Scot Rock Walks - Scottish Geology Tours

Scot Rock Walks - Scottish Geology Tours

Discover Scotland in a way you’ve never seen it before…

Group geology tours now available hosted by the Scottish Geologist, Luisa. See below for available tours or contact us now to arrange a personalized geology tour of Scotland and learn more about the deep geological history Scotland has to offer. For more information on upcoming tours this year, please see below. Scot Rock walks range from evening tours which can be a few hours long depending on the locality to full 1 day tours. Longer tours will be coming soon.

Group Geology Tours

Group day tours will be available once or twice a month on either a Saturday’s or Sunday’s all year round or both. These tours contain a variety of different geological stops that last the full day. Tours are limited to 8 people (7 people including Luisa), due to mini bus restrictions. Please note that if less than 4 people book onto the tour then it may be subject to cancellation. Further details of tours available can be found below.

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Group Geology Tours

Group Geology Tours

The Geology of the Scottish Highlands Group tour (1 day)

Picking up/dropping off from Glasgow City Centre, leave at 8am. This will include learning about the following:

  • The Metasedimentary rocks of The Dalradian supergroup

  • The Gramphian Highland Terrane

  • Glencoe and Ben Nevis’s Extinct Volcano - Learn about how Magmas form and evolve and lavas erupt at the earths structure

  • The glacial features in the landscape that formed during the quaternary period (from now up to 2.6 million years ago)

  • A visit to Treasure’s of the Earth Museum (fee included in tour price)

  • The Great Glen Fault

Price per person: from £150.00 (Max 7 people can book due to minibus restrictions) - this includes transport by Luisa.*

Please see Scot Rock Walks Store for upcoming tour dates.

*Please note price includes the cost of transport/fuel, the tour guide, relevant geology information pack, snacks and refreshments and may vary depending on the time of year - Lunch is not included.

The Geology of the Isle of Skye Group tour (1 day)

Picking up/dropping off from Portree on the Isle of Skye leave at 8am and will include visiting the following places:

  • Discover the Volcanic Centre, active 65 million years ago, that once fed the isle of Skye Volcano - The black (Gabbro) and the red (Granite) Cullen mountains

  • The lavas and magmas in and around the Fairy Pools - Includes walk down to the fairy pools
    (4.2km walk - medium)

  • Elgol Limestone and sedimentary features

  • Lean how the Old Man of Storr formed (an ancient landslide of volcanic and sedimentary rocks)

  • Basaltic Columns at Kilt Rock - How do basaltic columns form in Lava and Magma?

  • The Dinosaur Footprints at Staffin Bay and limestone that represent an old marine environment from the Jurassic period - When dinosaurs ‘ruled’ Scotland

  • See fossils in the Jurassic Rocks

  • There may even be time to visit Talkisker Distillery

Price per person: £150.00 - pick up from Portree, Isle of Skye (max 7 people can book)*

Please see Scot Rock Walks Store for upcoming tour dates.

*Please note price includes the cost of transport/fuel, the tour guide, relevant geology information pack, parking fees, snacks and refreshments and may vary depending on the time of year - Lunch is not included.

The Geology of Western Highlands - Loch Lomond, Glencoe, Oban, Easdale slates Group tour (1 day)

Picking up/dropping off from Glasgow City Centre, leave at 8am and will include visiting the following places:

  • The Metasedimentary rocks of Loch Lomond

  • The Falls of Falloch Waterfall - learn how waterfalls form

  • Glencoe’s volcano - learn about the magmas and how the evolve and the mountain building that once happened in Scotland

  • Oban and surrounding area - the old red sandstone group and the Dalradian supergroup

  • The Easdale slates - Check out the pyrite (fools gold) found in these metasedimentary rocks that were once deposited on the oceanic floor

  • The glacial processes that cut the landscape as we know it today

Price per person: £150.00 (Max 7 people can book)

Dates are as follows:

Saturday 11th May 2023

*Please note price includes the cost of transport/fuel, the tour guide, relevant geology information pack, snacks and refreshments and may vary depending on the time of year - Lunch is not included.

The Geology of East Coast Group tour (1 day)

Picking up/dropping off from Glasgow City Centre, leave at 8am and will include visiting the following places:

  • The sedimentary rocks of the old red sandstone along Abroath

  • The Highland Boundary Fault - Stonehaven

  • The Dalradian Supergroup

  • The Aberdeen Granite

  • TBC - Special visit - Learn about Scotland’s past enviornment’s and how its climate changed over millions of years

Price per person: TBC (Max 7 people can book)

Dates are as follows:

TBC

*Please note price includes the cost of transport/fuel, the tour guide, relevant geology information pack, snacks and refreshments and may vary depending on the time of year - Lunch is not included.

The Geology of the Isle of Arran Group Tour (1 day)

Picking up/dropping off from Glasgow City Centre, leave at 6am and will include visiting the following places:

  • Travel to Ardrossan to get Ferry (1 hour) (ferry ticket included in price)

  • Discover the New red sandstone, deposied during the permian period when scotland was covered in a desert

  • The sedimentary and volcaniclastic rocks of the carboniferous period

  • The old red sandstone deposited during the Devonian period - The sediments from the mountains that once belonged in scotland

  • Glen Sannox - The highland boundary fault, Dalradian Supergroup and Granitic magma chamber that makes up the mountains in Arran

  • Hutton’s unconformity

  • The Drumadoon Sill

  • The kings caves

  • Giant Reptile Dinosaur footprint at Kildonan Beach

Price per person: TBC (Max 7 people can book)

Please see Scot Rock Walks Store for upcoming tour dates.

*Please note price includes the cost of transport/fuel, ferry fees, the tour guide, relevant geology information pack, snacks and refreshments and may vary depending on the time of year. - Lunch is not included.