestone hills and views across Loch Slapin. Its pale rocky landscape looks noticeably different from Skye’s darker volcanic mountains.

Blà Bheinn

Bla Bheinn is a dramatic mountain standing apart from the main Cuillin ridge. Its steep trails attract experienced hikers seeking sweeping views across southern Skye.

Dun Ringill

Dun Ringill is a ruined coastal fort once associated with Clan MacKinnon. A scenic woodland walk leads to its remains above the shores of Loch Slapin.

Spar Cave

Spar Cave is a tidal sea cave known for its high chambers and mineral-covered interior. Reaching it requires careful planning around low tide and challenging coastal conditions.

Skinidin

Skinidin Forest is a quiet woodland area surrounded by open moorland and hills. It provides a peaceful contrast to Skye’s exposed mountain and coastal landscapes.

Isle of Scalpay

Scalpay is a privately owned island located just off Skye’s eastern coast. Its green hills, rocky shoreline, and wooded slopes can be seen across the surrounding waters.

Eas a’ Bhradain

Eas a’ Bhradain is an attractive roadside waterfall beneath the Cuillin foothills. A nearby pull-off makes it easy to pause and admire the cascading water and mountain scenery.

Glamaig

Glamaig is a steep, reddish mountain forming part of the Red Cuillin. It is famous for the challenging Glamaig Hill Race, which climbs its loose scree-covered slopes.

Raasay

Raasay is an island located between Skye and mainland Scotland. It offers woodland, historic sites, coastal trails, and impressive views back towards the Cuillin Mountains.

Sligachan Old Bridge

Sligachan Old Bridge is a historic stone bridge set beneath the Cuillin Mountains. Its dramatic surroundings and connection to local folklore make it one of Skye’s most photographed landmarks.

Allt Dubh

Allt Dubh Viewpoint offers broad views across streams, moorland, and mountain slopes. It is a convenient roadside stop for appreciating the scale of Skye’s central landscape.

The Braes

The Braes is a scenic crofting district southeast of Portree. The area is known for coastal views, traditional communities, and the historic Battle of the Braes.

Portree

Portree is the main town and cultural centre of the Isle of Skye. Its colourful harbour, fishing boats, shops, and restaurants make it one of the island’s most popular stops.

Loch Fada

Loch Fada is a long freshwater loch beneath the Trotternish hills. On clear days, visitors can see the Old Man of Storr rising dramatically beyond the water.

Bride's Veil Falls

Bride’s Veil Falls is a slender roadside waterfall near the Old Man of Storr. Its delicate stream resembles a flowing bridal veil, especially after periods of rainfall.

The Old Man of Storr

The Old Man of Storr is a towering rock pinnacle created by an ancient landslip. A steep walking trail leads towards the formation and panoramic views across eastern Skye.

Rigg Viewpoint

Rigg Viewpoint provides sweeping views across the Trotternish coastline. Visitors can admire sea cliffs, distant islands, rolling hills, and the open waters of the Sound of Raasay.

Lealt Falls

Lealt Falls drops through a deep gorge before the river continues towards the coast. Viewing platforms provide impressive perspectives of the waterfall, cliffs, and surrounding landscape.

Brother's Point (Rubha nam Brathairean )

Brother’s Point is a rugged coastal headland with cliffs, grassy slopes, and dinosaur footprints. A walking trail leads through dramatic scenery towards the exposed shoreline.

Staffin

Staffin is a traditional crofting community surrounded by beaches, cliffs, and unusual rock formations. The area is internationally known for its Jurassic fossils and dinosaur discoveries.

Kilt Rock & Mealt Falls Viewpoint Public Parking

4m
Admission ticket not included

Kilt Rock is a dramatic sea cliff whose vertical columns resemble the folds of a tartan kilt. Nearby, Mealt Falls plunges from the clifftop directly towards the sea.

Staffin Museum ( Dinosaur fossils and other artifacts)

4m
Admission ticket not included

Staffin Dinosaur Museum displays fossils, footprint casts, and discoveries from northern Skye. The collection explains why the area is one of Scotland’s most important locations for Jurassic research.

