We are so excited to be planning the Harp the Highlands and Islands trip for 2020.  It sounds so far away – and it is…until it isn’t!

This is your chance to see Scotland in the glorious early summer—when days are bright, and temperatures are nothing like you experience at home!  Our trip will run 9– 16 June when the flowers are blooming but before the tourists have arrived in earnest!

If you’re not familiar with our trips – it’s your opportunity to tour Scotland with our amazing guide and driver – native (and harp appreciator) David Leitch.  And I really look forward to sharing Scottish tunes each day!  David continues to build on the resounding success of his customized Scottish Highlands and Islands tours, and we have worked together to expand his tour to include elements that inspired the tunes that harpers love to play.

Each day we’ll see more of the Highlands and Islands while learning tunes related to our travels.  You will enjoy an intimate group setting – we never take more than six travelers which allows you to see the real Scotland.  And you certainly see, and experience more than you would from the heights of a giant tour bus.

The itinerary includes the natural beauty and manmade testaments to Scotland’s history, as well as the prospect to learn more about history and the harp.

The trip includes all bed and breakfast accommodations, dinners, David’s enchanting guiding, entrance to group attractions, a small harp for your use and harp tunes from Jen. The very small group size allows flexibility so that each day you can see the very best Scotland has to offer!

Each trip David crafts an itinerary to assure that you see the wonders of Scotland.  But we also know that a number of you have come with us before and are thinking of coming again – so if you come along, he has planned some new amazing things for you to see!  A sample itinerary might include:

David and Jen will meet you in Edinburgh and our adventure begins — on to Perth, one of Scotland’s seven cities!  The next day we might see the scenic beauty of the Falls of Dochart, the enigmatic splendor of Glencoe.  We could follow the Great Glen and the Caledonian Canal, then head westwards in pursuit of the Islands.  We will see a lovely island including unique and stunning scenery and possibly gain an insight into the people who live there now and over time.  And of course we’ll see loads of magnificent views through the Mountains.  But the Highlands are calling and we could see incomparable Eilean Donan Castle or meander through the glens to Inverness.  We could explore a dark, mysterious, and well storied Loch or wander the coast and it’s quaint fishing villages.  Our final night, David and his beautiful wife Heather will welcome you to dinner in their home for authentic Scottish cuisine and hospitality. Then we’ll head back to Edinburgh for the journey home…or you might decide to explore Edinburgh on your own. Our final itinerary will be determined by you!  If our group includes old friends who have traveled with us previously, we will have an itinerary that promises all of us new delights and sites that we will all enjoy – without repeating a previous itinerary! 

Music is central – each day you’ll learn a new tune, add to your harp lore and experience the history of our harp heritage.  The tunes taught will be associated with the places we see, the history we uncover, and the incredible Scots we meet.  And your travel will be easier with a lovely small loaner harp waiting for you, so you don’t have to travel with your harp and all the worries that brings! 

Invite another harp player or bring a harp loving companion!  There will be activities both for harp players and for harp appreciators. Not a harp player?  We welcome other small traditional instruments!

The price includes seven nights dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation, tour and guide, admissions, lend of a harp for your exclusive use, harp tuition, and special treats.  Price per person double is $3499.  If you prefer to have a room to yourself, single supplement is $350. A $1000 deposit will hold your place (remember there are only 6 places per tour), with the balance due two months prior to your trip.  Discount for early booking — book by 15 October and pay just $3200.  Got a crowd that will fill the minibus? Call for discount booking, but hurry before the bus is booked up.