Grand Hebridean Tour
Skye, Harris, Scalpay, Lewis, North & South Uist, Benbecula, Grimsay, Eriskay, Barra, Vatersay.
This is a comprehensive tour of the Inner and Outer Hebrides, illustrating how very different they are from each other, and offering a well balanced combination of coach and steamer cruising. A truly marvellous experience. The geographical apartness of the Western Isles - lying off the north-west coast of Scotland - has been a major factor in preserving their individual identity as the last major Gaelic speaking area.
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Departs Glasgow 9.00 am. Sundays 11 July 1 August
6 days £530 + £30 Single Supplement
Sunday Glasgow to the Isle of Barra
Loch Lomond, Pass of Brander to Oban for the afternoon ferry (giving views of Tobermory, Ardnamurchan Point, The Small Isles, Coll & Tiree) to the Isle of Barra. Two nights at the Isle of Barra Hotel, beautifully positioned on Tangasdale beach
Monday Isle of Barra and Vatersay
A day to tour and explore these beautiful islands, with time to enjoy the magnificent beaches, including seeing the plane land on the beach - the island's airstrip. Optional short boat trip to Kisimul Castle (Clan McNeil) in Castlebay.
Tuesday Barra - Eriskay - South & North Uist - Benbecula - Berneray - Harris
Ferry from Barra to Eriskay, made famous by the Eriskay Love Lilt, the Eriskay ponies and by the wreck of the SS "Politician" with its cargo of whisky. It was here that Bonnie Prince Charlie first set foot on Scottish soil. On to the Uists and Benbecula - moors, peat bogs, mountains, wonderful sweeping beaches, machair, lochans - over the causeway to Berneray then the afternoon ferry across the Sound of Harris (diving gannets!) to the Isle of Harris and Tarbert (three nights).
Wednesday Isle of Harris
A full day tour of South Harris, via the contrasting east and west coasts - one being a wilderness of rock and small lochs, the other sweeping green downland and yellow beaches. See Harris Tweed being woven in an isolated crofter's cottage. St Clement's Church at Rodel (c.1500). Some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in Britain. Kyles of Scalpay and Isle of Scalpay.
Thursday Isles of Harris and Lewis
Through mountainous North Harris via Rhenigidale village, a full day tour of Lewis, including Stornoway (the only town in the Outer Hebrides), Callanish Standing Stones (Neolithic Temple), Barvas Moor, Carloway Broch (an ancient fortress tower).
Friday Isle of Harris, through Skye and Lochaber to Glasgow
Morning ferry to Uig, Isle of Skye, then south via Portree, The Cuillin Mountains, Kyle of Lochalsh, Kintail, Glengarry, Fort William, Glencoe, Rannoch Moor to Glasgow.
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