An Corran Beach

An Corran Beach is known for dinosaur footprints preserved in exposed coastal rock. The prints are easiest to search for around low tide when more of the shoreline is visible.

The Quiraing

The Quiraing is a spectacular landslip filled with jagged pinnacles, hidden plateaus, and unusual rock formations. Scenic viewpoints and hiking trails reveal one of Skye’s most distinctive landscapes.

Duntulm

Duntulm is a scattered settlement near the northern tip of the Trotternish Peninsula. Its open crofting landscape offers wide views towards the sea and the Outer Hebrides.

Duntulm Castle

Duntulm Castle stands in ruins on a dramatic cliff above the sea. Once a stronghold of Clan MacDonald, the site offers impressive coastal views and a strong sense of Highland history.

St Moluag's Church

St Moluag’s Church is the ruin of an early Christian site near Kilmaluag. Its weathered stones and historic burial ground reflect centuries of worship in northern Skye.

Kilmaluag Bay

Kilmaluag Bay is a quiet coastal inlet surrounded by crofting fields and low cliffs. The peaceful setting provides open views across the northern shoreline of Skye.

Rubha Hunish

Rubha Hunish is the northernmost point of the Isle of Skye. A rugged walking trail leads to dramatic cliffs, ocean views, and excellent opportunities to spot seabirds and marine wildlife.

Kilmuir

Kilmuir is a historic crofting district closely connected with Gaelic culture and clan history. Its open landscape is also associated with the storey of Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald.

Kilmuir Cemetery

Kilmuir Cemetery contains the grave of Flora MacDonald and monuments to several notable Highland figures. It is an important stop for visitors interested in Jacobite and clan history.

Kilvaxter Souterrain

Kilvaxter Souterrain is an ancient underground stone passage dating from the Iron Age. The site offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives and construction skills of Skye’s early inhabitants.

Idrigil Bay Viewpoint

Idrigil Bay Viewpoint overlooks the rugged western coast of northern Skye. The surrounding scenery combines open sea, crofting fields, low cliffs, and distant island views.

RHA Waterfall

Rha Waterfalls are twin cascades hidden within a wooded gorge near Uig. A short path through the trees leads to views of the water tumbling over dark rock ledges.

Fairy Glen

Fairy Glen is a miniature landscape of rounded hills, small ponds, twisting paths, and rocky ridges. Its unusual natural shapes have inspired stories of fairies and other supernatural beings.

Castle Ewen

Castle Ewen is a steep rocky hill located within Fairy Glen. Despite its name, it is a natural formation rather than a man-made castle and offers wide views from its upper slopes.

St. Columba’s Isle

St Columba’s Isle contains ancient church ruins and historic graves in a peaceful riverside setting. The site served as an important centre of Christian worship and burial on Skye.

Waternish

The Waternish Peninsula features crofting villages, open moorland, sea cliffs, and distant island views. The area is also known for traditional crafts and its strong Gaelic heritage.

Dunvegan

Dunvegan is a historic village near the head of Loch Dunvegan. It provides access to the castle, Coral Beach, shops, cafés, and several nearby heritage sites.

The Fairy Bridge

Fairy Bridge is a small stone bridge linked with a famous Clan MacLeod legend. According to the storey, a fairy wife said farewell to her human husband at this peaceful spot.

Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

4m
Admission ticket not included

Dunvegan Castle is the ancestral home of Clan MacLeod and has been continuously occupied for centuries. Visitors can explore historic rooms, clan treasures, formal gardens, and scenic loch views.

St. Mary's

St Mary’s Church is a historic ruin standing within an old burial ground near Dunvegan. The site includes the Lovat Memorial and several weathered gravestones linked with local families.

Dun Fiadhairt

Dun Fiadhairt is the ruin of an Iron Age broch overlooking the Dunvegan area. Its surviving stonework reveals the defensive round towers once built across northern Scotland.

Coral Beach

Coral Beach is known for its bright white shoreline formed from crushed maerl rather than tropical coral. A coastal walk leads to clear turquoise water and views across nearby islands.

