Learn about our walking and cycling tour company

With over 500 exciting self-guided tours to 40 countries worldwide and over 20 years of experience in the outdoors under our belt, we know a thing or two about what makes a great hiking or cycling vacation.

Even with over 18,000 independent reviews, we continue to listen obsessively to our customers to develop our walking, cycling, and active adventures. Our trips give customers the freedom to travel at their own pace, confident that we’ve meticulously planned their holiday.

Did you know we have a Macs Adventure Facebook community? Over 6,000 members of passionate adventurers share tips, exchange stories and support each other. Join our community today!

Self-Guided Travel

We want to help you explore the world the active way, at your own pace, and making discoveries that are uniquely personal to you. Our trips are self-guided which means you can choose your own travel companions (or go solo for some me-time), pause when you want to take in the surroundings, explore local attractions at your leisure, and enjoy the immense satisfaction of knowing you've achieved something every day. No guide-led groups here! Of course, the trip will be meticulously planned by us, and you'll have full phone support available 24/7. So though we're always here when you need us, we’re never there when you don’t.

Our Tours

With over 500 trips to choose from, we get that picking your next adventure can be a bit confusing. So, we’ve grouped our active adventures into five categories to help you navigate your way towards your ideal route. Discover which trip type is for you and get inspired.

Find out more about our activity grades, and how to book.

The People Behind the Scenery

Our team are dedicated to delivering the best experience for our customers. And with many years of experience planning adventures, you'll always have peace of mind that your trip is exactly what you want it to be. We recruit people with a customer-first ethos and enable them to walk the trails and pedal the paths so that they fully understand what makes the best possible walking or cycling tour.

Our sustainable travel journey

‘Sustainable travel’ and ‘Responsible travel’ are terms that are used quite a lot, but what do they really mean? We want to cut through the buzzwords and be transparent about the steps we’re taking to make a positive impact. At Macs, we focus on four key areas where we can make a real difference. Measuring our carbon footprint, maintaining and restoring trails, becoming B Corp certified, and advocating for low impact self-guided travel. Read more >

"I believe self-guided travel, without groups or tour guides, is the very best way to travel"

Neil Lapping
Founder & CEO

I founded Macs Adventure in 2003 in Glasgow after noticing lots of coach parties touring Scotland. I wanted to create a more active way to explore that immersed and connected visitors to the place. That's when I decided to offer walking tours on the West Highland Way. Since then, we’ve evolved our offering and now organize self-guided trips around the world with a mission to empower our customers. We think of ourselves as the people behind your journey, and over 20 years later, hearing our customers’ #macsmoment experiences is still what gets me out of bed in the morning!

The Macs team thrive on making travel dreams come true. By arranging everything from hand-picked accommodation and hassle-free luggage transfers to precise mapping and the free Macs Adventure app, we give you unique travel experiences and make #macsmoment memories happen with everything taken care of.

It’s been an exciting journey to get to where we are today - a company of over 150 passionate travel enthusiasts, working together to develop and deliver outstanding active tours. I’m so proud of where we’ve come, and with lots of exciting developments in the pipeline, I can’t wait to see what the future holds.

Find out more about the Macs Way of travel, and get a flavor of our business by reading about our values.

Neil Lapping
Founder & CEO

Why Macs

Reasons to believe in Macs Adventure:

The biggest choice

Self-guided hiking & biking is all we do - we have over 500 tried & tested trips.

Around since 2003

We’re still founder led & the world’s number one self-guided operator with mountains of experience.

18,000+ customer reviews

Plus, with a Feefo Platinum Service Award & a British Travel Award, you know you're in good hands.

Positive impact

We use independent suppliers to support communities along our routes, as well as work with organizations to help maintain & restore paths.

The Macs Way

At Macs, we don’t do tour buses, groups, or guides. Instead, we give you the freedom and confidence to have your own self-guided hiking or biking adventure

It's active travel, led by you.

Travel on your terms

You choose your departure date and who you travel with, we do the rest.

The people behind your journey

We sort accommodation and luggage transfers and provide your route in an easy-to-use app.

Here when you need us

We give you everything you need to travel independently but we're here 24/7 if you need us.

Achieve something

Getting from A to B under your own steam is intensely rewarding. With Macs, you'll see the world, and yourself, differently.

Our Locations

From our origins in Scotland in the UK, we've grown into a global team with customers and travel destinations around the world. Today, Macs Adventure's offices are based in Denver CO USA, and Glasgow UK, but of course our network of partners from hoteliers to luggage teams operate around the globe.