Giant Angus Macaskill Museum

4m
Admission ticket not included

The Giant Angus MacAskill Museum tells the storey of one of history’s tallest naturally proportioned men. Displays describe his childhood on Skye, international travels, and remarkable feats of strength.

Diùirinis

The Duirinish Peninsula features dramatic sea cliffs, remote crofting communities, lochs, and open moorland. It includes some of the finest coastal scenery in western Skye.

Glendale

Glendale is a scattered crofting community surrounded by green hills and rugged coastline. Its history is closely connected with crofters who fought for fairer land rights.

The Minch

The Minch is the broad stretch of sea separating Skye from the Outer Hebrides. Its waters support seabirds, dolphins, whales, fishing boats, and ferry routes.

Upper Milovaig

Upper Milovaig is a remote crofting settlement on the western side of Skye. Its elevated position provides open views across moorland, hills, and the surrounding coastline.

Loch Mor Viewpoint

Loch Mor Viewpoint overlooks a quiet inland loch surrounded by moorland and low hills. The peaceful scene provides a contrast to the dramatic cliffs farther west.

Kelpie Gallery & Gift Shop

Kelpie Gallery showcases artwork, photography, crafts, and gifts inspired by Skye. It offers visitors a chance to discover work created by local and Scottish artists.

Neist Point

Neist Point is a dramatic headland known for towering cliffs, ocean views, and its distinctive lighthouse. A steep trail leads towards the lighthouse and several panoramic viewpoints.

Waterstein

Waterstein is a remote settlement near the cliffs and headlands of western Skye. Its quiet crofting landscape provides access to rugged coastal scenery around Neist Point.

Dun Beag Broch

Dun Beag is one of Skye’s best-preserved Iron Age brochs. The circular stone tower stands on a rocky hill with broad views across Loch Bracadale and the surrounding countryside.

Amar River Viewpoint

Amar River Viewpoint offers views across a broad river valley, open moorland, and surrounding hills. It is a convenient place to pause while travelling through western Skye.

Gesto Bay Viewpoint

Gesto Bay Viewpoint overlooks sheltered water, rocky shoreline, and distant mountain scenery. The Cuillin peaks create a striking backdrop across the bay.

Portnalong

Portnalong is a small crofting settlement near Loch Harport. Its peaceful location offers views towards the Cuillin Mountains and access to western Skye’s coastal scenery.

Carbost

Carbost is a waterfront village on the shores of Loch Harport. It is best known as the home of Talisker Distillery and offers cafés, accommodation, and mountain views.

Loch Harport

Loch Harport is a sheltered sea loch lying beneath the Cuillin Mountains. Its calm waters, rocky shores, and surrounding villages create an attractive western Skye landscape.

Talisker Distillery

Talisker Distillery is the oldest working whisky distillery on the Isle of Skye. Tours and tastings introduce visitors to its production process and distinctive smoky, maritime single malt.

Cuillin

The Cuillin Mountains form Skye’s most dramatic mountain range, with dark jagged ridges and challenging peaks. Climbers and hikers travel from around the world to explore this rugged landscape.

Glenbrittle Forest Car Park

4m
Admission ticket not included

Glenbrittle Forest lies beneath the Cuillin Mountains near Skye’s western coast. Woodland paths, open glens, and nearby trails provide access to spectacular mountain scenery.

Fairy Pools

The Fairy Pools are a series of clear pools and waterfalls flowing beneath the Black Cuillin. A popular walking trail follows the stream through an open mountain valley.

Camus Cross

Camus Cross is a small settlement on the Sleat Peninsula. Its coastal position offers views across the Sound of Sleat towards the mountains of mainland Scotland.

MacLeod’s Table North

MacLeod’s Tables are two distinctive flat-topped hills overlooking northwestern Skye. Their unusual profiles resemble enormous tables rising above the surrounding moorland.

St. Maelrubhas' Chapel

St Maelrubha’s Chapel is an ancient religious ruin associated with early Christianity on Skye. Its weathered stone remains preserve the memory of centuries of local worship.

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Activity location

Skye Bridge
- A87
- Kyle of Lochalsh, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

Skye Bridge
- United Kingdom

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